Projects, autosave, import, and export

App-owned projects

Cutlass owns projects in the app, CapCut-style. You do not need to manage a save file by hand for normal editing. Every edit auto-saves continuously, and the launch screen lists projects you can reopen, rename, or delete.

This removes the old manual Save As and crash-recovery flow. A clean exit should not lose timeline edits because autosave is always on.

Importing media and projects

Use the media library to import video and audio into the current project. Use Open file when you need to import an external .cutlass document into the app-owned project store.

Project documents keep references to media files instead of copying all media into the project. This keeps projects light, but it also means media paths still matter.

Relinking media

If Cutlass opens a project and cannot find a referenced media file, use the relink flow to point the project at the moved file or folder.

This is expected when:

• You moved source footage after editing.
• You opened a project on another machine.
• A mounted drive has a different path.

Exporting video

Use Export to render an MP4 file. The current native export path targets H.264 video and AAC audio through the operating system encoder where implemented.

On macOS, export uses VideoToolbox through the platform media stack. Other desktop platforms are not production media targets yet.