Getting started
In closed beta · Not yet on sale
Everything between opening Rooster for the first time and your first edit. Rooster is in closed beta and not on sale yet; these guides describe the app its testers are using now.
Get started with Rooster: record, edit, export
Your first video in Rooster, from the welcome screen to an exported file: record or import, let it transcribe, edit the words, then export.
Install Rooster on your Mac
How closed beta testers install Rooster from its disk image, what the first launch asks for, and how Rooster keeps itself up to date.
Create a new project
Make an empty Rooster project, name it, and add its first recording - or start typing a script and record against it later.
Import video or audio
Bring a video or audio file into Rooster as a new project, add more media to a project you have open, or open a file from Finder.
Edit video by editing the script
Cut words from the script to cut them from the video, put them back, and fix a misheard word without touching the picture - Rooster's text editing.
Where Rooster saves recordings and exports
Find your Rooster recordings, exports and imported files on your Mac, change the recordings folder, and see what Rooster keeps in its own folder.
A tour of the Rooster editor
The parts of Rooster's editor window and what each is for: the sidebar, the script, the canvas, the transport, the timeline and the rail.