Images and video · 2026-11-12

Google adds five new visual storytelling tools to Google Flow

Google has released five new tools in its Google Flow studio that help create posters and consistent characters, stylize images, simulate light effects, and turn phone videos into cinematic shots with multiple camera angles.

✨ What was released

Google has added five new creative tools to Google Flow, its AI studio for images and video. The tools were built by creatives, including filmmakers and visual effects artists. They help keep characters consistent across scenes, apply retro digital styles, create light effects, and generate multiple camera angles from a single take.

📌 Each tool briefly

Character Poster, by James Gerde, turns simple story ideas into polished posters and helps keep a consistent style across social media posts.

Character Arc, by Anurag Tiwari, shows how the same character looks at different ages while staying recognizable. For the documentary "Children of the Sun," Anurag uses it to trace the protagonist's life from childhood to adulthood.

Pixel Machine, also by Anurag Tiwari, converts images into bitmap, ASCII, CRT, pixel art, and glitch styles. It suits title treatments, transitions, and music video visuals.

Lucid Glass, by Ezra Paulekas, recreates how light passes through glass, producing prisms, halos, refractions, and optical blooms that are hard to capture with a regular camera.

Pocket Studio, by Ryan McCoy, turns everyday phone footage into more polished shots. From one take it generates multiple camera angles while keeping the actor's original performance.

🔹 How to start

All of the tools are available in the Google Flow studio at flow.google. The article does not specify which features are free and which require a subscription, so check this directly in the studio.

Sources: 🔗 Google Labs (blog)