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Bring your best ideas to life with Gemini for Google Workspace. Get tips & real-life use cases for using gen AI at work.

Google Vids cheat sheet

Create and collaborate with video at work—all right in your browser
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.

Use this article as a quick reference for understanding the Vids interface. For step-by-step instructions, go to the get started guide.

Go to Vids: https://vids.google.com

Use Help me create

  1. Click Help me create
  2. Describe your video. Type @ to choose files from your Google Drive
  3. Use suggested prompts
  4. Click Shuffle to generate new suggested prompts
     

Start by choosing a template

  1. Click Templates
  2. Select a template
  3. Insert the current scene from the template
  4. Insert all scenes from the template
   
   
   
   
   

Start by recording a clip

  1. Click Record
  2. Close without recording
  3. Record video from your computer's camera
  4. Record video from your computer's camera & screen
  5. Record your computer screen & system audio
  6. Record audio from your computer's microphone
  7. View elapsed time & length of recording
  8. Turn microphone on or off
  9. Start recording
  10. View script in teleprompter
  11. Change settings for camera & microphone

Upload your own media

  1. Click Upload
  2. Click Browse computer to select your media
     
     
     
     

Use the timeline

  1. Playhead position
  2. Play scene starting at playhead
  3. Elapsed time (at playhead position) & total time
  4. Object timing
  5. Timeline zoom
  6. Add scene
  7. Selected scene
  8. Transition between scenes
  9. Audio tracks
  10. Script control

Manage scenes

  1. Click a scene on the timeline to select it
  2. Right-click a scene to duplicate, split, manage scene transitions & more
  3. Add a scene
   
   

Format objects

  1. Select an object in a scene
  2. Click Format to change text settings, borders & more
  3. Click Formatand thenFormat options to open formatting side panel
  4. Change object's size, position, & more in Format options side panel

Animate objects

  1. Select an object in a scene
  2. Click Format and then Animation  to open Animation side panel
  3. Choose options in Animation side panel
   
   

Manage scripts

  1. Show the Scripts panel
  2. Add or change script
  3. Record script using teleprompter
   
   
   

Use the teleprompter to record narration

  1. Choose teleprompter options
  2. Control text size
  3. Choose scroll speed—available when you choose Rolling
  4. Edit script & close recording studio
  5. View elapsed time & total time

Collaborate with your team

  1. Select content to comment on
  2. Click comment
  3. Enter your comment
  4. Below your comment, click Comment
  5. Show all comments
   
   

 


               

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