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CHAPTERFRAME TRAININGFrom your first take to your finished film

Learn it.
Make a scene.

Keep these lessons beside Chapterframe for Mac. Follow the app’s walkthrough, practice on a sample, then bring in your own story.

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14 lessons · Step-by-step exercises · Optional Stage and GPU lessons

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A first scene you can finish.

Import a sample, inspect a take and its references, then review an existing video. When you are ready to generate, test one take and export a short sequence. You can leave Stage, voice changes and sound effects until you need them.

In the app, choose Help → Show Walkthrough for the guided tour or View → Show Production Guide for the chapter’s next step.

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Watch the controls in context

Four short screen recordings show the app in use: opening a take, checking its references, preparing a render and reviewing a sequence. The lessons below cover setup through export.

Open a chapter and inspect a take

51 seconds · Screen recording · Captioned · No audio

Recorded in the Chapterframe Mac app on October 16, 2026. Each step’s instructions appear below the picture. Nothing in these recordings starts a paid job. Labels may vary by build.

Read the video steps

  1. Choose a chapter

    Select a chapter in the library on the left. Its timed takes appear in the Takes workspace.

  2. Read the next step

    The Production Guide names the chapter’s next step and has a button that opens the place to do it.

  3. Open one take

    Click a take card. Its audio, video, cast and direction appear in the right panel. Start with one take before selecting a batch.

  4. Play the take video

    Take video opens every render of this take. Make Primary chooses the one used in the film.

  5. Compare words and direction

    Read Book text and Visual direction. Check that the described action fits the spoken passage.

  6. Inspect the opening keyframe

    Keyframes… shows the opening image, its earlier versions and the linked characters and objects. Done closes it without generating.

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Review character and object references

25 seconds · Screen recording · Captioned · No audio

Recorded in the Chapterframe Mac app on October 16, 2026. Each step’s instructions appear below the picture. Nothing in these recordings starts a paid job. Labels may vary by build.

Read the video steps

  1. Open Characters & Objects

    Switch the workspace to Characters & Objects. Read each description before generating its sheet.

  2. Check the accepted sheet

    Click a character’s sheet. Compare the face and costume across all eight views.

  3. Review objects too

    Objects keep props and places consistent between takes. Check their sheets the same way before rendering.

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Prepare a render and review the result

40 seconds · Screen recording · Captioned · No audio

Recorded in the Chapterframe Mac app on October 16, 2026. Each step’s instructions appear below the picture. Nothing in these recordings starts a paid job. Labels may vary by build.

Read the video steps

  1. Select the take to render

    Tick one take, then choose Render Selected…. Test one take before rendering a batch.

  2. Review the render settings

    Wait for the review to finish. Check the rendering target, references and opening keyframe for each take.

  3. Check the cost note, then start

    The footer shows how many takes are ready and that server charges apply. Start Rendering submits the job; this recording cancels instead.

  4. Play the result

    When the job finishes, open Take video. Check motion and timing against the audio before rendering more takes.

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Review a sequence in the Timeline

40 seconds · Screen recording · Captioned · No audio

Recorded in the Chapterframe Mac app on October 16, 2026. Each step’s instructions appear below the picture. Nothing in these recordings starts a paid job. Labels may vary by build.

Read the video steps

  1. Open the Timeline

    Choose Timeline in the toolbar. The selected take opens in the Program Monitor.

  2. Play a take

    Play Take stops at the end of this take. The blue Play button continues through the sequence.

  3. Move along the strip

    Click a take in the strip to inspect it. Its text and render controls follow your selection.

  4. Compare rendered versions

    Use the Rendered version menu to compare renders. Use as Primary puts the chosen one in the film.

  5. Mark checked takes reviewed

    Type a take number and choose Go to jump to it. After checking picture and sound, choose Mark Reviewed.

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Start here

Direct your scene

Render and review

Finish your film

What you are working toward.

A finished render from Chapterframe. This is an output example, not a recording of the controls. Use the lessons above to work through your own version.

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