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No. 081,

Director 1.1, a Home for Styles & a Tool-First Dashboard

Director can now hit an end frame, follow a soundtrack, and stream in 1080p. Your trained styles get a real home in the Library — with folders, covers, and workspace sharing — and the dashboard is rebuilt around tools, with universal search and project folders. Plus one-tap edits on Generate, projects on your phone, and a big batch of canvas and collaboration upgrades.

New

  1. Director 1.1

    Open a session on a first frame and steer it toward an end frame, play to an audio clip, and add new keyframes or clips on any direction mid-stream.

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    Streams natively at 1080p (at 2× the credit rate), and sessions can now run up to 15 minutes. Recorded clips save as a flat MP4, so they open cleanly in DaVinci Resolve, Premiere, and QuickTime.

  2. A tool-first dashboard

    The sidebar is regrouped around creating, your content, and Tools — where Fashion Studio, Bulk Generate, Pose, Realtime, and Editor Mode now live.

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    A universal search palette finds anything (project results show thumbnails and open in a new tab), and a unified Library page brings your assets together. Projects get their folders back, plus drag-and-drop, multi-select, right-click menus, and pinning. New project, New Technique, and Request a Technique are always one click away; the sidebar footer shows which workspace you're in, with pinned workspaces first in the switcher; and a new MCP entry links to setup guides for Claude, Cursor, and Codex.

  3. Remove background, Mark up, and Video on Generate

    Three new one-tap actions on any image result.

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    Remove background gives you a clean cutout, Mark up lets you draw a region or pick a detected object and describe the change, and Video adds the image as a reference and switches the composer to MiniMax H3 Max Turbo — now Generate's default video model. After your first result, a light nudge points out the tools you haven't tried yet.

  4. Node tags, a project inbox, and pinned comments

    A project-scoped notification bell lives on the canvas, and you can #-tag any node in a comment — clicking the tag selects and centers it.

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    Comment threads placed on a node now move with the node; drag one off to detach it.

  5. Color tags and downloads in Review Mode

    Color-tag generations as you review, filter the set by color, and download the filtered group as a zip without leaving Review Mode.

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    Review generations now brings in every history variant on a node, not only the one it's currently showing.

  6. Bria Ad Delayer

    Hand it a finished, flat ad and get it back as editable layers — background, product cutout, and copy — each landing as its own image on the canvas.

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    In the image-to-image picker at a flat $0.37 per request.

  7. Shift-drag to reroute wires in bulk

    Shift-drag from an output to move every connection leaving it to another output in one motion, or Shift-drag an input to move a node's whole incoming bundle.

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    Snaps to compatible handles or the node body.

  8. Drop to replace

    Press Replace on a node, then drag a same-kind node, a sidebar or history asset, or a file from your desktop straight onto it. No more download-and-reupload.

  9. Animation playback on 3D nodes

    Models that carry animation clips get Play/Pause, a clip picker, and Loop, right beside Photo, Video, and Sheet.

Improved

  1. MiniMax H3 Max Turbo at 1080P

    Now offered alongside 480P and 768P for text-to-video and image-to-video.

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    H3 Max's aspect-ratio Auto option and prompt-expansion tiers (Disabled / Balanced / Quality) are labeled to match.

  2. Mention techniques with # in Fauna chat

    Type # to pick one of your techniques or a community technique and drop it into the conversation as a chip.

  3. Create shows its thinking

    Watch the model's latest thought as it works and expand the full trace, with less play-by-play between tool calls.

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    The + menu can attach a reference straight from your library, and Create now reconnects on its own if the stream drops.

  4. Smarter canvas placement

    Nodes that Fauna or Create add to a canvas no longer land on top of your existing work.

  5. Keyboard navigation in add-node search

    Up and Down to move through results, Enter to add — just like the model dropdown.

  6. Home feed scrolls infinitely

    No more Load more on Home and profile Images.

