# Studio

Studio is the fastest way to use Chat Video Pro when you already know the creative job you want done. Instead of writing a broad prompt in chat and hoping the right tool is selected, you open a purpose-built workflow: Cinematic Lab for master stills, Multi-Cam for alternate angles, Motion Director for camera moves, AI Transitions for shot bridges, Rotoscope for subject isolation, Relight Scene for lighting changes, and more.

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**Think of Studio as your production department inside Premiere.** Chat is still best for conversation, planning, assistant-style help, and flexible prompting. Studio is best when the job has a known shape and benefits from a guided interface, source media picker, presets, visual controls, and a dedicated results screen.
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#### What Studio Is For

Studio is built around **workflows**. Each card opens a focused creative path with the right inputs, controls, and output surface already prepared.

Use Studio when you want to:

* **Create new shots** from scratch with cinematic camera and lens controls
* **Generate alternate camera angles** from a still or clip
* **Animate still images** with directed camera movement
* **Bridge two frames** into a seamless AI transition
* **Clean up footage** by removing backgrounds, erasing objects, or reshooting problem areas
* **Improve finished clips** with upscaling, motion capture, relighting, or effects passes
* **Move faster than prompt-only workflows** because the UI already knows what the job needs

Most Studio workflows end by sending the generated result back into your chat as a normal image or video message. From there, you can save it, open it, reuse it from Recents, drag it into Premiere, or feed it into another Studio workflow.

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**Studio does not replace the main chat.** It gives you guided creative workflows for media generation and video editing. Use the chat when you need planning, troubleshooting, general Premiere help, or open-ended creative direction. Use Studio when you want to run a specific production task.
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#### Opening Studio

1. Open Chat Video Pro inside Premiere Pro
2. Click the **Studio** button in the sidebar
3. Choose a card from the Launchpad

The Launchpad opens as a full-screen workspace over the main chat. It is organized like a production house: **Production**, **Post-Production**, and **Audio**.

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#### Launchpad Navigation

The Launchpad is designed to stay out of the way once you know where everything lives.

* **Click a card** to open that workflow
* **Use Search** to find workflows by job, model, or keyword, such as `upscale`, `transition`, `rotoscope`, `camera move`, `remove object`, or `relight`
* **Use Back** in the Studio header to move from a workflow back to the Launchpad
* **Use Close** from the Launchpad when you want to leave Studio entirely

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#### Card Badges and States

Studio cards can show a few different states:

| State           | What It Means                                                                                                        |
| --------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **NEW**         | A newly launched workflow. These are ready to use, but they may still be expanding with presets, examples, and docs. |
| **Coming Soon** | A visible preview of a planned workflow. The card is locked and cannot be opened yet.                                |

As of this Studio release, the working workflows are concentrated in **Production** and **Post-Production**. The **Audio** department is visible on the Launchpad, but its cards are currently Coming Soon.

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#### How Studio Workflows Usually Start

Most Studio workflows begin by asking for source media. The source picker is context-aware: it only shows the inputs a workflow can actually use.

For example:

* **Motion Director** asks for a single image because it animates stills
* **Rotoscope**, **Erase Objects**, **Add Effects**, **Reshoot**, and **Upscale** ask for video because they operate on clips
* **Multi-Cam** accepts either an image or a video because it can generate alternate still angles or run a video multicam move
* **Motion Capture** asks for two assets: a motion reference video and a character image
* **Cinematic Lab** skips the loader because it starts from a written scene description
* **AI Transitions** opens its own start-frame and end-frame picker inside the workflow
* **Relight Scene** opens its own image/video setup screen because it supports both still relighting and optional video relighting

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#### Source Options

Depending on the workflow, the asset loader can pull media from:

| Source            | Use It When                                                              |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Upload**        | The file is on your computer and not already in Chat Video Pro           |
| **Recents**       | You want to reuse something you generated, captured, or imported earlier |
| **Frame Capture** | You want a still from the current Premiere Pro playhead position         |
| **Clip Import**   | You want to send a selected Premiere clip into a video workflow          |

The loader filters by workflow. If a workflow only supports images, you will not be asked to import video. If it only supports video, the picker focuses on clips. If it needs two inputs, such as Motion Capture, each slot explains what it expects.

