Overview
This tutorial presents 30 actionable tips for mastering AI video creation with Google Veo 3, addressing techniques for beginners and advanced users. Tips cover prompts, character consistency, video style, editing, and workarounds for current software limitations.
Creating and Customizing Characters
- Use detailed prompts for vlog-style videos, specifying camera angle, character appearance, actions, and dialogue.
- Experiment with man-on-the-street and interview formats by instructing dialogue for individual characters.
- Specify spoken lines per character for controlled multi-character interactions.
- For character accents, consider environmental plausibility; certain locations support specific accents more readily.
- Control tone of voice by describing it in the prompt; avoid strict scripting for best results.
Visual and Audio Enhancements
- Add ambient background noises (waves, wind, traffic) and specify musical styles/instruments in prompts for immersion.
- Use "muted colors" and "cinematic film" in prompts to shift output from game-like to photorealistic style.
- Combine lighting, color grading, and unique animation styles (Pixar, anime, monochrome) to tailor video mood.
Video Formatting and Technical Workarounds
- Crop videos or use AI subtitle removers to eliminate hard-coded subtitles, as prompts for no subtitles are unreliable.
- Upscale 720p videos to 1080p via the download option for subscribers.
- Create vertical videos by rotating images 90° before uploading, then rotating the final video back.
- Preview videos by generating still images using the internal image generator before rendering the full video.
Ensuring Character and Object Consistency
- Use detailed, repeatable descriptions in text prompts for consistent characters.
- Employ the green screen hack or upload reference images via Frames to Video for scene continuity.
- Ingredients to Video and Image to Video methods help, but some are limited to older Veo models.
- For product/object consistency, generate images externally and animate with Google Veo 3.
Dialogue and Lip Sync Solutions
- For speaking characters using reference images, apply external lip sync tools (e.g., Design), as in-app reference-based dialogue is unsupported.
Editing and Storytelling Techniques
- Utilize camera shot variety (close-up, side profile, long shot) and angles (low, high, bird's eye) for cinematic effects.
- Integrate dynamic camera movements—pans, tilts, zooms, and cranes—for impactful storytelling.
- Combine camera shots, angles, and motion in a single scene for visual interest.
Genre, Style, and Immersion Adjustments
- Specify movie genres (horror, comedy, sci-fi) and animation styles at the start of prompts for maximal impact.
- Apply varying lighting, color palettes, and lens/device types (fisheye, macro, infrared) for diverse visual effects.
- Create first-person POV videos simply by adding "first-person POV shot" to prompts.
Workflow Optimizations and Limitations
- Use Fast Mode for quick, cost-effective drafts, noting it lacks dialogue generation.
- Loop short videos by reversing and concatenating clips in a video editor.
- Extend video duration via "Add to Scene," but this feature only works with the older model and has reduced quality and no sound.
Using Inspiration and External Tools
- Explore Flow TV in the Flow interface for prompt inspiration and previews.
- Generate reference images with external platforms (e.g., Open Art’s Flux Context Model) for greater control.
Decisions
- Use external apps for lip sync when generating speaking dialogue with reference images.
- Employ video editors or AI subtitle removers for removing embedded subtitles, since in-prompt methods are inconsistent.
Action Items
- TBD – User: Rotate desired images before upload to create vertical videos.
- TBD – User: Use detailed, repeatable character descriptions in all consistent character prompts.
- TBD – User: Explore external image generators like Open Art for character/object consistency.
- TBD – User: Add dynamic camera shots and movements for improved storytelling.
- TBD – User: Combine animation styles, lighting, and color grading at the start of prompts.
- TBD – User: Use video editors to loop or crop clips as needed.