Use your own images in a video

You can put your own picture in a video in three ways: as the image of a shot, as a reference for a new image, or as a saved character, location, or object. Only the first way shows your picture exactly as it is. In the other two, the app draws a new image from your picture.

Show your exact picture in a shot

Use this for a logo, a product photo, or your own drawing.

1. Open the video in the editor: in My Videos, select Edit.
2. Select the shot's image. The shot viewer opens.
3. Select Replace image. A shot with no image shows Add image.
4. On the Upload tab, choose a file, drag it in, or paste it. The file can be PNG, JPG, WebP, or GIF, up to 25 MB. To reuse an image you already have, pick it on Projects or All images.
5. Select Use image.

This is free. The earlier image stays in the shot's takes.

The shot's video does not change. A shot with a video still plays the old picture. To make a video from your image, select Re-animate on the shot's video. A shot with no video shows your image as a still picture.

On a shot made from a storyboard, the app asks How should the video use this picture?

• Start on it: the video opens on your picture.
• As a reference: the video looks like your picture. Add picture adds up to three more pictures.

Select Save, then make the shot's video again. See Fix one shot.

Use your picture as a reference for a new image

Use this when the app must draw your thing into a scene.

1. Move the pointer over the shot's image and select Edit image.
2. Write the change. For example: "Put the mug from the reference on the table."
3. Select References, then Upload an image. The file can be PNG, JPG, or WebP. If References is locked, choose Advanced first.
4. Select Apply edit. Each reference adds to the price, and the button shows the total.

The result is a new image, so details can change.

Regenerate has no upload. There, type @ to add a character, location, or object.

Save it as a character, location, or object

Use this for a person, place, or thing that many shots or videos need.

1. Open Characters.
2. For a character, select Create Character. For a place or a thing, select the Locations or Objects tab, then Create location or Create object.
3. Choose Upload Image and add your picture.
4. Finish the steps. The app gives it a handle, for example @ShopSign. For a character, see Create a character from an image or a description.

Then use it:

• In a new video, pick it on the create page or write its handle in your script. See Save and use locations and objects and Use universes and consistent characters.
• In a video you already made, add it first. See Add a character, location, or object to a video you made.

The app draws it again in each shot. For the exact file, replace the shot's image.

What you cannot do today

• Upload your images when you create a video. The create page takes an idea, a script, or audio. Make the video first, then replace the images shot by shot.
• Upload your own video clips. The editor takes images only.
• Put a logo or a title card on all your videos at once. No setting does this. Add your logo to a shot in each video.