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Edit an existing clip with a text prompt

Change weather, time of day, style or an object in a short clip while keeping motion and timing.

Written for Grok Imagine Video (grok-imagine-video, editing) · Updated 2026-10-16

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Prompt

Edit this video: [change, e.g. make it a snowy winter evening with warm streetlights]. Keep the people, their movements, the camera motion and the timing exactly the same.

Replace everything in [square brackets] with your own details.

Settings & parameters

API: grok-imagine-video (supports video editing, source up to 8.7 s, and extension)
Output up to 720p for editing

Variations

Style: "turn it into a hand-painted watercolor animation".
Object: "replace the red car with a vintage green bicycle".
Extend: continue the clip for 6 more seconds as the camera rises.

Tips

Edit short, clean source clips; trim first.
State what must stay the same; models drift otherwise.

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