Glossary of key terms
The platform’s vocabulary in one place, useful for onboarding new team members.
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Upload | A long-form video (or audio) file you’ve added to Imaginario, plus its index. |
| Folder | How you organize long-form uploads in Home. |
| Clip | A short segment cut from an upload, created in Search, Discovery, Highlight to Edit or StoryLab™. |
| Collection | A folder for clips, the unit for batch download, merging, and multi-asset Premiere export. |
| Indexing | The AI analysis at upload (speech, visuals, sounds) that makes content searchable, see Uploading & Indexing. |
| Proxy | The lightweight copy Imaginario creates on ingest so you never move your high-res masters. |
| Transcript / SRT | Full text of the spoken audio / the timed subtitle file used for captions, both downloadable in 100+ languages (see list). |
| Chapters | Auto-generated scene segments with descriptions, see Chapters. |
| XML export | The project file that opens in Premiere/DaVinci Resolve and relinks to your local masters, see the export guides. |
| StoryLab™ Single Clips | Fully automatic vertical clips created from face processing, see StoryLab™ Basics. |
| StoryLab™ | The agentic layer that assembles clips and multi-video stories from a brief, see StoryLab™ Basics. |
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