Get started with Vids in Google Workspace

Create your first video in Google Vids

You can use Vids only if your organization supports it. Learn more about Vids availability . To use generative AI features, your Google account language must be set to an English dialect.

Create your first video

Add narration & media

Customize timings

Share & collaborate

Create a video using help me create

You can use help me create to generate a first-draft video with Gemini in Google Vids. All you need to do is enter a description. Gemini then generates a draft—including a script, AI voiceover, scenes, and content—for the video. You can then edit the draft as needed.

On your computer, open Google Vids.
At the bottom of the screen, click Start a new video .
In the pop-up window, click Plan your video story.
Describe the video you want to create. Include information such as the audience, purpose, and tone of the video.
Optional:
- To generate examples, click the suggested prompts above the description box.
- To add related files, enter @, then enter a filename or select a file from the drop-down list. You can add Google Workspace files, such as Docs, Sheets, or Slides, from Google Drive.
- To generate new ideas for prompts, click Shuffle below the suggested prompts.
When you’re satisfied with your description, click Next.
Review and edit the proposed outline, or rewrite your prompt to generate a new outline, then click Next.
Select a design, then click Create the draft video.
When your video is created, you can add and customize content as needed.

Learn more in the Google Docs Editors Help Center

Edit or customize your AI-generated video

After you create your video, you can review or edit the generated scripts of voiceovers and customize media placeholders.

Check or edit generated scripts or voiceovers

To open the scripts panel and view or edit your generated scripts, click Scripts.
When you use “Help me create,” it generates a script and voiceover for every scene. To edit them, you need to replace each audio object. To add your own audio to specific scenes:
1. Delete the voiceover audio track for the scene where you wish to remove narration.
2. Add a new voiceover manually or with AI. When you generate a voiceover, it uses the content of the script panel. Learn how to create scripts and voiceovers in Google Vids (Workspace Labs).

Customize media placeholders

In your video, you may find media placeholders.

Circular media placeholders contain stock voiceovers. You can replace this with live voiceovers.
Larger media placeholders include an “Add your media” tag. You can replace this with your own media.
Optional: To replace the media in these placeholders, click Select a video to open a drop-down menu which includes:
- Upload
- Generate an image
- My media
- Stock media
To add media from the recording studio and add a recording, click Recording .
To keep the media originally added to the placeholder, click Keep video .

Start with a template

A template is a pre-built set of scenes with media and transitions. Use a template to outline your video, then customize it as needed.

On your computer, open Google Vids.
At the bottom of the screen, click Start a new video .
In the pop-up window, click Start with a template.
Select a template from the gallery.
Choose whether to insert all scenes, or only the current scene.
When your video is created, you can add and customize content as needed.

Learn more about using templates

Generate a video clip

With Google Vids, you can create a single video clip by describing your shot in detail, including the subject and scene.

You can generate up to 20 videos per day. Limits are subject to change. Generated videos are 8 seconds long with:

24fps frame rate
720p resolution
16:9 landscape orientation

Generate a video clip with AI

On your computer, open Google Vids.
On the right, in the sidebar, click Generate video .
In the “Generate video” panel:
1. Enter a prompt that describes the video you want Gemini to create, which includes the subject and tone. For example:
  - “A cat walking down a fashion week catwalk.”
  - “A dog driving an F1 racecar.”
2. Click Create.
  - When your video clip is ready, it shows up in the “Generate video” panel.
Optional: To make changes to your video clip, click Edit prompt .
To add the video clip to your Vid:
1. Hover over the generated video.
2. Click Insert .
  - This adds the video clip to your canvas.
  - At the bottom of the Vids window, in the timeline, the video clip has its own object track.

Learn more about generating video clips

Start by recording a video

Build your video by recording yourself (audio narration or full video recording), your computer screen, or your surroundings using the Vids recording studio. You can preview the recording and re-record it until you like it. You can then insert it into your Vids file, and customize it as needed.

Note: Recordings you create in Vids can be up to 10 minutes long.

On your computer, open Google Vids.
At the bottom of the screen, click Start a new video .
In the pop-up window, click Record and Share.
When you're ready, click Record now, then click Start.
When you're done, click Pause, then click Preview in the corner of the recording window.
When you're ready to add your recording to a scene, click Insert, or click Restart to record again.
When your recording is added, you can customize it as needed.

Learn more about recording in Vids

Start by uploading your own content

You can start by uploading your own content. You can still generate images using Gemini, add clips using the recording studio, and add template content later.

On your computer, open Google Vids.
At the bottom of the screen, click Start a new video .
In the pop-up window, click Upload and create.
Click Browse computer, then select the file you want to start with. You can add more content later.
When your video is created, you can add and customize content as needed.

Learn more about uploading content to your videos

Build a video from scratch

You can go directly to the Vids timeline and start creating your video from scratch. You can still use the recording studio and add template content later.

On your computer, open Google Vids.
To go to the video timeline, click the X in the upper right.
At the timeline, add and customize content as needed.

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