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**Pro tip:** Treat Recents like your internal production shelf. Generate a strong Cinematic Lab still, send it to chat, then reuse it from Recents in Motion Director, Multi-Cam, AI Transitions, or Relight Scene. Studio is fastest when you chain outputs instead of hunting files on disk.
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#### Production Department

Production workflows create new shots, new angles, and new motion. Start here when you are building media that did not already exist in your edit.

| Workflow                                                   | Best For                                                                                                          | Starts With                            | Output              |
| ---------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- | ------------------- |
| [**Cinematic Lab**](/features/studio/cinematic-lab.md)     | Creating cinematic master stills, lookdev frames, key art, concept images, and source frames for video generation | Text prompt, optional reference images | Image grid          |
| [**Multi-Cam**](/features/studio/multi-cam.md)             | Generating alternate camera angles from a still or clip, building coverage, creating cinematic grids              | Image or video                         | Image grid or video |
| [**Motion Director**](/features/studio/motion-director.md) | Animating a still with a controlled camera move: push, pull, orbit, dolly, handheld, crane, drone, and more       | Image                                  | Video               |
| [**AI Transitions**](/features/studio/ai-transitions.md)   | Bridging a start frame and end frame into a seamless moving transition                                            | Two images                             | Video               |

**How to think about Production workflows**

Use **Cinematic Lab** when you need the hero frame. Use **Multi-Cam** when you need coverage around that frame. Use **Motion Director** when one still deserves motion. Use **AI Transitions** when two images need to become one shot.

A strong Studio production chain often looks like this:

1. Create a hero still in **Cinematic Lab**
2. Generate alternate angles with **Multi-Cam**
3. Animate the strongest frame in **Motion Director**
4. Bridge two moments together with **AI Transitions**

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#### Post-Production Department

Post-Production workflows refine, repair, transform, or finish footage you already have.

| Workflow                                                       | Best For                                                                          | Starts With                    | Output                       |
| -------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------ | ---------------------------- |
| [**Rotoscope**](/features/studio/sam-3-rotoscoping.md)         | Isolating subjects and separating foreground from background                      | Video                          | Edited video / cutout result |
| [**Erase Objects**](/features/studio/object-eraser-tool.md)    | Removing unwanted objects, people, signs, gear, or distractions from footage      | Video                          | Cleaned video                |
| [**Add Effects**](/features/studio/kling-vfx.md)               | Adding VFX such as fire, rain, fog, energy, atmosphere, or stylized scene changes | Video                          | VFX video                    |
| [**Reshoot**](/features/studio/reshoot.md)                     | Making targeted retake-style changes to parts of a clip                           | Video                          | Edited video                 |
| [**Upscale**](/features/studio/video-upscaling.md)             | Increasing resolution and improving the finish of a clip                          | Video                          | Higher-resolution video      |
| [**Motion Capture**](/features/studio/kling-motion-control.md) | Transferring motion from a reference video onto a character image                 | Motion video + character image | Video                        |
| [**Relight Scene**](/features/studio/relight-scene.md)         | Changing light direction, mood, or atmosphere on an image or short clip           | Image or video                 | Relit image or video         |

**How to think about Post-Production workflows**

Use **Rotoscope** when you need separation. Use **Erase Objects** when something should disappear. Use **Reshoot** when a specific part of the shot should change. Use **Add Effects** when the scene needs new visual energy. Use **Upscale** at the end, not the beginning, after the creative changes are already approved.

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#### Audio Department

The Audio department is visible in Studio so you can see where sound workflows will live, but the current Audio cards are not available yet.

Coming Soon.

