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Stage 4 · Production

3 gatesMac app onlyUpdated 2026-09-25

Your Mac renders a sample cut, records the full voice-over and assembles the final video. Each is a gate: you watch or listen before anything moves on.

The steps

4v

Visual approval · gate

Where：Mac app only
What AI doesRenders a sample cut on your Mac from the storyboard, with visuals, captions and pacing you can watch.
What you doWatch the sample, then approve it or send it back with the shots to change.
4s

Voice approval · gate

Where：Mac app only
What AI doesRecords the full voice-over with the voice provider you connected and times every word. Recording costs money, so it asks you first.
What you doListen, then approve or re-record.
4f

Final review · gate

Where：Mac app only
What AI doesRenders the final video and checks it for black frames, frozen frames, pacing and loudness.
What you doWatch the opening, the middle and the ending, then give final approval.

Gates

This stage has 3 gates: Visual approval, Voice approval, Final review. Only you can approve a gate, and the next step waits until you do.

Tips

  • The sample cut is for judging visuals and pacing; its voice is a placeholder. The full voice-over is recorded at the voice approval step.
  • Recording the full voice-over is billed by your voice provider, so it asks first. Set your daily spending limit in settings.
  • Final approval unlocks only after you've watched the opening, the middle and the ending.