Generate videos from images via API

Animate still images into video. Upload a photo and watch it come to life — with camera motion, character animation, synchronized audio, and more.

Models we recommend

For cinematic quality

Runway Gen-4.5 is ranked #1 on the Artificial Analysis text-to-video benchmark. It produces videos with realistic physics, coherent fine details, and polished visual fidelity. Supports both text-to-video and image-to-video.

Veo 3.1 and Veo 3.1 Fast from Google generate high-fidelity video with native audio — dialogue, sound effects, and ambient soundscapes. Supports reference images for character consistency and frame-to-frame interpolation.

Kling Video 3.0 generates cinematic videos up to 15 seconds with native audio and multi-shot mode (up to 6 scenes). Kling 3.0 Omni adds reference-based generation, video editing, and style transfer on top.

For multimodal reference inputs

Seedance 2.0 from ByteDance accepts up to 9 reference images, 3 video clips, and 3 audio files — all combinable in your prompt. Supports I2V, video continuation, character consistency, motion transfer, and lip-synced dialogue. Seedance 2.0 Fast trades some quality for speed.

Seedance 1.5 Pro is a strong alternative with cinema-quality output, multi-language lip-sync, and cinematic camera movements.

For speed

Grok Imagine Video from xAI generates short clips with audio in about 30 seconds. Multiple aspect ratios make it a natural fit for social content.

Hailuo 2.3 Fast is optimized for fast iteration with good motion quality. Seedance 1 Pro Fast is 30-60% faster than standard Seedance at ~60% lower cost.

For start/end frame control

Vidu Q3 Pro supports a unique start-end-to-video mode — provide first and last frames and it generates smooth transitions between them. Up to 16 seconds at 1080p with audio. Vidu Q3 Turbo is a faster, cheaper variant.

Wan 2.7 I2V also supports first-and-last-frame control, plus clip continuation and audio synchronization.

For open source

The Wan video models are excellent open-source options. Wan 2.5 I2V and Wan 2.5 I2V Fast generate video with synchronized audio from images. Wan 2.2 I2V Fast is the cheapest and fastest option with 10M+ runs.

For fast iteration with draft mode

PrunaAI p-video offers text-to-video, image-to-video, and audio-to-video in a single endpoint. Its draft mode generates previews 4× faster for quick iteration before final rendering.

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