Generate videos from images
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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Featured models
bytedance/seedance-2.0ByteDance's multimodal video generation model with native audio, multimodal reference inputs, and intelligent duration control.
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alibaba/happyhorse-1.0Alibaba's Happy Horse 1.0 generates videos from text prompts or animates a single image into video. Supports 720p and 1080p, 3-15 second durations, and five aspect ratios.
Updated 1 month, 1 week ago
14K runs
prunaai/p-videoFast video generation with built-in draft mode for rapid creative iteration. Text-to-video, image-to-video, and audio-to-video in a single endpoint.
Updated 1 month, 1 week ago
1.3M runs
kwaivgi/kling-v3-videoKling Video 3.0: Generate cinematic videos up to 15 seconds with multi-shot control, native audio, and improved consistency
Updated 1 month, 1 week ago
251.5K runs
google/veo-3.1-fastNew and improved version of Veo 3 Fast, with higher-fidelity video, context-aware audio and last frame support
Updated 2 months, 1 week ago
660.3K runs
xai/grok-imagine-videoGenerate videos using xAI's Grok Imagine Video model
Updated 3 months, 1 week ago
1M runs
runwayml/gen-4.5State-of-the-art video motion quality, prompt adherence and visual fidelity
Updated 3 months, 2 weeks ago
201.7K runs
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