---
title: Edit a video
display: 'Edit a *video*'
nav_title: Edit video
summary:
  - "Video edit models keep the motion, timing and framing of a clip and change only what you describe."
  - "Pick the edit by what you want to change, then pick a model for it in the model library: restyle, replace, extend, reframe or remove the background."
  - "Trim the clip first with Video Cut: most edit models charge by the length of the video."
description: Restyle a clip, replace one element, extend it, reframe it or remove its background, with the model that fits each edit, and check that the motion survived.
section: video
order: 60
type: guide
level: Build
roles: [all]
time: { read: 10, do: 15, wait: 5 }
needs: ["A clip you mostly like: the motion and framing should already be right"]
last_verified: 2026-11-11
models_checked: ["Video Cut", "Luma Ray 3.2 Edit", "Kling V4 Video Editing", "Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash Edit", "Seedance 2.5", "Minimax H3 Max Extend Video", "Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash Extend", "Luma Ray 3.2 Reframe", "Minimax H3 Max Reframe Video", "Pixelcut Video Background Removal"]
thumb: video/edit-video/thumb.webp
hero: video/edit-video/kitchen-watercolor-luma-frame.webp
video: tutorials/edit-video.mp4
video_caption: Edit a video
about: "The film trims a clip with Video Cut, then searches the model library and picks a model for each edit: a watercolor restyle of the kitchen clip with Luma Ray 3.2 Edit, a new jacket on a skateboard ride with Seedance 2.5, five more seconds of the kitchen with Minimax H3 Max Extend Video, then a vertical reframe and a cut-out of the skater. The models and prices in this lesson are as of November 2026."
chapters:
  - { at: 0, title: "Pick the edit", image: "/media/images/video/edit-video/ch-01-pick-the-edit.webp" }
  - { at: 42.59, title: "Restyle", image: "/media/images/video/edit-video/ch-02-restyle.webp" }
  - { at: 89.1, title: "Replace", image: "/media/images/video/edit-video/ch-03-replace.webp" }
  - { at: 127.98, title: "Extend", image: "/media/images/video/edit-video/ch-04-extend.webp" }
  - { at: 162.97, title: "Reframe and cut out", image: "/media/images/video/edit-video/ch-05-reframe-and-cut-out.webp" }
related: [edit-one-thing, generate-video, upscale-and-finish-video, video-tools, repair-at-the-cheapest-stage, key-art-and-store-assets, restyle-footage-keep-the-motion]
steps:
  - title: "Trim the clip with Video Cut"
    text: "Create › Videos › Video Cut, the clip under Video. Settings: Start Time 0 and End Time 8, Preserve Audio on, Output Format MP4, then Generate: most edit models bill by the input's length."
  - title: "Find an edit model in the library"
    text: "Model card › View all models, then search \"edit\", \"extend\" or \"reframe\" (or a model's name). Click one to read it on the right, then Use this model."
  - title: "Restyle the whole look"
    text: "Luma Ray 3.2 Edit, the trimmed clip as Source Video. Settings: Edit Strength Flex 2, 720p, HDR and Auto Controls off (Auto Controls can't run with an Edit Strength); Advanced Controls: Pose Control and Trajectory Control on."
    prompt: |-
      Restyle the whole video as a hand-painted 2D watercolor storybook animation: soft watercolor washes, visible paper texture, delicate ink outlines, flat painted shading and a warm pastel palette. Keep the girl, her long white bubble braid, her striped shirt and yellow skirt, the chameleon, the kitchen layout, every movement, the timing and the camera move exactly the same.
  - title: "Replace one element"
    text: "Seedance 2.5 with the skater clip under Reference Videos and the bomber jacket under Reference Images, called @video1 and @image1 in the prompt. Settings: Duration Auto, Resolution 720p, Aspect Ratio Auto, Generate Audio off, Draft off."
    prompt: |-
      Edit @video1: replace only the black leather jacket the woman wears with the cobalt-blue satin bomber jacket from @image1. Keep her face, her hair, her white tank top, her jeans, her sneakers, the skateboard, every movement, the timing, the place and the camera exactly the same.
  - title: "Extend the clip"
    text: "Minimax H3 Max Extend Video, the full 15-second clip as Input Video, a prompt for the next action only. Settings: Extension Duration 5, Output Source + Extension, 1080P, Aspect Ratio Auto, Prompt Expansion off."
    prompt: |-
      The green chameleon steps off the fruit bowl onto the girl's open hand and climbs up her arm to sit on her shoulder. She giggles and turns her head to look at it. The camera keeps the same slow, steady movement.
  - title: "Reframe to another format"
    text: "Luma Ray 3.2 Reframe: load the clip, choose the new Aspect Ratio (here 9:16, at 720p since 1080p is for landscape and square only) and Generate. Check faces, small details and the edges of the new areas."
  - title: "Remove the background"
    text: "Pixelcut Video Background Removal keeps only the subject. Choose WebM VP9 or MOV ProRes 4444 to keep the transparency, since MP4 can't carry it. Then compare matching frames of the source and every edit before you keep one."
agent_steps:
  - title: "Connect the Scenario MCP"
    text: "Connect your agent and sign in once at [mcp.scenario.com](https://mcp.scenario.com). Then tell it which Scenario team and project to use, so every file lands there."
  - title: "Give the agent the files"
    text: "The 15-second kitchen clip, the 9-second skater clip and the image of the cobalt-blue bomber jacket. Upload them with upload_asset or give their asset IDs, and say which is which. Keep the sources as masters: every edit is a new asset."
  - title: "Brief the agent: trim and restyle"
    text: "Read model_schema_get for each model's parameter names before the runs."
    prompt: |-
      First trim the kitchen clip with Video Cut (model_scenario-video-cut): start 0, end 8 seconds, audio kept, MP4. Then restyle the trimmed clip with Luma Ray 3.2 Edit (model_luma-ray-3-2-edit): the trimmed clip as the source video, edit strength Flex 2, 720p, HDR off, Auto Controls off, Pose Control and Trajectory Control on. Quote the cost of each run with a dry run first and wait for my go.

