// ENGINE 03 — GOOGLE
Google Veo 3.1
Google's flagship — lifelike motion, rich audio. Lifelike motion and the richest generated audio — physics that hold up under scrutiny.
- CREDITS
- 40 cr
- QUALITY
- best
- SPEED
- fast
- DURATIONS
- 5 / 10s
- ASPECTS
- 9:16 · 16:9 · auto
- IMAGE INPUT
- first frame
GENERATE
— renders with veo 3.1 — 40 crPROMPT SAMPLES
— written for this engine — use one as a starting pointPROMPT_01
Handheld shot following a chef through a busy kitchen at dinner rush — pans clattering, flames flaring as she calls out an order.
PROMPT_02
A golden retriever shakes off water in slow motion on a dock at sunrise, droplets backlit, lake lapping quietly beneath.
PROMPT_03
Slow dolly-in on an old man playing chess alone in a park; leaves fall, he chuckles softly and moves a piece. 35mm, shallow depth of field.
PROMPT_04
Aerial shot descending toward a coastal village at golden hour, waves breaking against the seawall, gulls calling.
PROMPT_05
A cyclist rides through a puddle in slow motion, water arcing off the wheel, city reflections rippling — tires hissing on wet asphalt.
PROMPT_06
Static wide shot of a thunderstorm rolling over wheat fields; wind flattens the stalks in waves as thunder cracks and rain arrives.
ABOUT
Veo 3.1 is Google's flagship video model, and its signature is believability: weight, momentum, cloth, water, and light behave the way your eye expects. Where other engines impress with style, Veo earns trust with physics — which is exactly what you want when the subject is realistic people and places.
Its generated audio is the richest in the studio: layered ambience, effects, and voices that match what's on screen, down to footsteps landing on the right surface. For shots where the sound sells the scene — kitchens, streets, weather — Veo is the reference standard.
Shots run 5 or 10 seconds in 9:16, 16:9, or auto framing, from text or a starting image. Veo also follows detailed direction unusually faithfully: camera moves, lens language, and timing cues written into the prompt tend to survive into the render, which makes it the most "directable" engine here after Runway. For multi-subject choreography, Sora 2 is the complement.
STRENGTHS
— what this engine does better than the others- Real-world physics: weight, water, cloth and light behave believably
- The richest generated audio in the studio — layered ambience, effects and voices
- Faithful to written camera direction: dolly, lens and timing cues survive the render
- Strong with realistic people, animals and places where uncanny motion would break trust
- Best-tier quality at a mid-tier 40-credit price
PROMPTING TIPS
— how to talk to this model- TIP_01Write direction like a shot list — "slow dolly-in, 35mm, shallow focus" — Veo treats it as instruction, not decoration.
- TIP_02Describe the soundscape explicitly; Veo layers named sounds (rain, crowd, a spoken line) more reliably than implied ones.
- TIP_03Keep shots to one clear physical event. Veo's realism shines when there is real momentum to simulate, not montage.
- TIP_04Use image-to-video with a photographic still for the most grounded results — Veo extends real light and texture convincingly.
USE CASES
01
Realistic live-action shots
People, streets, nature — anywhere uncanny motion would break the shot. Veo's physics keep it grounded.
02
Dialogue and ambience
Scenes that need convincing sound baked in: a market's crowd noise, rain on a windshield, a spoken line that matches the face.
03
Directed camera work
Prompts that read like a shot list — 'slow dolly-in, 35mm, shallow focus' — are followed closely enough to previsualize real coverage.
04
Ads and brand film
Ten polished seconds with sound is a complete social ad. Veo's realism reads as production value.