# ChatCut > Markdown counterparts of ChatCut product documentation, generated from the same rendered content as the HTML guides. > Use current versions and the matching release page to check shipped availability; live account and project state remain in the product. - [Docs home](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs.md): documentation chapters and latest releases ## Understand ChatCut - [What is ChatCut?](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/what-is-chatcut.md): ChatCut combines an AI editing agent, direct media generation, and a full timeline editor in one workspace. - [Web, Desktop, and Agent Plugin](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/chatcut-products.md): Understand the three ways to use ChatCut, where each one runs, and where the editing conversation and project appear. - [Start Your First Edit](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/quickstart.md): Open a project, add media, describe the edit, review the result, and export your first video from ChatCut. ## AI Workspace - [AI Panel Overview](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/ai-panel-overview.md): Find the ChatCut conversation, Prompt composer, mode switcher, context controls, settings, and task controls in the AI panel. - [Prompt Composer](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/prompt-composer.md): Enter and send an AI task, attach files, add @ references, and understand when Stop or Continue appears. - [Selection Mode](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/selection-mode.md): Select clips, assets, frame regions, times, or transcript text and attach them to an Agent request as precise references. - [Skills / My Skills](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/skills-overview.md): Browse reusable editing workflows, use Featured or personal Skills with the AI agent, and save a successful process to My Skills. - [Design Styles / My Styles](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/design-styles.md): Browse, apply, customize, and save reusable visual styles for AI-generated motion graphics. - [Agent Settings](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/agent-settings.md): Configure Agent reasoning, motion-graphics quality, conditional model options, and generation auto-allow behavior. - [Voice Library / My Voices / Voice Cloning](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/voice-library.md): Find and preview voices, clone your own voice, and attach a supplied or personal voice to an AI request. - [Generation Confirmations and Auto-Allow](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/generation-confirmations.md): Review generation approval cards, allow one action, set the displayed automatic-approval scope, or deny the request. ## Editor and Media - [Editor Layout](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/editor-overview.md): Find the AI composer, assets, viewer, timeline, workspace controls, versions, sharing, and export in the ChatCut editor. - [My Assets / Media Pool](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/my-assets.md): Import and manage project media, organize it with Bins, and distinguish project assets from Prompt attachments. - [Library](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/library.md): Browse and use ChatCut Templates, sound effects, transitions, LUTs, effects, and other built-in content. - [Timeline](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/timeline.md): Understand tracks and multiple timelines, then move, trim, split, duplicate, and mark an export range. - [Transcript and Captions](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/transcript-and-captions.md): Edit speech by editing text, manage speakers and pauses, and turn the active transcript into captions. - [Record Voiceover, Camera, and Screen](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/recording.md): Choose voiceover, camera, or screen recording from the ChatCut Timeline and learn what each control does. - [Versions / Undo / Redo](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/versions-undo-redo.md): Reverse recent edits, save named project checkpoints, and restore an older Timeline state. - [Keyboard Shortcuts](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/keyboard-shortcuts.md): Open ChatCut's shortcut editor, search actions, switch presets, and save personal bindings. ## AI Generation - [AI Video Generation](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/video-generation-models.md): Prepare text, images, or a source clip, then choose a Video Gen model and generate, edit, or extend video. - [AI Image Generation](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/image-generation.md): Prepare a description or reference image, generate project artwork with AI, and add the result to the timeline. - [Motion Graphics](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/motion-graphics.md): Create motion graphics with AI, Templates, and Design Styles, edit them on the canvas, and save reusable templates. - [AI Voiceover](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/ai-voiceover.md): Prepare a script and voice, generate narration with AI, or record your own voice in the editor. - [AI Music and Sound Effects](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/music-and-sound-effects.md): Generate original music and sound effects