      Restyle prompt, word for word:
      Restyle the whole video as a hand-painted 2D watercolor storybook animation: soft watercolor washes, visible paper texture, delicate ink outlines, flat painted shading and a warm pastel palette. Keep the girl, her long white bubble braid, her striped shirt and yellow skirt, the chameleon, the kitchen layout, every movement, the timing and the camera move exactly the same.
  - title: "Brief the agent: replace and extend"
    prompt: |-
      Replace the jacket with Seedance 2.5 (model_bytedance-seedance-2-5): the skater clip as reference video 1, the jacket as reference image 1, duration following the source, 720p, aspect ratio auto, audio off, draft off. Prompt, word for word:
      Edit @video1: replace only the black leather jacket the woman wears with the cobalt-blue satin bomber jacket from @image1. Keep her face, her hair, her white tank top, her jeans, her sneakers, the skateboard, every movement, the timing, the place and the camera exactly the same.

      Extend the full 15-second kitchen clip with Minimax H3 Max Extend Video (model_minimax-h3-max-extend-video): 5 seconds added, the source plus the extension in the output, 1080P, aspect ratio auto, prompt expansion off. Prompt, word for word:
      The green chameleon steps off the fruit bowl onto the girl's open hand and climbs up her arm to sit on her shoulder. She giggles and turns her head to look at it. The camera keeps the same slow, steady movement.

