Edited the video after you exported it? Export again before you publish: the Publish window tells you when its video is out of date.; Each platform posts on its own, so one failing never holds the others.; Filter the Library by Needs approval to find episodes that are waiting for you. About the recordings: in rehearsal mode the accounts are stand-ins and nothing is posted. The account names shown are placeholders.

Publish and the Library — ShowMaker guides

Connect your accounts (once)

Step 1: Open Account from the menu on the left. Under Connected accounts, press Connect accounts (or Manage accounts).
Step 2: You connect them on Upload-Post's page, the service ShowMaker posts through. ShowMaker never sees your passwords.
Step 3: Back on your Account page, each connected account is listed with its name, for example YouTube @your-channel.

(Connecting is not shown in a recording: it happens on Upload-Post's own site, which rehearsal mode does not open.)

Publish an episode

Follow along

Video, about 40 seconds, no sound. The steps below say the same.

Step 1: Export the episode first, on the Video step (see Your first episode). Then press Publish, next to Your video is ready. If you have changed the video since the export, the window says so: export again to post the changes.
Step 2: Cover frame: pick a frame from one of the clips. It is used on Instagram and TikTok, and as the thumbnail of a YouTube video.
Step 3: Labeled as AI-generated is on, and every post carries each platform's own label.
Step 4: Post to: tick every channel to post to. Each connected channel of a platform is its own row, and Add another channel connects one more (up to 3 per platform). They are the ones connected on your Account page.
Step 5: Title, Caption and Hashtags are drafted from the story and the dialogue heard in the clips. Change them under All platforms, or on one platform's tab (a dot on a tab means it needs something from you). Regenerate drafts another one.
Step 6: Answer what each platform asks, once for all that platform's ticked channels, under How it posts. For YouTube: Post as a Short or a Full video, Visibility, and For kids (whether it is made for children). For TikTok: Who can see it, and what to Allow. The line at the bottom says what is still missing.
Step 7: Press Publish to 3 (the number is how many channels you ticked). Each post shows its progress, and its link once it is live. Each channel posts on its own, so one failing never holds the others.

A note on YouTube: YouTube shows any vertical video of 3:00 or less as a Short, even uploaded as a full video. To get a regular video, use a 16:9 cut or make it longer than 3:00.

The Library

Follow along

Video, about 20 seconds, no sound. The steps below say the same.

Step 1: Press Library in the menu on the left. It lists every episode of every show, newest first.
Step 2: Filter by status: All, Ready, Rendering, Needs approval, Failed or Drafts. The number on each says how many. Needs approval is where episodes waiting for you are.
Step 3: Filter by show with the menu next to them. Clear filters shows everything again.
Step 4: Press Play on an episode to watch it there, or its name to open it.

Tips

Edited the video after you exported it? Export again before you publish: the Publish window tells you when its video is out of date.
Each platform posts on its own, so one failing never holds the others.
Filter the Library by Needs approval to find episodes that are waiting for you.

About the recordings: in rehearsal mode the accounts are stand-ins and nothing is posted. The account names shown are placeholders.