How to Create Videos Using Nano Banana + Veo 3

In recent times, AI tools have transformed how creators think about image and video production. Two tools in particular—Nano Banana and Veo 3—are making waves by letting anyone generate striking visuals and short videos from simple prompts. This article will explain what these tools are, how they work together, and give you a step-by-step workflow to make videos with them. We’ll also look at best practices, limitations, creative tips, and how to optimize for different use cases.

What are Nano Banana and Veo 3?

Before diving into the “how,” let’s understand the “what.”

• Nano Banana is the code-name (or public name) for Google’s Gemini 2.5 Flash Image model. It is designed for high-quality image generation and editing. It excels at preserving visual consistency, blending multiple images, doing precise edits via prompts in natural language, and creating 3D-figurine style images.

• Veo 3 is Google’s AI video generation model (part of the Gemini / Google AI suite). Veo 3 can generate short videos (often ~8 seconds) from text prompts, with native audio (i.e., sound effects, background ambience, and potentially voice features depending on settings). It can also take reference images or scene descriptions.

Together, these tools allow a creator to generate images using Nano Banana, then use those images (or references) as inputs or inspiration in Veo 3 to produce dynamic video content. The synergy is very powerful for marketing, social media content, UGC (user‐generated content) style videos, short ads, etc.

Why Use Them Together

Using Nano Banana + Veo 3 together has several advantages:

1. Consistency of Visuals: With Nano Banana, you can ensure that the imagery style is uniform (e.g. color palette, character designs, lighting). Then Veo 3 can animate or build upon the same style or elements.
2. Faster Prototyping: Rather than shooting or designing from scratch, you can sketch ideas quickly via prompt → image → video.
3. Creative Control via Prompts: You describe what you want, scene by scene, and both tools respond to your instructions.
4. Cost & Accessibility: For many creators, using AI tools is cheaper and more accessible than hiring full production crews. Also, these tools often integrate in the cloud, so you don’t need advanced hardware.

What to Keep in Mind / Limitations

Before you start, there are some caveats:

• Length and Resolution Limits: Veo 3 is optimized for short videos (≈8 seconds commonly), especially for certain subscription tiers. Long cinematic stories will require stitching or external editing.

• Prompt Sensitivity: The quality of output depends heavily on how well you craft prompts. Vague prompts give vague results; you’ll need to be descriptive (camera angle, mood, lighting, movement, audio).

• Audio Constraints: Audio is “native” in Veo 3, which means ambient sounds and some effects, but full dialogues, lip-sync or heavy voice acting may be limited or need post-processing.

• Cost / Access Levels: Some features (higher resolution, certain styles, faster rendering) might be locked behind paid subscription levels (e.g. Pro, Ultra).

• Ethical & Legal Considerations: As with all AI generative tools, you should avoid infringing copyrighted material, misusing likenesses, etc. Also, transparency (e.g. watermarking or indicating AI generation) may be required in some contexts. Veo 3 outputs are watermarked to indicate they are AI generated.

Step-by-Step Workflow: Making a Video

Here’s a general workflow to create a video using Nano Banana + Veo 3. You can adapt it depending on whether your video is for ads, social media, storytelling, etc.

1. Define Your Idea & Storyboard

• Decide your goal: What is this video for? Social media clip, ad, educational, entertainment, reaction, etc.

• Write a short storyboard or scene outline: Break into 2‐4 scenes. Think: what happens, what visuals, what audio. For example:

  Scene 1: Close-up of a glowing box.
  Scene 2: Box opens, words fly out.
  Scene 3: Camera zooms in on one word.
  Scene 4: Call to action (CTA) appears.

• Decide on tone / style / mood: Cinematic, fun, serious, vibrant, minimalistic, etc. Also choose camera angles, transitions (zoom, pan, slow motion, quick cuts).

2. Use Nano Banana to Generate Key Images

Use Nano Banana to create or edit images that you will use as assets or references. This step is useful if you want a particular look or visual consistency.

• Prompt formulation: Be clear about what you want: subject, lighting, background, style. E.g., “A vintage gift box, softly lit, cinematic shadows, high detail, 3D figurine style”.

• Generate variants: Sometimes you may want several versions to pick from (different lighting, angles, detail levels).

• Edit for consistency: If you want similar backgrounds or style across scenes, use Nano Banana’s editing features to adjust colors, tones, etc.

• Save images / export: Export the generated image(s) at the highest quality available to you. These will serve as input references for Veo 3.

3. Use Veo 3 to Produce the Video

Once you have your images (if using them) and storyboard, you can move on to create the video in Veo 3.

• Access Veo 3: Log into Google Gemini or whatever platform hosts Veo 3. Make sure your subscription level supports video generation.