      Read model_schema_get for the parameter names. Quote both with a dry run first and wait for my go.
  - title: "Brief the agent: reframe and cut out"
    prompt: |-
      Reframe the skater clip to 9:16 with Luma Ray 3.2 Reframe (model_luma-ray-3-2-reframe) at 720p. Cut the skater out of the source clip with Pixelcut Video Background Removal (model_pixelcut-video-background-removal), as WebM VP9 or MOV ProRes 4444 to keep the transparency. Read model_schema_get for the parameter names, quote both first and wait for my go.
  - title: "Check, redo, file and report"
    text: "Accept when matching frames of source and edit show the same motion, timing, framing and positions, the change is in every frame, and nothing else changed. Reject an edit that flickers between the old and new look, changes something not mentioned, slows, speeds up or trims the motion, or an extension that drifts in style or identity."
    prompt: |-
      Wait for the jobs with jobs_wait. Pull matching frames from each source and its edit and tell me which edits fail and why; redo only those, quoting first. Then create a collection with the sources and the approved edits, and report the models, the settings and every asset ID.
updated: 2026-11-11
canonical: https://learn.scenario.com/video/edit-video
---

Last updated: 2026-11-11

# Edit a video

> Restyle a clip, replace one element, extend it, reframe it or remove its background, with the model that fits each edit, and check that the motion survived.

In short:

- Video edit models keep the motion, timing and framing of a clip and change only what you describe.
- Pick the edit by what you want to change, then pick a model for it in the model library: restyle, replace, extend, reframe or remove the background.
- Trim the clip first with Video Cut: most edit models charge by the length of the video.


Regenerating a clip to fix one thing throws away the motion you liked. Edit models keep the motion, the timing and the framing of your clip and change only what you describe. This lesson trims a clip with Video Cut, restyles it with Luma Ray 3.2 Edit, swaps a jacket with Seedance 2.5, adds five seconds with Minimax H3 Max Extend Video, then reframes and cuts out a subject.

:::note As of November 2026
The models, settings and prices in this article are the ones Scenario offered in November 2026. New models and updates arrive often, so check the model library for newer options before you choose.
:::

:::steps Quick version
1. Trim the clip to the part you need with **Video Cut**: most edit models charge by the length of the video.
2. Open the model library from the **Model** card and search for the edit you want: "edit", "extend" or "reframe".
3. Load the clip, describe the one change in the prompt, then list everything that must stay the same.
4. Set the model's own controls (**Edit Strength**, **Duration**, **Extension Duration**) and click **Generate**.
5. Compare matching frames of the source and the edit before you keep it.
:::

## Before you start

- **A clip you mostly like.** Editing keeps the motion and framing. If those are wrong, generate again instead: see [Generate video](https://learn.scenario.com/video/generate-video.md).
- **Where it lives.** Every model in this lesson runs from **Create** › **Videos**. Click the **Model** card, then **View all models**, to open the library and search it.
- **Pick the edit by what you want to change:** the whole look, one element, the length, the format or the background. Each is a different kind of model.
- **Every edit creates a new asset.** The source clip stays in your gallery, so keep it as your master and edit copies of it.

| What you want to change | Edit type | Models to shortlist, as of November 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| The look, season, light or style | Restyle | Luma Ray 3.2 Edit, Kling V4 Video Editing, Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash Edit, Runway Aleph 2 |
| One object, outfit or background | Replace | Seedance 2.5 (edit mode), Kling V4 Video Editing |
| One person, from photos | Replace a person | Minimax H3 Max Recast, P-Video 2 Pro Replace |
| The clip ends too soon | Extend | Minimax H3 Max Extend Video, Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash Extend, Seedance 2.5 |
| A few seconds in the middle are bad | Retake | LTX-2.3 22b Retake, Minimax H3 Max Insert Video |
| The format is wrong (16:9 to 9:16) | Reframe | Luma Ray 3.2 Reframe, Minimax H3 Max Reframe Video |
| The subject must go on another background | Remove background | Pixelcut Video Background Removal, Video to Layers, Video Chroma Key (green or blue screens) |

## Step 1: Trim the clip with Video Cut

Most edit models bill by the length of the input, and some cap it: Grok Edit Video trims to about 8.7 seconds at 720p, and Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash Edit takes up to 15 seconds. Cut the clip to the part you need first.

