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Title: GoogleΓÇÖs new filmmaking tool Flow adds editing tools and some
consistency to AI-generated video

Date: Tue, 20 May 2025 17:52:12 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/ai/google-filmmaking...

At I/O today, Google pitched creators on a new app for "AI filmmaking": Flow.
Combining all of GoogleΓÇÖs recent announcements and developments across AI-
powered services, including Veo (video), Imagen (images) and Gemini, the
company bills Flow as a storytelling aid ΓÇÿbuilt with creatives.ΓÇ¥ If it
sounds familiar, this is the advanced version of VideoFX, previously a Google
Labs experiment.

It says itΓÇÖs aimed at helping storytellers to explore ideas and create
clips and scenes, almost like storyboards and sketches in motion. GoogleΓÇÖs
generally impressive Veo 2 model seems to form the core of Flow, able to
extend footage and create video that ΓÇ£excel(s) at physics and realismΓÇ¥,
although IΓÇÖm not sure many agree with that..

You can use GeminiΓÇÖs natural language skills to construct and tweak the
video output, and creatives can pull in their own assets or create things
with Imagen through simple text input. WhatΓÇÖs notable is the ability to
integrate your creations and scenes into different clips and scenes with
consistency. While the early demo footage we saw was impressive, it still had
a not-so-faint AI-slop aroma.

There are further film-making tools, too. Flow will also feature direct
control over the movement of your ΓÇÿcameraΓÇÖ, and even choose camera
angles. You can also edit and extend shots, adding different transitions
between AI-generated videos. Creating video with Veo is often a piecemeal
process, but Flow will have its own asset management system to organize
assets and even your prompts. These richer controls and editing abilities
could make for more compelling creations in time. LetΓÇÖs not forget: ItΓÇÖs
been less than a year since that very weird Toys RΓÇÖUs ad.

Google buddied up with several notable filmmakers to attempt to legitimize
collaborate on these still-early steps into AI video creation, including Dave
Clark, Henry Daubrez and Junie Lau. It says it offered creatives early access
to the tools, and folded in their insights and feedback into what is now
called Flow.

Flow is now available to AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers in the US, and will
roll out to other countries soon. Pro users will get Flow tools outlined so
far and 100 generations each month. With the Ultra sub, youΓÇÖll get
unlimited generation and early access to Veo 3, with native audio generation.

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