Find your way around

On a computer, everything in the app hangs off the sidebar on the left. On a phone it works differently: see Use Shotz on your phone.

The sidebar, top to bottom

• The moon or sun switches between light and dark. The bell shows your notifications; a violet dot means something’s unread. See Notifications.
• Your workspace. Its name, plan and members. Click it to switch to another workspace, create one, or open Workspace settings.
• Search opens the search box (below).
• Home picks up your latest edits and takes, with a box to describe a new shot, and rows of tools and skills to try.
• Community is the feed of shots people have shared.
• Create is where you generate videos and images. See Generate your first shot.
• Edits lists your edits and holds your templates.
• Library has every file in the workspace: uploads and finished takes.
• Elements are the characters, products and places you tag with @ in a prompt.
• Skills are camera moves and looks you can add to a prompt.
• Tools are one-step jobs like captions, clips, voiceovers and removing a background.

At the bottom are the workspace’s Credits, with Buy credits (owners) or See usage (everyone else). A workspace on the Free plan shows an Upgrade card here instead. Under that is you: click your name for your account, or the gear for the workspace’s settings.

Search and jump anywhere

Press ⌘K on a Mac or Ctrl K on Windows, or click Search in the sidebar. Type to find a page, an edit, an element, a template, a skill or a tool, then press Enter to open it. The arrow keys move through the list and Esc closes it.

Search also does things: New edit, Invite people, Buy credits, API keys, Keyboard shortcuts and switching the theme. Which of these you see depends on your role in the workspace. Type a few words that aren’t a page and it offers them as a Video or Image prompt: pick one and Create opens with it filled in, ready to generate.

For the rest of the keys, see Keyboard shortcuts.