> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.tessact.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Open a video draft

> Choose the workspace that contains your video draft, find it in Library, and open its editing workspace.

Editing begins from a video draft in **Library**. The Library record establishes the draft identity and display metadata. That identity keys a collaborative editor document whose synchronized state contains the composition, layers, timing, media references, captions, and animation data.

<Frame caption="The example draft in Library">
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/tessact/vfxW-9CCvO3MqPNT/images/editor/screenshots/editor-library-video-draft-wayanad.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=vfxW-9CCvO3MqPNT&q=85&s=eae8bfb3abce1e73cdb38eef9247c430" alt="Tessact Library showing an example video draft" width="1440" height="900" data-path="images/editor/screenshots/editor-library-video-draft-wayanad.png" />
</Frame>

## Open a video draft

<Steps>
  <Step title="Sign in to Tessact">
    Open Tessact in a supported desktop browser and complete sign-in. Keep the browser at 100% page zoom during the first tour so the editor panels use their intended layout.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose the draft's workspace">
    Use the workspace switcher to choose the workspace that contains your draft. Library contents, collaboration presence, and draft access are scoped to the active workspace.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Open Library">
    Navigate to **Library** and locate your video draft. Use the visible title and thumbnail together when several drafts have similar names.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Open the draft">
    Open the draft and wait for the editor shell, media references, and timeline layers to load. The canvas may settle a moment after the surrounding controls because remote media is prepared separately.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Confirm the correct project loaded

Check three independent signals before editing:

| Signal      | Expected result                                           |
| ----------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |
| Draft title | The selected draft title appears in the floating top bar. |
| Canvas      | A landscape travel frame appears in the composition.      |
| Timeline    | Multiple timed layers appear below the playback controls. |

If the shell appears without content, do not begin adding replacement layers. First follow [Editor loading diagnostics](/editor/troubleshooting/editor-loading); an incomplete media load and an empty draft require different remedies.

<Tip>
  A direct browser bookmark can return to the same draft, but Library remains the clearest way to verify the active workspace and project identity.
</Tip>

## What loads with the draft

Opening the Library record joins its synchronized editing document. The record supplies identity and title metadata; the collaborative draft state supplies canvas dimensions and frame rate, ordered layers, active frame intervals, type-specific properties, parent and layout relationships, keyframe tracks, and media references. Playback evaluates that state at the current frame.

Continue to the [editor tour](/editor/getting-started/editor-tour) or make a guided [first edit](/editor/getting-started/first-edit).