Prompts that render on-screen text<\/span><\/h2>\nOmni renders quoted words legibly. That is what makes price cards, signage and title cards workable. In practice, keep the string short, quote it exactly, and say where it sits in frame. Also define any text that would appear naturally, such as a shopfront or a number plate, because anything left unspecified gets invented for you.<\/p>\n
\n A price card<\/h3>\n\n \n
Overhead shot of a pair of running shoes on wet concrete, camera pushing in slowly. A clean card slides into the lower third reading “\u00a389” and holds there. Sound: light wind, one soft synth note as the card lands.<\/p>\n\n \n \n <\/polyline>\n <\/svg>\n Copied<\/span>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/section>\n\n A sign inside the scene<\/h3>\n\n \n
The camera drifts past a small bakery window at dawn. The hand-painted sign on the glass reads “Open since 6”. Inside, a baker sets a tray down. Sound: door bell, distant traffic.<\/p>\n\n \n \n <\/polyline>\n <\/svg>\n Copied<\/span>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/section>\n\n A lower-third name<\/h3>\n\n \n
A chef looks up from a chopping board and nods at camera. A lower third appears reading “Maya, head chef” and stays for two seconds. Sound: knife on board, extraction fan hum.<\/p>\n\n \n \n <\/polyline>\n <\/svg>\n Copied<\/span>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/section>\n\n A title card<\/h3>\n\n \n
Waves flattening onto black sand, handheld, slightly underexposed. The words “Cold Water Club” appear centre-frame in thin white type, then the shot carries on. Sound: surf, wind buffeting the mic.<\/p>\n\n \n \n <\/polyline>\n <\/svg>\n Copied<\/span>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/section>\n<\/p>\nSingle-shot and multi-shot prompts<\/span><\/h2>\nLeft alone, Omni cuts your clip into a short sequence and builds a small narrative from it. Therefore a single continuous take has to be requested. Three phrasings do it: “in a single unbroken scene”, “in a single continuous shot”, and “no scene cuts”. Each pair below is one idea written both ways, so the phrasing that flips it is easy to spot.<\/p>\n
\n One take: tunnel ride<\/h3>\n\n \n
In a single continuous shot, a cyclist rides through a tunnel toward daylight, camera trailing just behind the rear wheel. Sound: tyre hum rising in pitch, echo dropping away as they exit.<\/p>\n\n \n \n <\/polyline>\n <\/svg>\n Copied<\/span>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/section>\n\n Sequence: tunnel ride<\/h3>\n\n \n
A three-shot sequence of the same tunnel ride: wide on the entrance, close on the pedals turning, then the rider bursting into daylight. Keep the same bike and jacket in all three. Sound: tyre hum, echo, then open air.<\/p>\n\n \n \n <\/polyline>\n <\/svg>\n Copied<\/span>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/section>\n\n One take: florist<\/h3>\n\n \n
One unbroken scene: a florist wraps a bouquet from start to finish while the camera slowly orbits the table. No scene cuts. Sound: paper, scissors, a tap running in the background.<\/p>\n\n \n \n <\/polyline>\n <\/svg>\n Copied<\/span>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/section>\n\n Sequence: florist<\/h3>\n\n \n
A short sequence: hands cutting stems, then paper folding around the bouquet, then the finished wrap handed across the counter. Same hands and same apron in every shot. Sound: scissors, paper, a quiet “thank you”.<\/p>\n\n \n \n <\/polyline>\n <\/svg>\n Copied<\/span>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/section>\n<\/p>\nPrompts with timed events<\/span><\/h2>\nCall out when something happens and Omni handles it. No special syntax is needed, since plain language works and so does a timecode block. Timecode especially helps when the whole clip is really a mini shot list. Still, one timed event per prompt reads more reliably than three stacked together.<\/p>\n
\n A camera move on the beat<\/h3>\n\n \n
A dancer stands still in an empty studio. After 2 seconds the music kicks in and she starts moving; at 5 seconds the camera pulls back to a wide. Sound: one beat drop, floor squeak.<\/p>\n\n \n \n <\/polyline>\n <\/svg>\n Copied<\/span>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/section>\n\n A reveal<\/h3>\n\n \n
A dust sheet covers something large in a garage. At 3 seconds a hand pulls the sheet away to reveal a restored motorcycle. Sound: fabric sliding off, then a low sustained note underneath.<\/p>\n\n \n \n <\/polyline>\n <\/svg>\n Copied<\/span>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/section>\n\n A light change<\/h3>\n\n \n
A living room at dusk. At 3 seconds the lamps come on one after another around the room. Sound: three soft clicks spaced apart, evening birds outside the window.<\/p>\n\n \n \n <\/polyline>\n <\/svg>\n Copied<\/span>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/section>\n\n A full clip in timecode<\/h3>\n\n \n