1. In **Create** › **Videos**, pick **Video Cut** in the model library and load the clip under **Video**.
2. Under **Settings**, set **Start Time** and **End Time** in seconds. The example keeps the first 8 seconds (0 to 8) of the 15-second kitchen clip from [Prompt video](https://learn.scenario.com/methods/prompt-video.md).
3. Leave **Preserve Audio** on to keep the sound, and **Output Format** on **MP4**.
4. Click **Generate**. The trimmed clip appears as a new video.

![The Video Cut panel: the kitchen clip under Video, Start Time 0, End Time 8, Preserve Audio on and Output Format MP4](https://ufgc0c9mhl4ueq76.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/academy/77315ffb0c4849c0c8a4ca0aaccecb63dc008cdaa96219d8b890cf4b4ebe3c83.webp)

## Step 2: Find an edit model in the library

Click the **Model** card, then **View all models**. Type "edit" in the search box: the library lists the video edit models, here 35 of them, with their provider, rank, typical time and a relative cost. Click one to read what it does in the panel on the right, then **Use this model**.

![The model library searched for "edit": Grok Edit Video, Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash Edit, Luma Ray 3.2 Edit, Kling V4 - Video Editing, Seedance 2.5 and other video edit models](https://ufgc0c9mhl4ueq76.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/academy/fa5eeef2f75bc2e776586cd24e3f20cb80669b0ef0eb6c128457257f0a1e31e5.webp)

Search "extend" for extension models and "reframe" for reframing models, or type a model's name.

## Step 3: Restyle the whole look

The source is the trimmed kitchen clip: a girl with a long white bubble braid picks up a lemon in a sunny 3D kitchen while her chameleon watches. The goal is a hand-painted watercolor storybook look with the same motion.

1. Pick **Luma Ray 3.2 Edit** and load the trimmed clip as the **Source Video**.
2. In **Prompt**, describe the new look, then list everything that must stay the same.

```text
Restyle the whole video as a hand-painted 2D watercolor storybook animation: soft watercolor washes, visible paper texture, delicate ink outlines, flat painted shading and a warm pastel palette. Keep the girl, her long white bubble braid, her striped shirt and yellow skirt, the chameleon, the kitchen layout, every movement, the timing and the camera move exactly the same.
```

![The Luma Ray 3.2 Edit panel with the restyle prompt and the trimmed clip under Source Video](https://ufgc0c9mhl4ueq76.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/academy/ddd47e7c221cd0d7dc1ee2e42ca9acf42b6c3c07dc4facc438f1a93cec818a5d.webp)

3. Under **Settings**, choose an **Edit Strength**. It sets how far the edit can move from the source: the **Adhere** settings stay close, **Flex** allows more change, and **Reimagine** changes the most. The example uses **Flex 2** at **720p**, with **HDR** and **Auto Controls** off.
4. Under **Advanced Controls**, turn on **Pose Control** and **Trajectory Control**. They keep her movements on the same path as the source. **Face Control** and **Depth Control** are there too, for faces and for the depth of the scene.
5. Click **Generate**. The price shows on the button. The edit took about 4 minutes.

![Luma Ray 3.2 Edit settings: Resolution 720p, Edit Strength Flex 2, HDR and Auto Controls off, Pose Control on under Advanced Controls](https://ufgc0c9mhl4ueq76.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/academy/2758b369f57361383d8e0a264c326ba527153fc8e58309976c9a641919ad7cc3.webp)

The motion and the timing match the source; only the look changed.

