You have a product demo worth keeping. The presenter slides a small speaker across the desk, turns it toward the camera, and presses the power button on cue. The campaign palette has changed, and the red desk mat now clashes with the rest of the edit. A video-to-video edit can give you a version with a different mat while using the original take to guide the action and camera movement.
Start with a shot you can judge
Trim a short section that contains the full action you care about. For the speaker demo, include the moment the speaker first moves, the turn toward the camera, and the button press. The shot should also contain the most difficult overlap, such as the hand passing in front of the mat. If you cut that moment out of your test, you'll only find out how it behaves when you process a longer clip.
Pick a single change for the first pass. A mat with a new color and texture is easier to evaluate on its own. Once that works, you can decide whether a wider redesign is worth testing.
Show the editor what to change
In Video to Video AI, open the video editing workspace, upload your source clip, and add a reference image. A close photo of a plain slate-blue mat gives the tool a specific color and surface to match. Crop the reference so it shows the mat clearly. The same page shows an outfit change with front and back reference images if you want to see how references work across a moving shot.
The editor identifies the uploaded clip as @Video1 and the first reference image as @Image1. Use those labels in the prompt and name the parts of the shot you want to keep.
In @Video1, replace only the red desk mat with the slate-blue mat shown in @Image1. Keep the speaker, its logo and buttons, the presenter's hands, and the original camera framing. Match the timing of the slide, turn, and button press. Keep the existing light and the speaker's contact shadow on the mat.
Compare the edit against the source
Put the source and the generated version on adjacent tracks in your editor. Play them at normal speed, then pause on the frames where the speaker touches the mat, the hand crosses its edge, and the button is pressed. Check whether the new texture stays in place, whether the contact shadow still grounds the speaker, and whether the logo or buttons change shape as the speaker turns.
If the mat looks right but the speaker changes, try a tighter reference crop and a shorter prompt that names only the mat and the product details to preserve. If the button press moves, compare against the original audio cue. A take that looks good in a still frame can still miss the beat in the edit.
Finish the version in your timeline
Put the chosen take back between the shots that come before and after it. Check that the new color fits the surrounding footage and that the action still lands where the cut needs it. Keep the original take on a separate track so you can swap back to it or reuse its audio if needed. Before exporting a product demo, verify that the visible controls, lettering, and logo still match the real product.