with AI, or preview and add supplied sounds manually from Library. - [AI Avatars / Digital Humans](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/digital-humans.md): Choose an official or personal avatar, create your own avatar, and generate a presenter video from a script or audio. - [AI Effects](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/ai-effects.md): Create or apply video effects, transitions, masks, and color treatments with natural language, or add built-in effects from Library. - [AI Background Removal](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/ai-background-removal.md): Use AI Portrait Cutout in ChatCut Desktop to isolate a person and adjust matte edges or an outline. - [Talking Head Edit](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/talking-head-edit.md): Use AI or the transcript to refine talking-head and interview footage, remove verbal clutter, tighten pauses, and add supporting visuals. - [AI Video Translation](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/video-translation.md): Translate speech in an existing video and choose dubbing, captions, duration, and lip-sync behavior. - [Generation References](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/generation-references.md): Add frames, images, video, audio, or project references in the location expected by the selected generation flow. - [Generation Credits](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/generation-credits.md): Understand estimates and completed charges for video, image, motion graphics, music, sound effects, and voice generation. ## Export and Delivery - [Export Panel](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/exporting.md): Open the ChatCut export panel, choose the correct delivery type, and find the resulting task. - [Export Video, Audio, and Subtitles](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/export-video-audio-subtitles.md): Export the active ChatCut Timeline as video, MP3 audio, SubRip subtitles, or plain text. - [Export Transparent Motion Graphics](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/export-transparent-motion-graphics.md): Render each Timeline motion graphic as a transparent ProRes 4444 file. - [Premiere / DaVinci XML](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/export-xml.md): Export an FCP7 XMEML timeline for Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve and relink original media. - [Editable Jianying / CapCut Drafts](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/export-capcut-jianying.md): Send the active ChatCut Timeline from Desktop to Jianying Pro or CapCut as an editable draft. - [Desktop Local Export and 4K](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/desktop-local-export.md): Render video on your own computer with ChatCut Desktop and use the 4K preset. - [Web vs Desktop Export](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/web-export-limits.md): Compare automatic web export, Agent Plugin local or explicit cloud export, and Desktop local video export. - [Export Queue, Downloads, and Retries](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/export-history.md): Read the export queue, retrieve a finished file, retry a failure, or dismiss a job row. ## Platforms and Agents - [ChatCut Desktop](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/desktop-app.md): Install ChatCut Desktop, edit local media with ChatCut or your own Claude Code or Codex CLI, connect external desktop agents through MCP, and export locally in 4K or HDR. - [Agent Plugin](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/agent-plugin.md): Connect ChatCut from Claude Code, Codex, or WorkBuddy and edit a visible project that remains manually adjustable. ## Account, Collaboration, and Billing - [Sign In and Account](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/sign-in-and-account.md): Sign in, manage account-level controls, send feedback, or schedule account deletion. - [Sharing and Collaboration](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/collaboration-and-sharing.md): View-only share links, collaboration invites, member roles, and revoking access in ChatCut — collaboration is free for everyone. - [Plans and Credits Overview](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/plans-and-credits.md): Understand Free and Pro access, check your balance, review usage, and buy credits using the current in-app billing screens. - [Free and Pro](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/free-and-pro.md): Compare ChatCut's core Free access with the paid generation, voice, graphics, and cloud-export benefits of Pro. - [Credits](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/credits-policy.md): See which ChatCut actions use credits, current video-generation rates by model, and where to verify the final charge. - [Credits History](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/credits-history.md): Find your current ChatCut balance, daily and feature totals, individual charges, and subscription actions. - [Manage Your Plan](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/manage-subscription.md): Change, cancel, resume, or update payment for a ChatCut subscription from Credits history. - [Payments and Paid Benefits](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/payments-and-benefits.md): Upgrade, buy credits, understand renewal behavior, and find the