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**Coming Soon cards are previews, not active workflows.** If a card is locked, it is intentionally unavailable in this release.
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#### Choosing the Right Workflow

<table><thead><tr><th width="391">Goal</th><th>Start Here</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>I need a cinematic still from an idea</td><td>Cinematic Lab</td></tr><tr><td>I need more angles from one image or clip</td><td>Multi-Cam</td></tr><tr><td>I want to animate a still</td><td>Motion Director</td></tr><tr><td>I need a transition between two frames</td><td>AI Transitions</td></tr><tr><td>I need to isolate a subject</td><td>Rotoscope</td></tr><tr><td>I need to remove something from footage</td><td>Erase Objects</td></tr><tr><td>I want to add rain, fire, fog, energy, or stylized VFX</td><td>Add Effects</td></tr><tr><td>I need a targeted retake or scene change</td><td>Reshoot</td></tr><tr><td>I want to improve resolution after the edit is approved</td><td>Upscale</td></tr><tr><td>I need to transfer motion onto a character</td><td>Motion Capture</td></tr><tr><td>I need to change the light or mood of a scene</td><td>Relight Scene</td></tr></tbody></table>

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#### Pro Workflows to Try First

**Concept frame to moving shot**

Use this when you need a shot that never existed.

1. Open **Cinematic Lab**
2. Generate a 4-up batch of possible hero frames
3. Pick the strongest still and click **Done**
4. Open **Motion Director**
5. Use that still as the source image and choose a camera movement

This is the cleanest way to go from idea to usable video: design the frame first, then animate it.

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**Missing coverage from an existing edit**

Use this when your timeline has the moment, but not the angle.

1. Park the Premiere playhead on a useful frame
2. Capture that frame into **Cinematic Lab** or **Multi-Cam**
3. Ask for a new angle, insert shot, detail, or variation
4. Reuse the result from Recents in another Studio workflow if needed

This is especially helpful for interviews, product videos, real estate, documentary edits, and any project where you need one more shot after production is over.

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**Clean, transform, finish**

Use this when you have real footage but it needs help.

1. Use **Erase Objects**, **Reshoot**, or **Add Effects** for the creative change
2. Review the result in chat or the video editor surface
3. Only after the creative version is approved, run **Upscale**

Do not upscale first unless resolution is the only job. Upscaling an intermediate clip wastes time and can make later AI passes less flexible.

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#### Best Practices

**Start with the workflow, not the model**

Studio exists so you do not have to memorize model names. Pick the creative job first. The workflow will expose the controls that matter for that job.

**Use Recents to chain workflows**

The fastest Studio users do not constantly upload and download files. They generate, click **Done**, then reuse the result from **Recents** in the next workflow.

**Keep references organized**

For visual consistency, build a small set of repeatable references: hero frames, product shots, character portraits, location stills, and lighting examples. Reuse them across Cinematic Lab, Multi-Cam, Motion Director, and Relight Scene.

**Generate stills before video when the look matters**

Video generation is more expensive and less forgiving than image generation. If the framing, subject, lighting, or wardrobe matters, lock the still first in Cinematic Lab, then animate it.

**Use Upscale last**

Upscale is a finishing pass. Run it after the clip is creatively approved, not before every experiment.

**Pay attention to asset requirements**

If a workflow asks for a still, give it a clear still. If it asks for video, give it the shortest clip that contains the motion or shot you need. Cleaner inputs make every AI pass more predictable.

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#### Troubleshooting

**I do not see a workflow I expected**\
Use the Studio search box and try the job name instead of the model name. For example, search `remove`, `rotoscope`, `angle`, `transition`, `relight`, or `upscale`.

**A card is visible but locked**\
That workflow is Coming Soon. Locked cards are previews of planned Studio departments, not active tools.

**The asset loader is not showing the file type I want**\
The workflow may not support that asset type. Motion Director only accepts images. Rotoscope only accepts video. Motion Capture needs one video and one image. The loader filters inputs to prevent unsupported jobs from starting.

**My workflow opened the video editor instead of staying in Studio**\
Some post-production tools use the full video editor surface because they need masking, preview, or timeline-style controls. That is expected for workflows like Rotoscope, Erase Objects, Add Effects, Reshoot, and Upscale.

**Generation fails before it starts**\
Check Settings and confirm your FAL API key is configured. Many Studio workflows use cloud models through the local Chat Video Pro service.

**I lost where I was**\
Press **Escape** once to return to the Launchpad from a workflow. Press **Escape** again to close Studio and return to chat.

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**Next:** Start with Cinematic Lab to create a cinematic still, then use that still in Motion Director, Multi-Cam, AI Transitions, or Relight Scene.


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