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Step-by-step guides for every part of Yacooti, from your first brief to a client's approval.

Popular: How Yacooti works, from brief to finished video Write a brief Fix the script's problems Generate a video Make a recut

The workflow

From brief to finished video, in five stages

The whole workflow on one page
  1. 1
    Stage 1 Get started Your account, your workspace, and how a brief becomes a finished video.
    • How Yacooti works, from brief to finished video
    • Create your account and start your trial
    • Find your way around
    3 articles
  2. 2
    Stage 2 Clients and brand kits Set up each business you make videos for, in its colours, font, look and voice.
    • Add a client
    • Create a brand kit
    • Choose a look
    6 articles
  3. 3
    Stage 3 Brief and script Tell Yacooti what the video should say, then shape the script in the studio.
    • Write a brief
    • Edit the script in the studio
    • Fix the script's problems
    8 articles
  4. 4
    Stage 4 Generate and deliver Turn the approved script into finished videos in every format, and hand them over.
    • Generate a video
    • If a video couldn't be made
    • Make changes to a finished video
    4 articles
  5. 5
    Stage 5 Review and approval Bring your client in to watch, comment and sign off, with a record of who approved what.
    • Invite a client to review
    • Comment on a version
    • Approve a version
    3 articles

Alongside the workflow

Recuts, your team, billing and your account

Recuts

Turn a video of someone talking to camera into a finished, captioned video with designed cards.

  • What a recut is
  • Make a recut
  • Check the cards and transcript
  • Recut downloads, edits and templates

Team and workspace

Roles, invitations, workspace settings and the trash.

  • Roles and what each can do
  • Invite your team
  • Workspace settings and activity
  • The trash: restore or delete for good

Plans and billing

Trials, plans and limits, paying by card or M-Pesa, and changing or cancelling.

  • How plans and limits work
  • The free trial
  • Pay by card
  • Pay with M-Pesa
  • Change or cancel your plan
  • Buy extra videos

Your account

Logging in, your email and password, the emails we send, and how to reach us.

  • Log in
  • Change your email or password
  • Turn on two-step log-in
  • Choose which emails you get
  • Get help from a person

Still stuck?

A person at Yacooti reads every message and replies by email. Name your workspace, and the video if it's about one.

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