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TutorialAugust 9, 2026

AI Drone Shot… FOR FREE

Create cinematic AI drone shots without owning a drone.

AI Drone Shot… FOR FREE
Step 1: Upload Your Image with red line curves the way you want shot

Open Google Flow, create a new project, and upload the image you want to animate, set the video duration to 10 seconds, choose Vertical (9:16) or Horizontal (16:9) output.

https://labs.google/fx/tools/flow
Step 2: Paste the Prompt
Reference the provided image as the sole visual source.

Any red curves, waypoint markers, flight paths, white arrows, or other planning graphics are only camera-production references. Treat them strictly as temporary motion instructions. Remove every guide before the first frame so the animation starts from the original clean image, with no visible overlays or markings.

Generate one uninterrupted cinematic drone shot beginning from the exact perspective of the input image. The aircraft must travel as closely as possible along the route indicated by the red flight path, accurately reproducing every turn, curve, direction change, altitude transition, and final destination. The movement should feel like a real stabilized drone with smooth momentum, gradual acceleration, natural deceleration, subtle banking during turns, and realistic inertia throughout the flight.

While the drone follows the defined flight trajectory, independently control the camera heading according to the white directional arrows. The camera should continuously rotate and adjust its viewing angle exactly as instructed, maintaining elegant framing of the intended subject during the entire sequence. Camera orientation must remain independent from flight direction whenever necessary.

Flight trajectory and camera orientation are the primary constraints and should be followed with maximum accuracy. If they differ, preserve both simultaneously using authentic gimbal behavior rather than altering the drone path.

Do not change, replace, enhance, reposition, or invent any part of the environment. Preserve the original scene, architecture, terrain, vegetation, lighting, weather, colors, textures, composition, and every visible object exactly as they appear in the source image. The only transformation should be the virtual drone movement and camera motion.

Deliver a single continuous, ultra-realistic aerial sequence with no cuts, jumps, resets, or abrupt camera movements. The final footage must contain no arrows, path lines, annotations, helper graphics, text, UI elements, logos, watermarks, or any production guides—only clean, photorealistic drone footage.