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Get started in Preview

A quick tour of how a project comes together, from your first canvas to a fully organized shoot.

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Meet Preview Agent

A creative AI partner that understands your project inside and out and helps you get anything done.

CLI/MCP

Script against your projects, or connect ChatGPT, Claude, and Cursor straight to Preview.

The Basics

Start here: how a project is organized, the canvas, credits, and the documents a project is made of.

Tabs and files

Everything in a project is a file, everything opens in a tab, and any two tabs can sit side by side.

Canvas

The infinite canvas where you generate and arrange work, and where the rest of the flow begins.

Credits

How Preview’s pay-as-you-go credit system works, and how to buy more.

Sequence Timeline

Assign files to shots and watch your sequence take shape, right at the top of the canvas.

Shotlists

Open a shotlist in its own tab for metadata, status, and team collaboration across Kanban, Storyboard, and Shotlist views.

Scripts

Write and develop your screenplay in blocks, with your library and Preview Agent built in.

File Toolbar

Everything you can do with a file on canvas, one click away.

Generate with intention

Multiple ways to generate, iterate, and push your ideas further.

Prompt Box

Generate images and videos with all of the latest generative models.

Quick Actions

One-click tools to help you ideate and create with consistency.

Files view

Browse everything a canvas has generated in one feed, then choose what’s worth placing on it.

Groups

Organize the canvas and direct new generations into specific areas.

Keep consistency

Save characters, props, and locations once, reuse them in every prompt.

Project Library

Save and reuse characters, props, locations, and files.

Referencing with @

Pull saved files and past generations into any prompt by typing @.

Collaborate and ship

Review work with your team, then hand it off or export it.

Comments

Leave feedback on the canvas and on individual files in File view.

Sharing

Invite collaborators or send a review link to clients outside the project.