Use cases
Start here when you need a concrete Composer workflow to follow end to end. Each use case has a clear goal, source type, screenshots, and a walkthrough.
Start with Nina (2025), a live-action English short drama. Its walkthrough uses three dialogue clips, an added transcript response, and a landscape render that preserves the original picture proportions. The source library also includes five color NOAA educational videos. Media credits list licenses and attribution. The Reframe and Agentic walkthroughs also use Nina; the single-source Recap uses color coral-restoration footage. Some other walkthroughs retain earlier demo sources. Entity Search explains its readiness gate before generating.
| Use case | Best for | What the operator completes |
|---|---|---|
| Search, curate, produce, and review | Creating a dialogue-led teaser with real actors. | Search Nina, curate three moments, add a missing response in Studio, preserve the 4:3 picture, and export a branded 16:9 cut. |
| Validate focused Search prompts | Testing high-confidence Search prompts before making a working set. | Filter the source list by title, try entity/visual/transcript prompts, review top results, and save only strong matches. |
| Ask a cited question and open the video | Checking a source-backed answer before choosing clips or writing notes. | Ask a factual question, review citations, open source cards, and verify the cited video moment. |
| Create 9:16 short clips with Reframe | Finding vertical short-form moments from a ready long-form source. | Run Pipeline Reframe, review generated 9:16 candidates, and open the selected short in Studio. |
| Create 16:9 short clips | Creating landscape editorial takes directly from one ready source. | Direct Agentic Long-to-Short, follow moment discovery and cutting, then review the editable 16:9 take. |
| Create a recap from one source | Building a short recap from a prepared source. | Search moments, save a working set, generate a first cut, and confirm the project opens in Studio. |
| Create a people-focused video with Entity Search | Building a character- or presenter-focused edit from a known person. | Confirm a Ready Entity, curate a focused set of verified moments, generate a first cut, and review it in Studio. |
Start with the full Search-to-Studio workflow when learning Composer. Use Entity Search when the story centers on a known person, focused Search when you already know the moment you want to find, Ask when you need a cited answer before choosing a clip, and Reframe when one ready source should produce short candidates directly.