How to remove the Veo / Gemini sparkle from an AI video, and what to expect

2026-10-20 · 6 min read

Videos made with Google Veo in the Gemini app carry the same small four-point sparkle in the bottom-right corner as Gemini images. For a client video, a website banner or a reel, that mark is often unwanted. This guide explains how it can be removed, what the result honestly looks like, and what is not possible.

The sample video on this page is a short, small, low frame rate copy made for this website. The sparkle on it is the real one that Google Veo drew, and the “After” was made with the real Image Cleaner. Real videos differ, so always play the result before you deliver it.

Before: the sparkle in the corner

After: clean corner

Why blurring or cropping is a poor answer

A blur box over the corner is easy to spot and flickers when the scene moves. Cropping changes the size of the video and does not fit a fixed format such as 9:16 or 16:9. Both also leave the rest of the file untouched, including hidden data.

How the sparkle can be taken out

In the videos we looked at, the sparkle is a white, see-through shape that sits in the same place in every frame. Because it never moves, the picture under it can be worked out from the picture on top of it. That is different from guessing what was there.

Finds the sparkle. The scene moves and the sparkle does not, so in the average of a few seconds of the corner it stands out. It is searched at several sizes, so 720p and 1080p videos both work.
Measures how see-through it is. This differs from one video to another, so it is measured for every video.
Calculates the picture back in every frame, only inside the small square of the sparkle, then smooths the thin edge.
Keeps everything else. The sound is copied as it is, the frame rate and the picture size stay the same, and the colours do not shift.
Drops hidden file data such as title, comment and creation-time tags. See what is hidden in an AI video file.

What you can expect

On most scenes nothing visible is left. On very busy or very dark corners, look at the result at full size before you deliver it.
The video is saved again (H.264), so the file is not a bit-for-bit copy. At the quality we use, the loss is not visible.
If no sparkle is found, the picture is left as it is, only the hidden data is removed, and the video is not counted against your plan.

Limits you should know

Up to 60 seconds and 1080p. 4K videos are not supported. Files up to 150 MB, MP4, MOV or WebM.
Only the Gemini / Veo sparkle. Other logos, captions and text marks are not removed.
SynthID stays. It is an invisible watermark inside the pictures themselves. Image Cleaner does not remove it and never will. Read what SynthID is.

Plans

There is no separate video plan. Every paid plan includes images and videos, up to 1080p for videos.

Plan	Price	Images in 30 days	Videos in 30 days
Free	₹0	5 a day	5 a month, up to 720p
Starter	₹199 (US$3)	150	50
Plus	₹299 (US$4)	300	100
Pro	₹399 (US$5)	500	250
Studio	₹699 (US$9)	1,000	500

A failed video, or one where no sparkle was found, is not counted.

Be open about AI

Cleaning a file is about a tidy look and privacy. Tell your clients and your audience when a video is AI-generated, and do not present AI video as a real event. See the Reels checklist.