Studio
Studio is the fastest way to use Chat Video Pro when you already know the creative job you want done. Instead of writing a broad prompt in chat and hoping the right tool is selected, you open a purpose-built workflow: Cinematic Lab for master stills, Multi-Cam for alternate angles, Motion Director for camera moves, AI Transitions for shot bridges, Rotoscope for subject isolation, Relight Scene for lighting changes, and more.
Think of Studio as your production department inside Premiere. Chat is still best for conversation, planning, assistant-style help, and flexible prompting. Studio is best when the job has a known shape and benefits from a guided interface, source media picker, presets, visual controls, and a dedicated results screen.
What Studio Is For
Studio is built around workflows. Each card opens a focused creative path with the right inputs, controls, and output surface already prepared.
Use Studio when you want to:
Create new shots from scratch with cinematic camera and lens controls
Generate alternate camera angles from a still or clip
Animate still images with directed camera movement
Bridge two frames into a seamless AI transition
Clean up footage by removing backgrounds, erasing objects, or reshooting problem areas
Improve finished clips with upscaling, motion capture, relighting, or effects passes
Move faster than prompt-only workflows because the UI already knows what the job needs
Most Studio workflows end by sending the generated result back into your chat as a normal image or video message. From there, you can save it, open it, reuse it from Recents, drag it into Premiere, or feed it into another Studio workflow.
Studio does not replace the main chat. It gives you guided creative workflows for media generation and video editing. Use the chat when you need planning, troubleshooting, general Premiere help, or open-ended creative direction. Use Studio when you want to run a specific production task.
Opening Studio
Open Chat Video Pro inside Premiere Pro
Click the Studio button in the sidebar
Choose a card from the Launchpad
The Launchpad opens as a full-screen workspace over the main chat. It is organized like a production house: Production, Post-Production, and Audio.
Launchpad Navigation
The Launchpad is designed to stay out of the way once you know where everything lives.
Click a card to open that workflow
Use Search to find workflows by job, model, or keyword, such as
upscale,transition,rotoscope,camera move,remove object, orrelightUse Back in the Studio header to move from a workflow back to the Launchpad
Use Close from the Launchpad when you want to leave Studio entirely
Card Badges and States
Studio cards can show a few different states:
NEW
A newly launched workflow. These are ready to use, but they may still be expanding with presets, examples, and docs.
Coming Soon
A visible preview of a planned workflow. The card is locked and cannot be opened yet.
As of this Studio release, the working workflows are concentrated in Production and Post-Production. The Audio department is visible on the Launchpad, but its cards are currently Coming Soon.
How Studio Workflows Usually Start
Most Studio workflows begin by asking for source media. The source picker is context-aware: it only shows the inputs a workflow can actually use.
For example:
Motion Director asks for a single image because it animates stills
Rotoscope, Erase Objects, Add Effects, Reshoot, and Upscale ask for video because they operate on clips
Multi-Cam accepts either an image or a video because it can generate alternate still angles or run a video multicam move
Motion Capture asks for two assets: a motion reference video and a character image
Cinematic Lab skips the loader because it starts from a written scene description
AI Transitions opens its own start-frame and end-frame picker inside the workflow
Relight Scene opens its own image/video setup screen because it supports both still relighting and optional video relighting
Source Options
Depending on the workflow, the asset loader can pull media from:
Upload
The file is on your computer and not already in Chat Video Pro
Recents
You want to reuse something you generated, captured, or imported earlier
Frame Capture
You want a still from the current Premiere Pro playhead position
Clip Import
You want to send a selected Premiere clip into a video workflow
The loader filters by workflow. If a workflow only supports images, you will not be asked to import video. If it only supports video, the picker focuses on clips. If it needs two inputs, such as Motion Capture, each slot explains what it expects.
Pro tip: Treat Recents like your internal production shelf. Generate a strong Cinematic Lab still, send it to chat, then reuse it from Recents in Motion Director, Multi-Cam, AI Transitions, or Relight Scene. Studio is fastest when you chain outputs instead of hunting files on disk.
Production Department
Production workflows create new shots, new angles, and new motion. Start here when you are building media that did not already exist in your edit.
Creating cinematic master stills, lookdev frames, key art, concept images, and source frames for video generation
Text prompt, optional reference images
Image grid
Generating alternate camera angles from a still or clip, building coverage, creating cinematic grids
Image or video
Image grid or video
Animating a still with a controlled camera move: push, pull, orbit, dolly, handheld, crane, drone, and more
Image
Video
How to think about Production workflows
Use Cinematic Lab when you need the hero frame. Use Multi-Cam when you need coverage around that frame. Use Motion Director when one still deserves motion. Use AI Transitions when two images need to become one shot.
A strong Studio production chain often looks like this:
Create a hero still in Cinematic Lab
Generate alternate angles with Multi-Cam
Animate the strongest frame in Motion Director
Bridge two moments together with AI Transitions
Post-Production Department
Post-Production workflows refine, repair, transform, or finish footage you already have.
