Re-parsing an Episode: What You Lose and What You Keep

Quick answer: Re-parse on an episode card writes that episode’s storyboard again from its outline. The confirmation says what goes: every storyboard segment in the episode, including videos you have already generated, which are not kept and cannot be recovered; credits already spent are not refunded. What survives: the cast and their images, every other episode, and any composite you already made. It costs the storyboard fee again. Use it when the breakdown is wrong throughout; when one shot is wrong, edit that shot instead.

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Open a finished episode: ten segments, ten videos. Re-parse would replace all of them at once.

Where the button is

Step 3, on the card of an episode that already has a storyboard, where Parse Storyboard used to be. Pressing it opens Confirm Re-parse, which spells out the loss before you confirm.

What is discarded

Every segment of the episode: the storyboard text, including every edit you made by hand. Every video generated for those segments, and their version histories. Per-segment choices such as which state image a segment used. The credits spent on those videos are not refunded. Re-parse is refused while any segment is still rendering; wait or stop those first.

The episode timeline: every segment as a card with its thumbnail and duration — Every card on this timeline, and every video behind it, is what Re-parse discards for that episode.

What survives

The cast, locations and props in step 2 and their images. Episode-level choices such as an image you set with Edit (this episode). Every other episode. An episode composite you already made — it is a separate file and stays downloadable. The outline the new storyboard is written from.

What it costs

The storyboard fee for that episode, priced by its script length — first and repeat generations cost the same. The videos you then generate are priced as usual. Storyboard pricing.

When to use it

When the breakdown itself is wrong: the wrong scene order, the wrong people in the wrong places throughout, a segment length you want to change, a type or costume setting you changed after the first parse. It is the right tool when most segments would need rewriting anyway.

When one shot is wrong, or three, edit them. Editing is free, regenerating a segment is priced per segment, and every version is kept. Fixing one shot. When a segment needs to become two, insert one. Inserting a segment.

Before you press it

Download any video you want to keep; it will be gone. Copy any storyboard text you wrote by hand. If you changed the segment length or a style setting, check that it is set the way you want, because the new storyboard is cut to the current settings.

	Discarded	Kept
Storyboard text	All segments, including hand edits	The outline
Videos	All, with version histories	—
Credits spent on videos	Not refunded	—
Cast and images	—	All
Episode composite	—	Stays as a file
Other episodes	—	Untouched

FAQ

Does Re-parse refund the videos it discards?

No. Credits already spent are not refunded; the confirmation says so.

Can I get a discarded video back?

No. Download what you want to keep before re-parsing.

Does it affect other episodes?

No. Only the episode whose card you pressed.

Why is Re-parse refused?

A segment in the episode is still rendering video. Wait for it or stop it first.

Can I re-parse to get a different segment length?

Yes. Set Segment length first, then Re-parse; the episode is cut again at the new length.

Edit first, re-parse last

Most storyboards need three edits, not a rewrite.

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Updated September 26, 2026