Quick mode is the fastest way to record and share a video in Tella. Instead of landing in the editor after recording, you’re taken straight to the view page with the share link already copied to your clipboard — ready to paste into Slack, email, or a message.
In quick mode, each recording becomes its own standalone video with its own share link. This is the mode to use if you want one recording to equal one video, rather than having your recordings combined into clips.
Use quick mode when you want to send a video in the flow of work and don’t need to trim, add zooms, or rearrange clips. Switch to multiple clips mode when you want to record several segments and combine them into a single video before sharing — see use clips.
Enable quick mode in the web app
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In Tella, click record to open the recorder.
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In the bottom toolbar, find the mode button on the right side. It shows either a bolt icon (quick mode) or a stack icon (multiple clips).
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Click the button and choose Quick mode from the dropdown.
New Tella accounts start in quick mode by default. Tella remembers your choice, so the recorder opens in the mode you last used.
Enable quick mode in the Mac app
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Open Tella for Mac from your dock or menu bar.
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On the recording setup screen, choose Quick mode from the mode selector. As on the web, the bolt icon means quick mode is on; the stack icon means you’ll record multiple clips.
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Pick your camera, microphone, and what to record as usual, then click the red record button.
Record and share
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Record your video — a single clip, no pauses needed.
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When you’re done, click the red stop button.
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Tella skips the editor and opens the view page for your video. The share link is automatically copied to your clipboard, and you’ll see a “Link copied” confirmation.
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Paste the link anywhere you want to share it.
Quick mode is designed for single-take recordings. If you need to record several clips and stitch them together, switch to multiple clips mode instead — see use clips. Record each video separately instead of as clips
If you want every recording to be saved as its own separate video — rather than several recordings combined into one video as clips — quick mode is how you do it.
In multiple clips mode, each new recording you start from the same video is added as another clip and combined into that single video when you share or export. Closing and reopening Tella between recordings doesn’t separate them; the recording mode is what controls this. To get one standalone video per recording, switch the recorder to quick mode.
There’s no separate “disable clips” setting — quick mode is the toggle. Once it’s on, Tella remembers the preference, so every new recording opens in quick mode and saves as its own video until you switch back.
Already recorded everything as clips in one video and want them split out? Open the video in the editor and use trim and split, or remix and reuse to pull a clip into its own video. Going forward, record in quick mode to avoid combining them in the first place. Edit a quick-mode video later
Quick mode skips the editor, but your video is saved like any other Tella recording. Open it from your library and click edit any time you want to trim, add zooms, change layouts, or adjust subtitles. Your existing share link keeps working — edits update the video in place.
Switch back to multiple clips mode
Open the mode selector and choose Multiple clips. Tella will keep that preference until you switch it again. 
