Choose an agent for your edit

What this means

Cardboard for Mac lets you choose which agent edits your video. The Director is your default agent, but if you have a Claude or ChatGPT subscription, you can use that too. This article covers how to pick one for your edit.

Before you start

• Use Cardboard for Mac. The option to use the picker is only available in the Mac app for now. Download and install Cardboard for Mac.
• Have your Claude or ChatGPT account ready. Their access is separate from your Cardboard plan, so a Cardboard plan doesn't cover it.
• Connect your agent first. To use your own Claude or ChatGPT subscription, turn it on in the dashboard once. Connect your agent
• Open a project first. The picker sits in the chat panel on the right, so you'll see it once a project is open.

How to choose your agent

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   Open a project in Cardboard for Mac.

2. Ask Cardboard to cut, caption or make something...

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   Look at the bottom right of the chat box, just left of the send button. It shows you the agent you’re using right now.

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   Click it to open the list of available options. The checkmark is next to the one that’s currently active.

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   For more choices, click More models at the bottom of the list.

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   Pick your agent of choice.

6. Ask Cardboard to cut, caption or make something...

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   Now type in your prompt as usual and your agent picks up from there.

What your agent will handle

• Captions

  01Editing on your timeline

  It cuts, trims, captions, and rearranges on the same timeline you'd use with the default agent.

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  Voiceover

  02Voices and captions

  It can use Cardboard's voice library and place narration with word timings, then caption it and cut to it.

• Search your library

  03Your footage

  It works from the media in your library, including search across it.

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  04Switching back

  Open the picker again and choose another agent whenever you like.

A few things to keep in mind

• Your Claude or ChatGPT access is separate from your Cardboard plan.
• Your Cardboard plan only covers the default agent, The Director (Cloud).
• You can switch between agents according to whichever project you're editing.

Something went wrong?

I don't see the picker.

Check that you're in Cardboard for Mac and that a project is open. The picker isn't available on the web.