# Every question

> Every question answered in these docs, in one place, by section. Each one opens the page that answers it.

## Getting started and your footage

[**What is Montage**](/docs/start)

- [Do I need to know how to edit?](/docs/start/overview#questions)
- [Is it free?](/docs/start/overview#questions)
- [Who do I ask when something goes wrong?](/docs/start/overview#questions)

[**Make your first video**](/docs/start/first-video)

- [Can I leave the page while my footage gets ready?](/docs/start/first-video#questions)
- [I ran out of free credits in the middle. Is my video lost?](/docs/start/first-video#questions)
- [Can I use Montage on my phone?](/docs/start/first-video#questions)

[**Describe the video you want**](/docs/start/describe)

- [Does a longer description cost more?](/docs/start/describe#questions)
- [Can I write in another language than English?](/docs/start/describe#questions)
- [What if I don't know what I want?](/docs/start/describe#questions)

[**Plans and credits**](/docs/start/plans)

- [Where do I choose a plan?](/docs/start/plans#questions)
- [Who can pay in a workspace?](/docs/start/plans#questions)
- [Can I change plan later?](/docs/start/plans#questions)

[**On the web and on Mac**](/docs/start/web-mac-windows)

- [Is it the same account?](/docs/start/web-mac-windows#questions)
- [Does the app work on an Intel Mac?](/docs/start/web-mac-windows#questions)
- [Can I edit on my phone?](/docs/start/web-mac-windows#questions)

[**Files Montage can read**](/docs/footage/files)

- [Can I add ProRes or camera files?](/docs/footage/files#questions)
- [I added the same file twice. Does it take twice the space?](/docs/footage/files#questions)
- [Can I add a PDF or a Word file?](/docs/footage/files#questions)

[**Big files**](/docs/footage/big-files)

- [Is there a size limit for one file?](/docs/footage/big-files#questions)
- [How long will it take?](/docs/footage/big-files#questions)
- [Can I add several big files at once?](/docs/footage/big-files#questions)

[**Phone videos**](/docs/footage/phone)

- [Do I need to send the videos to my computer first?](/docs/footage/phone#questions)
- [Is my HDR video exported in HDR?](/docs/footage/phone#questions)
- [Where is « Contact support » on a phone?](/docs/footage/phone#questions)

[**Where your originals are kept**](/docs/footage/originals)

- [Does Montage change my original?](/docs/footage/originals#questions)
- [Is the export made from a smaller copy?](/docs/footage/originals#questions)
- [Can I download my original again?](/docs/footage/originals#questions)
- [What happens to my originals when I delete them?](/docs/footage/originals#questions)

[**Why a file is still getting ready**](/docs/footage/getting-ready)

- [Why does Montage prepare my file at all?](/docs/footage/getting-ready#questions)
- [Does preparing use my credits?](/docs/footage/getting-ready#questions)
- [Can I start describing while it prepares?](/docs/footage/getting-ready#questions)

[**Delete footage**](/docs/footage/delete)

- [Does deleting a file in Media delete it from my computer?](/docs/footage/delete#questions)
- [Can anyone in my workspace delete my footage?](/docs/footage/delete#questions)
- [Taking a file off a new video, is that deleting it?](/docs/footage/delete#questions)

## Editing, styles and components

[**Ask for a change**](/docs/edit/ask)

- [Can I edit the video by hand?](/docs/edit/ask#questions)
- [Can I add footage after the first version?](/docs/edit/ask#questions)
- [Where are my older messages?](/docs/edit/ask#questions)

[**Comment on the picture**](/docs/edit/comments)

- [Can a client comment without an account?](/docs/edit/comments#questions)
- [Can I comment on a phone?](/docs/edit/comments#questions)
- [Does a comment use credits?](/docs/edit/comments#questions)

[**Fix all**](/docs/edit/fix-all)

- [Can I send one comment alone?](/docs/edit/fix-all#questions)
- [Can a client press Fix all?](/docs/edit/fix-all#questions)
- [What if I don't like the result?](/docs/edit/fix-all#questions)

[**Undo a change**](/docs/edit/undo)

- [Why can't I go back right now?](/docs/edit/undo#questions)
- [Does going back use credits?](/docs/edit/undo#questions)
- [Does going back remove my comments?](/docs/edit/undo#questions)

[**Choose the AI model**](/docs/edit/model)

- [Which model should I pick?](/docs/edit/model#questions)
- [Can I use Opus for one change only?](/docs/edit/model#questions)
- [Why did my model change after the first version?](/docs/edit/model#questions)

[**Captions**](/docs/edit/captions)

- [Which languages work?](/docs/edit/captions#questions)
- [Can I remove the captions later?](/docs/edit/captions#questions)
- [Do the captions come with the export?](/docs/edit/captions#questions)