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    Verified creators are no longer capped at three posts per page.

  7. Fashion Studio, refocused

    Seven tools retired (Multi-Angle Shoot, 360 Model Video, Concept, Fabric Swap, Garment Swap, Model Maker, Photo Shoot) and the onboarding tour rebuilt around the eight that stay.

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    Projects that used a retired tool keep its tile, marked deprecated.

  8. API and MCP on the Free plan

    API keys and MCP access are now available to Free workspaces, with an install guide on an empty canvas.

  9. Anyone can add Slack

    Any workspace member can connect Slack from Settings — admin permission is no longer required.

  10. Batch Generate

    A Watch how it works link in the page header, and after importing four or more compatible assets you'll be offered a batch run.

  11. Fewer New badges

    The model picker's New badge now lasts 14 days instead of 30, and stale badges are gone from the Integrations tab and Export node.

API & MCP

  1. Batch generation from MCP

    Start a batch of generations in one call with flora_create_generations, and read the whole batch back with flora_list_generations by run ID.

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    Hosts that support MCP Apps render it as a live board.

  2. Share a project by link from the API

    Three REST endpoints (and client.projects.sharing in the SDK) with the same permissions and link semantics as the canvas Share tab, plus matching MCP tools: flora_share_project, flora_get_project_sharing, and flora_update_project_sharing.

  3. 3D generation over MCP

    Model3d runs end-to-end with text metadata, preview images, and a GLB download link.

  4. Sourced generations and member lists

    POST /generate accepts reference_node_ids so API generations stay wired to their sources, and GET /workspaces/{id}/members lists workspace members.

Fixes

  • Custom voice uploads now tell you what went wrong (unsupported file type or over 10 MB) instead of showing an empty review screen.
  • Hitting an admin-set per-member usage limit fails immediately with a clear message instead of appearing to hang.
  • A tab left open across a deploy now offers a one-click refresh instead of “This node failed to render.”
  • Free workspaces on Generate see the upgrade prompt before a video submit, rather than a failed run.
  • Viewers opening a link-shared project no longer get the “choose a workspace” modal.
  • Org admins with an analytics assignment can open Settings → Analytics even with subworkspaces off.
  • Leaving inpaint or outpaint restores the node's previous model, and switching models keeps upstream inputs in order.
  • Image nodes no longer crash when browser storage is full, and expired workspace invitations are hidden from the switcher.
  • Referrals survive cross-device checkout, and picking an empty-state example on Generate keeps the deep-linked model.
  • Review Mode grid rows no longer overlap, and Generate result trays stay usable on small images.
  • Mobile: previous Fauna threads load on project pages, chat pickers open above the composer, and the skills panel stays on screen.
  • The comments discovery nudge's Got it button is clickable again, SVG outputs render in technique app mode, and technique pages load reliably.

FLORA Weekly

No. 080,

A New Home and More Ways to Create on FLORA

Your signed-in Home is now the Explore community feed — the best work on FLORA, front and center the moment you land. On top of that - we added one-click video extension, three new models, and a set of canvas refinements to keep you moving.

New

  1. Explore is your Home

    The Explore community feed now greets you the instant you sign in, replacing the old technique gallery.

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    Discover, get inspired, and remix the best work on FLORA without a detour to a separate page.

  2. Extend video

    Continue any clip in a single click.

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    Every video node now has an Extend action that spins up a downstream generation picking up right where your video left off — no manual wiring, just click and run.

  3. Static text nodes

    Mark any text node as input-only so it feeds downstream work without ever regenerating.

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    Perfect for prompts, labels, and reference copy you've carefully written and don't want a run-all to overwrite.

  4. SAM 3 segmentation

    Meta's SAM 3 is now available on the canvas and the API.

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    Give it an image and a short text label and get back a clean transparent cutout or a black-and-white mask — great for isolating subjects and building composites.

