Google on Thursday released five new tools for its AI creative studio, Google Flow, designed to assist artists and filmmakers with visual storytelling. The new tools allow users to generate art, simulate lighting effects and enhance video footage, according to the company.
Character Poster, created by artist and filmmaker James Gerde, is intended to help creators maintain a consistent visual style across their projects. Filmmaker Anurag Tiwari developed Character Arc, which lets users visualize a character across different life stages while keeping their core appearance. The company said the tool speeds up character development. Tiwari is using the tool to trace a protagonist’s life for a documentary project.
Tiwari also created Pixel Machine, a tool that converts images into retro digital styles such as bitmap, ASCII, CRT, pixel art and glitch effects. Artist Ezra Paulekas designed Lucid Glass to simulate how light passes through glass, generating optical effects like prisms, halos and refractions.
Pocket Studio, built by visual development artist Ryan McCoy, upgrades smartphone footage by generating multiple camera angles from a single take while preserving the original performance, Google said.
The new features are available in the Google Flow studio.