# Black Forest Labs Black Forest Labs develops FLUX models for visual generation and understanding across image, video, audio, and action prediction. Users can experiment in a browser playground, access models through an API, or run selected open-weight models on their own infrastructure. - Findings24: - Website: - Pricing: Freemium - Categories: AI Video Generator, AI Image Generator, AI Inference Platform ## What is Black Forest Labs? Black Forest Labs develops the FLUX model family for visual intelligence: models that generate and understand image, video, and audio content, and that can predict actions from visual observations and text instructions. The product is designed for several access patterns, including no-code experimentation in a browser playground, API-based production use, and self-hosted deployment of open-weight models. FLUX 3 brings multiple modalities into one model architecture. Its documented video workflows include generating from text, images, or keyframes; editing existing clips with text prompts; creating multiple scenes and camera angles; adding multilingual dialogue and other audio; and continuing or chaining clips. The wider FLUX family also supports image generation with complex prompts, varied styles, and text rendering, while the action-prediction direction targets visual simulation and robot control workflows. Teams can start with the playground, integrate the API into an application, or license open weights for deployment and customization on their own infrastructure. API access is priced through pay-as-you-go credits, and enterprise options are available for organizations requiring custom commercial terms and operational support. ## What can Black Forest Labs do? ### Multimodal FLUX 3 model FLUX 3 combines image, video, audio, and action-prediction capabilities within one multimodal model, allowing related media workflows to be handled through the same model family. ### Text-, image-, and keyframe-based video The video workflow can start from a text prompt, an image, a start and end frame, or multiple keyframes arranged in sequence. ### Video editing and continuation Users can edit an existing clip with a text prompt, extend it from its final frame, or chain generated clips into a longer sequence while carrying forward scene logic and framing. ### Scenes, dialogue, and typography FLUX 3 video supports multiple scenes and camera angles, multilingual speech with lip synchronization, optional audio, and text or typography intended to fit the generated scene. ### Draft-to-production workflow Draft mode provides a fast, lower-cost preview of a prompt; a selected draft can then be rendered again at full quality. ### API and open-weight access Developers can use the API for production workloads, while open-weight licensing supports running selected FLUX models on customer infrastructure with customization and fine-tuning or LoRA rights depending on the plan. ## Use Cases ### Creative and brand concepting Creative teams can turn prompts, reference images, and keyframes into visual concepts, product scenes, branded clips, and motion-design directions before committing to a full production. ### Storyboarding and filmmaking Filmmakers and storyboard teams can explore multiple shots, camera angles, dialogue, and scene transitions, then continue clips or chain them into a more cohesive sequence. ### Media and creative software Platforms building image or video features can integrate FLUX through the API, using generated motion, audio, and narrative timing as part of a broader user-facing creative workflow. ### Explainers, documentaries, and worldbuilding Content teams can visualize subjects, historical or speculative settings, nature scenes, and explanatory concepts through text-to-video and image-to-video workflows. ### Robotics and physical-action research Researchers working with visual simulation or robotics can use the action-prediction direction to map visual observations and text instructions to predicted physical outcomes and robot control actions. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How can users access Black Forest Labs models? Users can experiment through the browser playground, integrate models through the FLUX API, or license open weights and run selected models on their own infrastructure. ### What can FLUX 3 generate for video? The site documents text-to-video and image-to-video generation, video editing, multiple scenes, multilingual dialogue, optional audio, text and typography, keyframes, video continuation, and agentic chaining. It also lists output resolutions from HD through UHD. ### Does the API require a subscription? The pricing page describes API access as pay-as-you-go credits with no subscriptions or seat fees. Enterprise customers can contact sales for custom pricing and terms. ### Can FLUX 3 create longer sequences from shorter clips? Yes. The documented workflow can extend an existing clip from its final frame and chain clips into a longer, cohesive story. The site also describes clips of up to 20 seconds in a single generation. ### Can organizations deploy FLUX models themselves? Open-weight licensing is available for running FLUX models on customer infrastructure. The listed licensing options include customization and fine-tuning or LoRA rights, but exact model access and terms depend on the selected plan. ## Quick Facts - **Product type**: Multimodal AI model platform - **Model family**: FLUX - **Modalities**: Image, video, audio, and action prediction - **Access methods**: Browser playground, API, and open-weight licensing - **API pricing model**: Pay-as-you-go credits; no subscriptions or seat fees - **Self-hosting**: Available through open-weight licensing, with plan-dependent customization rights