[**Silences and retakes**](/docs/edit/clean-cuts)

- [Does it work on music?](/docs/edit/clean-cuts#questions)
- [Can I keep some pauses?](/docs/edit/clean-cuts#questions)

[**B-roll**](/docs/edit/b-roll)

- [Can I use pictures as B-roll?](/docs/edit/b-roll#questions)
- [Can I keep a shot for other videos?](/docs/edit/b-roll#questions)

[**Zoom and reframe**](/docs/edit/frame)

- [Can I change the shape after the first version?](/docs/edit/frame#questions)
- [My footage is sideways. Can Montage turn it?](/docs/edit/frame#questions)

[**Color**](/docs/edit/color)

- [Is my original changed?](/docs/edit/color#questions)
- [Can I grade only one shot?](/docs/edit/color#questions)

[**Animated text**](/docs/edit/text)

- [Does text in Arabic or Hebrew work?](/docs/edit/text#questions)
- [If I change a saved component, do my videos change?](/docs/edit/text#questions)

[**Remove the background**](/docs/edit/background)

- [Do I need a green screen?](/docs/edit/background#questions)
- [Can I put a video behind me?](/docs/edit/background#questions)

[**Music and sound**](/docs/edit/sound)

- [Can I use any song?](/docs/edit/sound#questions)
- [Can I change the music after?](/docs/edit/sound#questions)

[**What a style is**](/docs/library/styles)

- [Can I change a style?](/docs/library/styles#questions)
- [What happens to my videos if I delete a style?](/docs/library/styles#questions)
- [Who sees my styles?](/docs/library/styles#questions)

[**Save your brand as a style**](/docs/library/brand)

- [My font isn't used. Why?](/docs/library/brand#questions)
- [Can my team use my brand style?](/docs/library/brand#questions)
- [Can I have one style per client?](/docs/library/brand#questions)

[**Components**](/docs/library/components)

- [What is the difference between a style and a component?](/docs/library/components#questions)
- [Who can use my components?](/docs/library/components#questions)
- [Can I change a component?](/docs/library/components#questions)

## Export and the Mac app

[**Export a video**](/docs/export)

- [Why does my export stay at 100 %?](/docs/export/overview#questions)
- [Does the export have a watermark?](/docs/export/overview#questions)
- [Can I close the tab while it exports?](/docs/export/overview#questions)

[**Choose the quality**](/docs/export/quality)

- [Does Best make my video bigger than I filmed it?](/docs/export/quality#questions)
- [Can I choose the quality of a sound or a Premiere Pro file?](/docs/export/quality#questions)
- [Is the size in the window exact?](/docs/export/quality#questions)

[**The sound alone**](/docs/export/sound)

- [Can I get the voice and the music as separate files?](/docs/export/sound#questions)
- [Why does the Free plan show the upgrade window for a sound?](/docs/export/sound#questions)
- [Can I close the page while it is made?](/docs/export/sound#questions)

[**To Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve**](/docs/export/premiere-resolve)

- [My editor says some files are missing. Why?](/docs/export/premiere-resolve#questions)
- [Can I change a title in Premiere Pro?](/docs/export/premiere-resolve#questions)
- [Does it work with Final Cut Pro?](/docs/export/premiere-resolve#questions)

[**Slow or failed export**](/docs/export/slow)

- [I closed the page while Montage made my video. Is it lost?](/docs/export/slow#questions)
- [What does Stop do?](/docs/export/slow#questions)
- [Is a broken file ever given to me?](/docs/export/slow#questions)

[**What the app does better**](/docs/desktop)

- [Does the app upload my originals?](/docs/desktop/overview#questions)
- [Can I use Montage in the app without the internet?](/docs/desktop/overview#questions)
- [I added a video on the web. Can I export it from the app?](/docs/desktop/overview#questions)
- [Is the app on Linux or on Intel Macs?](/docs/desktop/overview#questions)

[**Install on Mac**](/docs/desktop/install-mac)

- [Google sign-in says « It did not work ». What now?](/docs/desktop/install-mac#questions)
- [Will Montage work on my Intel Mac?](/docs/desktop/install-mac#questions)
- [Where does the app keep my things?](/docs/desktop/install-mac#questions)

[**Export settings and presets**](/docs/desktop/export)

- [Why can't I pick HDR?](/docs/desktop/export#questions)
- [The export says one of my originals is « On the disk » or « Moved or deleted ».](/docs/desktop/export#questions)
- [The export says « Your Mac is full ».](/docs/desktop/export#questions)
- [Can my presets go to another computer?](/docs/desktop/export#questions)

[**Updates**](/docs/desktop/updates)

