> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.guin.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Guin: footage to final cut, in minutes

> Send Guin any footage and tell it what you need. It watches what you filmed, finds the story, and hands back video you approve before it goes anywhere.

Guin turns the footage your business already has into video that is ready to post. You upload what you filmed, whether that is a few phone videos or a whole shoot day, say what you need in plain words, and Guin comes back with finished clips or one longer edit. You approve everything before it leaves Guin.

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## Two ways to work

Guin has two surfaces, and both start from the same footage.

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  <Card title="Clip Studio" icon="scissors" href="/guides/creating-clips">
    The fastest way to turn footage into several publish-ready clips. You describe what you want, approve a plan, and get a set of clips back.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Smart Editor" icon="clapperboard" href="/guides/editing-clips">
    Best for making one video and for precise changes. A timeline editor with the Director, a chat co-editor that can search your footage and build the cut.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Start here

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  <Card title="Quickstart" icon="rocket" href="/quickstart">
    Go from sign-up to your first exported video.
  </Card>

  <Card title="How Guin works" icon="lightbulb" href="/how-guin-works">
    What happens to your footage between upload and final cut.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Upload footage" icon="upload" href="/guides/uploading-footage">
    What you can send and how to add it.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Export" icon="download" href="/guides/exporting-and-publishing">
    Video files up to 4K, or a project for Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, or DaVinci Resolve.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## What Guin does not do

* It does not generate synthetic video. Everything in your edit comes from footage you filmed, unless you ask for something else.
* It does not post on its own. You review and approve every video first.
* It does not ask you to learn a timeline. The editor is there when you want fine control, and you can ignore it when you don't.
