Testing Fliki AI: Making a Video from Text
1: Open Fliki and sign in
The landing page sums the tool up as a way to turn text into videos with AI voices. There is a prompt box with an example idea and a Generate video button, plus Login and Sign Up in the top right. To actually build and save a video you need to sign in first.
Image 1: The Fliki landing page. Sign up or log in from the top right.
2: Reach the console and enter your idea
After logging in you land on a console that greets you by name. At the top you can switch between Video, Voiceover, and Design. Below that is a prompt box where you type your idea, and under it a set of video workflows: Script to video, Blog to video, PPT to video, Auto edit video, Record to video, and Empty. I typed a short idea for the reel.
| Instagram 6 sec dancing reel of a indian girl on phonk |
Image 2: The Fliki console. Type your idea, or pick one of the video workflows below.
3: Give it your idea or script
Fliki asks whether you are starting from a script, a video idea, or a blog. I gave it the idea, and its assistant turned that one line into a full, detailed prompt for the reel, including a second by second breakdown of the shots. You can also paste your own script here. The script that drove the video is below.
Prompt: A stylish young adult Indian woman dancing confidently to energetic phonk music in a neon-lit urban street at night. She wears a modern Indo-western outfit, silver jewelry, and sneakers. Fast camera cuts, smooth slow-motion hair movement, colorful lights, confident expressions, Instagram reel style, high-energy vibe. 6-sec breakdown: 0 to 1 sec: Close-up of her face, neon lights flashing, beat drops. 1 to 3 sec: She starts a sharp phonk dance move with hand gestures and footwork. 3 to 5 sec: Camera spins slightly as she does a confident step and hair flip. 5 to 6 sec: Freeze-frame style ending with a bold pose and bass hit. Text overlay: “Desi Phonk Energy” Style: Vertical 9:16, cinematic, vibrant, fast edits, trendy Instagram reel. |
Image 3: Fliki’s assistant building a detailed script from the short idea.
4: Wait while it writes the script
From there it moves to the Script to video screen, where it writes the overall script for you. The note at the top explains the layout: one page with smart defaults, and a rail on the right that is your video at a glance. While the script generates you can watch the plan take shape, and there are options below to edit with AI and to control how scenes are created.
Image 4: The Script to video screen, writing the script while you wait.
5: Choose and enhance your video settings
The panel on the right is where you shape the video before generating. You can set the Format (Landscape 16:9 here), the Template, the Scene media (Stock media), the Voiceover (Auto voice, English), the Captions (basic), an AI Avatar (off), and Extras. When you are happy with the setup, you press Generate video. Fliki estimates it will take under five minutes and notes that you can edit every scene afterwards.
Image 5: The video settings on the right. Adjust these, then press Generate video.
6: The editor and the finished video
This opens the editor. The video plays in the middle, and the left side lists each scene with its voiceover line, its media, and its timing, here voiced by a voice named Sara with captions burned in. The right panel lets you fine tune placement, attributes, animation, and timing for the selected scene. This is also where my test slowed down. It showed an error around the five minute mark, and after going through the whole flow again, the video took about ten minutes in total to finish.
Image 6: The Fliki editor with the finished video, scene by scene on the left.
7: Download and export
To save the video, the Download button opens an export dialog. On the free plan you can pick a resolution (up to 720p here) and a format (MP4). A panel points out that upgrading unlocks more options, including 1080p, the MOV format, no watermark, and subtitle downloads in SRT and VTT. Pressing Start export saves the file.
Image 7: The export dialog. The free plan caps the resolution and adds a watermark; upgrading unlocks more.
My verdict
Fliki did the job, but it was a patient test rather than a quick one:
• Easy to start from an idea: it expanded a one line idea into a full script and a scene by scene plan with very little effort.
• Plenty of control: format, template, voiceover, captions, avatar, and per scene editing are all there before and after generating.
• Slow and a little unreliable in my test: it threw an error partway through, and the final video took around ten minutes to generate.
• Free plan limits: the export was capped at 720p with a watermark, while better resolutions, the MOV format, and subtitle files need an upgrade.
Overall, Fliki is a capable text to video tool with a smooth idea to script flow and real editing control. Just be ready for slow generation and the free plan limits, like the watermark and the 720p cap, if you do not upgrade.
