What if you could edit video like a Hollywood studio... without ever stepping foot in one?
With Modify Video, the newest feature from Luma AI, you now have the power of high-end visual effects right in your browser.
No green screens. No render farms. No million-dollar budgets.
Just you, your idea, and a tool that can turn any ordinary clip into a cinematic masterpiece.
This isn’t a gimmick or a filter.
Modify Video gives you full control over the look, feel, and world of your video — while keeping the motion, expressions, and timing exactly as they were.
It’s like having a VFX team in your pocket, only faster, easier, and way more accessible.
In this guide, we’ll break down exactly how it works, who it’s for, and how you can start using it to bring your wildest creative ideas to life (even if you’ve never touched a video editor before).
Luma AI is a company at the forefront of AI-powered video generation.
Known for their flagship model called Dream Machine, Luma enables creators to generate high-quality video content using natural language prompts, visual inputs, and now — actual video footage.
Their tools are used by professionals across industries: advertising, filmmaking, gaming, virtual production, and more.
Modify Video is the latest feature inside Luma’s Dream Machine platform.
It allows you to take an existing video clip and dramatically transform it — by changing the environment, lighting, wardrobe, props, and even characters — without affecting the original motion, expressions, or camera angles.
In traditional workflows, making changes to a video meant starting over: reshooting scenes, rendering environments, or creating complex VFX pipelines.
Modify Video eliminates all of that.
With a single upload, you can reimagine your entire scene — quickly, easily, and without losing what matters most.
Modify Video is designed for both professionals and beginners.
If you’re a filmmaker, this can speed up post-production and bring your pitch decks to life.
If you’re a solo creator, it gives you Hollywood-level editing power without needing a crew.
Even marketers, designers, and educators can use it to create immersive content that used to take weeks (or a whole team) to make.
Modify Video includes three structured presets to help you dial in how much change you want:
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Step 1: Sign up or log into Luma AI.
Head to lumalabs.ai and create a free account if you don’t already have one. Modify Video is currently part of their "Dream Machine: Ray 2" model.
Step 2: Upload your video clip.
Upload any video up to 10 seconds long (or use an image and Luma will animate it). Make sure your subject is clearly visible, with good lighting and minimal motion blur for best results.
Step 3: Choose your preset.
Select one of the three transformation presets: Adhere, Flex, or Reimagine. This tells the AI how much freedom to take with your scene.
Step 4: Add styling input (optional).
You can include a text prompt (e.g., “turn this into a fantasy forest”), a visual reference image, or stylize the first frame — or skip this entirely and let Luma work its magic.
Step 5: Generate your modified video.
Click generate. Luma will process your clip and return a fully reimagined version (same shot, but a completely transformed scene).
Luma’s Modify Video has already been benchmarked against Runway’s video-to-video tool and came out on top. In blind tests with external raters, Luma consistently scored higher in:
The results are smooth, expressive, and much more believable than anything currently available in other AI video platforms.
Whether you’re an artist looking to push boundaries, a startup making pitch videos, or a student learning visual storytelling — Luma’s Modify Video gives you professional-level tools at your fingertips.