AI access to files
When an AI service needs a project file by link: the permission window, the toggles in Settings, the log of issued links and how to revoke access.
Normally a project's files open only for you: Slicer serves the video, sources and media after you sign in, and hands AI services the pieces they need itself. But some AI models can only take a file by link — right now that's the object removal model. For them Slicer issues a temporary secret link to the piece they need — and only with your permission.
The permission window
Before an operation that needs a link, Slicer shows the AI access to a file window: what exactly will be opened, for how long and why. For object removal, for example, it's a piece of this fragment and the object mask.
| Choice | What happens |
|---|---|
| Allow once | links are issued for this run only; next time Slicer asks again |
| Allow for this project | access to this kind of file is turned on in the project's Settings, and Slicer stops asking in this project |
| Don’t allow | the operation doesn't start, nothing is shared, no tokens are spent |
A permission only works in its own project: in another project Slicer asks again.
What a link opens
- Only the piece that's needed. Not the whole source and not the project — exactly what the model needs: for object removal, a piece of the fragment (up to 5 seconds) and the object mask, each with its own link. A fragment longer than 5 seconds is sent in several pieces.
- An hour at most. A link expires after an hour even if nothing happened to it.
- Revoked right after processing. As soon as the model returns the result, the link stops working and the copy of the piece is deleted.
- Links can't be guessed. A link contains a long random key, and the copy of the piece is stored encrypted, like all Slicer files.
Settings
The AI access to files block is in the project's Settings section, just before project deletion. Three toggles — which project files may be opened by link without asking before every operation:
- Sources — the montage materials and pieces of them (object removal needs this);
- Own media — photos and videos added in the editor;
- Finished video — the exported file.
Everything is off by default. You can turn access on in advance so Slicer doesn't ask — or from the permission window with Allow for this project. Turn a toggle off and active links of that kind are revoked at once.
The link log
Below the toggles is Issued links: every link Slicer has issued in this project. Until there are any, it says No links yet. Each row shows:
- what for — for example, Object removal;
- what was opened — the source number and the seconds of the piece, with a note for the mask;
- when it was issued;
- active or revoked;
- how many times the service downloaded the file — “downloaded: 1”.
If any link is still active, there's a Revoke all links button below the list: it kills them immediately. If the operation that needed the link is still running, it may fail — then its tokens come back.
Good to know
- Links give no access to your account, other files or other projects: a link only lets someone download one piece.
- A link that couldn't be revoked right away (for example, while the server was restarting) is killed by Slicer automatically when it expires.
- More about how files are protected and other links that work without signing in — on the Security page.