# Project: media, settings, editor > How the project screen in Slicer works — the header, the “⋯” menu and the three sections Media, Settings and Editor: what is where and what you can do. Source: https://docs.slicer.media/en/guide/projects/project/ Every reel in Slicer is a project. It opens full screen, above the navigation, and has three sections: **Media** — everything the reel is made from, **Settings** — title, style and montage settings, **Editor** — editing the reel. **Demo (iPhone):** 1. A finished project opens in Editor; the header shows the title and “Saved” 2. Tap the Media tab — montage media marked “in reel” 3. Tap a file — a sheet with a preview and why it got its role 4. Tap the Settings tab — title, post text, style 5. Tap “⋯” in the header — the project menu ## The header - The ‹ arrow — back to **Projects**. - **Title and status.** During a montage — the stage and percentage; for a finished project — **Ready** and the duration; for a manual project before its first export — **Draft**. In the editor the status shows saving: **Saved**, **Saving…**, **Unsaved changes**, **Not saved**. - **The publications button** with a platform logo — if there were publications in the last 24 hours. It opens the **Publications** sheet ([Publishing to social media](https://docs.slicer.media/en/guide/publish/platforms/)). - **The chat button** — the [chat with the director](https://docs.slicer.media/en/guide/ai/chat/): on a wide screen — **Chat with the director** while the chat panel is hidden; on a phone — an icon in the **Editor** section. - **Export** and **Undo** / **Redo** — in the **Editor** section. - “⋯” — the project menu. ## The “⋯” menu - **Download** (in the app — **Save**) and **Share** — the finished reel ([Download and share](https://docs.slicer.media/en/guide/publish/share/)). - **AI effect** — an effect from a text prompt on a range of the reel ([AI effect from a prompt](https://docs.slicer.media/en/guide/ai/effect/)). - **Export for an editing app** — a timeline for Final Cut Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Premiere or Avid, plus the source files ([Export for an editing app](https://docs.slicer.media/en/guide/publish/interchange/)). - **Delete project** — after confirmation the reel and its media are deleted for good. ## Which section opens A finished project and a manual project's draft open on **Editor**, others on **Media**. The section is kept in the page address: after a page reload you stay where you were. While a montage or export is running, the **Media** and **Settings** sections show the run card on top; if the montage failed — a failure card with a **Retry** button ([Retry and stop](https://docs.slicer.media/en/guide/projects/runs/)). ## Media Two tabs: **Materials** and **History**. **Materials:** - **Montage media** — everything you uploaded in the wizard, in order. Each file shows its kind (video, photo, voice-over, music), duration or size and the **in reel** mark if it is in the current cut. - Tap a file to open a preview (video, photo or sound) and an explanation: what kind the AI decided it is and **why** — for example, why an audio file became music rather than a voice-over. - **Added in the editor** — your photos, videos and music added after the montage. - **Add** — for a finished project: **Photos and videos** or **Music** (in the app — from the library and from Files). What you add is available right away in **Editor** → **Media**. 7 days after the last work on the reel, the sources are deleted — you will see **The source files were deleted after the retention period.** The finished reel stays. **History** — the reel's versions and a log of all work on it. Details — [History and versions](https://docs.slicer.media/en/guide/projects/history/). ## Settings - **Project**: **Title** (saved when you leave the field or press `Enter`) and the **For posting** card — the AI's title, description and hashtags with a **Copy** button. - **Reel style** — **My templates**, **Font**, **Accent**, captions, **Sound effects** and **Intro push-in**. They change for free and without AI: **Changes show up in the Editor right away. To update the finished video, tap Export.** - **Montage settings** — emoji, media cards, callouts, camera motion, hook, length, **Smart cut** and **Notes for the director**. The AI applies them, so changing them means a [rebuild with new settings](https://docs.slicer.media/en/guide/projects/remount/). - **AI access to files** — which project files AI services may open with a temporary link without asking before every operation, plus the **Issued links** log with a **Revoke all links** button ([AI access to files](https://docs.slicer.media/en/guide/projects/ai-access/)). - **Delete** — **Delete project**. > **Note.** The style can be changed on a finished reel while its sources are kept. During a montage you will see **You can change the style once the montage is done.** ### Settings of a manual project An [Edit it myself](https://docs.slicer.media/en/guide/projects/manual/) project has had no AI montage yet, so instead of **Montage settings** there is the **Edit with the AI director** block: **The AI edits a reel from these files with the settings below, then checks and fixes the finished cut itself.** The settings in it are the same, and the **Edit with the AI director** button is visible right away, without changing anything. The montage costs 24 tokens and starts after you confirm in the sheet — see [A project without AI](https://docs.slicer.media/en/guide/projects/manual/#ai-director). ## Editor A full-width timeline, tools for the selection, and the **AI**, **Elements** and **Media** modes. The editor is available for a finished project and a manual project's draft while the sources are kept. Details — [Editor overview](https://docs.slicer.media/en/guide/editor/). ## What's next - [Rebuild with new settings](https://docs.slicer.media/en/guide/projects/remount/) - [AI access to files](https://docs.slicer.media/en/guide/projects/ai-access/) - [History and versions](https://docs.slicer.media/en/guide/projects/history/) - [A project without AI](https://docs.slicer.media/en/guide/projects/manual/) - [Editor overview](https://docs.slicer.media/en/guide/editor/)