Glossary
Current terms as used across the PR0TA app and public documentation.
Core Terms
- Project: the workspace that owns documents, assets, task history, generation settings, review submissions, and storage paths.
- Source document: screenplay, Fountain file, or supporting document uploaded or attached to a project.
- Breakdowns: Producer, Director, and Script Supervisor analysis that creates scene and continuity context for downstream pages.
- Prep: the product area containing Style, Cast, Locations, Props, Character Looks, and Choreography.
- Reference asset: an image, video, audio file, or other registered project asset used to guide generation.
- Asset Browser: the central project library for filtering, previewing, organizing, editing, reviewing, and transferring assets.
- Modality: a generation category such as image, video, audio, music, LoRA, or transition.
- Production Queue: batch-oriented surface for selecting assets, configuring runs, and tracking generation status.
- Task: an async generation or processing job tracked through app status, queue, websocket updates, or background workers.
- Result refs: task metadata that points back to generated assets and lets the UI open completed outputs.
- LoRA: a trained adapter used to influence style or identity in supported generation models.
- Review round: a set of assets shared for client or team review with statuses, annotations, and visibility controls.
- Closed beta: the current public access posture; account access is controlled rather than open self-service launch.
Control Terms
| Term | Meaning | Why It Matters |
|---|---|---|
| Canvas | The active media preview/source area inside a generator or editor. | Transforms usually apply to the active canvas media. |
| Gallery | A history strip or grid of generated takes. | Use it to compare outputs and restore prior settings. |
| Inspector | A focused detail panel for the selected shot, asset, queue item, or clip. | Use for exact edits after selecting an item. |
| Reference | An attached media asset that guides generation. | Reference order and type can materially change output. |
| Take | One generated attempt among several alternatives. | Do not assume new takes overwrite older ones. |
| Task | An async background job. | Completion, failure, and result links come from task state. |