Category Archives: Google Omni

Quick tutorial: Create with Omni inside Adobe Boards

AI/ML, Google Omni

Companies are imaginary. Creativity is real.

I love seeing my old friend & Adobe design partner Dave (mentioned innumerable times here over the years) showing off the expressive power of the collaboration so many Adobe & Google friends have been nurturing over the last several months. We have the first fruits showing now in Firefly Boards (try it now!), and there’s so much more we have in mind.

I’ve never cared much about the company name in my email address. All that stuff is always just a means to an end—a way of aligning incentives so we can help people make the world more fun and beautiful. I feel so grateful to have found a spot to stand among friends & continue this work—and we’re just getting started.

Remix your photos using Gemini Omni, right inside Google Photos

AI/ML, Google Omni

The fun has begun:

Located in the Create tab — your central hub for creativity in Google Photos — Video Remix helps you make inspired content in seconds. Instantly apply cinematic relighting to spruce up a dark clip, swap out a plain background for something fun, or add artistic treatments, such as watercolor, raw sketchbook and oil painting effects.

Video Remix starts rolling out today to eligible Google AI Plus, Pro and Ultra subscribers in select countries.

Use Google video models right within Premiere Pro!

AI/ML, Google Omni, Google Veo

I love seeing a plan come together. 😀 Check out this new Premiere Pro integration with Google Veo:

The Google Omni Flash model isn’t there yet, but we’ll work on connecting the dots. As Mark Twain might’ve said, “Some Adobe menus are so long, they have perspective,” and I’d love to get back to contributing to that phenomenon. 😉

In the meantime, my old partner Dave Werner is cooking with Omni inside Firefly Boards—where you can try it yourself:

[Via Bill Hensler]

Fun with Omni: Changing cams, plus Wolverine

AI/ML, Google Omni

Karen X. Cheng shows a subtle but powerful model capability:

 
 
 
 
 
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Meanwhile Christian Cantrell is looking sharp, is not downright superheroic:

Come build with Gemini Omni Flash!

AI/ML, Google Omni

I’m thrilled to say that the first big launch of my Chapter 2 at Google is here! You can now build on Gemini Omni Flash in Google Enterprise Agent Platform (aka Vertex); see docs.

TBH I was so busy helping get the release out the door, and then taking some much needed rest over the Fourth of July break, that I’ve hardly had a chance to post useful info. I’ll fix that soon! In the meantime, here’s our little intro sizzle reel:

Omni Teapot

3D, AI/ML, Google Omni

My 16yo is lowkey impressed that at Adobe I got to work with Utah Teapot creator Martin Newell. At this point, anything that impresses a teen is very welcome. 🙂

I wonder what he’d think of Gemini Omni turning real teapots into geometry just by saying the word:

Puppetry + AI FTW: Behind the Scenes with Timmy TPU

AI/ML, Design, Google Omni

I love the blend old-school puppetry, 3D animation, Gemini Omni, and the latest experimental video tools that went into creating TPU Training Day, the short film that debuted during Google I/O 2026.

I know you’ve heard it a million times, but it bears repeating: AI isn’t a substitute for human creativity, or in many cases even for traditional techniques. It’s just a whole new toolbox that can multiply our expressive powers.

And here’s the film itself:

Check out Google Flow Agent

AI/ML, Google Flow, Google Omni

Did I have “Google makes cool, extensible, AI-powered creative tools” on my 2026 Bingo card? I did not—and I’m happy to be wrong! Check this out:

According to the docs, you can use the Agent to:

  • Brainstorm and plan: Chat with the Agent to outline storyboards, develop visual mood boards, and turn high-level concepts into actionable prompts.
  • Generate new media: Ask the Agent to generate videos or images and select the best model to generate with.
  • Edit assets directly: Ask the Agent to edit selected media from your project.
  • Batch generate: Ask the Agent to create multiple variations of an asset at once.
  • Organize your assets: Ask the Agent to rename specific files, group selected media into a new Collection, or archive unused assets.
  • Add context & references: Drag media into the Agent prompt box from your device or project. You can also select multiple assets and let the agent know which media you are referring to.

3D typography using Omni + Flow

3D, AI/ML, Google Flow, Google Omni, Typography

Check out this cool little technique:

This is especially wild when you consider where typography stood just a couple of years ago—for which I’ll forever be kinda nostalgic. 🙂

Vibe-code your own VFX apps & more Google Flow Tools

AI/ML, Google Flow, Google Omni

Democratize all the apps!!

I think this new platform will be a major sleeper hit:

With Google Flow Tools, you can build creative workflows customized to fit your creative process. Explore a gallery of premade Tools built by creatives, remix existing ones to fit your needs, or create your own from scratch by just typing a description of what you want to create. You can shape and iterate on these Tools fluidly, adjusting them for individual projects, or singular clips and images. All users can explore Tools in Google Flow, and Google AI subscribers can create custom Tools from scratch or remix existing ones.

Check out the ways some artists have been spinning up tools & putting them to work:

Google Earth + Omni = Drone magic

3D, AI/ML, Google Omni

My friend Bilawal, who used to work in Google’s Geo group (Earth, Maps, and more), has created an eye-popping faux-drone video using Omni Flash:

Here’s another exploration, inspired by Bilawal’s:

Awesome examples of Omni video transformation

AI/ML, Google Omni

This is such a wild, game-changing feature:

I think Carlos gets it exactly right: “I think many are focusing on the wrong aspect of the Gemini Omni model when comparing it to Seedance 2.0, since conceptually they are entirely different things. This is a model for editing videos (like Nano Banana) like we’ve never had before!“

“Nano Banana for video” is here!

AI/ML, Google Omni, Nano Banana

I’m so pleased to be playing a very small role in bringing breakthrough video transformation to the world. Check out the new Gemini Omni:

The team writes,

We’re introducing Gemini Omni, where Gemini’s ability to reason meets the ability to create. Omni is our new model that can create anything from any input — starting with video. With Omni, you can combine images, audio, video and text as input and generate high-quality videos grounded in Gemini’s real-world knowledge. You can also easily edit your videos through conversation.

Today, we’re rolling out the first model in the Omni family: Gemini Omni Flash, to the Gemini app, Google Flow and YouTube Shorts. In time we will support output modalities like image and audio.

Conversational video editing is the real breakthrough:

Check it out & let us know what you think!