Evoto Video runs on vCredits — a separate balance from the Credits used by Evoto Desktop. The first thing to learn is not a slider; it is what is free, what costs vCredits, and where the project lives. This lesson sets up your first project without spending a single vCredit.
How to do it
Install Evoto Video from evoto.ai/video and sign in with the same account that owns your subscription.
Open Settings → Cache and point cache to your fastest SSD; render previews use it heavily.
Create a new project. Name it for the job: client, date, and format (for example wedding-2026-08-22-highlight).
Confirm the four panels are visible — Project Panel (left), Timeline (bottom), Preview (top-centre), Edit Panel (right).
Read the vCredit indicator in the top-right. It shows remaining vCredits and where they get spent — Apply Effects and Export.
Try it
Create a project. Import one clip but do not click Apply. Watch the vCredit indicator stay constant — that is the cost-free zone every later lesson lives in.
Watch out for
Mistaking the Preview pane for the rendered output. Preview is an approximation; Apply Effects is the render.
Pointing cache at a slow drive or your OS volume. Both make scrubbing painful and prompt unnecessary clicks.
Source: Evoto Video FAQ