First run

The first time you open Video Maker (already installed in Applications, see Installation) the app walks you through a setup window before showing you the studio.

1. 1

   Downloading what editing needs

   The app downloads the models that run on your machine to transcribe, generate voices and render video. It can be interrupted and resumed; the size and sha256 of every file are verified.

   

   What is downloaded	Size
   Transcription model (whisper)	547 MB
   Voice es_AR-daniela-high	110 MB
   Voice es_ES-davefx-medium	64 MB
   Voice es_MX-claude-high	64 MB
   Rendering browser (headless Chrome)	94 MB
   Total	≈879 MB

2. 2

   Pick your projects folder

   Where your videos and their material will live. Keep the one the app suggests or choose any folder with enough space — you can change it later from the menu.

3. 3

   Claude check (optional)

   The app looks for the claude CLI and a signed-in session. If it finds them, it shows that Claude was found and you can use Claude as the producer engine without entering any key. If you do not have it, no problem: use OpenRouter (see Connect the AI) or install Claude Code later.