ChatCut features tied to a paid plan. ## Troubleshooting and Reference - [Common Errors](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/error-messages.md): Find where ChatCut reports an error, what to check first, and when to retry, change an input, upgrade, or contact support. - [Upload, Generation, and Export Failures](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/workflow-failures.md): Diagnose a failed ChatCut workflow from the visible state, recover safely, and verify whether credits were charged. - [Browser and Permission Issues](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/browser-and-permissions.md): Restore microphone, camera, screen-share, download, and local-file access used by ChatCut. - [English–Chinese UI Glossary](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/ui-glossary.md): Match common English and Simplified Chinese labels in the ChatCut editor and Docs. - [Supported Formats](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/supported-formats.md): Reference the media types ChatCut accepts for project import and the files produced by export. - [Model Capability Matrix](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/model-capability-matrix.md): Reference current ChatCut video-model inputs, reference counts, editing, extension, and output tiers. - [Keyboard Shortcut Reference](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/keyboard-shortcuts-reference.md): Look up the default ChatCut keyboard shortcuts by activity. ## Releases - [Current versions](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/releases.md): current production releases for Web, Desktop, and Agent Plugin - [Changelog](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/changelog.md): searchable feature updates and fixes by release - [2026-10-08 — Japanese voices, Changelog access, and browser export fixes](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/changelog/2026-10-08-japanese-voices-changelog-access-browser-export.md): Create Japanese narration with matching auditions, open the latest product changes from the account menu, and keep Agent-requested browser exports closer to the editor preview. - [2026-09-30 — Browser exports, mobile editing, and Desktop agent reliability](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/changelog/2026-09-30-browser-export-mobile-editor-desktop-agent-reliability.md): Render compatible exports in the browser, edit from a phone with touch controls, and use more reliable local projects, agents, downloads, and editable handoffs in Desktop. - [2026-09-20 — Desktop projects, URL imports, and direct effect editing](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/changelog/2026-09-20-desktop-projects-imports-effects.md): Import cloud projects and online media with visible progress, edit effect geometry in the preview, and keep local projects more reliable. - [2026-09-18 — Real caption previews, project-media choices, and script fixes](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/changelog/2026-09-18-caption-previews-project-media-script-fixes.md): Compare caption styles with project text, choose project media visually in Agent forms, and avoid overlapping or fragmented transcript edits. - [2026-09-15 — Caption style previews, zoom presets, and localized effects](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/changelog/2026-09-15-caption-styles-zoom-effects.md): See caption styles before applying them, use clearer talking-head zoom presets, and find effects with localized names and controls. - [2026-09-10 — GPT Image 2.5, spoken corrections, and Linear Mask](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/changelog/2026-09-10-image-models-spoken-corrections-linear-mask.md): Choose new image models and quality options, repair short spoken mistakes with a matching voice, and shape effects with a native linear mask. - [2026-09-08 — Motion-graphic element editing and a unified voice library](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/changelog/2026-09-08-motion-graphic-editing-voice-library.md): Select and restyle individual motion-graphic elements in Desktop, and choose from a clearer shared voice catalog across generation workflows. - [2026-09-04 — MiniMax H3 video, vocal songs, translation review, and Hermes Agent](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/changelog/2026-09-04-video-models-songs-translation-agents.md): Generate with two new video models, create vocal songs, review source transcripts before lip sync, and run Hermes inside Desktop. - [2026-08-31 — Portrait matting, local video workflows, and Desktop reliability](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/changelog/2026-08-31-portrait-matting-video-import-desktop-reliability.md): Process portrait cutouts faster, use local video in translation and transcription more reliably, and recover from media, update, and preview failures. - [2026-08-26 — Canvas selection, caption editing, and Desktop updates](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/changelog/2026-08-26-canvas-captions-desktop-updates.md): Select and drag overlapping media more predictably, keep caption editing in sync, and finish Desktop updates with a clear restart prompt. - [2026-08-25 — Digital human voices, credit estimates, and reliability](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/changelog/2026-08-25-digital-human-voices.md): Save a