:::compare
![A frame of the source: the 3D girl with the white bubble braid reaching for a lemon in a sunny kitchen, the green chameleon on the fruit bowl](https://ufgc0c9mhl4ueq76.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/academy/caba05b7d4dc616792f162d6c901b61092e765cb6d5f7f43615e31ebf9459724.webp "Source, 3.5 s into the trimmed clip.")
![The same moment as a drawn storybook image: the girl in ink outlines and flat color, the chameleon on the bowl, a muted kitchen behind](https://ufgc0c9mhl4ueq76.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/academy/a9546dc4f6a6506969972617399639085ef5d2907becdb16d3f92f0fbd5e3815.webp "Luma Ray 3.2 Edit, 720p, Flex 2. Her pose, the chameleon and the table match the source.")
:::

:::video https://ufgc0c9mhl4ueq76.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/academy/72d8aca522dca5d698e26a7555c33f23d5960c7622a0e4f7b09824ebb33d55fe.mp4
Restyled clip, Luma Ray 3.2 Edit. The motion and the timing match the source; only the look changed.
:::

- **Auto Controls or Edit Strength, not both.** A run with **Auto Controls** on and an **Edit Strength** set fails. Turn Auto Controls off when you choose the strength yourself.
- **Kling V4 Video Editing** gives a strong full restyle too, and kept the kitchen layout closely. In the same test, Seedance 2.5 restyled only the girl and left the kitchen in 3D, so keep it for changing one element.

## Step 4: Replace one element

The source is a 9-second fashion shot of a skater riding between pink buildings. The goal is to replace only her black leather jacket with a blue bomber, from a reference image.

![A cropped cobalt-blue satin bomber jacket with cream ribbed collar, cuffs and hem and two cream stripes down each sleeve, on a light gray background](https://ufgc0c9mhl4ueq76.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/academy/7ba0cd32c82b655902871020cc0a1afcaf2b166f3becb8e3b994666d71d5cec1.webp "The reference image for the new jacket.")

1. Open the library again and pick **Seedance 2.5**. It takes the clip under **Reference Videos** and the jacket under **Reference Images**.

![Seedance 2.5 inputs: the jacket under Reference Images and the skateboard clip under Reference Videos](https://ufgc0c9mhl4ueq76.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/academy/f133a038c53d36cd6031a9dcb23e1b0d0b36673a1e8c4c327b5e67e2f9bef622.webp)

2. In **Prompt**, call them @video1 and @image1, name the one thing to replace, and list what stays.

```text
Edit @video1: replace only the black leather jacket the woman wears with the cobalt-blue satin bomber jacket from @image1. Keep her face, her hair, her white tank top, her jeans, her sneakers, the skateboard, every movement, the timing, the place and the camera exactly the same.
```

![The Seedance 2.5 prompt naming @video1 and @image1, with the two references attached under it](https://ufgc0c9mhl4ueq76.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/academy/8fd0fc141d85acdd98bf5ec9c4f0d25454dafd098c1c63c0ee1bbb8898a570c8.webp)

3. Under **Settings**, set **Duration** to **Auto**, so the edit keeps the length of the source. The example keeps **Resolution** at **720p** and **Aspect Ratio** at **Auto**, and turns **Generate Audio** off because the sound is added later. **Draft** stays off.
4. Click **Generate**.

![Seedance 2.5 settings: Duration Auto, Resolution 720p, Aspect Ratio Auto, Generate Audio off, Output Format MP4, Draft off](https://ufgc0c9mhl4ueq76.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/academy/406ffae487f954f4b0519284232c6839edf18e51acce6455e007ecffa9fe8116.webp)

Only the jacket changed, in both shots of the clip.

:::compare
![A frame of the source: the skater in a black leather jacket, white tank top and light jeans, carving on her board between pink buildings](https://ufgc0c9mhl4ueq76.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/academy/aadff54b18b6baa3a974c0d438774bbc93f7bd5b13d5d7cbf137ea5178a75c3d.webp "Source, 4.5 s in.")
![The same frame after the edit: the same skater and the same pose in the blue satin bomber jacket](https://ufgc0c9mhl4ueq76.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/academy/19aaf982657d0cd6c1a9f639cb9ca27a643abdf25153b74f80c819f1535c69f3.webp "Seedance 2.5 edit, 720p. Her face, the board and the buildings did not change.")
:::

:::video https://ufgc0c9mhl4ueq76.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/academy/c2b4a56dce407adc541d912775cc1cfd9d5e38d3bcbe90a95d319883380643f0.mp4
Seedance 2.5 edit. Only the jacket changed, in both shots of the clip.
:::

- **Kling V4 Video Editing** makes the same swap well too. There, call the source @Video1 and the image @Image1.
- **To replace a person,** Minimax H3 Max Recast and P-Video 2 Pro Replace swap people from photos and keep the original motion and sound.