• Compose prompt(s) for video: Describe scene by scene, including:

  • Visuals (what you see; those Nano Banana images can be mentioned or used as references).
  • Movements (camera zoom, pan, rotation, transitions).
  • Audio (ambient sounds, music style, sound effects).
  • Duration of each scene.
  • Text overlay / captions / CTA if needed.

• Reference images: If Veo 3 supports using your images directly, attach or reference the Nano Banana image(s) so the video maintains style consistency.

• Adjust style and settings: Choose video resolution, aspect ratio (e.g., 9:16 for reels, 16:9 for YouTube), frame rate (if possible), mood or filter if available.

• Rendering & exporting: Once your prompt is ready, generate the video. Review the output; sometimes there will be artifacts or things that need tweaking. You may need to run the prompt again, adjusting details.

4. Post-Production & Polish

While Veo 3 gives you a finished video, often you’ll want small edits, especially if using in marketing or social media.

• Add voiceovers or narration: If Veo 3 does not support heavy dialogue, you may record voice separately and add it in a video editor.

• Text/caption overlays: For platforms where videos auto‐play without sound, captions and text are essential.

• Transitions and music: Even though Veo 3 gives native audio, you might want to refine timing of transitions or add licensed music to match brand identity.

• Filter and color grading: Ensure color balance, style, consistency with branding.

• Compression / formatting: Export in suitable bitrate / file format for platform. For instance, TikTok/Instagram Reels prefer MP4, H.264, certain resolution limits.

5. Publish & Iterate

• Publish on the desired platform: Reels, Shorts, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, etc. Match aspect ratios. Include captions, thumbnails that attract clicks.

• Monitor feedback / performance: Watch metrics like engagement, watch time, shares.

• Iterate: Based on feedback, adjust your prompt style, scene pacing, audio choices, etc. Sometimes slight changes yield much better engagement.

Use-Case Examples

To illustrate, here are 3 example mini-projects showing how Nano Banana + Veo 3 can be combined.

Example A: Promotional Video for a Product

• Goal: Make an 8-second ad for a new chocolate bar called “Dense”.

• Nano Banana: Generate high-quality stills: close-ups of the chocolate bar breaking, melting, packaging. Soft lighting, rich textures.

• Veo 3 Prompt Sketch:

  Scene 1 (2s): Close-up of packaging, camera zoom in.
  Scene 2 (3s): Slow motion of chocolate melting; a bite being taken.
  Scene 3 (2s): Back to packaging; name and tagline appear.
  Scene 4 (1s): CTA: “Experience Dense Chocolate. Order now.”

• Audio: Rich ambient sound, a satisfying crunch at bite moment, soft music. Text overlay with tagline.

Example B: Social Media Hook / Viral Clip

• Goal: Create a short eye-catching clip to promote a free online course.
• Nano Banana: Create an image of a gift box, or primary visual illustrating “free”.
• Video Idea: Box shakes, opens; glowing words like “AI”, “Data Science”, “Responsible AI” burst out; camera zooms into one word; CTA appears. Use Veo 3 to animate; natural, suspenseful music.

Example C: UGC / Reaction-style Content

• Goal: Mimic user generated content style (friendly, casual), e.g., someone reacting to news or advising safety.
• Nano Banana: Image of a person (or avatar) with expressive pose. Maybe an image of a reporter in a storm, etc.
• Veo 3: Animate: camera maybe shakes, simulate weather, audio of rain/wind, voiceover giving message. Use text overlays for clarity.

These examples show that with good prompt design and asset preparation, diverse content types can be achieved.

Prompt Crafting Tips: Getting Better Output

Here are best practices when writing prompts for both tools:

1. Be Specific: Lighting, camera angle, subject, mood, textures.

2. Use Reference Styles / Analogies: “cinematic”, “studio lighting”, “macro close-up”, “golden hour” etc. Helps the model understand.

3. Define Motion/Transitions Explicitly: E.g., “camera zooms out slowly,” “camera pans from left to right,” “slow motion as chocolate breaks.”

4. Describe Audio: If you want ambient sounds, specify (“wind rustling”, “crackling fire”, “soft piano”).

5. Iterate & Refine: First outputs may be imperfect; tweak prompt by adding or removing detail.

6. Keep Scenes Manageable: For short videos, limit number of scenes to avoid rushed feeling.

7. Test with Low-Cost Versions: If tool offers “fast” or lower resolution modes, test there first to verify visual direction before committing to high resolution.

Technical / Platform Details & Access

• Platform & Access: Veo 3 is part of Google Gemini / Google AI Studio. Access depends on subscription plan (Pro / Ultra).

• Watermarking and Transparency: Generated videos often have watermarks and/or metadata (SynthID) to indicate AI origin.

• File Output / Resolution / Aspect Ratios: Usually tools allow specifying aspect ratio; common ones are vertical (9:16) for Reels / Shorts, square (1:1) for some platforms, horizontal (16:9) for YouTube etc. Check video length & quality limits for your plan.

