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- Getting startedInstall Devchaos on Windows
Download it, install it, sign in with your devchaos.com account.
- Getting startedCreate a Devchaos account
Pick your field, write your name, confirm your email.
- Getting startedThe first time you open the app
Permissions, account type, profile and an optional tour.
- Getting startedSet up your first project
A four-step wizard: project, tools, pipeline, setup.
- Account and securityReset or change your password
Forgot it? Ask for a link. Know it? Change it in settings.
- Account and securityThe confirmation email didn't arrive
Check your folders, ask for a new one, and see what works before you confirm.
- Account and securitySigning in with Google
Sign up or in with Google, connect it, disconnect it, add a password.
- Account and securityYour profile and field
Picture, name, headline and field: where to change them.
- Account and securityDevices where you're signed in
See where your account is signed in and sign a device out.
- Account and securityDownload your data, freeze or delete your account
A copy of your data, stepping away for a while, leaving for good.
- Team and rolesInvite someone to your team
Find a teammate by name, pick their position and send the invitation.
- Team and rolesFounder, lead and member
Who can do what in a project, and how permissions are given.
- Team and rolesLeave a project or delete it
Leave the team, hand the project over and go, or delete it for good.
- Room and chatChannels, direct messages and groups
Writing in a project's channels and in one-to-one and group conversations.
- Room and chatThreads: talking under a message
Reply to a message in a thread, follow it and don't miss new replies.
- Room and chatAdd files, GIFs and stickers to a message
Send files, pick a GIF or a sticker, send a nudge or a wink.
- Script and drawingWrite a screenplay
Start a screenplay, story or text, write lines in the industry layout and turn notes into tasks.
- Script and drawingDraw together on the drawing board
Start from a template, draw live with your team, place cameras and lights, and make a drawing a pipeline card.
- Process and tasksPipeline: stages and tasks
The stage strip, each stage's task board, a task's window and its history.
- Process and tasksRequest work, hand it in, review it
Request work on a file, review what comes back with marks, then approve it or ask for changes.
- Files and storageWhere your files live
The Devchaos server or your studio's own computer: the differences, the limits and how to choose.
- Files and storageVersions and previews
A file's versions, comparing two of them, and which files open inside the app.
- Voice, video and screenVoice rooms and calls
Join a project's voice room, call someone, set up your microphone and push to talk.
- Voice, video and screenShare your screen and give control
Share a program's window in a voice room, and hand a teammate your mouse and keyboard if you like.
- TroubleshootingWindows shows a warning during setup
Why the blue SmartScreen window appears and how to carry on with the setup.
- TroubleshootingThe app won't update or won't open
How updates arrive, and what to try when the window doesn't open or stays empty.
- TroubleshootingMessages don't arrive or come late
The app's connection to devchaos.com, what happens when it drops, and what to try.