Learning Google Vids from Scratch

Explore the Google Vids interface, including the homepage with sorting options, filters, and existing projects. Navigate templates, shapes, text, uploads, AI generation, and script management in the workspace.

Explore the Google Vids home page, filter projects by ownership and shared status, switch between list and thumbnail views, and sort by last opened, last modified, or title.

Learn to use help search and help sets in Google Vids to quickly locate tools like text or video placeholder and insert them.

Tailor Google bids notification settings to receive all comments or only tagged mentions, and adjust general preferences for auto capitalization, smart quotes, lists, markdowns, spell check, and text box resizing.

Explore how to use templates in your projects: start with a template, insert selected or all scenes, preview animations with play, and replace them with your own content.

Learn to add contents to a blank canvas in Google Sheets by inserting shapes, text templates, and stock images, then resizing and placing them anywhere.

Add and arrange scenes with the plus button on the timeline, resize scenes, and zoom to control timing and view multiple layers.

Rearrange scenes by dragging them on the timeline and resize clips to control duration, including setting a clip to start at the beginning of a scene.

Split scenes at the playhead to divide one scene into two parts. Rearrange the resulting scenes, and recover cut content by clicking and dragging.

Change scene styles by applying a style to all scenes, edit individual scenes to adjust color and font, and sync the changes across all scenes.

Learn to add and preview stock videos in Google Vids, search for clips, insert and position them by dragging, resize with end handles, and preview with play.

Insert multiple stock videos into a single scene, arrange layering with top and bottom placements, adjust show timings, and send clips back to layer them as needed.

Discover how to add stock media beyond videos by browsing the stock section for images, movable stickers, gifs, and graphics, inserting them, and adjusting orientation and size.

Learn how to search for royalty-free images in the stock section using Google Images, type a query like yogurt, view results, and insert the image into Google Bids.

Upload media from your computer by choosing insert, selecting upload, and using the explorer window to pick a video, then click open to insert it.

Import videos from Google Drive and photos from Google Photos using the upload section on the right; click a file to insert it into your project.

Import slides from Google Drive into a project via the file menu, select the slides you need, import them into the timeline, and add animations and voiceovers to create video.

Learn to resize and rotate objects in canvas by using the shape's resize handles, hold shift to maintain aspect ratio, and use the rotation handle to adjust orientation.

Expand, crop, and mask videos using simple handles and crop marks to resize, reposition, and shape your footage with easy masking options.

duplicate objects on the canvas by selecting the item and choosing duplicate, or pressing Ctrl+D; create a new scene with the plus button.

Duplicate objects, group them for single-unit movement by dragging, and ungroup or regroup them in Google to manage multiple items efficiently.

Learn how layers and object order work in Google drawings, using send backward and send to back to control shapes such as cloud and rectangles appearing on top or bottom.

Select objects in Google Vids and use the arrange menu to align them to the top, middle, bottom, left, right, or center, then distribute horizontally or vertically with equal gaps.

Center an image using the center on space option, then apply horizontal or vertical centering, and rotate or flip the image using the arrange menu in Google bids.

Set an image as the background with a right-click or the arrange image option. Remove it by detaching the image from the background.

Learn to arrange video, expand it to fill the scene, and set it as a background or detach it from the background to play out during your project.

Learn to add titles, headlines, subtitles, and body text using the text panel, then adjust font sizes by selecting text and using the size controls or typing a size.

Select text to change its font, color, and style, including bold, italic, and underline. Align text as left, center, right, or justify within a text box to customize typography.

Learn to select text, apply a background color using the highlight tool, and customize borders and border colors for text and entire content in Google.

Turn text into bullet points and numbered lists, learn to select text, apply bullets or numbered lists, choose list types, and adjust indentation with tab and indent controls.

Utilize shapes and lines to design engaging scenes in Google Vids by selecting, resizing, coloring, and styling various shapes, adding lines, and adjusting elements with the yellow draggable dot.

Learn to build diagrams and flowcharts using shapes, connect dots with arrows, and color-code steps from start to serve. Distribute and center elements for clean layouts.

Learn to insert special characters in text using the insert menu, search for symbols like a tree, and draw shapes such as a medical box, adjusting them with text options.

Learn to add background stock music across multiple scenes, preview and drag tracks into the timeline, trim or split at the playhead, and upload your own music if desired.

Press play to hear the music, then use the sound button to access volume controls and adjust the track’s volume, making it louder or softer.

Mute the background music to hear the voice-over, then unmute to restore the music, using the sound controls to toggle audio in the video.

Trim audio to keep the desired section, then add calm music and trim that track. Copy and paste to loop the music, and apply a fade out for smoother sound.

Record a voiceover and insert it into Google Vids, then use automatic ducking to lower the background music while narration plays.

Learn to record with a connected camera, start and pause recording, display scripts, insert and preview clips, and apply masking to position the video within your project.

Record voice overs by using the script as a reference and manage scripts in the script section. Generate or record audio, preview, trim, and rearrange the video as needed.

Record your screen inside google vids by selecting the entire screen, a chrome tab, or a window. Enable system audio capture, start recording with a countdown, and trim the result.

Record your screen and camera together by selecting camera and screen, start recording, and manage the capture with pause, resume, and a movable webcam window.

Explore the scripts panel to add and manage a script for each scene, type or paste lines, and use the timeline to record and review an overview of all scripts.

learn to generate a voiceover from a script using AI narration tools, select a voice such as persuader, insert into the timeline, and preview the result.

Create a multi speaker scene by generating voice overs, selecting narrators such as educator, and inserting them into the timeline across scenes to recap the content.

Automatically balance the volume across all tracks by selecting all audio, choosing balance sound, and applying it to all audio; playback confirms the audio is now balanced.

Learn to create smooth scene transitions in Google Vids from Scratch by adding transitions between clips, selecting a transition style, and adjusting its duration, then previewing in the timeline.

Enable separate enter and exit animations for objects in Google Vids, then select distinct entry and exit animations and durations.

Learn to add animations to text, shapes, and objects by selecting an animation option and applying it with a click, choosing from effects like spin, breathe, or toaster.