Picsart now carries two Gemini Omni video models, and 1.1 Flash is a bigger change than its version number suggests. The first Gemini Omni built a shot from a description. Version 1.1 takes references, keyframes, and existing footage, and it outputs up to 4K.<\/p>\n
So the choice between them is not really about quality. Pick the original when a written prompt is the whole brief. Pick 1.1 when you need to steer the shot toward something specific, or when the file has to hold up past 720p.<\/p>\n
| Capability<\/th>\n | Gemini Omni<\/th>\n | Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n |
|---|---|---|
| Output resolution<\/td>\n | Up to 720p<\/td>\n | Up to 4K<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Reference images per generation<\/td>\n | One<\/td>\n | Up to five<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Reference videos per generation<\/td>\n | One<\/td>\n | Up to three<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Start and end frame<\/td>\n | Not available<\/td>\n | Both, set independently<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Clip extension<\/td>\n | Not available<\/td>\n | Available<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Clip lengths<\/td>\n | 3, 5, 6, 8, or 10 seconds<\/td>\n | Any whole second from 3 to 10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Aspect ratios<\/td>\n | 16:9 and 9:16<\/td>\n | 16:9 and 9:16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Video plus synchronized audio<\/td>\n | One pass<\/td>\n | One pass<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Audio file as input<\/td>\n | Not accepted<\/td>\n | Not accepted<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Chat-edit after generating<\/td>\n | Yes<\/td>\n | Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n Read down that table and the shape of the update is clear. Version 1.1 is not simply sharper. It has more inputs, and every one of them is a way to pin down what comes back.<\/p>\n What the extra inputs let you control<\/span><\/h2>\nThree reference videos instead of one.<\/strong> Motion becomes reference material rather than something described in words. Feed the model the camera move you want alongside the performance you want, and ask for a shot that honors both.<\/p>\n A start frame and an end frame.<\/strong> The original has no keyframe slots at all. Version 1.1 takes both ends of a move as images and generates the frames between them, which lands a specific camera move far more reliably than describing it.<\/p>\n Clip extension.<\/strong> Existing footage goes in and the model carries the shot on instead of starting a new one. That is the piece that makes Omni useful on projects that began somewhere else.<\/p>\n Every whole second from three to ten.<\/strong> The original offers three, five, six, eight, and ten. Version 1.1 fills in four, seven, and nine, which matters when a cut needs an exact length and the alternative is generating longer and trimming.<\/p>\n Reframing stops being destructive.<\/strong> A 4K master holds enough pixels to crop a 16:9 shot to a 9:16 vertical and still deliver a sharp full-HD cut. At 720p that crop leaves nowhere near enough frame to do it.<\/p>\n The footage survives a real edit.<\/strong> Color grading, stabilization, and speed ramps all cost detail. Starting at 4K leaves headroom for those passes, so the version reaching the timeline is not already the version with nothing left to give.<\/p>\n It clears the bar for work that leaves a feed.<\/strong> Anything projected, shown on a large display, cut into a broadcast package, or pulled as a still for print needs more than 720p. The original cannot serve any of it without a separate upscaling pass.<\/p>\n The first version does not become obsolete, and picking it deliberately is sometimes the better call.<\/p>\n A prompt-only brief.<\/strong> No references, no keyframes, nothing to continue. The extra slots on 1.1 sit unused, and the original covers the job.<\/p>\n A social-only deliverable.<\/strong> A vertical cut destined for one feed gets compressed on upload regardless. Generating above the delivery spec changes nothing a viewer will see.<\/p>\n Fast iteration on an idea.<\/strong> Testing ten variations of a concept costs less at a lower resolution. Settle the composition first, then generate the keeper on 1.1.<\/p>\n |