Private beta · macOS
From script to shots to final cut.
1VideoTool turns a concept or a screenplay into acts, scenes and directed shots, keeps your cast and locations consistent across them, generates through whichever providers you configure, and finishes the cut on a real timeline. The production is a folder of readable files on your disk — it outlives whichever model made the pixels.
Your keys, your providers, no markup on compute
- 4ABoat clears the breakwaterWideTake approved4 takes kept
- 4BMara checks the ropeMediumTake approved3 takes kept
- 4CHer hands, salt-crackedCloseIn review6 takes kept
- 4DLamp swings on the mastInsertIn review2 takes kept
- 4EPier empties behind herWidePlannedno takes yet
Structure first. Generation second.
You can finish the story, the shot list, the references and the animatic before you spend anything on video generation. That order is deliberate.
01
Bring in the source
A concept, a screenplay, an image, a video, or an audio track. Import a Fountain script and it is parsed rather than pasted.
Story Workspace
02
Break it into structure
The source becomes acts, scenes and shots you can edit. Structure exists before a single frame is generated, so you can finish the plan without spending anything.
Guided Studio, Production Board
03
Cast the world
Characters, products, objects, locations, styles and voices become reusable entities with reference sets. Attach them to shots and they stay consistent across the film.
Cast & World
04
Direct each shot
Camera, composition, action, dialogue, duration, start and end frames, motion. The prompt is compiled from that intent, the attached entities and the provider's contract — you direct the shot, not the prompt box.
Director Workspace
05
Generate and review takes
Every result is a take. One becomes active; the alternatives stay reviewable. Nothing is silently overwritten, and the plan shows price and capability before it runs.
Generation Space
06
Cut, score and deliver
Approved takes land on a real timeline with dialogue, effects, music, captions, transitions and overlays. Export the cut, the animatic, the storyboard, an edit interchange, and the project itself.
Timeline, Finish & Deliver
Six rules the app will not break.
These decide what it refuses to do as much as what it does. They are the reason a production made this year still opens next year.
The production survives the generator
Models change every few months. Provider and model are adapters attached to a shot, never part of the project schema, so swapping one does not invalidate the film.
Shots are the unit of work, not prompts
A prompt is a compiled artifact derived from shot intent, entities, style and the provider contract. You keep directing after the model changes.
Every generation is a take
Results are never silently replaced. One take is active; the rest stay on the shot with the prompt and settings that produced them.
Continuity is project data
Character, product, location, wardrobe, voice, lighting and frame continuity are recorded against the production, not held in your head or in a chat scrollback.
Cost is part of direction
A generation plan shows capability and price before it starts, then records what was actually spent. Your keys, your providers, no markup on compute.
Human approval is production state
Approval is recorded against a revision and an artifact. It is not a dialog that disappears when you close it.
Your models, your files, your studio.
Generators are rented. The production should not be. Everything durable lives in a directory you chose and can read without this app.
Providers you connect yourself
- Gemini
- Script breakdown, prompt assist, stills, and Veo motion.
- Runway
- Second image and video adapter.
- ffmpeg
- Local animatic and MP4 export when it is on your PATH.
A production is a directory of versioned JSON, media and ledgers. That folder is the source of truth.
Provider keys go to OS secure storage, never into the production folder.
Remote generation goes directly from your machine to the provider you configured.
Draft, organise, edit, preview and export deterministic content with no account at all.
Leave whenever you like with normal media, storyboards, edit interchange and readable project files.
Eight ways out of a production.
Open delivery is a principle, not a paid tier. You can always leave with normal media and readable files.
Final cut
MP4 through ffmpeg
Animatic
Board timing before generation
Storyboard
PDF, shot by shot
Image sequence
Frames as files
Edit interchange
FCP7 XML into your NLE
Captions
Local transcription
Project package
The readable folder itself
Manifest
What was made, by which model, at what cost
What it is not
Not a prompt box wired to one video model.
A single generator gives you clips. This gives you a production: story, entities, shots, takes, decisions, a timeline and a cut, all of which outlive whichever model made the pixels.
Not a cloud studio that owns your project.
The project, the assets, the timeline and the exports are files in a folder you chose. Generation goes straight from your machine to your provider.
Not a launch-video wizard.
Ads and product promos are outputs of a production system, not the product. Campaign strategy and publishing belong to 1MarketingTool.
Not a general editor with AI buttons bolted on.
The timeline exists to finish a generated production, with the references and decisions behind every frame still attached.
Questions worth answering first
Can I use it before I add any API keys?
Yes. Open Harbor Light, the bundled twelve-shot sample, and everything deterministic works with no keys: story, board, takes, timeline, storyboard PDF, captions, FCP7 XML and manifest export. Keys only buy you new generation.
Which providers does it generate through?
A Gemini key covers script breakdown, prompt assist, stills and Veo motion. A Runway key is the second image and video adapter. You add the keys, you are billed by the provider, and there is no markup in between.
What happens to my production when a model is retired?
Nothing. Provider and model are adapters attached to a shot, not part of the project schema. The story, entities, shots, references, takes, decisions and timeline are yours and stay readable.
Where is a production stored?
In a directory you choose, as versioned JSON, media and ledgers. That folder is the source of truth — you can read it, back it up, put it in version control, and open it without the app.
Does it replace my editor?
Not if you have one you like. The timeline is there to finish a generated production, and FCP7 XML export exists so you can take the cut into your usual NLE with the structure intact.
How is this different from 1MarketingTool or 1ShowcaseTool?
1MarketingTool owns campaigns, publishing and analytics; it can send a brief here and receive finished assets. 1ShowcaseTool owns screen capture and product demos, and can send recordings in. 1VideoTool owns the editable production itself.
When can I use it, and what will it cost?
It is in private beta with design partners now. The price is not published because the figures in the product requirements are explicitly hypotheses, and they are being validated against real use first.
Design partners are cutting films in it now.
The private beta is free while it lasts, in exchange for telling us where the production model breaks on real work.