Once the canvas gets busy, "which ones do I grab first" becomes the start of every step. This section covers building a selection in DOTV, and what ⌘Z can actually take back — including what counts when several of you are editing at once, and when you're editing inside a node. Wrong moves are part of AI video creation; knowing where undo stops is what lets you experiment freely.
Marquee-selecting and panning the canvas are two different things: a left-drag marquee-selects, and the canvas stays put. To pan, hold space and drag, drag with the middle button, or use two fingers on a trackpad. No middle button? Switch the Pointer tool in the bottom toolbar to the Hand tool (or press H) and a left-drag pans the canvas instead — press V to go back to marquee-selecting (see 10.3).
Select two or more and a toolbar floats above them (Arrange / Save to assets / Make a copy / Group), see 9.5.
⌘Z undoes, ⌘⇧Z redoes, and both are in the right-click menu on empty canvas as well. You can go back 50 steps at most.
What goes into the history:
What does not, so think it through first:
| This | Why to be careful |
|---|---|
| Deleting a canvas, clearing a canvas | ⌘Z won't bring it back (see 1.3) |
| Restoring a version | It saves a "before restore" backup of its own first, and that version is how you get back |
Two habits worth knowing:
⌘Z always undoes your own last step and never rolls back what a teammate did in the meantime. You press yours, they press theirs, and the two histories leave each other alone (see 13.4).
When you're cropping on a node, painting a mask, dragging out an outpaint frame or boxing a face, ⌘Z takes back the stroke you just made, not the last step on the canvas — for that stretch the canvas history gives way to what's under your hand. Leave the editor and ⌘Z goes back to running the canvas.