Brain can create a short video from a prompt. Describe the video's purpose, length, and format, and Brain replies with an MP4 you can preview, download, or edit in Creative Studio.
Generating a video with Brain uses AI Credits.
Brain feature availability and limits vary by plan and user role. Learn more
Generating videos with Brain follows the image, audio, and video generation AI permission for your role.
Generate a video
To generate a video:
- Open Brain.
- Type out your prompt, describing the video's purpose, length, and format.
- Say whether you want a widescreen or vertical video, and include the setting, subject, motion, and any on-screen text.
- Brain replies with a one-line description and the video. The video card shows the file name and the video's length in its lower-left corner.
Choose video options
Set the video's shape, length, quality, sound, and model before you send your prompt.
To choose video options:
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Open Brain and type
/. You can also click the plus icon at the bottom.
- Under Modes, select Generate video. A Generate video chip appears in the upper-left corner of the prompt field.
- Click toggles icon in the lower-left corner of the prompt field.
- Click Aspect ratio and choose one:
- Auto
- 16:9
- 9:16
- Click Duration and choose one:
- Auto
- 3 seconds
- 4 seconds
- 5 seconds
- 6 seconds
- 8 seconds
- 10 seconds
- Click Resolution and choose one:
- Auto
- 720p
- 1080p
- Turn the Sound toggle at the bottom of the menu on or off.
- Click the model name in the lower-right corner of the prompt field, such as Max, and select a model:
- Brain² (Max): Picks the best video model for your prompt.
- Gemini Omni Flash
- Seedance 2.5
- Type out your prompt and send it.
Use your video
Brain's reply holds the finished video.
To use the video, hover over it and click an icon in the upper-right corner of the card:
- Edit in Creative Studio
- Download
- Preview
- Copy link
- Open in new tab
The player's control row appears along the bottom of the card once the video starts. Use the following controls on the reply:
| Action | How |
| Play or pause the video | Click Play in the center of the card, or Play or Pause in the control row along the bottom of the player. |
| Change the volume | Click the speaker icon in the control row. |
| Watch it full screen | Click the full screen icon in the control row. |
| Generate another version from the same prompt | Click the circular arrows icon at the right end of the row under the video. |
| Save the reply for later | Hover over the reply and click Save for Later in the toolbar above its upper-right corner. |
The rest of the toolbar works as it does in Brain.
To change the playback speed, click 1× in the player's control row and select a speed:
- 0.5×
- 0.7×
- 1×
- 1.2×
- 1.5×
- 1.7×
- 2×
Use a video or Clip as a reference
To add a reference:
- Open Brain and click the plus icon in the lower-left corner of the prompt field.
- Click Upload files and choose a video. You can also drag and drop the file.
- Type out your prompt, say what Brain should take from the reference, such as its motion, pacing, or style, and send it.
Brain can use videos and Clips as references for a new video. It can't copy a voice from a reference, and dubbed voices can drift from the source recording.
Build a multi-shot video
To build a video with several shots:
- Open Brain, describe each shot in order, and send your prompt.
- Review the storyboard in Brain's reply.
- Approve the keyframes. Brain then creates the footage.
- Select the takes you want.
- To add narration, music, or text, open the video in Creative Studio.
Brain may flag or rework copyrighted characters and logos in your prompt.
AI Credits and limits
Generating a video uses AI Credits. If your Workspace balance is too low, Brain blocks the request and tells you. Daily limits apply to each person and to each Workspace.