Google Flow for Telugu beginners: make your first consistent-character video

Step 1: Open Flow and start a project

Go to flow.google.com and sign in with a Google account. Official help says Flow is for users aged 18 and over, and India is on the supported-country list. Open an existing project or start a new one, so your clips, images and characters stay together.

Choose the aspect ratio your video needs — 9:16 for Reels or Shorts, 16:9 for a wide YouTube frame. Flow uses credits; each generation spends some, so check what your account shows and plan the shot before you press Generate.

• Open Google Flow (flow.google.com)

Step 2: Create a reusable character before you make lots of clips

This is the main way to keep a face consistent. In the project, open Characters (on the left in the current desktop layout). If you already have a character, choose New Character.

In the prompt box, describe the character in detail — age, face, hair, clothes, for example a 30-year-old Telugu shop owner in a plain cotton shirt. Upload or generate one or two images that show how they look. Official help says a character must contain at least one image. Then click Generate and wait for the result.

Step 3: Give the character a name and a voice, then click Done

Add a short name you will type later, such as Ravi. Select a voice, or create a custom voice if your account offers it, and add it to the character. Optional character info can wait.

Click Done at the top right when you are finished. You should now be able to call this character in any prompt in the project.

Step 4: Write one careful prompt for the first clip

In the prompt box, type @ followed by the character’s name, then describe how to use them. Official help asks you to be specific about the subject, action, environment, lighting and style. Keep one clip to one action.

If you want a short Telugu line, write that line clearly and keep it to one sentence; Google lists Telugu as a supported language, but also says English prompts often work better and results can vary, so listen to the clip before you keep it. Choose Video, then set the aspect ratio, number of outputs, model and generation length your account shows, and click Generate.

@Ravi in a small Hyderabad tiffin centre, warm morning light, medium close-up, camera slowly pushing in. He pours filter coffee from a steel tumbler into a davara, steam rising, and looks at the camera. He says in Telugu, exactly once: "Mana coffee taste chesara?" Street sound and the coffee pour in the background. No on-screen text, no subtitles.

Step 5: Generate more than one take and change one thing at a time

Generate two versions of the same prompt and keep the better one. If the clip is wrong, change only one part of the prompt — the camera, the action, or the line — and try again. That is how you learn what each phrase is doing. Download only the clips you will actually use.

Step 6: Use the same character in every later shot

For the next clips, type the same @ name, and repeat the same clothes and the same location words unless you have a reason to change them.

If a face still drifts, official help also lets you add Video Ingredients: put the same clean reference images (plain or segmented background works better) into the prompt, and describe how those images should be used. Do not describe a different outfit by accident.

Step 7: Join the short clips into one video

Each generation is a short clip; a small story is usually several clips in a row (a hook, one or two middle shots, and an ending). In Flow, Scenebuilder can arrange clips, change their order, trim the start and end of each one, preview the sequence, and download it.

You can also download the clips and edit them in any editor you already know, such as CapCut. Export in the same aspect ratio you chose at the start.

Step 8: If writing prompts feels slow, use the free prompt helper, then still check the clip

You can draft a prompt with AODX’s free Google Flow prompt generator, paste it into Flow, and attach your @ character. The helper writes prompt text; it does not replace Flow, and you should still generate the clip in your own account and review it.

• Open the free Google Flow prompt generator

Official Google Flow help

Menus and names can change. These are Google’s own help pages for the features used in this guide.

• Create videos in Google Flow
• Manage projects, assets and collections (Characters)
• Edit videos and build scenes
• Where you can use Google Flow

Frequently asked questions