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

# Video Basics

> Understand the core video creation workflow in Tutorial AI — from recording to published tutorial — and how Sync Markers keep the video in step with your script.

Section: Docs › Getting started

Every Tutorial AI video starts with a screen recording and ends with a polished, narrated tutorial. This guide covers the full workflow and how Sync Markers keep the video in step with your script.

## The video creation flow

1. **Record** — Capture your screen with the [Desktop App](https://www.tutorial.ai/docs/recording/screen-recording), the [Chrome Extension](https://www.tutorial.ai/docs/recording/chrome-extension), or on [mobile](https://www.tutorial.ai/docs/recording/mobile-recording) — or [upload an existing video](https://www.tutorial.ai/docs/recording/uploading-videos)

2. **Script** — The AI Script Writer analyzes your recording and generates a narration script. If you [spoke while recording](https://www.tutorial.ai/docs/recording/recording-with-audio), AI transcribes and refines your words.

3. **Voice** — AI narrates the script with a [natural-sounding voice](https://www.tutorial.ai/docs/voiceover/ai-voices) in your chosen language

4. **Effects** — Smart [zoom](https://www.tutorial.ai/docs/visual-effects/zooming) on key moments and [cursor smoothing](https://www.tutorial.ai/docs/visual-effects/cursor-effects) are applied automatically

5. **Review** — Edit the script (the video updates to match), adjust effects, and add [slides](https://www.tutorial.ai/docs/editing/slides). Open [Clips](https://www.tutorial.ai/docs/editing/clips-overview) to [cut out mistakes](https://www.tutorial.ai/docs/editing/cut-and-trim), [combine several recordings](https://www.tutorial.ai/docs/editing/combine-videos) into one video, or [replace a section](https://www.tutorial.ai/docs/editing/update-or-replace-footage) of a recording.

6. **Publish** — [Export](https://www.tutorial.ai/docs/publishing/export-video), share, or [embed](https://www.tutorial.ai/docs/publishing/publish-share) your finished video

## The editor

The editor uses a script-based approach — you edit text, not a timeline. When you change a word in the script, the voiceover and video timing update automatically. That's why subject-matter experts, not video specialists, can create professional tutorials: the script is the single source of truth.

For a tour of every area of the editor, see [Editor Overview](https://www.tutorial.ai/docs/editing/editor-overview).

## Sync Markers

Sync Markers are timestamps linking specific words in your script to specific frames in your video. They're generated automatically by the Desktop App when you click on screen elements.

Each marker sits in the script as a numbered chip. Drag a marker to a different word to change when its frame appears — the video automatically pauses or speeds up to keep narration and visuals aligned.

![Sync Marker 1 being dragged from between the words the and key, leaving an empty slot, to a drop point right before the word highlight on the same line](https://www.tutorial.ai/images/help/help-video-basics-drag-sync-marker.9caabb68.webp)

If a marker is missing from the script — for example, you deleted it — click the spine on the left edge of the script to open the **Sync Marker Rail**. It lists every marker in order with a thumbnail of its frame. Drag the marker from the rail onto the word where its frame should appear. While you drag, the parts of the script where it can't go are greyed out, because markers always stay in order.

![The Sync Marker Rail open next to the script. Marker 3, Select Sighs voice tag, is being dragged from the rail into the narration right after the words sound more human, while the rest of the script is greyed out](https://www.tutorial.ai/images/help/help-video-basics-drag-from-rail.3a0638d5.webp)

You can also click **+** in the rail to [add a custom marker](https://www.tutorial.ai/docs/voiceover/script-editing#custom-sync-markers) at the current video frame. Learn more in [Script Editing](https://www.tutorial.ai/docs/voiceover/script-editing).

## Navigating your video

Tutorial AI offers three ways to navigate through your video:

- **Click in the script** — Jump directly to the video segment corresponding to that text
- **Click a thumbnail** — Click a marker in the Sync Marker Rail to jump the video to that frame
- **Use the progress bar** — Scrub through the video for quick review

## Next steps

  - [Quickstart](https://www.tutorial.ai/docs/getting-started/quickstart): Create your first video in 5 minutes
  - [Article Basics](https://www.tutorial.ai/docs/getting-started/article-basics): Generate written documentation from the same recording
  - [Edit Like a Doc](https://www.tutorial.ai/docs/editing/edit-like-a-doc): Deep dive into script-based editing
  - [Script Editing](https://www.tutorial.ai/docs/voiceover/script-editing): Sync Markers, custom markers, and editing the narration
  - [Editor Overview](https://www.tutorial.ai/docs/editing/editor-overview): Full tour of the editor interface

Source: https://www.tutorial.ai/docs/getting-started/video-basics