Restyle existing footage
The composition and motion are right and only the look is wrong — change it directly.
AI Video Editor
Upload a clip and say what to change — restyle it, change the setting, change how the subject looks. The motion and camera work stay, so you don't regenerate the shot.
Key features
Keep the motion, change the look
The source's movement and camera work stay; only the appearance changes — something regenerating can't do, since that changes the motion too.
Describe the change in a sentence
"Make it snowing," "make it animated," "turn the jacket red" — no re-describing the whole shot.
Reference images accepted
When words can't pin a look, attach a reference image — far more precise than stacking adjectives.
Several models to choose from
Some are stronger at wholesale restyling, others at localized replacement. Re-run the same footage on another.
Use cases
Pin the style with a reference
Supply a reference image and push the whole clip toward that visual direction.
Unify a set of footage
Several clips from different sources, restyled to one look before cutting them together.
Re-version a product spot
One product shot, new settings and palettes, several delivery versions.
How to use
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Open the AI Video Editor and upload the clip you want to change.
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Describe the change in a sentence, attaching a style reference if useful.
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Download the result, or send it to the canvas to keep cutting.
Deep dive
Keep the motion, swap the look
You generate a clip, the motion and camera work are good, and the style is wrong. Regenerating is the obvious move and the most regrettable one: the motion changes too, and the part you liked doesn't survive.
Video editing does something else — it changes appearance on top of the existing movement. Composition stays, camera work stays, action stays; what changes is how it looks.
"Make it snowing." "Make it animated." "Turn the jacket red." One sentence, without re-describing the shot.
A reference beats adjectives
Style is hard to pin in words. "Cinematic," "premium," and "Japanese-style" mean different things to different people, and the model's reading won't necessarily match yours.
So attach a reference when you can — one image carries more usable visual information than a paragraph of adjectives. To unify several clips from different sources, running each through with the same reference is the least effortful route.
Watch the magnitude of the change: wholesale style, setting, and subject palette work well. Ask for something very far from the source and motion preservation begins to fail, with the picture destabilizing. In that case regenerating is usually cleaner than forcing an edit.
When to reach for a different tool
- You want a brand-new shot — the video generator.
- It's just too short — extend-video; this page doesn't change duration.
- You need one object changed precisely — localized replacement is hard to hold across frames. Pull a key frame, fix it with image editing, then regenerate motion with first-last-frame.
- You want to change the motion, not the look — motion-control.
A reasonable way to think about it
The test is what you're trying to preserve:
Keep the motion, change the picture → this page. Keep the picture, change the motion → motion-control. Happy with neither → go back to the video generator; don't burn passes on editing.
This page usually shows up near the end: the footage exists and needs one consistent look before it gets cut together. It's rarely the starting point.
Frequently asked questions
How is this different from regenerating?+
Regenerating changes the motion and camera work along with everything else — the part you liked doesn't survive. Video editing changes appearance on top of the existing movement, so composition and action stay. If you like the motion and only dislike the look, this is the page.
How far can the change go?+
Wholesale style, setting, subject appearance, and palette all work well. The larger the change, the more strained motion preservation becomes — ask for a transformation very far from the source and the picture starts to destabilize. For big swings, regenerating is usually cleaner than forcing an edit.
Can I change just one part of the frame?+
Localized replacement is much harder in video than in images, because it has to hold across every frame. In practice you describe an overall direction rather than fencing off one object. To change one thing precisely, pull a key frame, fix it with image editing, then regenerate the motion with first-last-frame.
Does the duration change?+
Editing preserves the source's length and pacing. Use extend-video for more length; pacing changes belong in an edit. This page doesn't alter time.