Isolating subjects and separating foreground from background
Video
Edited video / cutout result
Removing unwanted objects, people, signs, gear, or distractions from footage
Video
Cleaned video
Adding VFX such as fire, rain, fog, energy, atmosphere, or stylized scene changes
Video
VFX video
Transferring motion from a reference video onto a character image
Motion video + character image
Video
Changing light direction, mood, or atmosphere on an image or short clip
Image or video
Relit image or video
How to think about Post-Production workflows
Use Rotoscope when you need separation. Use Erase Objects when something should disappear. Use Reshoot when a specific part of the shot should change. Use Add Effects when the scene needs new visual energy. Use Upscale at the end, not the beginning, after the creative changes are already approved.
Audio Department
The Audio department is visible in Studio so you can see where sound workflows will live, but the current Audio cards are not available yet.
Coming Soon.
Coming Soon cards are previews, not active workflows. If a card is locked, it is intentionally unavailable in this release.
Choosing the Right Workflow
I need a cinematic still from an idea
Cinematic Lab
I need more angles from one image or clip
Multi-Cam
I want to animate a still
Motion Director
I need a transition between two frames
AI Transitions
I need to isolate a subject
Rotoscope
I need to remove something from footage
Erase Objects
I want to add rain, fire, fog, energy, or stylized VFX
Add Effects
I need a targeted retake or scene change
Reshoot
I want to improve resolution after the edit is approved
Upscale
I need to transfer motion onto a character
Motion Capture
I need to change the light or mood of a scene
Relight Scene
Pro Workflows to Try First
Concept frame to moving shot
Use this when you need a shot that never existed.
Open Cinematic Lab
Generate a 4-up batch of possible hero frames
Pick the strongest still and click Done
Open Motion Director
Use that still as the source image and choose a camera movement
This is the cleanest way to go from idea to usable video: design the frame first, then animate it.
Missing coverage from an existing edit
Use this when your timeline has the moment, but not the angle.
Park the Premiere playhead on a useful frame
Capture that frame into Cinematic Lab or Multi-Cam
Ask for a new angle, insert shot, detail, or variation
Reuse the result from Recents in another Studio workflow if needed
This is especially helpful for interviews, product videos, real estate, documentary edits, and any project where you need one more shot after production is over.
Clean, transform, finish
Use this when you have real footage but it needs help.
Use Erase Objects, Reshoot, or Add Effects for the creative change
Review the result in chat or the video editor surface
Only after the creative version is approved, run Upscale
Do not upscale first unless resolution is the only job. Upscaling an intermediate clip wastes time and can make later AI passes less flexible.
Best Practices
Start with the workflow, not the model
Studio exists so you do not have to memorize model names. Pick the creative job first. The workflow will expose the controls that matter for that job.
Use Recents to chain workflows
The fastest Studio users do not constantly upload and download files. They generate, click Done, then reuse the result from Recents in the next workflow.
Keep references organized
For visual consistency, build a small set of repeatable references: hero frames, product shots, character portraits, location stills, and lighting examples. Reuse them across Cinematic Lab, Multi-Cam, Motion Director, and Relight Scene.
Generate stills before video when the look matters
Video generation is more expensive and less forgiving than image generation. If the framing, subject, lighting, or wardrobe matters, lock the still first in Cinematic Lab, then animate it.
Use Upscale last
Upscale is a finishing pass. Run it after the clip is creatively approved, not before every experiment.
Pay attention to asset requirements
If a workflow asks for a still, give it a clear still. If it asks for video, give it the shortest clip that contains the motion or shot you need. Cleaner inputs make every AI pass more predictable.
Troubleshooting
I do not see a workflow I expected
Use the Studio search box and try the job name instead of the model name. For example, search remove, rotoscope, angle, transition, relight, or upscale.
A card is visible but locked That workflow is Coming Soon. Locked cards are previews of planned Studio departments, not active tools.
The asset loader is not showing the file type I want The workflow may not support that asset type. Motion Director only accepts images. Rotoscope only accepts video. Motion Capture needs one video and one image. The loader filters inputs to prevent unsupported jobs from starting.
My workflow opened the video editor instead of staying in Studio Some post-production tools use the full video editor surface because they need masking, preview, or timeline-style controls. That is expected for workflows like Rotoscope, Erase Objects, Add Effects, Reshoot, and Upscale.
Generation fails before it starts Check Settings and confirm your FAL API key is configured. Many Studio workflows use cloud models through the local Chat Video Pro service.
I lost where I was Press Escape once to return to the Launchpad from a workflow. Press Escape again to close Studio and return to chat.
Next: Start with Cinematic Lab to create a cinematic still, then use that still in Motion Director, Multi-Cam, AI Transitions, or Relight Scene.
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