About creative enhancements and generative AI tools in Demand Gen

Demand Gen campaigns were created to help you produce and serve visually-appealing, multi-format ads across YouTube, YouTube Shorts, Discover, Gmail and Google video partners. With the integration of Google AI and creative enhancement features in Demand Gen, you can easily create a variety of high-quality and engaging creative assets and content.

This article explains the various generative AI tools and creative enhancement features that are available to use for your Demand Gen campaigns and how they work.

On this page

• Video enhancements
• Image editor
• Generated images
• Text suggestions

Benefits

• Save time and resources: Let Google AI instantly create new high-quality creative assets, edit and enhance assets you already have and generate high-performing headlines and descriptions for you.
• Unlock creative potential: Bring your creative vision to life by experimenting with various prompts and tools to create unique and engaging assets.

Video enhancements

Video enhancements use Google AI to automatically create additional versions of your video to improve campaign performance, for example by generating a vertical video from your horizontal video to better fit on vertical screens, or a shorter video that better captures user attention in the first 5 seconds. Learn more about video enhancements.

How it works

1. In your Google Ads account, click the Campaigns icon .
2. Click the Campaigns drop-down in the section menu.
3. Click Campaigns.
4. If you’re creating a new Demand Gen campaign, follow the steps on how to create a Demand Gen campaign.
5. If you have an existing Demand Gen campaign, click the gear icon next to the campaign name.
6. Under an ad group, click the 3-dot icon , then select Create new ad.
7. On the ad builder page, select Video ad under the 'Choose which type of ad to create' card.
8. You’ll find the 'Video enhancements' section at the bottom of the 'Media' card.
9. The 'Get vertical and square versions of your videos' and 'Get shorter versions of your videos' boxes are selected by default.
   • Note: You may unselect to opt out.
10. Click Go to review and review the campaign details.
11. If you are satisfied with the campaign settings, click Publish campaign.

Image editor

This Google AI-powered image editing tool serves as a creative assistant that helps you to create fresh variations of your existing image assets, while keeping you in full control of the edits.

How to access

1. In your Google Ads account, click the Tools icon .
2. Click the Shared Library drop-down in the section menu.
3. Click Asset library.
4. On the filter bar, click Image.
5. Under the 'Assets' section, hover over the image that you want to edit.
6. Click the 3-dot icon and select Copy and edit with AI.
7. Apply your desired edits with the help of Google AI.
8. When you have finished, click Save.

Learn more about how to use the image editor to generate and edit images with Google AI.

Generated images

This generative AI tool creates new and original image assets for you by simply entering your own prompts.

How to access

1. In your Google Ads account, click the Campaigns icon .
2. Click the Campaigns drop-down in the section menu.
3. Click Campaigns.
4. If you’re creating a new Demand Gen campaign, follow the steps on how to create a Demand Gen campaign.
5. If you have an existing Demand Gen campaign, click the gear icon next to the campaign name.
6. Under an ad group, click the 3-dot icon , then select Create new ad.
7. On the ad builder page, select Single image ad under the 'Choose which type of ad to create' card.
8. In the 'Media' card, click +Add under 'Images'.
9. In the media picker, click the Generated tab.
10. Enter a clear prompt under the 'Describe the image you want' section.
    • Note: To select a specific image aspect ratio, click the Aspect ratio drop-down under the 'More options' section.
11. Click Generate.
12. Review the AI generated images. You may click Generate more to come up with more options.
13. To select images, hover over an image then click Select. You can choose up to 20 images.
    • Note: For more custom results, you may also click the 3-dot icon and choose the following options:
      • Generate more like this
      • Hide
      • Use as reference image
      • Copy and edit with AI
14. Under the 'Images for your ad' section, you may crop your image by hovering over the image and clicking the pencil icon .
15. Select your desired aspect ratios then click Select ratios.
16. When you've finished, click Save.

Text suggestions

Google AI will generate high-performing headlines and descriptions for you. The generated content is optimised to be attention-grabbing, informative and descriptive to suit your campaign goals and help maximise impact on browsing platforms. You can choose to take any of these suggestions.

Related links

• About generated images in Google Ads
• Use the image editor to generate and edit images with Google AI
• About video enhancements