Summary
Google says five new tools are available in its Flow AI creative studio, covering character development, stylised image effects, simulated optics and phone-footage editing. Each was built by a named visual artist or filmmaker.
Google announced five new tools for its Flow AI creative studio on Nov. 12, 2026. Built by visual artists and filmmakers, the tools are intended to help creators develop characters, apply distinctive visual styles and reshape footage. Google says they are available in Flow today.
What the five tools do
Character Poster, created by artist and filmmaker James Gerde, turns story concepts into designed visuals. Google says it is intended to help creators keep a consistent visual style across social stories and reduce production work.
Character Arc, made by filmmaker Anurag Tiwari, helps visualise one character at different ages and life stages while retaining a recognisable appearance. Tiwari is using it for his documentary Children of the Sun, tracing a protagonist’s life from childhood to adulthood. The documentary features present-day interviews with people reflecting on events from 1974.
Tiwari also created Pixel Machine, which converts images into bitmap, ASCII, CRT, pixel-art and glitch styles. Google describes it as a tool for developing stylised title treatments, transitions and music-video visuals.
Artist and creative director Ezra Paulekas built Lucid Glass to generate effects associated with light passing through glass, including prisms, halos, refractions and optical blooms. The tool is aimed at photographers and filmmakers seeking effects beyond conventional lens imagery.
Pocket Studio, by visual development artist and filmmaker Ryan McCoy, works with phone footage. Google says it can generate multiple camera angles from a single take and improve the footage’s visual fidelity while preserving the actor’s original performance.
The tools address different stages of visual work: designing a character or look, applying effects, and developing footage into a more polished sequence. Google also invites Flow users to build their own creative tools. Its announcement describes the intended uses but does not detail how the tools generate or process their outputs.