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How to make a story, look after it and share it. New here? Start with Your first story.

• Your first story

  Three ways to start, what to do first, and how to publish.

  • Three ways to start
  • What to do first
  • Publish it

• How a story is built

  Beats, screens and pace, the storyboard, the timeline, and Edit and Preview.

  • Beats
  • Beats that run across several
  • Screens and pace
  • The storyboard
  • The beat panel
  • The timeline
  • Chapters
  • Edit and Preview

• Beat types

  What each kind of beat in Add beat is for.

  • Title
  • Full frame
  • Sequence
  • Gallery
  • Words & photo
  • Embed
  • Map on its own
  • Soundtrack
  • Backdrop
  • Overlay
  • Map
  • Page

• Look and motion

  Look, alignment, fade, motion, how a video plays, transitions, text animation, and fine-tuning with keyframes.

  • Look and theme
  • Alignment
  • Fade
  • Motion
  • How a video plays
  • Transition
  • Text animation
  • Fine-tune
  • The still point

• Maps and trips

  Stops, legs, tracks, your own map, the camera, and where a map draws.

  • Stops
  • Legs
  • Tracks
  • Your own map
  • Camera
  • Behind or over the photos
  • A map on its own

• Sound

  Narration, a video's own sound, captions, and what readers hear.

  • Narration
  • Video sound
  • Captions
  • What readers hear

• Phone and desktop

  Composing for portrait as well as landscape.

  • Portrait and landscape
  • Composing the second shape
  • What is shared
  • Turning it off

• Publishing and sharing

  Who can read a story, its address, private and preview links, passcodes, schedules and teasers.

  • Publish and unpublish
  • Who can read it
  • The address
  • Private links
  • Passcodes
  • Schedules
  • Preview links
  • Make a teaser