Apps are the tools that do one job for you in Selects, like tightening pauses, adding captions, or generating a shot. They live in the [Apps] tab of the project panel, beside [Project].
Open and organize your apps
To open an app, click the [Apps] tab at the top of the project panel, then click the app's icon. Apps sit in a grid, with your favorites in their own band at the top. Each app opens in its own tab beside [Project] and [Apps], so you can keep several open and switch between them.
Search: Click the magnifier at the top right of the grid. Search also matches the words inside an app, so "punctuation" finds Captions. It searches inside the category you picked.
Filter by category: Click [All] at the top left of the grid and choose a category. [Edit] holds Remove silence, Cut filler words, Speaker audio settings, and Sync tools. [Text] holds Captions and Check names and terms. [Visuals] holds Effects and Clip highlights. [Media] holds AI audio, AI image, AI video, Avatars, Epidemic Sound, and Stock media. [Custom] holds the apps you added, and shows once you have one. Favorites sit on top, and the other apps are listed A to Z.
Favorite: Right-click an app and choose [Add to favorites]. Favorites move to the top of the grid, with a star on their icon. To undo, choose [Remove from favorites].
Change the icon: Right-click an app and choose [Change icon]. Pick a color, or click [Choose image] to use your own picture.
Open in its own window: Right-click an app and choose [Open in new window]. To bring it back, click [Bring back here] in the app's tab, choose [Dock panel] from the same menu, or close the window.
Delete an app you added: Right-click it and choose [Delete]. This removes the app's folder from your computer and can't be undone. Built-in apps can't be deleted.
Note: Favorites, icon colors, and pictures are saved on your computer. They don't travel with the project.
Built-in apps
Built-in apps come with Selects and are made and maintained by the Selects team. They are grouped by what they help you do.
Edit
Clean up the cut and the audio, or turn a long video into short clips.
App | What it does |
[Cut filler words] | Removes hesitations, hedging, and repeats from English footage. Learn more in How to cut filler words in Selects. |
[Remove silence] | Tightens the pauses between sentences. Learn more in How to remove silence in Selects. |
[Shortform Clips] | Turns a long video into short clips from a template. Install it from Explore first. Learn more in How to turn long videos into short clips in Selects. |
[Speaker audio settings] | Decides whether each speaker's tracks play only while they talk. Learn more in Set up speakers, cameras, and audio for multi-cam. |
[Sync tools] | Walks you through preparing a synced timeline: analyze media, sync the timeline, mute noisy tracks, update data, and set speaker info. |
Text
Work with the words in your video, from captions to names.
App | What it does |
[Captions] | Turns your draft's transcript into styled captions on the timeline. Learn more in How to add captions to your video in Selects. |
[Check names and terms] | Fixes names and jargon the transcript got wrong. Learn more in How to check names and terms before editing. |
Visuals
Add what goes on screen over or between your shots.
App | What it does |
[Clip highlights] | Ready-made templates that turn your footage into a short, finished edit. |
[Effects] | Adds transitions, zooms, clip effects, filters, and sound effects. Learn more in How to add effects, transitions, filters, and sound effects in Selects. |
[Graphics] | Adds text, caption looks, and stickers, and imports Premiere MOGRT templates. Learn more in How to add text, captions, stickers, and MOGRT templates in Selects. |
Media
Make or find new video, images, voice, and music.
App | What it does |
[AI audio] | Creates a voice from a script, makes music, changes a voice, or translates speech. Learn more in How to generate AI audio in Selects: voice, music, and translation. |
[AI image] | Creates images from a prompt, with optional reference images. Learn more in How to generate AI images in Selects. |
[AI video] | Creates, edits, extends, reframes, and upscales video with AI. Learn more in How to generate AI videos in Selects. |
[Avatars] | Makes a video of a person speaking a script or an audio file you choose. Clone yourself from a short clip, or start from a photo. Uses credits. |
[Epidemic Sound] | Searches Epidemic Sound music and sound effects, makes voiceovers from a script, and adds them to your draft. Needs your own Epidemic Sound account. Adding to the timeline needs a paid Epidemic Sound subscription. |
[Stock media] | Searches free videos and photos from Pexels and Pixabay. Click a result to preview it, then click [Add to timeline], or drag it onto the timeline. Files download to your [Save media to] folder. |
Note: Most apps work on the draft you have open. If you see "Select a timeline to work on", open a draft first, then try again.
Clip highlights
Clip highlights gives you ready-made templates, built by the Selects team, that you can use with your own footage.
In the [Apps] tab, click [Clip highlights].
Hover a template and click [Recreate].
Add what the template asks for under What you need. Some templates use the draft you have open, and some ask you to add clips or photos. To let Selects pick the clips, click [Auto select]. If some of your files aren't analyzed yet, it offers to analyze them first, which uses credits, and adds the clips when the analysis is done.
Click [Apply].
Selects builds the edit in the background, so you can keep working. When it's done, the result is either applied to your draft or waiting in a new timeline.
Note: If a template shows "May use credits." under [Apply], running it can use Selects credits. A template that works on a draft needs one with only video and audio on it, with no captions, graphics, or effects yet.
Explore
Explore is the first tile in the [Apps] grid when [All] is chosen, right after your favorites. Click it to open a window of example AI videos and ready-made video templates. Click [View all] beside a shelf to open that app.
AI video: Example videos made with AI. Click one, or hover it and click [Recreate], to open AI video with the prompt already filled in. To see it large first, hover it and click the icon at its top right. Nothing is generated until you click [Generate] in AI video.
Clip highlights: Templates for short edits. Click one to open it in the Clip highlights app.
Some apps, like Shortform Clips, are installed from Explore. Click [Install] beside the app under [Custom apps], and it then shows up in your [Apps] grid.
Apps you install from Explore update inside Selects. When an update is out, a bar at the top of the app says so, with [Update]. To check yourself, click the ... menu at the top right of the app and choose [Check for updates]. Only that app reloads when it updates, plus any open app that relies on it, so finish its current work and save its settings first.
Note: Updating apps from inside Selects needs the latest version of Selects.
FAQs
Where did the Tools tab go?
The Tools tab is now the [Apps] tab. It sits in the same place, beside [Project] at the top of the project panel, and holds the same tools plus the new built-in apps.
Why does Cut filler words say "This app isn't available for this timeline"?
Cut filler words is not available for a timeline when none of its footage was transcribed in English. Switch to a draft with English footage and the app comes back as you left it.