> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.usevelo.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# The Velo home screen

> Start a video from a recording, a file, a link, or a prompt — and pick up where you left off.

Signing in to Velo lands you on the home screen, headed **Make a video about your work**. Everything starts here.

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## Choosing where to start

Three tabs above the main cards set what you are starting from:

| Tab                    | Start from                                                                |
| ---------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Start from scratch** | A screen recording you make now, or a written prompt                      |
| **Upload Video/PDF**   | A file you already have — an existing recording, a slide deck, a document |
| **Paste a link**       | A live URL for Velo's browser agent to walk through                       |

Under **Start from scratch**, two cards split the two ways of beginning with nothing:

* **Start with a screen recording** — capture your screen and talk through it. Best for demos, walkthroughs, and step-by-step guides. See [Capture screen](/creating-a-velo/capture-screen).
* **Start with a prompt** — describe the video and Velo handles the script, scenes, and visuals. Best for explainers, updates, and announcements. See [Prompt to Video](/prompt-to-video/overview).

## Shortcuts

Below the cards, **Shortcuts** are preconfigured starting points for common jobs, so you skip straight past the setup questions:

* **Polish your recording** — clean up an existing screen recording
* **PDF to Animated video** — turn a document into an animated explainer
* **PDF to Narrated video** — turn a document into a narrated walkthrough
* **Animated explainer video** — build an explainer from a prompt

## Examples

**Check what can be created using Velo** shows finished videos grouped by team — **Featured**, **Sales & Demos**, **Support & Onboarding**, and **Learning & Development**. Each is tagged with how it was made (*Made from a PDF*, *Created from a prompt*, *Polished a recording*, *Made from a link*, *Captured on Velo*), so you can trace an output you like back to the path that produced it.

## The sidebar

The left sidebar carries the rest of the workspace:

| Item            | What it holds                                                                                 |
| --------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **New chat**    | Starts a fresh session                                                                        |
| **My Videos**   | Every video in the workspace, with [analytics](/creating-a-velo/video-analytics) on each card |
| **Voice clone** | Your [voice clones](/velotwin/voice-clone), workspace voices, and public voices               |
| **Face clone**  | Your [face clones](/velotwin/face-clone)                                                      |
| **Libraries**   | [Libraries](/workspaces/libraries) for grouping videos                                        |
| **Connectors**  | [Knowledge bases, MCP servers, and applications](/prompt-to-video/connectors/overview)        |

**Recent Chats** below them lists your sessions so you can reopen one and keep working. The workspace switcher sits at the top, and your plan and remaining balance at the bottom.