• Use of Reference Images: If the model supports uploading your images or assets as reference, this helps greatly in keeping visual coherence.

Advanced Tips & Automation

If you plan to produce many videos, or want to streamline:

• Use Workflows & Pipelines: Tools like n8n have been used to automate the chain from idea → image generation → video generation → posting. For example, one workflow picks ideas (perhaps from Telegram), uses Nano Banana to generate images, Veo 3 to produce video, then automates posting across platforms.

• Batch Creation: Generate several variants of the same video with small changes (different music, different text overlays) to test what performs best.

• Reuse Assets / Templates: Keep base assets (logos, backgrounds) consistent; define templates for style so users recognize your brand.

• Feedback Loops: Track performance (which variant got more views/engagement), use that data to improve prompt style.

Example Prompt Formats

To help you get started, here are sample prompts you might use (you’d adapt to your topic):

For Nano Banana:

“Create a high-resolution 3D figurine style image of a chocolate bar called ‘Dense’, with rich dark brown tones, soft studio lighting, melting chocolate texture, close-up view. Background minimal and softly lit.”

For Veo 3:

{
  "scenes": [
    {
      "duration": "2s",
      "visuals": "Close-up of the ‘Dense’ 

chocolate bar packaging, camera slowly 

zooming in,lighting warm and rich."

    },
    {
      "duration": "3s",
      "visuals": "Slow motion shot of a 

square of chocolate breaking off, 

melting slightly; camera pans 

from top-down to side angle.",
      "audio": {
        "ambience": "soft crackling",
        "background_music": "warm, 

modern piano melody"
      }
    },
    {
      "duration": "2s",
      "visuals": "Back to packaging, 

chocolate bar whole; 

product name ‘Dense Chocolate’ 

fades in with shadow effect.",
      "audio": {
        "sound_effect": "whoosh",
        "voice_over": "Taste the richness."
      }
    },
    {
      "duration": "1s",
      "visuals": "Call to action: ‘Order Now’ 

and website link appear, 

frame holds.",
      "audio": {
        "background_music_fades": "yes"
      }
    }
  ],
  "style": {
    "aspect_ratio": "16:9",
    "color_tone": "warm",
    "motion_style": "smooth"
  }
}

You might not need full JSON (depending on interface), but this sort of structure helps you think clearly.

Putting It All Together: A Complete Example

Here’s how one end-to-end example might flow for a creator:

1. Concept: Promote an upcoming “AI Workshop” that teaches generative AI tools.

2. Storyboard:

   • Scene 1: An image of a person (Nano Banana) working on a laptop; screen glowing, late evening mood.
   • Scene 2: Close-ups of AI visual “ideas” floating around (floating text: “Nano Banana”, “Veo 3”, “Prompt Crafting”).
   • Scene 3: Call to action: “Register now” with date, URL.

3. Generate Images:

   • Use Nano Banana to make the person image (with desired lighting / style).
   • Generate background visuals or abstract “idea” graphics.

4. Create Video in Veo 3:

   • Prompt describing each scene (use image references from Nano Banana).
   • Define camera movements (slow zoom, float, fade).
   • Add audio: background ambient, gentle music, maybe soft typing sounds.

5. Edit / Polish:

   • Add voiceover: “Join our AI Workshop…”
   • Add text overlays/captions.
   • Match resolution/aspect ratio for Instagram Reels.

6. Publish & Test:

   • Post on several platforms, perhaps try two variants (one with music louder, one more visual).
   • Review engagement, refine for next video.

Creative Ideas & Use Cases to Explore

Here are some creative directions to experiment with:

• Mini storytelling: even in 8 seconds, you can tell micro-stories: before → after, reveal visuals, surprise.

• Product teasers: show parts of a product, let the viewer’s imagination fill in the gaps.

• Educational snippets: visuals plus overlay text and narration to explain a concept (e.g. “What is Generative AI?”).

• User-Generated Content style: mimic casual styles, reaction angles, let visuals feel more “real”.

• Loopable animations: short scenes that loop for TikTok/Shorts background, ambient visuals.

• Mashups / Remixing visuals: mix your images with stock elements, abstract backgrounds, etc.

Conclusion

Nano Banana and Veo 3 together are powerful tools for modern content creators. They enable fast, affordable, and creative video production—from image generation to short video with sound—without needing a studio or large teams. By defining clear ideas, using Nano Banana to build the visual foundation, and then using Veo 3 to animate those ideas, you can produce polished content for marketing, social media, or personal projects.

As with all tools, quality comes from how thoughtfully you design prompts, how well you iterate, and how you refine based on feedback. Embrace experimentation, keep learning, and soon you’ll be producing videos that feel professional, stand out, and engage audiences.