- [Do I lose anything when I restart to update?](/docs/desktop/updates#questions)
- [Which version do I have?](/docs/desktop/updates#questions)
- [What if I never press Restart?](/docs/desktop/updates#questions)

## Sharing, account and billing

[**Send a review link**](/docs/share/review-link)

- [Will they see my changes?](/docs/share/review-link#questions)
- [Can they download the video?](/docs/share/review-link#questions)
- [Which plans can share a link?](/docs/share/review-link#questions)

[**Comments from a client**](/docs/share/guests)

- [Does my client need a Montage account?](/docs/share/guests#questions)
- [Can my client see the conversation with Montage?](/docs/share/guests#questions)
- [Am I told when a client comments?](/docs/share/guests#questions)

[**Invite your team**](/docs/share/team)

- [What happens when I remove someone?](/docs/share/team#questions)
- [Is a team member the same as a client I invite to a video?](/docs/share/team#questions)
- [Do we share credits?](/docs/share/team#questions)

[**Workspaces**](/docs/share/workspaces)

- [Can I make a new workspace myself?](/docs/share/workspaces#questions)
- [Is the plan per person or per workspace?](/docs/share/workspaces#questions)
- [If I leave, what happens to my videos?](/docs/share/workspaces#questions)

[**What uses credits**](/docs/account/credits)

- [Does a failed or stopped message cost credits?](/docs/account/credits#questions)
- [Does exporting on Montage's side cost credits?](/docs/account/credits#questions)
- [In a team, whose credits are used?](/docs/account/credits#questions)
- [Who can buy credits?](/docs/account/credits#questions)

[**Change or cancel your plan**](/docs/account/change-plan)

- [Who can change the plan?](/docs/account/change-plan#questions)
- [Are prices with tax?](/docs/account/change-plan#questions)
- [Can I take back a move to a smaller plan?](/docs/account/change-plan#questions)

## AI agents and help

[**How agents use Montage**](/docs/agents)

- [Which workspace does my AI work in?](/docs/agents/overview#questions)
- [Does my AI use my credits?](/docs/agents/overview#questions)
- [Does my AI's export carry the Montage mark?](/docs/agents/overview#questions)

[**Connect Claude**](/docs/agents/claude)

- [Claude says Montage MCP is on the Pro plan and above.](/docs/agents/claude#questions)
- [I pressed Cancel by mistake.](/docs/agents/claude#questions)
- [Can Claude use footage from my computer?](/docs/agents/claude#questions)

[**Connect Claude Code**](/docs/agents/claude-code)

- [Can Claude Code export to a file on my disk?](/docs/agents/claude-code#questions)
- [Which file types can it send?](/docs/agents/claude-code#questions)
- [How do I remove Montage from Claude Code?](/docs/agents/claude-code#questions)

[**Connect Cursor**](/docs/agents/cursor)

- [Cursor shows Montage's tools but every call fails.](/docs/agents/cursor#questions)
- [Can I give Cursor the Montage skill?](/docs/agents/cursor#questions)

[**Connect another AI**](/docs/agents/other)

- [Is there an API key instead of signing in?](/docs/agents/other#questions)
- [My AI only takes local servers.](/docs/agents/other#questions)
- [How do I take an AI's access away?](/docs/agents/other#questions)

[**Every tool**](/docs/agents/tools)

- [In which order should my AI call them?](/docs/agents/tools#questions)
- [How does my AI know how to write a video?](/docs/agents/tools#questions)
- [What does « waiting » mean on a job?](/docs/agents/tools#questions)

[**The Montage skill**](/docs/agents/skill)

- [Do I need the skill to use Montage from my AI?](/docs/agents/skill#questions)
- [Does the skill give access to my account?](/docs/agents/skill#questions)

[**llms.txt and Markdown pages**](/docs/agents/llms)

- [Does llms.txt help Montage show up in Google?](/docs/agents/llms#questions)
- [Is the Markdown always the same as the page?](/docs/agents/llms#questions)

[**Something doesn't work**](/docs/help/troubleshooting)

- [Does Montage know when something fails?](/docs/help/troubleshooting#questions)
- [Can I lose my video when something fails?](/docs/help/troubleshooting#questions)
- [How do I tell you what happened?](/docs/help/troubleshooting#questions)

[**Error messages**](/docs/help/errors)

- [I see a message that is not on this page.](/docs/help/errors#questions)
- [Does a message mean my video is lost?](/docs/help/errors#questions)

## Questions

### My question is not here.

Press **Contact support**, bottom left in Montage, and ask it. You can also search these docs from the box at the top.

### Can my AI read all these answers?

Yes: every page is also in Markdown, listed in the docs' llms.txt. [llms.txt and Markdown pages](/docs/agents/llms)