Setting up a new project

Every listing video starts with a project. A project bundles your photos, clips, timeline, settings, and rendered videos in one place. It lets you create all the photos and videos you need for a given listing, all contained in one spot. You can reopen a project later and pick up where you left off, recreate your video in vertical for social media, and so on. In this guide, you'll learn what each field on the New Project form does and what to expect when you hit Create.

Step 1: Open the New Project dialog

From your dashboard, click New Project in the top-right of the Recent Projects section. This opens a box that lets you create your project.

Step 2: Project name

Use whatever you'll recognize later, usually the listing address. Examples that work:

• 123 Main Street
• 1101 Trail Ridge Dr (Fix)
• Lakeside Condo, Unit 4B

Project names show up in your Recent Projects grid, on the editor's top bar, and in any shared links. You can also search by them in your My Projects view of the dashboard. They're not exposed publicly unless you intentionally share a video, so they don't need to be polished. They just need to be useful for you.

Step 3: Folder (required)

Folders organize projects by listing, client, or whatever scheme works for you. Pick an existing folder from the dropdown or click + New folder to create one inline. A few patterns we see:

• By city/region: one folder per area you service, to help keep them sorted
• By client/agent: one folder per agent on your team or per large client
• By listing type: one folder for leases, one for sales, one for developer properties

You can move projects between folders later, so don't overthink it. Dropping everything into a "default" folder works fine if you have fewer than 10 projects.

Step 4: Description (optional)

Free-text notes for yourself. Common uses:

• Listing details (3BR/2BA, 2400 sqft, listed 3/18)
• Production notes (drone footage from Friday's shoot)
• Client or partner notes (Ted & Lisa Campbell, MeanGreen Developers)

Descriptions are searchable, so this is where you'd add anything you want to find later via the search bar.

What happens after you click Create

The project is created instantly and you're taken to the editor with:

1. An empty timeline at 16:9 landscape (the default; you can switch to vertical or square per-project from the editor's aspect-ratio selector).
2. The Getting Started walkthrough, which pops up the first time you land in any editor and covers upload → arrange → generate.

From there, the next thing to do is upload some photos. See Build your first listing video in under 5 minutes for the canonical happy path.

Common questions

Can I rename a project later? Yes. Click the project name in the editor's top bar to edit it, or use the edit pencil icon on the project card in the dashboard.

What if I don't pick a folder? Folders are required so projects don't pile up in a single ungrouped list. If you really don't want to organize yet, create a single folder called "Inbox" and use it as the default.

Is there a project limit? Depends on your plan. See Plan comparison. Most paid plans don't have a hard limit; the constraint is monthly credits, not project count.

Does deleting a project free up credits? No. Credits are deducted at video generation time, not project creation. Deleting an unused project doesn't refund anything.