Create your first saved composition.

Public downloads are not open. This development recipe is for a package you have been explicitly given for testing. Read that candidate’s requirements and preserve existing work. Customer installation/update instructions will accompany reviewed public packages.

• A permitted development/test package for your system.
• A writable project folder and a font you may use.
• A disposable composition rather than a real client project.
• No AI client or Resolve connection is required for the first graphic.

1. Open carvercat normally. Start a new project, preserving any existing unsaved work.
2. Use New Composition and name it Lower Third. Choose 1920 ×1080,30 fps and90 frames for this exercise.
3. Save As to a .carverproj in a writable folder and read the result.
4. Confirm the active comp, dimensions, rate and playhead.

These exercise dimensions and duration are choices, not product limits. A 90-frame comp at 30 fps is three seconds; Out 90 excludes frame 90.

1. Add a simple supporting rectangle near the lower-left, with frame-edge padding.
2. Add a name and role as separate text objects.
3. Select each independently and revise wording, position and appearance.
4. Check that the clips cover the full exercise duration and the graphic fits the output frame.

Key a supported property such as opacity at the starting frame. Add its intended settled value later, then scrub between the keys. Use the displayed property units rather than assuming every UI uses the same numeric scale.

Inspect first, intermediate and settled frames. Keep the rectangle static for this first exercise so it is easy to see which text element changed.

1. Save the project and confirm the operation succeeds.
2. Reopen the saved file, preserving any unsaved state appropriately.
3. Verify wording, shape, clip lengths, keys and intermediate motion.
4. If anything differs, preserve the file and record reproduction steps before continuing.

Start with a supported local rendered format before involving Resolve. Review comp/range/output settings and inspect actual dimensions, frame count, transparency and duration. Then try reuse or local agent editing with the same small project.