Getting started

You need an EVA Story account and a place on a project. Most people are invited by a project owner; you can also create an account yourself.

If you were invited#

When a project owner adds you, EVA Story sends you an email.

• New to EVA Story? You get an email titled Set your password for EVA Story. Press Set your password, choose a password, and sign in with your email address and that password. You also get a second email telling you which project you were added to.
• Already have an account? You get one email, You've been added to the project, with an Open the project button.

Creating an account yourself#

1. 1

   Go to story.editvirtually.com/signup, or press Create an account on the home page.

2. 2

   Fill in Name and Surname, Email Address and Password, then press Sign Up. Or press Sign in with Google to use your Google account instead.

3. 3

   The first time you sign in, EVA Story asks you to fill in your profile. Your name and mobile number are required.

If you see Your account is pre-registered, someone has already invited you. EVA Story takes you to the password reset page: enter your email, and use the link it sends to choose a password.

Signing in and out#

• Sign in at story.editvirtually.com/login with your email and password and press Sign In, or press Sign in with Google if that is how you signed up.
• Forgotten your password? Press I forgot my password, enter your email and press Reset your password. The email comes from Firebase, the service EVA Story uses for sign-in.
• To sign out, open the menu under your name and photo at the top right and choose Log off.

After you sign in, EVA Story opens the project you last worked on, or your list of projects if there isn't one.

Installing EVA Story#

On an iPhone or iPad, open EVA Story in Safari, press Share, then Add to Home Screen. Open EVA Story from that icon when you want to work offline. A Safari tab can lose what it saved after a week of not being opened, and the home-screen app does not.

On Android and on a laptop, use your browser's Install option, in the address bar or the menu.

Then, while you still have a connection, open EVA Story once from the new icon, sign in and open your project. That stores its pages on the device. On an iPhone the home-screen app keeps its own sign-in, apart from Safari's.

For what works offline, see Working offline.

Your profile#

Open the menu under your name at the top right and choose My Profile or Edit Profile. Edit Profile has three tabs:

• Personal detail: your name, mobile number and address. Press Save when you are done.
• Photos: drop in a picture, crop it, and confirm it with the green tick. Choose any picture in your album as your profile photo.
• Account: for an account that signs in with Google, a link to your Google settings.

Your profile photo is what your team sees beside the logs, flags and comments you write.

Finding your projects#

Press Projects in the bar at the top. Recent Projects shows the ones you opened last, most recent first, and when you last opened each. All Projects lists every project you belong to from A to Z, with an Owner tag on the ones you own. Type in its search box to find one by name, identifier or billing account; a long list is split into pages. Open a project to land on its Overview.

To jump between projects from anywhere, use the project menu in the top bar, beside the EVA Story logo.

The project Overview#

The Overview has shortcuts to the main tools: logging, History, Schedules, Stories, Notes and the timecode display. If you can change the project's settings, it also shows a setup checklist: invite your team, add tags, add locations and add gear. Each item gets a tick when it is done. Setting up a project covers each one.

The menu down the left of a project only lists the tools you have access to. If you expected something and it isn't there, see Troubleshooting.

For more room on the page, choose Collapse at the foot of the menu. It folds down to its icons; point at an icon to see its name, and the arrows at the foot open it again. EVA Story remembers your choice on each computer you use, separately from anyone else who signs in there.

Starting a new project#

A new project needs a name, a billing account and a plan.

1. 1

   Enter a Project Name. EVA Story suggests a Unique Identifierfrom it, which becomes part of the project's web address. Choose it carefully: it cannot be changed once set.

2. 2

   Choose a Billing account, or tick Create a new account to set one up next. A billing account is the company or person that invoices are made out to. One billing account can pay for several projects.

3. 3

   Choose a plan, tick I accept the terms and conditions, and press Create Project. Plans start with a free trial; see Plans and billing.

You become the project's owner, with full access to everything in it.