The Rundown: In this guide you'll learn how to create and edit videos using Google Flow, where you can add objects, change backgrounds, and extend scenes just by typing what you want to see.

Who is this useful for:

• Content creators who need quick video edits
• Marketing teams adding product placements to existing footage
• Small businesses creating professional videos on tight budgets
• Anyone who wants to test video ideas before expensive production

STEP 1: Set up your Flow project with ingredients

Visit Google Flow and sign in with your Google account. Click "+ New Project" to start.

Change the generation type from "Text to Video" to "Ingredients to Video". This lets you upload photos that Flow uses as the foundation for your video.

Upload the photos of the things you need in the video. In our case we’ve got:

• The person who'll appear in the video, and
• The location or background where the scene takes place.

STEP 2: Generate your initial video

With your photos uploaded as ingredients, prompt Flow to create your video:

"Using the uploaded photo as me sitting in the place shown in the second photo at a sunny desk, create a video where I stop typing and look up confidently at the camera and say 'Ready to collaborate? DM me!' Add soft upbeat acoustic music and subtle keyboard clicks."

If you're not sure what audio to include, Flow automatically adds relevant background music and sound effects that match your video's context.

Wait for Flow to generate your video. This usually takes a few minutes.

STEP 3: Edit specific elements in your video

Once your video is generated, click the "Edit" button on the generated video. This lets you select areas to modify.

Select an area you want to change. For example, click on a window in the background and prompt:

"Add a caution sign for no-smoking"

Or select another area of the background and ask:

"Insert a robot moving in the background"

Flow processes your edits and updates those specific areas while keeping everything else the same.

STEP 4: Extend your video with additional scenes

Review your edited video and click "Add to Scene" to move it into the “Scene Builder”. Click the "+" button next to your clip and select "Extend" to add more content.

Prompt the extended video as:

"The robot moves out of the scene and the person raises his hand and gives a thumbs up towards the camera"

This extends your video seamlessly, maintaining consistency with your previous clip. Once both segments flow smoothly together, click the “download” icon on the right side of the timeline to export your complete video.

Pro tip: Use this editing feature to add product logos and branding to demo videos, insert your products into lifestyle scenes for marketing content, or create training videos with on-screen annotations and visual aids.