Start from a template
Describe your clip… @ to tag what you attached
01 ·
≈ 2 min
Write the shot
Describe the scene, the move and the sound.
VIDEONewfal
FLUX 3 Max Fast takes. Sound included.
You stop waiting on the render. Draft, watch, roll again.
- 5 to 20s
- 720p · 1080p
- Sound on by default
- First and last frame
- Post-trained by fal
Free account · ⚡50 on signup · No card
● Shot on FLUX 3 Max
The first set
Six takes off FLUX 3 Max.
Text to Video00:00:05:00Rally car over a dune
FLUX 3 Max
Watch with soundVerbatim prompt
A rally car drifts over a dune crest at golden hour, sand sheeting off the tires. Helicopter shot pulling back to reveal the empty desert.
Image to Video00:00:05:00A signature in wet ink
FLUX 3 Max
Watch with soundVerbatim prompt
A hand picks it up and writes a flowing signature, wet ink catching the light. Macro.
Text to Video00:00:05:00Whale beside a sailboat
FLUX 3 Max
Watch with soundVerbatim prompt
A humpback whale breaches beside a small sailboat. Spray hangs in backlit air. Camera at water level, holding steady.
Image to Video00:00:05:00The fisherman looks up
FLUX 3 Max
Watch with soundVerbatim prompt
He looks up and smiles, gulls cross behind, mist drifts. Gentle handheld.
Text to Video00:00:05:00Carving the bowl at sunset
FLUX 3 Max
Watch with soundVerbatim prompt
A skateboarder carves a concrete bowl at sunset. The camera follows in one fluid orbit.
Image to Video00:00:05:00The needle drops
FLUX 3 Max
Watch with soundVerbatim prompt
The tonearm lowers, the record spins, the camera drifts closer in warm lamp light.
● Release notes
What FLUX 3 Max adds over FLUX 3
01
Chapter 01 · The speed
Close to real time
A 10-second take in 12.45 seconds, by fal’s benchmark.
02
Chapter 02 · The gap
Ten times FLUX 3
The base model takes 126 seconds on the same test.
03
Chapter 03 · The board
Tied for first
1,139 Elo in image to video. Preliminary, per fal.
04
Chapter 04 · The tuning
Post-trained by fal
BFL built the base. fal tuned motion and prompt adherence.
● How to
How do you use FLUX 3 Max on OpenClips?
Three steps from blank box to a take with sound. The page works logged out. Sign-in gates the render only.
- Addauto720p
02 ·
≈ 1 min
Add frames, set the tier
A still to open, one to close. Pick ratio, length and tier.
- Generate Video ·174VideoMODELFLUX 3 Max
03 ·
~1–2 min
Generate and ship
Confirm the ⚡ quote. Render, download, remix.
● Ways in
FLUX 3 Max text to video
Write the scene. The take comes back in ~1–2 min.
FLUX 3 Max image to video
One still opens the take. Add a second and it closes it too. Up to 2 frames.
● Use cases
Built for the fast iteration
When the render is quick, you try more ideas.
FastSocial
Vertical hooks, in volume
Draft a hook, watch it, roll the next.
DraftStoryboard
Test the beat
See the shot before you commit to it.
5sAdvert
Five seconds of spot
One brief. One quick take.
● Every format
FLUX 3 Max video examples
Wide and tall. Press any tile for sound.
Rendered on OpenClips with FLUX 3 Max. October 2026.
Story00:00:05:00A kite on the hill
FLUX 3 Max
Watch with soundVerbatim prompt
A child and her grandfather fly a kite on a windy hill at sunset. The kite climbs until it reaches the clouds.
Food00:00:05:00Syrup over pancakes
FLUX 3 Max
Watch with soundVerbatim prompt
Syrup pours over a tall stack of pancakes in slow motion. The camera moves from top-down to eye level.
Travel00:00:05:00Gondola at blue hour
FLUX 3 Max
Watch with soundVerbatim prompt
A gondola glides under a stone bridge in Venice at blue hour, lanterns shimmering on the water.
Product00:00:05:00A backpack on the train
FLUX 3 Max
Watch with soundVerbatim prompt
Countryside streams past, light flickers across the leather, the camera slowly pushes in.
Fashion00:00:05:00Rooftop walk at dusk
FLUX 3 Max
Watch with soundVerbatim prompt
A model walks toward camera on a windswept rooftop, an oversized coat billowing, the skyline behind at dusk.
Nature00:00:05:00Aurora over a frozen lake
FLUX 3 Max
Watch with soundVerbatim prompt
Northern lights ripple over a frozen lake. A lone cabin glows warm at the shoreline. Slow lateral drift.
Action00:00:05:00Ledge drop in the pines
FLUX 3 Max
Watch with soundVerbatim prompt
A mountain biker drops off a rock ledge in a pine forest, dirt spraying on landing. Chase camera right behind.
Portrait00:00:05:00Turning to the window
FLUX 3 Max
Watch with soundVerbatim prompt
She turns toward the window, hair moving, the light shifting warmer.
Interior00:00:05:00Sun across an empty room
FLUX 3 Max
Watch with soundVerbatim prompt
A mid-century armchair in an empty sunlit room. The sunlight moves across the floor and a plant's shadow sweeps over the chair.
● The sheet
FLUX 3 Max vs FLUX 3: what changed?
