# Shoot

> The camera, the teleprompter, the voice recorder, and importing.
> Part of the Cuts Guide (en) — https://ferment.run/cuts/docs (Markdown map: https://ferment.run/cuts/docs/index.md)
> Canonical page: https://ferment.run/cuts/docs/shoot

## The camera

Cuts has its own camera, built for talking to a phone:

- **Segments** — record in takes; they land on a strip, in order. Stop, breathe, keep going.
- **Front or rear** — with flash and torch where the hardware has them.
- **Record delay** — 0, 3, or 10 seconds to get into position.
- **Quality panel** — up to 4K.

## The teleprompter

The camera has a teleprompter overlay: your script scrolls over the lens while you read. It auto-scrolls, you can edit it in place, and Cuts can write it for you — ask for a script in chat and it arrives in the prompter. See [Cuts, the agent](/cuts/docs/cuts-the-agent).


## The voice recorder

For voiceovers: a live waveform, the teleprompter, and on-device noise cleanup before the recording lands on your speech track. More in [Speech & captions](/cuts/docs/speech-and-captions).


## Importing

Bring footage from your Photos library, and audio from Files — formats in [Music](/cuts/docs/music).

## Permissions

Cuts asks for access when you first need it, not at the door:

- **Camera** — to record video for your project.
- **Microphone** — to record audio with your video.
- **Photos (add only)** — to save your exported videos. Importing goes through the system picker, so Cuts never needs access to your whole library.
- **Notifications** — only if you ask Cuts to follow up. See [The plan](/cuts/docs/the-plan).