Flow nodes explained

The seven box types, how to wire them together, and Run all.

A flow is built from boxes. Each box does one job — hold a picture, make one, change one, animate it, or speak a line — and cables carry each result on to the next box.

A finished flow: a product photo feeds an autumn edit, which feeds an animated clip; a reference face and a voice line feed a talking clip. — A finished flow: the product photo becomes an autumn ad clip, and Mia reads the voiceover. Click to open it full size.

Add a box

1
Open a flow from Flow in the sidebar, or start one with + New flow.
2
In the Add node bar above the canvas, click the box you want. It appears on the canvas.
3
Drag it by its header, and type a name there — name shots like a storyboard (“SC-01 — cold open”). Names save with the flow.

The Add node bar with seven buttons: Image, Reference, Generate, Edit, Animate, Voice and Talk.

The eight boxes

Every box that makes something has its own prompt, model picker and price — the price is on its ▶ Run button, the same as in the Studio.

Image

Holds a picture you upload or pick from your Library — the starting point for edits, animation or a talking face.

Gives: picture

Reference

A named character, product or place. Name it in the header (“mia”), add a picture, wire it into a refs socket and write @mia in that box’s prompt. Save character keeps it for every flow.

Gives: named picture

Style

One look for many boxes. Press 🎨 Style on the box, pick any style, then wire it into the style socket of as many Generate, Edit and Animate boxes as you like. Change the style once and every box it feeds uses the new one on its next run. For video, wire it into the picture box that feeds Animate too — most video models take the look from the starting picture.

Gives: style

Generate

Makes a new picture from the prompt typed on the box. Wire pictures into refs to keep a product or face the same from shot to shot.

Takes: refs (optional)style (optional)
Gives: picture

Edit

Changes a picture with words. Wire a picture into image, type what to change (“make it an autumn night”), and run.

Takes: imagerefs (optional)style (optional)
Gives: picture

Animate

Turns a picture into a video clip. Pick the model and length on the box. Models marked “(from text)” need no picture at all.

Takes: imagestyle (optional)end (optional)voice (optional)
Gives: video clip

Voice

Reads a script aloud. Type the words on the box, pick a voice, and press 🎙 Speak.

Gives: voice track

Talk

Makes a face speak. Wire a Reference or Image into face and a Voice box into voice. Billed per second of the voice.

Takes: facevoice
Gives: talking clip

TipSaved characters and styles don’t need a Reference box: type @ in any prompt and pick one from the list.

Connect boxes

Drag from the dot on a box’s right edge to a socket on another box’s left edge, and let go. To remove a cable, click it.

Wiring a product photo into an Edit box.

Cables come in two colors: green carries pictures and violet carries sound. Only matching colors connect. Words never travel on a cable — each box has its own prompt. Video clips from Animate and Talk end the chain; Render film joins them into one video.

Animate’s extra sockets and ✨ Direct

An Animate box with image, end and voice sockets, a prompt, the Direct button, an Avoid box, model and length pickers, and the finished clip.

end (opt) appears on models that can finish on a chosen picture — wire one in and the clip ends there. See Using an end frame.

voice (opt) takes a Voice track. It plays as this clip’s narration when you render the film.

✨ Direct · free turns rough notes into a full motion prompt. Type a few words (“slow push-in, fog”), press it, and an AI film director rewrites them using your picture — and fills in the Avoid box. Pressing is free; 9 credits are added once, when the box runs.

Status dots

Boxes that run show a dot beside their name:

Not run yetRunningDoneFailed — credits refunded

Run all

▶ Run all in the toolbar runs every box that hasn’t made a result yet. Boxes that don’t depend on each other run at the same time; a box waits only for the boxes wired into it. The button shows the estimated total, and each box charges as it runs.

If a box fails, its credits come back and the boxes that need it are skipped — the rest keep going. Fix it and press Run all again; finished boxes aren’t run twice.

More in Flows

What Flow is

A canvas where each box makes one thing and passes it on. Build the chain once, then re-run any part of it.

Recipes: ready-made flows

Pre-wired flows for ads, creator videos, story scenes and picture sets. Run one on the Recipes page, or open it in Flow.

Make something with the Recipes page

Pick a recipe, add your photo and press one button. No canvas, no models to choose.

Scene recipes: what to bring

Recipes that stage a real scene, often with a cast that talks. What each asks for and what you get.

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