Speed and Elo are fal’s benchmarks. The rest is the composer.
| Spec | FLUX 3 Max | FLUX 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Built by | FLUX 3 Maxfal, on the FLUX 3 base | FLUX 3Black Forest Labs |
| 10s video renders in | FLUX 3 Max12.45 seconds | FLUX 3126.44 seconds |
| Image-to-video Elo | FLUX 3 Max1,139 (preliminary) | FLUX 31,089 |
| Length | FLUX 3 Max5 to 20s | FLUX 35 to 20s |
| Resolution | FLUX 3 Max720p · 1080p | FLUX 3HD · FHD |
| From | FLUX 3 Max⚡174 | FLUX 3⚡153 |
● Spec sheet
FLUX 3 Max model parameters
- Modality
- video
- Resolutions
- 720p, 1080p
- Aspect ratios
- auto, 21:9, 2:1, 16:9, 4:3, 1:1, 3:4, 9:16
- Duration
- Up to 20s
- Audio
- Native audio
Figures reflect OpenClips defaults, October 2026.
● What it covers
What people will point it at
The jobs a fast render changes.
Social hooksProduct stills in motionStoryboardsAd variantsConcept testsFeed verticals
● Quoted first
How much does a FLUX 3 Max render cost?
720p
5s · flux-3-max-t2v
174
from $0.72
Where the composer opens. Prove the beat here.
Most used
720p
20s · flux-3-max-t2v
693
from $2.86
The full length, on the cheap tier.
1080p
20s · flux-3-max-t2v
1182
from $4.88
The deliverable. Top of the grid.
Priced per clip, never per month. Length and resolution set the figure. The composer shows the exact ⚡ before you press it. A free account starts with ⚡50. Packs start at $10/800⚡.
● OpenClips MCP
Drive FLUX 3 Max from your AI agent
No console and no syntax. Your agent briefs FLUX 3 Max through the OpenClips MCP server. It queues the render and hands back the cut.
Server address
https://mcp.openclips.aiClaudeClaude CodeChatGPTCursorVS CodeGrokHermes agentOpenClawOther MCP client
Step 01
Say it in plain words
One sentence is the brief. Subject, motion, platform.
Step 02
Your agent writes the shot list
Frame, length, image in and the ⚡ quote.
Step 03
The cut lands in your library
Download it, remix it, or ship it.
● Director's notes
Tips for best results with FLUX 3 Max
Four habits for a fast model.
Start from a still
Image to video is the mode that ranks. Lead with it.
Image first
Iterate, do not polish
A take renders in ~1–2 min. Roll a few, keep the best.
Roll more takes
One motion per shot
Name the move. Leave the rest of the frame alone.
One move
Ask for the frame you ship in
Pick the ratio before you render. There is no reframe pass.
Pick the frame first
● From the blog
Read before you render
Prompt CraftThe video prompt formula
Six beats that turn one line of text into a trailer-grade clip.
Read it →
Prompt CraftThe aspect ratio cheat sheet
Which frame wins where, and how to compose for it before you render.
Read it →
Model GuidesThe 2026 ranked list
Eight AI video generators, ranked by the shot each one wins.
Read it →● Questions
Frequently asked questions
FLUX 3 Max is a video model fal Research post-trained on Black Forest Labs’ FLUX 3 base. It went public on fal on 19 October 2026 and renders picture and sound in one pass.
Any whole second from 5 to 20. The composer opens on 5. At 720p a 5-second take is ⚡174 (from $0.72) and a 20-second one is ⚡693 (from $2.86). At 1080p, 20 seconds is ⚡1182 (from $4.88).
Yes. One image is the opening frame, and a second becomes the closing frame, up to 2 per render. The images are frames, not style references.
fal measured a 10-second, 720p video at 12.45 seconds of generation. FLUX 3 took 126.44 seconds and Seedance 2.5 took 277.80 on the same test. These are fal’s benchmarks.
Max when the render clock and image-to-video quality matter most, from ⚡174 (from $0.72). FLUX 3, the base model, from ⚡153 (from $0.63). Both share the composer, the wallet and the library.
● The receipts
Where do these FLUX 3 Max facts come from?
Every link goes to the vendor's own page.
fal launched FLUX 3 Max on 19 October 2026, post-trained by fal Research on Black Forest Labs’ FLUX 3 base.
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/fal-launches-flux-3-max-delivering-1-tier-image-to-video-quality-at-industry-leading-speeds-302913033.htmlfal’s benchmarks: a 10-second 720p video in 12.45 seconds, 1,139 Elo on Artificial Analysis image-to-video (preliminary).
https://fal.ai/flux-3-max
Draft fast. Ship the take.
Sound included, priced before you press.
Generate with FLUX 3 Max⚡50 on signup. No card. The price shows before every render.
Or roll with a sibling model
What is FLUX 3 Max?
FLUX 3 Max is a video model built on Black Forest Labs' FLUX 3 base. fal Research did the post-training, the reinforcement learning and the inference work. It went public on fal on 19 October 2026. On OpenClips it runs from text, or from a first frame and an optional last one, with sound in the same pass.
How fast is FLUX 3 Max?
fal's own benchmark puts a 10-second, 720p video at 12.45 seconds of generation. The same test gives FLUX 3 126.44 seconds and Seedance 2.5 277.80 seconds. These are vendor numbers.
How good is FLUX 3 Max?
On Artificial Analysis's image-to-video arena it scores 1,139 Elo, a preliminary figure fal calls tied for first. FLUX 3 scores 1,089 on the same board.
FLUX 3 Max or FLUX 3?
Both render sound in the same pass. Max is fal's post-train for speed and image-to-video quality, by fal's own benchmarks. FLUX 3 is the base model it was trained from. Both share the composer and the wallet.
● Where to go next
