Generate video
The shot you do not have
Describe it. Eddie generates an original clip and lays it into the cut as b-roll.
Say what the camera sees
A prompt is the shot. These are examples of the kind of picture you can ask for, in the shape the edit needs.
A glass bottle on wet stone, one gold highlight.
16:9
She walks through the greenhouse. Sun through the glass.
16:9
Hands finish the plate. Steam rising.
9:16
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Describe the shot
Say what the camera sees, in the same chat you use for the edit. Widescreen or vertical. A few seconds is a cutaway.
02
See the credits first
Eddie quotes the cost before anything is generated. You decide, then it runs.
03
It lands on the cut
The clip comes into the project as b-roll and is placed on the timeline, ready to trim, move, or replace.
Keep the subject the same
A reference image holds a person, a product, or a place across clips, so the bottle in shot two is the bottle in shot one. A clip can also open on a frame you choose, then move.
Reference image
The same face, product, or room, from clip to clip.
Opening frame
The clip starts on a picture you supply, then continues.
The shape of the edit
Widescreen for the film. Vertical when the deliverable is a phone.
Labelled as generated
The clip, and an MP4 export that uses it, carries a standard AI-generated mark.
Questions
- What is Generate video?
- You describe a shot in plain language. Eddie generates an original video clip for that shot and places it on the timeline as b-roll. It is made for the cut, not pulled from a stock library.
- How is this different from stock b-roll?
- Stock b-roll searches a licence-free library for clips that match what was said. Generate video makes a new clip from your description. Use stock when a real library shot will do, and generate when the shot does not exist yet.
- Can the same person or product appear in more than one clip?
- Yes. Give Eddie a reference image of the person, product, or place. Later clips can follow that image, so the subject stays recognisable from shot to shot.
- Does Eddie tell me the cost before it generates?
- Yes. Eddie quotes the credits for the clip before it runs. Credit packs never expire.
- Are generated clips labelled?
- Yes. A generated clip carries a standard AI-generated label, and an MP4 export that uses one is marked as AI-generated too.
Need a real clip from a library instead? Stock b-roll