Canva Gets Cinematic: New AI Video Clip Tool Lets You Script, Click, and Roll

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News Brief: Graphic design platform Canva has launched a powerful new feature called Create a Video Clip, which enables users to make 8-second video clips with synchronized audio from a simple text prompt. Based on Google's new Veo 3 model, the feature is a big step towards facilitating democratization of high-end video-making for marketers, educators, and content creators.

Feature Highlights:

It is accessible for Canva Pro, Teams, Enterprise, and Nonprofit users

Customers can create a maximum of five AI-created video clips within a month

Each clip can be edited on Canva's Video Editor with music, text, and branding to enhance it

The feature is also being rolled out to Leonardo.Ai, Canva's recently acquired generative AI platform

Creative Potential:

Prompt-to-Production Simplicity

They put in a brief description, and the AI generates a professional 8-second video

Videos have inherent motion, movie-quality visuals, and native audio

Ideal for campaign initiation, pitch deck opening, and social media promotions

Customization Tools:

Videos open up directly to Canva's Video Editor

They can also personalize using Brand Kit, overlays, transitions, etc.

Clips can be reused as presentations, posts, or adverts

Safety and Ethics:

Canva Shield handles both output text and input requests

Guardrails are in place to avoid harmful or unnecessary outputs

Strategic Actions:

Canva is the initial platform to include Google's Veo 3 model

The launch is following Canva's acquisition of MagicBrief, an artificial intelligence-driven creative intelligence platform

This release is one component of Canva's broader Visual Suite 2.0, which included AI-driven coding, spreadsheet, and voice-guided design tools

Sources: The Indian Express, The Hindu, The Hans India, The Mobile Indian, Canva Newsroom, Gadgets360, Mathrubhumi