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Before you begin

Before you get started, make sure you have:
  • An Invitation email — You must receive a Tessact invite from our team before you can sign up.

    Request an invite from our team
  • Your assets — You can upload any media file to Tessact. However for best performance, we recommend H.264/AAC .mp4 under 12 Mb/s. For more information see supported media formats.
The invitation link on the email expires after 24 hours for added security. If it lapses, use Login with OTP on the login page instead.

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1. Set up your account

When you log in to tessact for the very first time, you will be asked to set up your account.
Welcome email screenshot
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Open the invitation email

Click Head to Tessact.If you don’t see the email, check your spam or promotions folder.
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Complete your profile and set your password

Set up your profile including your name, avatar, organisation, and password, and submit.Password must be at least 8 characters and include a number or symbol.
If your invite is no longer valid, go to https://app.tessact.ai/login → Login with OTP → enter your email → use the one-time code sent to you.

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2. Explore the Library

Library screenshot
  • Notice the Upload button and drag-and-drop zone.
  • AI status badges display ingest, transcode, and analysis progress for each asset.
Delete any sample assets if you don’t need them via ⋯ → Delete.

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3. Upload your first asset

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Select files

Click Upload on the top right of the screen or drag your media into the Library.
For the fastest turnaround, follow the supported media formats guide.
Asset upload progress
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Wait for analysing to finish

Tessact uploads and queues the file for AI analysis. A progress pill appears on the asset card showing the progress of the analysis.
Average analysis speed is ≈ 15 minutes per hour of H.264/AAC content under 10 Mb/s. Non-preferred codecs or higher bitrates trigger transcoding and extend processing time.

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4. Trigger AI actions

Once your asset is analysed, you can trigger AI actions on it.
You can upload as many files as you want to the Library and trigger AI actions on them all.

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Remix (create social clips)

Once analysing is finished, you can see the Remix bar at the bottom of the screen. Hovering on the suggestions will show you more suggestions for clips you can create with AI, or allow you to write your own prompt.

Explore Remixes

Learn more about how Tessact’s Remix AI works.

Prompting Guide

Learn more about how to write prompts for Tessact’s Remix AI.
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Hover over the remix suggestions on the remix bar

Pick a suggested prompt from the list or write your own (e.g., “Generate a 15-sec teaser”).
Remix bar screenshot
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Review and download your variants

Tessact generates multiple aspect-ratio variants ready for download or review.

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AI Search for clips

AI search for clips is a powerful way to find the perfect clips for your next project. It works on not just the content in each scene, but also on the contextual understanding of the scene in relation to the overall content.

Explore AI Search

Learn more about how Tessact’s AI search works.
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Open the AI Search dialog

Press ⌘/Ctrl + K → AI Search for clips
or
Click the Search item on top of the left sidebar to open the AI Search dialog.
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Type anything you want to find from your content

Tessact finds ideal short clips that match your query that can be used in your next project.
AI search results

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AI Autofill metadata

Tessact’s deep understanding of video content allows it to automatically fill in any kind of metadata fields for you. Tessact is especially good at extracting qualitative as well as extremely accurate quantitative metadata (like timeframes, scores, and more) from videos.

Explore AI Autofill

Learn more about how Tessact’s AI Autofill works.

Metadata Management

Learn more about managing metadata in Tessact.
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Open the asset detail page → Metadata tab.

Clicking on any asset in the library will open the asset detail page. The asset detail page has a Metadata tab on the right panel that allows you to edit the metadata fields associated with the asset.
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Start from scratch or select a pre-defined template

Click on the Start from scratch button to start from scratch and add your own fields, or select a pre-defined template from the list below.
You can also create a new template in the Settings → Metadata page.
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Click AI Autofill to populate title, description, and tags.

Edit the automatically filled values by clicking on the field if needed.
Metadata panel with AI autofill
You’ve uploaded your first asset, watched Tessact analyze it, and run AI actions—all in just a few minutes. Continue by connecting cloud storage or designing your own multi-agent workflow.

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Next steps

Sync an S3 bucket

Follow the S3 Connections setup to connect your cloud storage.

Build multi-agent workflows

Open Workflow Builder and see Creating Workflows to automate your processes.

Invite teammates

Go to Settings → Users for User Management and collaboration.

Deep-dive AI actions

Review AI Agents in Workflows to explore advanced AI capabilities.