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# Getting Started

Navigate to **Video Series** in the left rail. The landing screen presents a clear question: *“What are we creating today?”* with two mode cards at the top and a prompt area below. Beneath the prompt area, a horizontal carousel of template cards gives you a third, shortcut-based starting point.

![Video Series home screen showing 'What are we creating today?' heading, I have an idea and Scene by scene mode cards, prompt area with sample text about a thylacine, starter chips, configuration options, and template carousel below](https://content.gitbook.com/content/EMTAJyXREpSSpII9h335/blobs/VAxLaZfiQWyMxIyZ9QKp/Unknown%20image)

The Video Series landing page. The two mode cards (**I have an idea** and **Scene by scene**) sit at the top. Below the prompt box, quick-start chips offer curated story ideas. Configuration pills (model, orientation, duration) and the **Generate scenes** button line the bottom. Scroll down to find the template gallery.

#### Three Starting Modes

The two mode cards at the top toggle between AI-planned and manual creation:

* **I have an idea** (selected by default): “We plan every scene for you.” Type your concept into the prompt box and hit **Generate scenes**. Qolaba's AI breaks your idea into individual scenes with detailed prompts, camera directions, voiceover scripts, and audio cues.
* **Scene by scene**: “Blank scenes, you fill them in.” Clicking this takes you straight to a blank scene editor where you write each scene's prompt manually and upload reference images for consistency.
* Below the main creation area, a **Start from a template** carousel offers pre-built series. Each template card shows a preview thumbnail, a clip count badge (e.g., “2 clips” or “1 clip”), and a label like “Product review UGC” or “Cinematic Beverage Commercial.”

#### Configuration Options

Before generating, you can configure the series using the pills below the prompt:

| Setting         | Options                                                                         |
| --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Model**       | `Omni video model`: Qolaba's default video generation model (Gemini Omni Flash) |
| **Orientation** | `Portrait` or `Landscape`: sets the aspect ratio for all clips in the series    |
| **Duration**    | `10s` per clip (configurable via dropdown)                                      |

You can also use the quick-start chips, **Under the Sea**, **Whale Fall**, **Buried History**, **Storm Season**, **Last of its Kind**, to pre-fill the prompt with a curated story idea and jump straight in.

### 3. The Three-Step Pipeline

Regardless of how you start, every Video Series follows the same three-step pipeline. A progress stepper at the top of the workspace tracks where you are:

1. Scenes → 2. Clips → 3. Assemble

| Step            | What happens                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **1. Scenes**   | Define the story. Each scene gets a detailed text prompt describing the environment, action, camera work, voiceover, and audio. You can add reference images that carry through every scene for character and product consistency.         |
| **2. Clips**    | Generate the video. Each scene is rendered into an individual video clip. Clips generate one at a time, and you can regenerate any clip independently without affecting the others. A progress badge (e.g., “4/4 done”) tracks completion. |
| **3. Assemble** | Combine into final video. Arrange your clips on a timeline, choose transitions between them (Hard Cut, Dissolve, Fade, Wipe, Slide), preview the result, and combine into a single downloadable MP4.                                       |

You can move backward at any point, the **Edit scenes** and **Back to clips** buttons let you revise earlier stages without losing work. Green checkmarks on completed steps confirm your progress.