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Getting Started

Think of Home as your studio dashboard, not another setup step.

The Home screen is where iT Factor gathers the parts of the app you return to most: active projects, archives, settings, and ActorKit. You do not have to fill anything out here. It simply helps you jump back into the right place quickly.

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If you do not have projects yet, Home gives you a clean first-project starting point. If you already have projects, it becomes the place you use to keep your day moving.

Quick Start

What Home helps you do first.

Use Home to

  • Open ActorKit from the spinner coin
  • Jump into an active project
  • Start a new session or first project
  • Open Settings or Archives

What Home does not need

  • No manual setup to unlock it
  • No form you have to complete here
  • No daily maintenance before you can use the app
  • No pressure to tap every area right away
Home screen visual slot

A future screenshot can drop in here without changing the page layout.

Planned visual: the Home screen with Archives, Settings, ActorKit, and the active project area all visible together.

Part 1

The four places most people use first

Home is built around a small number of clear actions instead of a crowded dashboard.

Upper left
  • Archives
  • Review older projects
  • Restore archived work
Upper right
  • Settings
  • Account and subscription
  • Recording defaults, backups, and support
Center and lower area
  • Spinner coin opens ActorKit
  • Project cards open Project Lobby
  • New-project actions live below the cards

The Home screen is designed to help you orient yourself fast. If you know where those four areas are, you already understand most of what this screen is for.

Part 2

Active projects and first-project starting points

The lower section changes depending on whether you already have active work.

If you already have projects
  • You will see project cards
  • Tapping a card opens Project Lobby
  • Start New Session opens the New Project Wizard
If you are brand new
  • You will see an empty-state starter card
  • Create Your First Project starts the wizard
  • You do not need to hunt for a setup menu
What project cards can show
  • Title and role
  • Due-date urgency
  • Scene, session, and take counts
  • Submitted and archive status

This area is meant to reduce decision fatigue. It lets you see what is active, what is urgent, and where to resume without opening every project one by one.

Part 3

What the project cards are telling you

Each project card is a quick read on workload, urgency, and whether the project still needs action.

Useful cues
  • Due today, due soon, or days remaining
  • Submitted state
  • Archive pill when a project is ready to leave the active list
Why it helps
  • You can prioritize faster
  • You can separate active from already-sent work
  • You can clean up clutter after submission
Good first habit
  • Open the project that is most urgent
  • Archive finished work instead of leaving everything active forever

The card system exists so Home feels like a working dashboard, not just a list. It should help you see what matters before you tap into the next screen.

Part 4

How Home reflects the rest of the app

Most of the information shown on Home comes from work you already did somewhere else.

Actor Profile and ActorKit feed Home
  • Your actor name near the top
  • Profile and image context around the spinner coin
Projects feed Home
  • Titles, roles, and project status
  • Due dates and counts
  • Submitted state
Settings can affect Home too
  • Update notices near the Settings area
  • Device and account context that changes how the app behaves

That is why Home feels more useful after you set up your profile and create a project. It is a reflection screen, not the place where most details are entered.

Quick Help

A few home-screen details explained.

Spinner coin

This is the main button that opens ActorKit. It is a navigation control, not just decoration.

Start New Session

This is the fast path to the New Project Wizard when you already have active projects.

Create Your First Project

This is the empty-state starting point when you are new and do not have project cards yet.

Archive pill

This is the quick path for moving a finished submitted project out of Active Projects.

Settings badge or update notice

If the app surfaces an update cue near Settings, that is where you go to act on it.

Home itself

Nothing here has to be filled out to use the app. It is the launch point that helps you pick up where you left off.

FAQ

Quick answers before you move on.

Do I need to complete anything on Home before I can use the app?
No. Home is a dashboard and launch point. It reflects work you already did elsewhere.
Where do I start if I do not have projects yet?
Use Create Your First Project. That sends you into the New Project Wizard.
What does the spinner coin do?
It opens ActorKit, which is your professional workspace for profile details, headshots, resume, size card, and rep information.
Why would I use Archives from Home?
Archives is where you inspect older projects, restore them when needed, and keep finished work out of the active dashboard.

Related Guides

Keep going when you are ready.

First Day With iT FactorSee the simplest end-to-end path for learning the app in one sitting. ActorKitOpen the center button on Home and step into your mobile office. New Project WizardStart the project flow Home sends you into.
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