Feature availability
- This feature is available through our early access testing program, Google Workspace Labs, which is an invite only program for users to try new AI features.
- To check if you have access to Workspace Labs features, open Google Vids. A window to help you start creating in Vids will appear if you have access. Learn where you can use Workspace Labs features.
- For users with access to Workspace Labs, note that new features for Vids are rolling out gradually, and may not be available to you yet.
In Google Vids, use “Help me create'' to create a first draft video from prompts you write with Gemini. Your prompts can help Gemini to:
- Generate:
- An editable outline storyboard
- Suggested scenes with suggested text
- Script narrative for videos and voice overs
- Select:
- Suggested stock video or images, which can be kept or swapped with your media
- Suggested accompanying stock music, which can be kept or swapped with your media
Create a video with AI
Important: New features for Vids, such as “Help me create,” roll out gradually and may not be available to you yet.
You can create a video with Gemini in Google Vids using “Help me create.” Enter a prompt, then you can type the “@” symbol to add related documents. Once you’ve submitted your request and all related documents, Vids will generate:
- A suggested outline, with suggested scenes populated with generated text
- Stock media, including videos, images, and music
- A scripted narrative to make edits and record voiceovers with
Video placeholders are also suggested in relevant scenes to help organize where to add your own video recordings.
Important:
- New features for Vids, such as “help me create,” roll out gradually and may not be available to you yet.
- Vids generative AI features, such as "help me create" and read-along teleprompter, are only available in English at this time.
- On your computer, open Google Vids.
- At the bottom of the screen, click Create new video
Help me create
.
- Enter a prompt or click a suggested prompt.
- To improve the output quality of your video, you can add related files: Enter
@, then add the file name or select from the list of suggested files - To generate new suggested prompts, under the list of text prompts, click Shuffle .
- Learn more about how to write prompts.
- To improve the output quality of your video, you can add related files: Enter
- Click Next.
- After your outline has been generated, to edit it, update the tiles that represent each scene.
- To edit the scene prompt, click the title text for a scene.
- To remove a tile, click Delete
.
- To add a new tile below, click Add
.
- To rewrite your prompt, type a new prompt
- Once you have a final outline, choose a design for your video:
- To preview samples, hover over a design.
- Click to select a design.
- To confirm, click Create the draft video.
- After you create your video, you can continue to edit or customize.
- Tips:
- To open the scripts panel and view or edit your generated scripts, click Scripts.
- 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.
- To find more options for media, click Select a video
to open a drop-down menu which includes:
Upload
Help me create 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
.
- To find more options for media, click Select a video
- Tips:
Here are quick tips to help you write prompts to create videos with “Help me create” in Google Vids:
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When writing prompts:
Use natural language - Write like you talk
- Express thoughts in full sentences
Be specific - Provide as much context as possible.
- Attach relevant documents. Use the @ symbol and descriptive prompts to specify details like audience, purpose, and goals.
Make it a conversation - If the results don’t meet your expectations or you believe there’s room for improvement, fine tune your prompts.
- To yield better results, use follow-up prompts and an iterative process of review and refinement.
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Learn more about how to bring your best ideas to life with Gemini for Google Workspace. Get tips & real-life use cases for using gen AI at work.
Learn about Workspace Labs feature suggestions
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Workspace Labs feature suggestions don’t represent Google’s views, and should not be attributed to Google.
- Don’t rely on Workspace Labs features as medical, legal, financial or other professional advice.
- Workspace Labs features may suggest inaccurate or inappropriate information. Your feedback makes Workspace Labs more helpful and safe.
- Don’t include personal, confidential, or sensitive information in your prompts.
- Google uses Workspace Labs data and metrics to provide, improve, and develop products, services, and machine learning technologies across Google.
- Your Workspace Labs Data may also be read, rated, annotated, and reviewed by human reviewers. Importantly, where Google uses Google-selected input (as described in the Privacy Notice) to generate output, Google will aggregate and/or pseudonymize that content and resulting output before it is viewed by human reviewers, unless it is specifically provided as part of your feedback to Google.
You can review the Google Workspace Labs Privacy Notice and Terms for Personal Accounts.
- Generated images are for use only within Google Vids.
- Workspace Labs generated images are designed to bring your imagination to life in Google Vids, and may not represent real world situations.
Give feedback in Google Vids
You can help us improve the product experience for all users by providing feedback.
- In your menu bar, click Help
- Describe your issue or suggestions.
- Select Capture screenshot to help identify the issue.
- Click Send.
To report a legal issue, create a request.
