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Introducing Filmora AI Extend: Expand Beyond Imagination

Filmora’s new AI Extend feature offers professional-grade video extension, delivering smooth continuity and stable performance. It integrates deeply with the timeline workflow, letting users edit AI-generated clips just as easily as normal ones. The feature lets users add effects and transitions freely without importing or exporting hassles.

Covering the entire creative process from AI asset generation to final editing and splicing, AI Extend seamlessly merges extended clips with originals, preserving story integrity and preventing jump cuts. Its intuitive interface enables one-click extension and clearly shows extension direction. The tool boosts efficiency by allowing quick addition of 5-10 seconds. Besides video extension, users also get the ability to extend the audio using AI.

Entry 1: From Media Timeline

To access the AI Extend feature, the first option is from the media timeline. Alternatively, you can access the AI Extend feature from the product startup page, too. To know how it is used properly, look into the following steps:

Step 1. Access AI Extend From Timeline

After importing the video to the timeline, head to the media timeline options and click on the AI Extend icon. Select the area on the timeline by dragging from where you want to extend, either forward or backward.

Access AI Extend From Timeline

Step 2. Insert Text Prompt and Generate

This will automatically lead you into the Video Extend section within Stock Media. Add in your prompt, configure settings such as duration (5-8 seconds for video and 10-30 seconds for audio), and press the Generate button to successfully execute the process.

Input prompt press generate

Step 3. Review the Generated Results

Once the video is extended, preview it within the preview window and apply effects and filters if required. When you are satisfied with the results, save the video using the Export button.

Review results press export

Entry 2: From Stock Media Section

AI Extend also comes with another entry point, where users can access this feature from the Stock Media section, which holds a variety of AI Media tools within Filmora.

Step 1. Start By Accessing the New Project

To begin, launch Filmora on your desktop and press the New Project tab. Next, add the video for which you want to add the extension and drag it to the editing timeline.

Create Filmora new project

Step 2. Choose AI Extend Function From the Resource Panel

In the following interface, access the Stock Media section from the menu bar. Locate the Video Extend section on the left and click on it. Within the section, choose whether you want to Extend Forward or Extend Backward by expanding the respective drop-down menu.

Acquire Filmora Extend function

Step 3. Select the Duration and Resolution and Extend Through Prompt

Filmora also provides you with the utility of selecting the duration of the extended clip to be generated. Click on the Duration of your choice from the options provided. Next, select the Resolution Quality for the clip by choosing from 720p or 1080p. Now, input your text requirement in the form of a prompt within the designated field.

Select duration and resolution

Step 4. Accept the AIGC Usage Agreement

Click on the small AI icon located within the interface and turn its toggle on to commit to using AI-generated content legally. Finally, hit the Generate button to let the tool begin the extension process.

Agree AIGC user agreement

Step 5. Edit the AI Clip

Once the clip is generated, it will appear within the timeline as a Rectangle Clip. You can drag the position of the clip and change its alignment by simply dragging and moving it through the timeline. Moreover, you can also add keyframes and markers within it to give it a more dynamic flair.

Edit generated AI clip

Step 6. Add Effects and Transitions From the Resource Panel

Filmora allows you to add different transitions and effects to the generated AI Clip by accessing these assets from the Resource Panel. You can add your desired asset by simply clicking on the + icon.

Apply effects and transitions

Step 7. AI Clip Identification and Interaction

When generating AI clips with Filmora’s AI Extend, a Generating state appears with the progress as a placeholder while content is being created. Once complete, the clip automatically populates the timeline with a clear AI-generated content identifier.

Check generation process

Replacing The Clip With Filmora

There is always an option to make changes to your generated clips with the Replace Clip option within the AI Media section. Let’s look into how it can be easily done with Filmora:

Step 1. Replace the Generated Clip

To replace a generated clip, head to the panel on the left and enable the Text To Video option. Now, locate the Replace Clip option and choose it.

Replace AI clip

Step 2. Add Text Prompt and Generate

The clip will be added automatically to the designated folder. Now, add your text requirement in the form of a prompt within the field and select output settings such as Resolution, Duration, and Aspect Ratio. Finally, hit the Generate button to start the clip generation process.

Add prompt replace clip