You can animate images and create videos from text prompts, ingredients, frames, and other videos in Google Flow.
Learn how to edit videos and build scenes in Google Flow.
Create video clips in the Google Flow app
- On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google Flow app.
- Tap an existing project or + New.
- In the prompt box, describe the scene you want to create in detail.
- Be specific about the subject, action, environment, lighting, and style.
- At the bottom right, tap the generation type.
- By default, Google Flow sets the generation type to Image.
- Tap Video.
- Optional: Add ingredients to your prompt.
- Select your video preferences:
- Orientation.
- Number of outputs you want.
- The model you want to use. Learn more about Google Flow models and supported features.
- Generation length.
- Tap Generate
.
- Tip: Your video will automatically save to your most recently updated project, or a new date-stamped project will be created.
Add references to your prompt
Add characters to your prompt
- On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google Flow app.
- Click an existing project or start a new one.
- In the prompt box, type
@followed by your character's name.- To add your avatar to your prompt, type
@me. - Learn how to create & use your avatar in Google Flow.
- To add your avatar to your prompt, type
- Describe how your character should be used as a reference.
- For example:
@CaptainZoro walking through a futuristic city.
- For example:
Tip: Learn how to create a character in Google Flow.
Add visual references to your prompt
- On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google Flow app.
- Tap an existing project or + New.
- Add your ingredients in any of these ways:
- To search and select any uploaded asset in your project by name, type
@. - To select uploaded assets in your project, at the bottom, tap Add
.
- To upload files from your device, at the bottom, tap Add
Upload
- To take a picture and use it as an ingredient, at the bottom, tap Add
- To search and select any uploaded asset in your project by name, type
- In your text prompt, describe how your ingredients should be used as references.
- Tap Generate
Animate images in the Google Flow app
- On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google Flow app.
- Tip: To animate a photo from your device, tap Animate photo.
- In your project, select an existing image or create a new image.
- Tap Animate.
- In your text prompt, describe the motion.
- Select your video preferences:
- Orientation.
- Number of outputs you want.
- The model you want to use. Learn more about Google Flow models and supported features.
- Tap Generate
Best practices & advanced tips when generating in Google Flow
Get the most out of every generation with these tips:
- Prepare clean ingredients
- When you add ingredients to your prompt, provide subject or product references on a plain or segmented background.
- Make sure location and style references don't contain extra subjects, unless that is your creative intent.
- Avoid conflicting guidance
- Your text prompt should complement, not contradict, your visual inputs.
- Make sure your prompt references the frames or ingredients you've provided.
- A consistent look and feel across all your ingredient images helps the model blend them more effectively.
- Iterate with Gemini
- As a Google AI subscriber, you have access to the most capable Gemini models.
- Visit gemini.google.com to help brainstorm. Send Gemini your prompt, an image, or even a video and ask it to write you new prompts, riff on ideas, and more.