Use a skill

A skill is a recipe for a shot: a camera move like a crash zoom or a 360 orbit, an effect like turning to chrome, a transition, or a common ad or UGC shot. You describe your subject and the skill describes the move.

Find one

Open Skills in the sidebar; on a phone, tap your picture at the top left and choose Skills. Home has a row of them too. Each skill plays a sample. Use the menu to show one kind (Camera moves, Effects, Transitions, Ads, UGC or Lip sync), or search by name.

Choose a skill to open Create with it on. On a phone, the generate drawer opens with it.

Add one while you write

• On Create on a computer, choose Skill, then pick from the list. No skill takes it off.
• On Home, it’s in More.
• On a phone, tap the Skill chip.

While a skill is on, its name shows as a chip you can remove with ×, and the prompt box asks you to describe a shot for it.

How it works

Shotz adds the skill’s own instructions after your prompt, so write about your subject and setting and leave the move to the skill. For example, with 360 orbit on, “a dancer in a red dress on a rooftop at dusk” is enough.

A skill doesn’t cost anything extra and doesn’t change the model: you still pick one, or leave it on Auto. Some skills work best with a start frame or an element, such as a product shot from a product photo. See Start and end frames.