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Google this week made available the latest iteration of its Veo video-generation tool to users of its Gemini artificial intelligence program who have a "Pro" or "Ultra" account.
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Veo has been available in preview for some time now. What's new with the latest implementation is the ability to begin your video by uploading a still image to serve as the initial frame. (ZDNET's Prakhar Khanna has reported his experience using the capability as a built-in feature of his Honor 400 phone, versus using it through the website as I did.)
How to use Veo to generate videos from photos
You give the system a prompt, press enter, and Veo creates an eight-second video using your uploaded photo as a reference point from which to build the first frame of video. Veo adds sound, including music, footsteps, and other incidentals.
Videos take several minutes at a time to develop.
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In my testing so far, I find Veo's implementation both fascinating and a bit creepy.
My results with Veo's photo-to-video feature
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