# Tutorial: your first video — overview

> Nine steps from sign-up to publishing — style, captions, media, direction, montage, the finished reel, first edits and export. Takes 10–15 minutes.

Source: https://docs.slicer.media/en/guide/tutorial/

In this tutorial you will go through the whole path in Slicer: sign up, make your first reel in the wizard, wait for the montage, watch the finished reel, fix a couple of spots in the editor and publish the result. It takes 10–15 minutes, and a few of them the reel edits itself — you can do something else meanwhile.

Your first reel is free, so you do not need to buy anything for this tutorial.

## What to prepare

-   **Videos.** 1–10 clips with speech — for example, you talk about three habits for a productive morning. B-roll without speech works too. Shoot vertically or horizontally: the AI frames it in 9:16.
-   **Optional:** photos (shown where they are mentioned), music (plays underneath, quieter under the voice) or a voice-over (becomes the narration).
-   **Requirements:** video at 720p or higher, clear speech without loud music over the voice. All formats and limits — [File formats and limits](https://docs.slicer.media/en/guide/help/files/).

## Steps

### 1. Sign-up and intro

Getting to know Slicer, your account, the free start. [Go →](https://docs.slicer.media/en/guide/tutorial/signup/)

### 2. Reel style

Template, font and caption accent color. [Go →](https://docs.slicer.media/en/guide/tutorial/style/)

### 3. Captions and options

Caption style, emoji, callouts, camera motion, hook. [Go →](https://docs.slicer.media/en/guide/tutorial/captions/)

### 4. Media

Uploading videos, photos and audio. [Go →](https://docs.slicer.media/en/guide/tutorial/materials/)

### 5. Smart cut and notes

Video type, pace, effects, AI voiceover and notes for the director. [Go →](https://docs.slicer.media/en/guide/tutorial/director/)

### 6. Montage and the run card

Starting, stages, time and tokens. [Go →](https://docs.slicer.media/en/guide/tutorial/montage/)

### 7. The finished reel

The reel the director checked itself, the Chat journal and earlier versions. [Go →](https://docs.slicer.media/en/guide/tutorial/versions/)

### 8. First edits

Caption text, an extra clip, the AI assistant. [Go →](https://docs.slicer.media/en/guide/tutorial/first-edits/)

### 9. Export and publishing

A file for social media and auto-publishing. [Go →](https://docs.slicer.media/en/guide/tutorial/export/)

## Web or app

The tutorial works for both: the screens are the same. Where the actions differ — say, dragging files on the web and the photo library in the app — the page has “Web” and “iPhone and iPad” tabs. The demos are recorded on the real interface in a phone frame; where a mouse and keyboard are easier to show — in a browser window.

> **Tip.** Want it shorter? The [Quickstart](https://docs.slicer.media/en/guide/quickstart/) has the same actions on one page, without the details.

## What's next

Start with the first step — [Sign-up and intro](https://docs.slicer.media/en/guide/tutorial/signup/).