# Generate a video with the Amazon Bedrock image and video playground
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The Amazon Bedrock in SageMaker Unified Studio image and video playground is where you can generate a short video with a suitable Amazon Bedrock model. To generate a video with a model, you supply a [prompt](explore-prompts.md) that describe the video that you want to create and configuration information that influences how the model generates the video. For example, you can start with an image of a rock band and in the prompt request that you want to create an animated video of the band playing a live concert. The image and video playground also provides quick start prompts that illustrate the kinds of video that you can create.

You can download a video that you create in the image and video playground.

To create more complex videos, you can use a storyboard to connect a sequence of shots.

Your administrator sets the retention policy for videos that you upload and generate with the playground. For more information, contact your administrator.

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# Configure video generation
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# Generate a video from a prompt
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# Plan a video with the storyboard
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# Configure video generation
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To configure video generation, you choose a model to use and set optionally settings that influence the output of the model. Currently Amazon Bedrock in SageMaker Unified Studio supports video generation with Amazon Nova models. If you don't make any configuration changes, the playground uses the default values for the model.

## Amazon Nova model settings
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With Amazon Nova models, you can set the following configurations:
+ **Start image** – (Optional) A reference image that model uses as a starting point for the video. The image dimensions must be 1280x720 pixels. If you supply an image with different dimensions, the playground resizes the image to 1280x720 pixels.
+ **Seed** – (Optional) Initializes the random number generator used in the video generation process. Higher seed values don't correlate with any particular quality or characteristic in the output. Instead, use different seed values options to explore differing variations of output, either with or without the same prompt. Repeatedly using the same seed value and prompt creates the exact same video.

For more information, see the [Amazon Nova guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/nova/latest/userguide).

# Generate a video from a prompt
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The following instructions show you how to generate a video in the image and video playground. If you are using Amazon Nova 1.1, you can use the [storeyboard](bedrock-explore-video-playground-storyboard.md) to make more complex videos.

**To generate a video**

1. Navigate to the Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio landing page by using the URL from your administrator.

1. Access Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio using your IAM or single sign-on (SSO) credentials. For more information, see [Access Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio](getting-started-access-the-portal.md).

1. At the top of the page, choose the **Discover**.

1. In the **GENERATIVE AI** section, choose **Image and video playground**.

1. If the **Configurations** pane isn't open, choose the configuration button.

1. For **Model** select a model to use.

1. (Optional) In the **Configurations** section, set parameters to influence the output of the model. Note that additional configurations can be set in **Advanced configurations**. The parameters that are available to depend on the model you use. For more information, see [Configure video generation](bedrock-explore-video-playground-configuration.md). 

1. In the **Enter prompt** text box, enter **Create an animated video of a local classic rock band playing on an outdoor stage.**. Alternatively, enter a prompt of your choosing.

1. Press Enter on your keyboard to start generating the video. Amazon Bedrock in SageMaker Unified Studio shows the video that the model generates in the playground. 

1. Choose the play button to view the video. 

1. (Optional) Choose the download button to download the video to your computer.

# Plan a video with the storyboard
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To create more a more complex video, you can use the storyboard to plan the video that you want to create. In the storyboard you connect a sequence of shots, which the model combines to generate the video. Each shot is a prompt and an optional start frame image. Each shot the model generates is always 6 seconds in length. You can't set a specific duration for the video, but you can affect the duration by adding or removing shots in the story board. The maximum length of video that you can generate is 120 seconds. 

**Note**  
You can only use the playground with Amazon Nova Reel 1.1.

**To generate a video with the storyboard**

1. Navigate to the Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio landing page by using the URL from your administrator.

1. Access Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio using your IAM or single sign-on (SSO) credentials. For more information, see [Access Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio](getting-started-access-the-portal.md).

1. At the top of the page, choose the **Discover**.

1. In the **GENERATIVE AI** section, choose **Image and video playground**.

1. If the **Configurations** pane isn't open, choose the configuration button.

1. For **Model** select a model to use.

1. (Optional) In the **Configurations** section, set parameters to influence the output of the model. Note that additional configurations can be set in **Advanced configurations**. The parameters that are available to depend on the model you use. For more information, see [Configure video generation](bedrock-explore-video-playground-configuration.md). 

   In the storyboard, you can't set the duration for the video. 

1. In the center pane, choose **Storyboard**.

1. Choose **Add shot** and do the following:

   1. Choose **Describe what happens in this shot...** and enter the text for the prompt. You can update the prompt later, if neccessary.

   1. (Optional) Choose **Add start frame** to upload a starting image for the video.

   1. (Optional) Choose the trash icon to remove shots than you no longer need.

1. Repeat the previous step until you have added all the shots for your video.

1. Choose the run button to start generating the video. Don't leave the page while the model generates the video.

1. When the model finishes generating the video, choose the play button to view the video.

1. (Optional) Make further edits and add shots as you need them. 

1. (Optional) Download the video by right-clicking on the video and selecting **Save video as...**.