## Step 5: Extend the clip

Extension continues a clip from its last frames, guided by a prompt for what happens next. It keeps the look better than a new generation from the last frame, because the model sees the motion leading in.

1. Search the library for "extend" and pick **Minimax H3 Max Extend Video**. Load the full 15-second clip as the **Input Video**.
2. In **Prompt**, describe only what happens next: here, the chameleon climbs onto her hand.

```text
The green chameleon steps off the fruit bowl onto the girl's open hand and climbs up her arm to sit on her shoulder. She giggles and turns her head to look at it. The camera keeps the same slow, steady movement.
```

![The Minimax H3 Max Extend Video panel with the prompt and the kitchen clip under Input Video](https://ufgc0c9mhl4ueq76.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/academy/541564156e31884fe1a832b2efbe652cf556e4f3a8657604743a2c0f3cf74728.webp)

3. Under **Settings**, set **Extension Duration** (the seconds to add, here 5) and **Output**: **Source + Extension** gives you the whole clip back with the new part, or choose the new part only. The example uses **1080P** with **Aspect Ratio** on **Auto**, and **Prompt Expansion** off so the prompt runs as written.
4. Click **Generate**.

![Extension settings: Extension Duration 5, Resolution 1080P, Aspect Ratio Auto, Output Source + Extension, Prompt Expansion off](https://ufgc0c9mhl4ueq76.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/academy/f86a1da4c5099ee49590227381b8b9b1005e3235fe048159f3857fc1ade207f8.webp)

The new seconds continue from the last frame: the chameleon walks onto her hand.

![A frame from the added seconds: the girl leaning on the table as the yellow chameleon on the fruit bowl turns toward her](https://ufgc0c9mhl4ueq76.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/academy/5eeb9e2f90123051d004c1e114726e3a183cfb1b03048ec908c1d2003172f32a.webp)

:::video https://ufgc0c9mhl4ueq76.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/academy/097da14a60b189f0426c5dcb6d07a8673242e353b53979945cc99d4e0867e99b.mp4
The 15-second kitchen clip with 5 more seconds from Minimax H3 Max Extend Video.
:::

- **Write the next action only,** and extend a few seconds at a time: drift builds up with each step.
- **Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash Extend** continued the same clip well too. Its safety filter blocked the first run because the prompt called the child-like character "the girl"; describing her as "the white-haired figurine character" passed.

## Step 6: Reframe to another format

To change the format, a reframe model fits the whole source inside the new shape and generates the missing areas around it. A wide shot turned vertical shows the subject smaller, with new sky and ground. Load the clip, choose the new **Aspect Ratio** (Luma's reframe offers 9:16, 4:3, 1:1, 3:4, 16:9 and 21:9), and click **Generate**.

:::video https://ufgc0c9mhl4ueq76.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/academy/3a21a054420048fd9476e4754a82873deffd0c618d5bef66fbc4d2af0e114f62.mp4
Luma Ray 3.2 Reframe, 9:16 at 720p. The ride and the timing are the source's; the extra sky and ground are new.
:::

- **Check faces and small details.** Luma Ray 3.2 Reframe offers 1080p only for landscape and square shapes, so vertical outputs are 720p at most. In the same test, Minimax H3 Max Reframe Video at 1080p, upscaled from 768p, blurred her face.
- **Check the edges** of the new areas for smearing on fast motion.

