How to Use Templates in Google Vids for Quick Video Creation

Getting Started with Google Vids Templates

• 💡 Welcome to the Vids on Vids series, focusing on Google Vids, an AI-powered video creation app.
• 🚀 This episode covers using templates, customizing scenes, and working with video placeholders.

Choosing and Customizing Templates

• 🎨 Google Vids offers a wide selection of pre-designed templates organized by use cases.
• 🔍 You can easily preview templates by clicking on them and their scenes.
• 📥 Templates can be inserted one scene or all at once, and you can access the template section in the right sidebar to change templates or add scenes from different ones.

Editing and Rearranging Scenes

• 🎬 Templates often include an agenda scene and section headers for viewer navigation.
• 🔄 Scenes can be rearranged by dragging them to the desired position.
• ➕ New scenes can be added by clicking the plus button on the timeline, and scenes can be deleted by right-clicking.

Customizing Styles and Branding

• ✍️ Add text to your video using stylized text boxes from the right sidebar, choosing from styles like headlines, speakers, CTAs, and quotes.
• 🎨 The "customized styles" icon opens a panel to find and replace colors and fonts across all scenes.
• 🖌️ You can copy in color swatches or hex codes, use the eyedropper tool, and select fonts to apply them universally.

Working with Video Placeholders

• 🎬 Video placeholders are where videos or recordings are inserted within templates.
• 🗣️ Scenes with a headshot are ideal for direct audience address using recordings or AI avatars.
• 🔄 Placeholders can be replaced with different media (stock, web search) by clicking the "select a video" icon or by drag-and-drop.
• ➕ Video placeholders can also be inserted into a scene from the insert menu.