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title: "AI video editing tutorials | Cardboard"
description: "Learn to edit videos with Cardboard: install the Mac app, connect Claude or Codex, choose a plan, write prompts, refine edits and export your first video."
canonical: "https://www.cardboard.ai/learn"
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# AI video editing tutorials | Cardboard

Learn to edit videos with Cardboard: install the Mac app, connect Claude or Codex, choose a plan, write prompts, refine edits and export your first video.

## Getting Started

- [Meet Cardboard](https://www.cardboard.ai/learn/meet-cardboard): Cardboard is an AI video editor. Upload your footage, describe your idea, and our AI agent edits it for you.

- [See where Cardboard works](https://www.cardboard.ai/learn/see-where-cardboard-works): You can use Cardboard in your browser or through the Mac app. This article explains how they differ so you can choose the right option for your workflow.

- [Download and install Cardboard for Mac](https://www.cardboard.ai/learn/download-and-install-cardboard): Download and install Cardboard on an Apple Silicon Mac (M1 or later), move it to Applications and sign in. Intel Mac users can use Cardboard on the web.

## Plans and Set up

- [Choose your Cardboard plan](https://www.cardboard.ai/learn/choose-your-cardboard-plan): The Director is Cardboard’s AI editor, included with every plan. It uses Cardboard credits, which are separate from your GPT or Claude limits.

- [Activate your plan](https://www.cardboard.ai/learn/activate-your-plan): You can get started with Lite or subscribe to Starter, Creator, or Pro. This guide explains how to activate your plan and check your account details.

- [Connect your agent](https://www.cardboard.ai/learn/connect-your-agent): Use your Claude or ChatGPT subscription to edit videos in Cardboard for Mac.

- [Choose an agent for your edit](https://www.cardboard.ai/learn/choose-an-agent-for-your-edit): Pick which agent edits your video, and switch whenever you like.

- [Find your way around Cardboard](https://www.cardboard.ai/learn/find-your-way-around-cardboard): Now that we've set everything up, it's time to meet your new workspace.

## Start Creating

- [Make your first video](https://www.cardboard.ai/learn/make-your-first-video): Make your first video in Cardboard: choose a Recipe or prepare your clips, write a prompt, refine the first cut and export the finished video.

- [Start from a Recipe](https://www.cardboard.ai/learn/start-from-a-recipe): The fastest way to make a video in Cardboard is to start with a recipe. Recipes are curated templates of a finished video you can customize with your own content.

- [How to prompt in Cardboard](https://www.cardboard.ai/learn/how-to-prompt-in-cardboard): Prompting in Cardboard is as easy as typing your ideas out in your own words. This guide covers the few habits that make the biggest difference to your videos.

- [How to refine your edit](https://www.cardboard.ai/learn/how-to-refine-your-edit): Once you have your first cut, refining it to your preferences is what makes the video yours. This guide shows you how to do that in Cardboard when something feels off and you can't quite name it.