default voice for each digital human, review live credit estimates before paid actions, and use avatar generation reliably in production. Desktop 0.2.25 also improves canvas selection. - [2026-08-21 — Caption editing, 1080p video generation, and Desktop stability](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/changelog/2026-08-21-captions-video-generation-desktop-stability.md): Edit and style captions more directly, generate Seedance 2.5 video at 1080p, paste images into Desktop agent chat, and avoid several Desktop import and startup failures. - [2026-08-19 — Desktop downloads, subtitle export, and local-agent reliability](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/changelog/2026-08-19-desktop-download-subtitle-export.md): Find the Desktop download from Web, export subtitles with the intended punctuation, and use local agents and fonts more reliably. - [2026-08-18 — Built-in local agents, caption emphasis, and Desktop input](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/changelog/2026-08-18-local-agents-caption-emphasis.md): Start supported local agents with less setup, paste images into chat, align selected items, and emphasize words in captions. - [2026-08-17 — Voice cloning and direct caption editing](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/changelog/2026-08-17-voice-cloning-caption-editing.md): Create reusable voices for speech generation and edit caption content, bilingual layout, and timing more directly. - [2026-08-14 — Desktop language detection, system fonts, and caption performance](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/changelog/2026-08-14-desktop-language-fonts-caption-performance.md): Match Desktop to the system language, use installed fonts, and edit captions with smoother selection, dragging, and undo. - [2026-08-13 — Desktop agent setup, editable export, and local audio tools](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/changelog/2026-08-13-desktop-agent-export-audio.md): Set up a local agent in one flow, export an editable Jianying or CapCut draft, and use local export and speech-enhancement tools. - [2026-08-12 — Motion-graphic revisions and caption rendering](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/changelog/2026-08-12-motion-graphics-caption-rendering.md): Revise generated motion graphics more reliably and avoid caption delays or missing frames around very short caption pages. - [2026-08-10 — Inspector redesign, Seedance 2.0 Fast, and speech enhancement](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/changelog/2026-08-10-inspector-seedance-speech-enhancement.md): Edit selected items in a clearer docked Inspector, generate with Seedance 2.0 Fast, enhance speech, and preview caption styles more accurately. - [2026-08-09 — Restored video thumbnails](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/changelog/2026-08-09-media-thumbnails.md): Video assets once again show their thumbnails consistently in the media library and selection surfaces. - [2026-08-07 — Seedance 2.5, video model controls, and Skill Marketplace](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/changelog/2026-08-07-seedance-skill-marketplace.md): Generate video with Seedance 2.5, keep model settings in the composer, and discover reusable agent skills. - [2026-08-06 — Caption controls and reliable transition splits](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/changelog/2026-08-06-caption-selection-transition-splits.md): Select and position captions while styles load, keep presets anchored, and split clips that already contain transitions. - [2026-08-05 — Export resolution and per-source caption positioning](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/changelog/2026-08-05-export-resolution-caption-positioning.md): Choose the intended export resolution, position each caption source independently, and keep transcript playback aligned from the first word. - [2026-08-04 — Caption programs, prompt queue, and editable media export](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/changelog/2026-08-04-caption-programs-prompt-queue-nle-export.md): Edit captions through durable cue programs, queue a follow-up while the agent works, and export media for another NLE. ## Optional - [Complete documentation](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/llms-full.txt): optional complete text of these indexed guides and releases - [Search](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/search): read-only search; supply q and optionally locale, kind, topic and limit - [MCP](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/mcp): read-only search and fetch tools for MCP clients - [Get in Touch](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/contact.md): Contact the ChatCut team via email, X, YouTube, or Instagram. - [Motion Graphics Guide](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/examples-motion-graphics.md): Learn how to create motion graphics in ChatCut — from brand promos to animated charts — using nothing but text prompts. - [AI-Generated Ads](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/examples-ai-ads.md): See how ChatCut creates TVC, UGC, product, and documentary-style ads from a prompt. - [Usage Policy](https://pr-444-preview.chatcut.dev/docs/usage-policy.md): Rules for using ChatCut safely and responsibly, including AI video, image, audio, motion graphics, and agent workflows.