What is the video tab, and how do I use it?

The video tab is a workspace in codus where you organise your video projects, record or import footage, and run a team of AI specialists that turn a raw recording into a finished, edited video. Open it from the top bar or More when your account has access. Promotional and granted access can apply; a missing top-bar button does not prove you need a paid addition.

Before you start

• You need the Video module on your account. It adds the whole video area, and without it the tab does not show at all. See What are the modules, and what does each one add?.
• The workspace is part of the desktop app. The native Mac recorder is platform-specific; phone filming and upload is a separate route.
• Recording your screen or camera needs macOS permission the first time. codus walks you through it when you record.

What you see

Click video in the top bar. The screen splits into three columns.

1. Left column: your folders and projects. A searchable tree. The header reads Folders. Folders can hold other folders, and each folder holds video projects. A project is one video you are making.
2. Centre column: the workspace. When you open a project, this shows its work across seven sub-tabs: Brief, Script, Cut, Assets, Versions, Thumbnails and Files. Along the top you also get a Run team button, and a Film footage button if this Mac can record.
3. Right column: Live View and the team. The top, labelled Live View, mirrors whatever page an agent is looking at, live. Below it, under Team, is a row of the agents (the Creative Director and its specialists) and the terminal for whichever one you select.

Nothing is selected the first time you open the tab, so the centre reads No project selected with the hint "Add a folder and a video project from the tree on the left to get started." That is expected.

What each project tab is for

• Brief. The one thing you fill in yourself. It tells the team what the video is for, who it is aimed at, the style, and the length. See How do I brief the video team?.
• Script. The spoken words, if your video is a talking-head or narrated one. You can write it, ask the team to, and read it back from a teleprompter view. See How do I write or generate a script?.
• Cut. The team's read of your recording: every um, filler word, false start and retake it found, and which ranges it keeps. This one fills in on its own as the team works.
• Assets. Any clips, photos, graphics, music or sound effects the team sourced or made, each with its attribution.
• Versions. Every rendered video, newest first, each with a quality-check verdict and a button to play it or show it in Finder. This is where the finished video lands. See Where do I find the finished video?.
• Thumbnails. The cover-image concepts the team designs, if you asked for any. See How do I get video thumbnails?.
• Files. The project's source footage and renders. You can open its folder and use inline playback and frame-specific review notes. Sending notes to the team is separate from saving them.

The shortest path to a finished video

1. Add a folder and a project. See How do I create a video folder and project?.
2. Get your footage into the project, either by recording it or importing a clip. See How do I record footage for a video?.
3. Fill in the Brief so the team knows what you want.
4. Click Run team. The Creative Director and its specialists get to work. See How do I run the video team?.
5. Collect the finished cut from the Versions tab.

If you record with Edit automatically switched on, step 4 is done for you: stopping the recording hands it straight to the team.

How do I know it worked?

If you can see a tab labelled video in the top bar of codus, you have the module and you are in the right place. Opening it should show the three columns described above.

Common problems

"There is no video tab." Check More, your signed-in account and current module access. See Why can't I see the video tab?.

"Someone else's Codus has more buttons." Their pinned views, platform capabilities and account access can differ. Check the specific missing feature rather than assuming every difference is a paid module.