[0-3s] A kettle on a stove starts to steam. [3-6s] A hand lifts it and pours into a mug. [6-10s] The camera settles on the mug as steam curls upward. Sound: rising kettle whistle, water pouring, then quiet.<\/p>\n\n \n \n <\/polyline>\n <\/svg>\n Copied<\/span>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/section>\n<\/p>\nPrompts that lean on physics and world knowledge<\/span><\/h2>\nOmni was built with an intuitive grasp of forces like gravity, kinetic energy and fluid dynamics. On top of that sits Gemini’s knowledge of how things actually work. As a result, it reasons about what should happen next, rather than approximating a motion that looks roughly right. That is exactly where most AI video falls apart. That is why you name the force or the material rather than the look, because “heavy, viscous, slow to settle” gets further than “realistic”.<\/p>\n
\n Gravity and collision<\/h3>\n\n \n
A stack of wooden blocks on a table is nudged at the base and topples, blocks bouncing and settling with real weight. Locked-off macro shot. Sound: hollow wooden knocks, then stillness. No music.<\/p>\n\n \n \n <\/polyline>\n <\/svg>\n Copied<\/span>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/section>\n\n A fluid pour<\/h3>\n\n \n
Thick honey pouring off a spoon into a glass bowl, close-up. The stream coils as it lands and folds slowly into itself: heavy, viscous, slow to settle. Sound: a low wet fold. No music.<\/p>\n\n \n \n <\/polyline>\n <\/svg>\n Copied<\/span>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/section>\n\n An explainer that has to be correct<\/h3>\n\n \n
A paper-cutout explainer of how a lock and key work: the key slides in, the pins lift to the shear line, the cylinder turns. Flat overhead view, one continuous shot, mechanically accurate. Sound: paper sliding, a click as it turns.<\/p>\n\n \n \n <\/polyline>\n <\/svg>\n Copied<\/span>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/section>\n<\/p>\nPrompts that rule things out<\/span><\/h2>\nOmni has no negative-prompt field. Instead, anything you want excluded goes into the prompt as an instruction. Three phrasings carry most of the weight: “no dialogue”, “no extra sound effects”, and “no embellishments”. Use them, for example, to stop the model adding a voice, a music bed, or a flourish nobody asked for.<\/p>\n
\n Keeping it silent<\/h3>\n\n \n
A woman reading on a balcony in late afternoon light, a page turning, the city below her. Sound: distant traffic and the page turn only. No dialogue, no music.<\/p>\n\n \n \n <\/polyline>\n <\/svg>\n Copied<\/span>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/section>\n\n Keeping the mix clean<\/h3>\n\n \n
Macro of a record needle dropping into a groove and beginning to track. Sound: surface crackle and the first bar of a quiet piano. No extra sound effects.<\/p>\n\n \n \n <\/polyline>\n <\/svg>\n Copied<\/span>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/section>\n\n Keeping the frame plain<\/h3>\n\n \n
A plain white ceramic mug on a windowsill, camera pushing in slowly as steam rises. Keep it simple and still: no embellishments, no added props, no dialogue.<\/p>\n\n \n \n <\/polyline>\n <\/svg>\n Copied<\/span>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/section>\n<\/p>\nChat-edit follow-up prompts<\/span><\/h2>\nThese are second-turn prompts, the ones you type after the clip exists. Each instruction builds on the last. As a result, characters stay consistent, the physics hold, and the scene remembers what came before. That memory therefore turns a single generation into a working session, where the first result is a starting point rather than a verdict.<\/p>\n
One rule matters more than the rest, and it inverts everything above: keep edit prompts simple.<\/strong> A long, descriptive edit prompt causes changes nobody asked for. So name one change, leave the rest unstated, and also add “keep everything else the same” to hold the frame steady. Voices and speech are the exception, though, since Omni cannot edit those yet.<\/p>\n\n Swap the environment<\/h3>\n\n \n
Move this scene to a snowy street at night. Keep everything else the same.<\/p>\n\n \n \n <\/polyline>\n <\/svg>\n Copied<\/span>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/section>\n\n Change the angle<\/h3>\n\n \n
Change the camera angle to look up at her from waist height. Keep everything else the same.<\/p>\n\n \n \n <\/polyline>\n <\/svg>\n Copied<\/span>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/section>\n\n Restyle it<\/h3>\n\n \n
Make this video look like hand-drawn animation. Keep everything else the same.<\/p>\n\n \n \n <\/polyline>\n <\/svg>\n Copied<\/span>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/section>\n\n Add something<\/h3>\n\n \n
Add a dog asleep under the table. Keep everything else the same.<\/p>\n\n \n \n <\/polyline>\n <\/svg>\n Copied<\/span>\n <\/button>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/section>\n\n Rewrite the signage<\/h3>\n\n \n
Change the text on the sign to say “Closed Mondays”. Keep everything else the same.<\/p>\n\n