Flux 2 Flash: lock this still before you buy motion (4K, 1cr)
Flux 2 Flash is the stills row. Animate after approval. Do not generate the pack inside the video model.
Flux 2 Flash is the stills row. Animate after approval. Do not generate the pack inside the video model.
Flux 2 Flash is ultra-fast image generation with Flux 2. Category is text-to-image. One credit. 4K. is_fast is true. audio is null. No duration. requires_image is false. Features on the row: Ultra-fast, Flash, Efficient. That is a sketch-and-lock still, not a clip.
One credit is how you argue about the bottle
Video rows on this site start in the tens of credits per second. Flux 2 Flash is 1 credit per generate, billed per megapixel in the catalog matrix, max_output_resolution 4K. The correct use is to find out whether the pack, the face, or the room is the one you meant before you open Flux 3 Text to Video at 9 credits a second with native audio.
Ultra-fast is the iteration loop. Generate, reject, generate. Do not fall in love with the first Flash still because it was cheap. Cheap is how you can afford to be picky. Approval is the still you would print.
The text to image tool is the door. Flux image models sit under Flux; Black Forest Labs holds the FLUX.3 video line. Best Flux model is the ranked family. This page is only Flash: 1 credit, 4K, text-to-image.
Five ratios, three styles, no soundtrack
Aspect: 1:1, 4:3, 3:4, 16:9, 9:16. Styles: Realistic, Artistic, Anime. Pick from the enums. Prompting Flux stills in natural language — composition, colour, lens, film stock — is the family register. "Then the camera pushes in" is a sentence this row cannot honour. There is no time here.
Do not prompt foley. Do not prompt a VO. Flash will paint a speaker with a closed mouth and you will pay a video row to make them talk. If the deliverable is a talking shot, lock the look here and change category.
One credit is not a reason to skip 4K when the still will become a first frame. It is also not a reason to generate 4K as a superstition for a 1:1 icon. Match the still to the next job.
Flash is not a video model with a hidden slider
There is no 5s option on this slug. There is no native audio. Generating "the pack spinning" as a still and calling it a turntable is a drawing of a turntable. The turntable is image-to-video or first-last-frame after this still is signed.
Lock the still before you spend on motion is the rule. Register the approved Flash stills with reusable characters and products if they have to survive a sequence. Then spend motion credits on the only remaining job: making that picture move.
If you needed typography that reads as type, Flash is the wrong stills specialist — that is Recraft's claim, not Flux Flash's. If you needed Wan-shaped first frames, that is Wan Preview 2.5. Flash is the 1-credit 4K iterate. Use it as that.
FAQ
Can Flux 2 Flash generate a 5-second clip?
No. Content type is image. One credit buys a still, up to 4K. Motion is a different Flux slug.
Why is this 1 credit when other stills rows are 4 or 5?
That is the catalog credits figure for Flash, with per-megapixel billing and a 1-credit min/max in the matrix. Ultra-fast and efficient are the listed features. The job is still "lock a still," not "this is too cheap to review."
Does Flash require a reference image?
No. requires_image is false. Text-to-image only on this slug. An edit of an approved still is a different category.
Should I animate the Flash still in Flux 3 without looking at it?
No. Flux 3 Text to Video has native audio and bills 9 credits a second. A wrong Flash still becomes an expensive wrong clip. Approve the frame. Then buy motion.