## Step 7: Remove the background

To put the subject on another background, **Pixelcut Video Background Removal** keeps only the skater, on a transparent background. It needs almost no setup and keeps the edge stable from frame to frame, so hair and limbs don't flicker. Choose **WebM VP9** or **MOV ProRes 4444** to keep the transparency: MP4 can't carry it. It can also put the subject on a solid color.

:::video https://ufgc0c9mhl4ueq76.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/academy/bd0b7b0cf5edc8531a71d8dc010933b92dcb9cd7ef4221a50ea13ee7742ed592.mp4
The skater cut out by Pixelcut, shown here over a checkerboard where the background is transparent.
:::

- **Video Foreground Extractor** is the specialist: pick a Matting model for hair and fur or Portrait for talking heads, and export the black-and-white mask too.
- **Video to Layers** separates several subjects into their own layers plus a clean background plate.
- **Video Chroma Key** removes a green or blue screen from footage shot against one.

:::check
**Accept when:** matching frames of source and edit show the same motion, timing, framing and positions, the requested change is present in every frame, and nothing else changed (faces, products, text, audio if it should stay).
**Reject when:** the edit flickers between the old and new look, an element you did not mention changed, the motion slowed, sped up or was trimmed, or an extension drifts in style or identity from the source.
:::

## Other edits: retakes and new angles

- **Retake a few seconds.** A retake model regenerates a time range of the clip (picture, audio or both) and leaves the rest untouched: LTX-2.3 22b Retake does this. **Minimax H3 Max Insert Video** replaces a middle range with a new scene and cuts back to your footage. Use them when one gesture or one line of audio failed.
- **A new camera angle.** Edit a frame rather than the clip, then animate it. See [A longer video from key frames and camera angles](https://learn.scenario.com/playbooks/long-video-from-guided-frames.md).

:::flow New angle from a frame
Extract | one frame of the clip | image
New angle | image model, frame as reference | image
Animate | the new still as first frame | video
:::

## Make it repeatable

- **Fix the edit in a workflow** when it applies to many clips (a seasonal restyle of a campaign, a background swap on every product clip): edit prompt fixed, video as input, published as an App.
- **Keep the source clips** as your masters. A new season is a new run on the same masters. See [Make key art and every format from one master](https://learn.scenario.com/playbooks/key-art-and-store-assets.md).

## Common problems

| What you see | What to do |
|---|---|
| The edit changed more than asked | Shorten the prompt to one change and list what stays. Try a model with a dedicated edit mode, such as Seedance 2.5 |
| The edit flickers between the old and new look | Simplify the change, shorten the clip, or try another restyle model |
| The output is shorter than the source | The model capped the input length. Trim and edit in segments, then join them with [Video tools](https://learn.scenario.com/video/video-tools.md) |
| The extension drifts in style or identity | Extend in shorter steps, restate the subject's key features in each prompt, or pass a reference image |
| Luma Ray 3.2 Edit fails at once | **Auto Controls** can't run with an **Edit Strength** set: turn Auto Controls off |
| No 1080p for a vertical reframe | Luma Ray 3.2 Reframe offers 1080p only for landscape and square shapes; use 720p, then upscale |
| The cut-out has a black background | The file is MP4. Choose WebM VP9 or MOV ProRes 4444 to keep the transparency |
| The job is blocked by a safety filter | Some models refuse prompts that call a young-looking character a girl or a boy. Describe the character instead ("the white-haired figurine character") |
| The failed edit used credits | Failed generations are refunded automatically, except on Grok models. Test on a short trim first |

## What's next

Once the edit is approved, finish it: upscale, raise the frame rate and grade it in [Upscale and finish video](https://learn.scenario.com/video/upscale-and-finish-video.md). To join, trim or resize clips, see [Video tools](https://learn.scenario.com/video/video-tools.md). To run one edit across a whole set of assets, see [Seasonal and market variants of one approved shot](https://learn.scenario.com/playbooks/edit-one-thing-campaign.md).

Source: https://learn.scenario.com/video/edit-video