Find your way around Vidmoat

Upload an asset, place it on the timeline and check that the project has saved.

There are four places to recognise first. The media library holds your source files. The preview shows the current picture. The timeline decides what plays and when. The Inspector or Properties area changes the selected item. The AI chat is another way to work on that same project.

An uploaded file and a timeline clip are different things. A file can sit in your library without appearing in the video. A timeline clip points to part of that file. Trimming the clip changes the edit; it does not rewrite the original recording. This is why one long recording can provide several short clips.

On a wider screen, several areas can be visible together. On a phone, you switch between them. Follow the names and the job each area does rather than memorising its exact position. The current app may call an area Media, Media Library, AI, or Agent. Before continuing, confirm that the source upload has completed and the project is saved. A thumbnail alone is not proof that a file reached cloud storage.

SEE IT IN VIDMOAT · INTERACTIVE WALKTHROUGH

From a file to your first timeline clip

Real editor screenshots · September 2026 · Select a step, then tap the image to zoom.

01 Start in the Media library02 Place a source on the timeline03 Read the whole workspace

Start in the Media library

Choose Upload / drop media and select the three lamp images from the practice pack. A source in the library is available to use; it is not yet part of the finished video.

Look for this

Find the upload area, then the three source cards.

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Follow along in Vidmoat

1. Sign in to Vidmoat and create a project named “Course 01 First edit”.
2. Use Add footage or open Media Library and choose Upload. Select your recording, or resources/lamp-wide.png.
3. Wait for upload progress to finish. Resolve any Retry message before leaving.
4. Add the library item to the timeline. On web, drag it in or use the item action; on phone, tap the item and its add action.
5. Play and pause the preview. Select the clip and find its properties. Wait for the saved state.

Your turn

Add one source and make it visible for five seconds. Switch from the timeline to chat and back. Find the source again in the library.

A common trap

Style reference is guidance for the agent, not the normal footage-upload button. An empty timeline stays empty if you only attach a reference.

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