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Google Veo: camera moves

Reading for Google Veo on how a camera move is asked for: “Words in the prompt”. Camera moves are prompt words, each defined with an example: static, pan, tilt, dolly and more. As of 2026-09-25.

Pan (left/right) : the camera rotates horizontally left or right from a fixed position.

Google Cloud, Veo video prompt guide

1Beside the other models

11 other models read the same way: Grok Imagine, HunyuanVideo 1.5, Kling AI, LTX, Pika and others.

The reading goes no further than the quoted line.

2About the field

Words are flexible and hard to verify; commands are narrow and exact. A command list also tells a writer which moves the maker has trained for, which a free-text prompt never does.

Camera moves, this model markedDark marks are points the docs do not cover or could not be read.Camera moves, this model markedReadingAdobe Firefly — Reading: Commands or presetsAdobe FireflyGoogle Veo — Reading: Words in the promptGoogle VeoGrok Imagine — Reading: Words in the promptGrok ImagineHiggsfield — Reading: Commands or presetsHiggsfieldHunyuanVideo 1.5 — Reading: Words in the promptHunyuanVideo 1.5Kling AI — Reading: Words in the promptKling AILeonardo Motion 2.0 — Reading: Commands or presetsLeonardo Motion 2.0LTX — Reading: Words in the promptLTXLTX Studio — Reading: Commands or presetsLTX StudioLuma Dream Machine — Reading: Commands or presetsLuma Dream MachineMidjourney — Reading: None in the docsMidjourneyMiniMax Hailuo — Reading: Commands or presetsMiniMax HailuoMoonvalley Marey — Reading: Drawn or set from an imageMoonvalley MareyOpen-Sora 2.0 — Reading: None in the docsOpen-Sora 2.0Pika — Reading: Words in the promptPikaPixVerse — Reading: Commands or presetsPixVerseRunway — Reading: Words in the promptRunwaySceneMixer — Reading: Words in the promptSceneMixerSeedance — Reading: From a referenceSeedanceSkyReels — Reading: Words in the promptSkyReelsSora — Reading: Words in the promptSoraStep-Video-TI2V — Reading: Words in the promptStep-Video-TI2VVidu — Reading: None in the docsViduWan — Reading: Words in the promptWan
Fig. 1 Dark marks are points the docs do not cover or could not be read.
How a camera move is asked for, all 24 models, read 2026-09-25.
ModelReading
Adobe FireflyCommands or presets
Google VeoWords in the prompt
Grok ImagineWords in the prompt
HiggsfieldCommands or presets
HunyuanVideo 1.5Words in the prompt
Kling AIWords in the prompt
Leonardo Motion 2.0Commands or presets
LTXWords in the prompt
LTX StudioCommands or presets
Luma Dream MachineCommands or presets
MidjourneyNone in the docs
MiniMax HailuoCommands or presets
Moonvalley MareyDrawn or set from an image
Open-Sora 2.0None in the docs
PikaWords in the prompt
PixVerseCommands or presets
RunwayWords in the prompt
SceneMixerWords in the prompt
SeedanceFrom a reference
SkyReelsWords in the prompt
SoraWords in the prompt
Step-Video-TI2VWords in the prompt
ViduNone in the docs
WanWords in the prompt

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