Can I use an iPhone video as a reference?

Yes. A simple phone clip can provide visual reference for Gemini Omni Flash 1.1. Treat it as direction for the scene, then use the prompt to specify the character, world, movement, and camera feel you want.

Will the result copy my reference video exactly?

Treat the reference as direction, then refine the one detail that matters most in the next pass.

When should I use Omni Flash rather than H3 Max?

Use Omni Flash when movement, iteration, or continuing a scene is the hard part. Use H3 Max when you need a product-led shot, legible text, approved references, or sound to carry the moment.

Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash: stop describing movement. Show it.

GEMINI OMNI 1.1 FLASH

Stop describing movement. Show it.

Getting a person to move naturally is hard to explain in a text box.

With Gemini Omni Flash 1.1, you can film a quick movement on your phone and use that clip as visual direction for the shot.

Show the model how to dance instead of trying to explain it over the phone.

You keep the movement and feel you liked, while directing the character, world, and camera around it.

If the same character, product, or location needs to carry through more than one shot, set it up as a reusable MITO Element before you direct the movement.

The workflow

Film the movement on your phone.
Add it to your MITO project.
Tell MITO who is in the shot and where they are.
Generate.
Review the movement, fix one thing, and go again.

The reference gives Omni the motion. Your direction sets the character, action, camera, and world around it.

Edit it just by asking

“Make the jacket yellow. Keep everything else the same.”

That’s it. You don’t have to rethink the whole shot for one tiny change.

Treat the reference as direction, then refine the one part of the motion or camera feel that matters most.

Gemini’s official Omni Flash guide explains how image and video references work; uploaded video-reference audio is not used.

Keep the scene going

You can extend the same scene in 10-second chunks, all the way to 40 seconds.

That is useful when you already have the movement and world working and want to carry the moment forward instead of rebuilding the shot from scratch.

Google documents the extension constraints, including regional limits for uploaded-video extension.

Keep the direction clear

Give Omni four essentials:

Who or what are we watching?
What are they doing?
What is the camera doing?
What should it feel and sound like?

One clear idea beats twelve ideas fighting each other.

For a broader walkthrough of prompting, editing, and reference media, read How to prompt Gemini Omni on MITO.

Where it still needs your eyes

Fast hands, tiny product text, busy crowds, and too many simultaneous changes are still hard for video models.

If the shot matters, make fewer things happen. If the character matters, give it a good reference. If sound matters, listen to the whole clip instead of judging it from the thumbnail.

Need a product-led shot, readable text, approved references, or sound that carries the idea? Try MiniMax H3 Max.

Try Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 in MITO →