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🤖Creating with GenAI

Modern generative AI tools enable new forms of content creation for Hololuminescent displays.

Turn ideas or photos into cinematic, holographic-ready videos using Google AI Studio and Gemini’s Nano-Banana (AKA 2.5 Flash Image) and Veo 3.1 models. This guide walks you through how to:

  • Adapt a photo into an HLD-ready video

  • Create a new image entirely from text then animate that image into a short, realistic video for the HLD.

While we'll be using Google's AI Studio for this tutorial, the same process is possible in a variety of other tools if you adapt the core logic.

Overview

To create an HLD-style video, use Gemini’s image and video generation tools in Google AI Studio in this order:

  1. Style or image generation (Nano-Banana)

    • Upload a subject image or describe it in text

    • Include our reference image to guide lighting and composition

  2. Video generation (Veo 3.1)

    • Animate your resulting image into an HLD-ready video

The output is:

  • 1080×1920 (9:16 portrait)

  • 24 fps with native audio

  • MP4

What you’ll need

  • A Google account

  • Access to Google AI Studio

  • Either:

    • A subject image (person or product)

    • or a text prompt describing what you’d like generated

  • Our reference image — defines the environment, lighting, or style you want the subject to match

Reference image if you're making a product video for the HLD:

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Reference image if you're making a person or character video for the HLD:

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Step 0: Set up Google AI Studio

Before you generate images or videos, make sure your Google account has access to Google AI Studio and (optionally) that billing is enabled for pay-as-you-go usage of the Gemini API.

  1. Choose the account you’ll use

    1. Personal Google accounts: You can open AI Studio and start prototyping immediately. No admin approval is required.

    2. Google Workspace (work/school) accounts: AI Studio is on by default, but your Workspace admin can turn it on/off per OU or group. If you see an “access disabled” message, contact your admin.

Admin guidance (Workspace): In the Admin console, go to Apps → Additional Google services → AI Studio → Service status to enable it for everyone, an OU, or an access group. (Domain verification is required to manage additional services.) See more on Google Help.

  1. Check regional & age availability

    1. AI Studio and the Gemini API are available in most countries/regions; if you’re outside a supported region, use Vertex AI instead. Minimum age is 18.

  2. Sign in to AI Studio & create an API key (optional but recommended)

    1. To connect your projects and tasks to your billing setup, you need an API key. You can create one in the Google AI Studio dashboard.

  3. (Optional) Enable billing for pay-as-you-go & higher limits

    1. You can build on the free tier or upgrade to pay-as-you-go for higher rate limits and different data-use terms.

    2. Open Settings → Plan information and click Set up Billing for your project; you’ll be guided to link a Google Cloud Billing account.

Step 1: Generate or adapt an image with Nano-Banana

Once you're signed in and set up in Google AI Studio, you can start creating content.

Option A: Adapt an existing image

  1. Open image generation

    1. Go to AI Studio.

    2. Select Try Nano Banana.

  1. Upload your files

    1. First image: your subject (person/character or product)

    2. Second image: the reference image

      1. Use the bear for a person/character

      2. Use the headphones for a product

  2. Add a prompt

    1. For a person/character, use our default prompt:

      🧍 Person Flow

      Composite the person/character from the first image into the scene from the second image. The subject should replace the second image's subject, and the shadow and reflections should be updated to match the new subject.

      📦 Product Flow

      Composite the object from the first image into the scene from the second image. The object should be replace the second image's object, and the shadow should be updated to match the new object.

  1. Generate and download

    1. Click Run and wait about 5–30 seconds.

    2. Download your style-adapted image — this will be the base for your video.

Option B: Generate a new image from text

You can also skip uploading a subject image and describe what you want instead.

  1. Open image generation

    1. Go to AI Studio.

    2. Select Try Nano Banana.

  1. Upload only the reference image

    1. This sets the background, lighting, and style.

  2. Enter a text prompt

    1. Example:

    Replace the subject with a luxury handbag placed naturally in the reference scene. Match the shadows so they feel physically accurate.

  1. Generate and download

    1. Gemini will create a new image based on your description, blending it into the reference scene. Download this image — it’s now ready for video generation.

Step 2: Animate with Veo 3.1

  1. Open video generation

    1. In AI Studio, select the "Home" button.

    2. Choose the Veo 3.1 from the home screen menu.

  1. Select "Frames to Video" instead of the default "Text to Video"

  1. Upload the style-adapted or generated image from Step 1

    1. This is the image you just created with Nano-Banana.

    2. If you're doing a video of a product, we recommend setting the image as the start and end frame.

    3. If you're doing a video of a person, just upload the image as the start frame.

  2. Select settings

    1. Model: veo-3.1-generate-preview for highest quality results

    2. Aspect Ratio: Portrait (9:16)

    3. Resolution: 1080p for best results

  3. Add your prompt

    🧍 Person flow

    A natural, engaging video of the person speaking directly to camera. Subtle movements and natural expressions, static camera, realistic lighting.

    📦 Product flow

    A smooth, professional 360-degree rotation of the product. The object slowly spins clockwise when viewed from the top, showcasing it from all angles. The product remains centered and in perfect focus throughout the rotation, and the camera doesn't move.

  1. Generate and download

    1. Click Run. Veo 3.1 will render the video in 1–5 minutes.

    2. Download the MP4 — it’s ready for playback on HLD displays.

Output specs

Property
Value

Aspect Ratio

9:16 (portrait)

Resolution

1080 × 1920

Duration

8 seconds

Frame Rate

24 fps

Audio

Native (auto-generated)

Format

MP4

Watermark

SynthID (automatic)

Tips for Best Results

  • Use bright, evenly lit subject photos.

  • Match the lighting direction between subject and reference, if possible.

  • Use 9:16 images whenever possible.

  • Keep prompts concise but specific — mention the mood, camera behavior, and lighting style.

  • Avoid cluttered backgrounds in the input image.

  • Use images with clear separation between foreground and background.

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