Fix one shot

If one shot looks wrong, fix only that shot, not the whole video.

Open the video in the editor: in My Videos, select Edit. In the Shots view, each shot shows its image and its video. Move the pointer over one to see its tools. On a phone or tablet, the tools are always visible.

Change the image

1. Move the pointer over the shot's image. Select Edit image to change part of the picture, or Regenerate for a new picture. A box opens under the shot.
2. Write what you want. For example: "Remove the second cup from the table." With Regenerate, type @ to add a character, location, or object.
3. With Edit image, choose Standard or Advanced quality. Under References, tick the characters that the picture must show, or select Upload an image. The shot's characters start ticked. Each reference adds to the cost. On an older video, References can be locked: choose Advanced first.
4. To animate the new image in the same step, switch on Re-animate.
5. Select Apply edit or Regenerate. The cost shows on the button.

Without Re-animate, the video keeps the old image until you animate the shot again. A new image does not change the video by itself.

On a shot made from a storyboard, Edit image changes panels of the storyboard and has no Re-animate switch. When the new storyboard is in the shot, select Edit video on the video, leave the box empty, and select Film the whole video again. See Change one moment of a storyboard video below.

See when an edit is ready

• While a new image is made, the shot's image shows Generating new take.
• While a new video is made, the shot's video shows Re-animating video....
• The label goes away when the new image or video is in the shot.

Swap or remove a character in a shot

1. If the new character is not in the video yet, add it first. Open Project settings and select Add elements. See Add a character, location, or object to a video you made.
2. Select Regenerate on the shot's image. Type @, pick the character, and describe the picture. Leave out the character you do not want.
3. Or select Edit image and write the change, for example "Remove the man on the left." To put a saved character in the picture, tick it under References.
4. Switch on Re-animate, so that the shot's video changes too. On a shot made from a storyboard, use Edit video after the image change instead.

Each edit changes one shot. The editor has no tool that changes the images of many shots in one step. To swap or remove a character in the whole video, do these steps for each shot.

Use your own image

1. Select the shot's image. The shot viewer opens.
2. Select Replace image.
3. Upload a file on the Upload tab (PNG, JPG, WebP, or GIF, up to 25 MB), or pick one on Projects or All images.
4. Select Use image.

The shot's video keeps the old image. To put your image in the video, animate the shot again.

The viewer also has Angle to change the camera angle.

To put your own photo into the picture, for example in a frame on the wall, see Use your own images in a video.

Animate the shot again

1. Move the pointer over the shot's video and select Re-animate. A box opens under the shot.
2. Describe the motion you want, or leave the box empty to let the app choose.
3. The buttons under the box change the preset and the resolution. Pro and Ultra need a paid plan. A video made on Super Pro also shows Super Pro, which needs a paid plan too.
4. Select Re-animate. The cost shows on the button.

If the shot changed while the video was being made, the new video waits in the takes instead of playing in the shot.

A shot without a video shows Animate in the empty video frame. It works the same way.

Change one moment of a storyboard video

A shot made from a storyboard shows Edit video instead of Re-animate. With it, you change only the moments you name. The rest of the video stays as it is.

1. Move the pointer over the shot's video and select Edit video. A box opens under the shot.
2. Write what to change, in your own words. For example: "Give John a navy jacket" or "When Annie agrees, she smiles."
3. Select See the price. After a few seconds, the box shows each moment that will be filmed again, with its time. The total cost shows on the button.
4. Select the button to make the edit. The new video plays in the shot, and the old one stays in the takes.

A change to how someone looks is made in every moment where they show, so that the video stays the same from moment to moment. If you leave the box empty, the whole video is filmed again, as with Re-animate.

In a music video, the new video keeps its part of the song, and the same characters sing the same lines. Edit video cannot change the words or who sings. See Make a song and a music video.

If you added, removed or moved a line over the shot after its video was made, the box says so and offers Plan and film again: the shot is planned again from its lines, a new storyboard is drawn, and the video is filmed again. The button shows the full cost before you select it.

Go back to an earlier version

Every image and video you make for a shot is kept as a take.

1. Move the pointer over the shot and select the takes button, a small stack icon. It shows only when the shot has more than one image or video.
2. The Takes panel shows Image takes and Video takes. The take in use has the label Current.
3. Select another take to use it.

Put the fix in your video

Your saved video changes only when you render it again. Select Export, then Render video. See Download and export your video.