Video Terminal for editors — the AE/Premiere translation

You already know this software; the words are just different.

You know…	In VT it's…
The project drive for a client	This repo (~/videos/<client>/) — brand + every job lives here
The style guide PDF	STYLE.md (colors, type, do's/don'ts — readable text)
The brand bin (logos, fonts, music, stings)	library/assets/ → the Brand tab in the app's Library
Your Essential Graphics / .mogrt folder	library/looks/ → the ★ Looks tab. A "look" = a finished animated graphic saved as a reusable template
A sequence	A project folder under projects/ — open it from the app
The timeline	The timeline (tracks, lock/hide, filmstrips — it works like you expect)
Cutting on the timeline	Mostly you cut in the transcript: delete words = delete that footage
Your junior motion designer	The agent in the terminal drawer — it's just there when you open a project (✦ <client> · ready)

The one big idea

You don't operate an effects panel — you brief a junior. Type what you want in the drawer ("title card like the reference, quieter, green only on 'unlock'"), watch the preview update, then finish by hand: drag/resize on the canvas, nudge on the timeline, retype text with ✎ on any graphic card. word in a text field makes that word the brand emphasis (e.g. the green word).

• Applying a look = dragging a .mogrt: click a ★ Looks card (with words selected) or drag it onto the timeline; a small form pops — type Name/Role/whatever, Enter.
• Saving a look = exporting a .mogrt: hit ★ on a graphic card, name it. Save FEW — only the recurring pieces (lower third, title style, panel, outro). One look per family: color/emphasis variants are typing, not separate looks.
• Safety: before the agent acts, the app snapshots the project. Bad result? checkpoints (top right) → roll back. You cannot permanently wreck anything.

Your job on a NEW client's first episode

Ship two things:

1. The video.
2. The library — brand bin filled (logos/fonts/music/stings into library/assets/), STYLE.md real, and the recurring graphics built with the agent, polished by you, and ★-saved with clear names.

The test of your library: a junior editor can ship episode 2 without you. That's the hand-off. You do the taste; the system carries it forward.

First hour (do this in the practice project)

1. Open the app → open the practice project. Press play.
2. ✎ a lower third → change the name → Enter.
3. ★ Looks tab → drag a look onto the timeline → fill its form.
4. Select a boring sentence in the transcript → delete it. Play again.
5. Type one change in the drawer ("make the intro title 20% smaller").
6. ⚗ Bake → watch your export. That's the whole daily loop.