# Files Montage can read

> Drop your files as they come off your phone or camera: Montage takes videos, music, pictures, and a few other files, and prepares each one itself.

## What you can add

| Kind | Files | Shown in Media as |
|---|---|---|
| Videos | MP4, MOV, M4V, WebM, MKV, AVI, MTS, MXF, and any other file your computer knows as a video | Video |
| Sound | MP3, M4A, WAV, AAC, FLAC, OGG, Opus, AIFF, and any other sound file | Music, or Sound when under 20 seconds |
| Pictures | JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, HEIC, AVIF, BMP, and any other picture | Picture |
| A colour look | .cube | Look |
| A font | TTF, OTF, WOFF, WOFF2 | Font |
| A text (a script, notes) | TXT, MD | Text |

A look, a font or a text is kept as it is: Montage reads it when you ask for it in a video. « Use my font for the titles. »

## What Montage does with a video

You never convert anything first. Montage prepares every video the same way, whatever it was:

- It stays at its own size.
- HDR footage (an iPhone's default) is turned into normal colours for watching.
- It is turned upright, the way the phone was held.
- Its sound is made stereo. A surround track is mixed down to two channels.

Your original is kept as it is. [Where your originals are kept](/docs/footage/originals).

## When a file can't be read

If even Montage cannot open a file, its row says **Can't be opened**: « This file is damaged or isn't a video ». In Media it says « This video couldn't be read. Try another copy of this video. » Press **Try again**, or **Contact support**: we see the file's name.

## Questions

### Can I add ProRes or camera files?

Yes. ProRes MOV, MXF and MTS files go in as they are, and Montage prepares them.

### I added the same file twice. Does it take twice the space?

No. The same file (same name, same size) brought again is the one you already have: nothing is sent, and its row says « from your media ».

### Can I add a PDF or a Word file?

No. Only the files in the table above.