  5. Recraft V4 Styles, Gemini Flash 3.8, and Topaz Hyperion

    New models, now live on FLORA

  6. Reference-to-video on MiniMax H3 Max

    Steer a clip with up to 12 mixed references: images, video, and audio.

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    Address each one right from your prompt (“Image 1”, “Video 1”, “Audio 1”) for far more control over how your generated video looks and moves.

New Tools

  • A new set of Imagine tools for real-time creativity: Pose to create poses that can be fed in as references for real-time image generation, Director to direct real-time scenes that render instantly, and Realtime to use your webcam to create scenes.

  1. Generate

    is FLORA's simple surface to use every image and video model on the platform.

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    Find models to use, feed in references, and generate, upscale, and repurpose all in one simple feed. Available on desktop and mobile.

  2. Create

    is FLORA's new agent.

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    Use skills (or create a custom skill) for your creative workflows.

Improved

  1. Open in Layer / Timeline Editor from the right-click menu

    Right-click an image node for Open in Layer Editor, or a video node for Open in Timeline Editor, and the editor spawns downstream and focuses. No more digging through the Tools menu.

  2. Studios in the sidebar

    The sidebar now has a single Studios entry that opens the full studios grid, and studio cards open the studio directly. One consistent way in.

  3. Smarter batch defaults

    Batch table generation now defaults to Nano Banana Pro for stronger out-of-the-box results.

Fixes

  • Canvas image nodes no longer crash on unusual aspect-ratio values — your canvas stays stable no matter how a node's size is set.
  • Group runs no longer regenerate nodes that already have results, so re-running a group leaves finished work untouched.
  • gpt-image-2 edits now honor 2K and 4K output resolutions for full-quality results.
  • Shared project links now reliably clone the live project from the sidebar.

FLORA Weekly

No. 079,

3D Nodes Land on the Canvas

3D comes to the canvas as a first-class node this week — drop in a GLB or generate a model from text, an image, or multiple views, then share, refine, and organize it like any other asset. There's also a new video model, a smarter default for FAUNA, and a cleaner way to hand any project off to your coding agent.

New

  1. 3D Nodes

    Generate and import 3D directly on the canvas.

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    Drop .glb files (up to 10MB) onto the canvas or generate 3D from text, an image, or multiple views of the same object across seven models. Configure topology, quality, PBR, face count, and seeds from the parameters panel, browse saved models with poster previews and a new 3D filter in your library, and share any model on its own page so anyone can orbit and download it.

  2. MiniMax H3

    A new video model for text-, image-, and reference-to-video.

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    Generate from a prompt, animate a still, set first and last frames, or steer motion with combinable image, video, and audio references — all from a single model on the canvas.

  3. Open in Agent

    Hand any project to your coding agent in one click.

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    A redesigned launcher deep-links straight into Claude Code, ChatGPT / Codex, Cursor, or any MCP client with a prefilled prompt, so you can drive your canvas from the tools you already use.

Improved

  1. FAUNA now runs on Gemini 3.7 Flash by default

    A smarter, faster, and more cost-efficient default across Create and Canvas, with Gemini 3.6 Flash also available to select.

  2. Image metadata

    View an asset's EXIF / IPTC / XMP right from the toolbar and see human-readable metadata in your library.

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    Downloads and exports now preserve source metadata by default, so provenance travels with your work.

Fixes

  1. Nano Banana Pro nodes no longer come back identical

    Each run samples a fresh seed unless you've pinned one, so your generation history stays varied.

  2. Cropping is undoable again

    Cmd / Ctrl+Z reverts a just-committed crop instead of consuming unrelated canvas history.

  3. A canvas that loses its GL context now heals itself

    instead of going black until a full reload.

  4. Fashion Studio signups on mobile

    land back in the studio after sign-up instead of a generic generate page.

  5. Clearer connection messaging

    Flora only blames your network when you're actually offline, and says "Can't reach Flora.

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    Reconnecting…" when the issue is on our side.