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FLUX 3 understands a wide range of prompts and turns even simple ideas into creative videos. You can prompt with a short phrase, long natural language, timestep prompting, and much more. For longer shots we recommend a format — the prompt schema below — but it’s only one of many ways to generate FLUX 3 videos.

Before you prompt

FLUX 3 understands multiple prompting formats. Explore each one below:
For the best results, think of your prompt as directing a scene, not describing a collection of objects. Clearly define what is happening, how subjects move, how the camera behaves, and the overall atmosphere. Well-structured prompts with explicit motion, intentional shot language, and a clear narrative consistently produce stronger outputs.

Short vs long prompt

FLUX 3 takes short prompts and interprets them into a full story. Giving the model more freedom can lead to surprising, fresh results; longer prompts lead to more precise ones. Experiment and find what works for your use case.

Short prompt

Long prompt

Start short to explore an idea, then lengthen the prompt to lock in the details that matter. Add camera, motion, and atmosphere only where they improve control. Length alone is not the goal.

Prompt schema

FLUX 3 prompts follow a simple schema — a handful of elements you fill in, then assemble (see Prompt formats). Name each one with concrete nouns and verbs the camera can actually see; vague adjectives leave the result to chance.
  • Core summary — one line stating the whole sequence: who, where, and the arc, so every later choice has context.
  • Scene — per shot: setting, light quality, and depth of field.
  • Subject description — a fixed description held identically across shots, so identity stays consistent.
  • Dynamic narrative — per shot, timecoded: the camera move and the subject’s action. Camera language lives here.
  • Audio — per shot, the soundscape; FLUX 3 renders it synchronized to the frames.
  • Style & color — the global look that ties the shots together: realism level, palette anchors, and grain.
For the full vocabulary of shot sizes, angles, movements, and focus, see Camera Terms, Prompts & Examples. Assembled, the six elements make one schema — a 10-second desert crossing:
This schema is just one format, not a requirement. You can prompt FLUX 3 with a short phrase, long natural language, or timesteps just as well — reach for the schema when a multi-shot look and story has to hold together.

Prompt formats

Three ways to structure a prompt, from simplest to most exhaustive. Pick by how much control the shot needs.

Natural-language one-liner

The best default. A single flowing sentence with a loose, consistent shape, so you can revise one part without touching the rest:

Structured / labeled fields

When you need tighter control, break the prompt into labeled fields so every lever is explicit and easy to tweak in isolation:

Timestep prompting

For action that has to land on time, describe the shot as a short timeline. Keep each beat achievable — two or three for a 5-second clip. Mark a hard cut where the angle changes.
Reach for the one-liner for quick ideas and B-roll, labeled fields when you’re tuning specific levers, and timestep when the action has to hit marks in time. For a look and story that must hold across several shots, use the prompt schema.

Iterate on your ideas

Iteration is an essential part of the process — your first prompt is rarely your final one, it’s the starting point. Review each result and refine: add context, remove ambiguity, change the emphasis, or explore a new direction. Small adjustments can have a significant impact. Step through one example:

If you want audio

FLUX 3 renders synchronized audio with video, so describe scenes that naturally imply sound — the action should make the soundscape obvious. Unmute the clip below to hear it: Scenes with footsteps, impacts, rain, engines, or crowd motion give the audio generation clearer material than abstract visual scenes. For dialogue, voiceover, sound layers, timing, and voice direction, see Audio and speech.

Video Generation Overview

Start here for the broader FLUX 3 video prompting framework across all workflows.

Camera Terms, Prompts & Examples

Reuse framing, angle, movement, composition, and focus phrasing in your FLUX 3 prompts.

FLUX 3 Video

See the FLUX 3 video page for modes, parameters, and use cases.

Audio and speech

Direct speech, ambience, effects, music, and the shape of a voice.

Prompting Basics

Core prompt-writing principles that still apply before you direct motion.