Important: AI features in Vids, such as "help me create," read-along teleprompter and AI voiceover, are only available in English at this time. Learn more about Vids availability.
Record your own video clips to add to a scene using the Vids recording studio. You can use the recording studio to:
- Add a video recording of yourself.
- Add a screen recording with narration.
- Add a screen recording with video recording.
- Add a voiceover.
Add a video placeholder
Use video placeholders to plan where you’d like to add video clips from the recording studio or stock videos.
- On your computer, open a video in Google Vids.
- From the timeline, click the scene where you want to add the recording click Insert Video placeholder .
- Click on a video placeholder to add it to your scene.
- The video placeholder will be added to the scene for you to arrange and format.
- To add a video to the placeholder, click Select a video or Record video .
Record a video or audio clip
Record your own video or audio clips to add to a scene using the Vids recording studio.
Important:
- To use a teleprompter in the Vids recording studio, add a script before opening the studio. Learn more about scripts.
- Vids generative AI features, like "help me create" and read along teleprompter, are only available in English at this time.
- On your computer, open a video in Google Vids.
- From the timeline, click the scene where you want to add the recording.
- In the side panel, click Recording , then select:
- Camera : To capture video and audio from your computer’s camera and microphone.
- Camera and screen : To capture video and audio from your computer’s camera and microphone and your computer screen.
- Screen : To record your screen with system audio.
- Voiceover : To capture audio only from your computer’s microphone.
- Tip: If your scene has a video placeholder where you want to add your recording, click Record video in the placeholder to open the recording studio.
- The recording studio will open. On the pop-ups that appear, allow your browser to access your device’s camera and microphone.
- If you’re using a script, select your teleprompter mode, text size, and scroll speed:
- Select your teleprompter mode:
- Read along: As you read from the script, Vids will help follow your speech to highlight the current portion of your script and scroll to match your progress.
- Tip: When you turn on read along mode, your web browser controls the speech-to-text service. It determines how your speech is processed and then sends the text to Google Slides.
- Rolling: The script will scroll at a constant speed.
- Manual: In manual mode, scroll down as needed to view your script or click into the teleprompter text and you can use your up/down buttons on the keyboard to scroll.
- Tips:
- Use the slider next to speed to adjust the speed your script appears in Manual mode.
- Make sure you click Recording before you click into the teleprompter to control with keyboard.
- Tips:
- Read along: As you read from the script, Vids will help follow your speech to highlight the current portion of your script and scroll to match your progress.
- To adjust text size, find Text size below where the script appears, and use the slider to adjust text to your preferred size.
- To edit your script, click Edit below the teleprompter, then update your script in the Script side panel.
- Select your teleprompter mode:
- When you’re ready, select Start recording at the bottom of your screen.
- When you’re done, select Pause recording at the bottom of your screen.
- To watch your recording, click Preview .
- To add your recording to your video, click Insert .
- Tip: If you want to reuse a recording you’ve created in one video in a different video, you can copy and paste your recording into a new video.
- To add your recording to your video, click Insert .
Give feedback on this feature
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