Video Studio

Video Studio (/create-video) brings every video task onto one page: generate a clip from a description, turn your photo into a video, animate a portrait or make it talk, edit a finished clip, shoot a new one that follows a reference motion, upscale it, and transfer motion from a video onto your character. The form with the model and settings is on the left, the canvas with tips, progress and the result is on the right. The price in credits is always shown on the button before you run anything.

How the screen works

• Tabs at the top: Text to video, Image to video, Animate a photo, Edit video, Motion control, Turnkey video. Some tabs have sub-modes — a switch above the form.
• The form on the left: model, description, files and settings. At the bottom is the run button with the price and a line explaining it, for example "Price for 5 s of 720p video with sound" or "Price per clip — duration does not change it".
• The canvas on the right. Before you run anything, it shows a guide: three steps, three tips and an example of "what to upload → what you get" (Show guide / Hide guide). While a clip is being made, it shows progress in percent; afterwards, a player and a Before / After or Original / Video comparison.
• My tasks lists your videos, as well as images and audio, with the statuses Queued, In progress, Ready and Failed, plus a type filter.
• The form draft is saved in your browser. If your session expires, sign in again — your description and settings are kept.

Tabs and modes

• Text to video

  Price: Grok Imagine Video 1.5 — 5 credits for 5 s

  Models: Grok Imagine Video 1.5, Veo 3.1 Lite, Kling 3

  Describe a scene and the model shoots the clip. Some models can work from a document, to your own audio track, or across several scenes.

• Image to video: single image

  Price: Grok Imagine Video 1.5 — 5 credits for 5 s

  Models: Grok Imagine Video 1.5, Hailuo 2.3 Fast, Kling 3

  Your photo becomes the first frame, the description sets the motion.

• Image to video: first and last frame

  Price: Veo 3.1 Lite — 11 credits per clip

  Models: Veo 3.1 Lite, Kling 2.5 Turbo, Veo 3.1 Fast

  A smooth transition from one frame to another.

• Image to video: references

  Price: Veo 3.1 Fast — 22 credits per clip

  Models: Veo 3.1 Fast, HappyHorse R2V, Gemini Omni

  Several images — a character, an object, a setting — are combined into one scene.

• Animate a photo: motion

  Price: Grok Imagine Video 1.5 — 5 credits for 5 s

  Models: Grok Imagine Video 1.5, Hailuo 2.3 Fast, Seedance 1.5 Pro

  A smile, a nod, a head turn, a gentle breeze — pick a ready motion or describe your own.

• Animate a photo: talking photo

  Price: from 30 credits

  Models: Kling Lip Sync

  The portrait speaks your voice recording, with lips moving in sync.

• Edit video: with a prompt

  Price: by source seconds

  Models: HappyHorse Edit, Kling O3 Transform, Gemini Omni

  Changes the look of a finished clip — clothes, style, setting — while keeping the motion and the cuts.

• Edit video: from a reference

  Price: new video + reference seconds

  Models: Seedance 2.0 Mini, Seedance 2.0 Pro, Kling O3 R2V

  Shoots a new video with the motion and camera of the reference, but with your character.

• Edit video: upscale

  Price: 10 credits per 5 s at 2K

  Models: Clipia 4K Upscale

  Enlarges the frame 2× or 4× and sharpens it.

• Motion control

  Price: Kling 2.6 Motion Control — 9 credits for 3 s at 720p

  Models: Kling 3.0 Motion Control, Kling 2.6 Motion Control

  Transfers a person's motion from a video onto the character in your photo.

• Turnkey video

  Price: script and estimate cost no credits

  Models: the AI director picks them

  Idea → scene-by-scene script → a finished video with voice-over, music and subtitles.

"From" prices are calculated for the shortest duration and the lowest quality. Details on every model are in Video models.

Your first clip in three steps

Form fields

Some models show their own settings under Advanced settings:

Text to video

The core mode: you describe a scene and get a clip. The default model is Grok Imagine Video 1.5; Veo 3.1 Lite and Kling 3 are also recommended.

Some models can do more:

• A clip from a document (Wan 3.0). Upload one PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Keynote, Pages, Numbers, TXT or MD file — up to 100 MB and 50 pages. The model makes a clip based on the document's content. Such a clip takes longer than usual, and on-screen text may come out distorted.
• Your own audio track (Wan 2.7). An MP3 or WAV of up to 15 seconds and 10 MB is added to the clip as its track. It does not change the price. If the recording is longer than the clip, its ending will not make it into the video.
• Scene breakdown (Kling 3). No breakdown, Automatic (the model splits the clip into shots itself) or Custom scenes: 2 to 6 scenes, each 1–12 seconds (whole numbers) with up to 500 characters of description, 3–15 seconds in total. The price is based on the total length of the scenes.
• Characters (Kling 3). Up to 3 characters who look the same throughout the clip. The name uses Latin letters, digits and underscores, starts with a letter, up to 20 characters; in the description you call a character with @name. Each one gets a description of up to 500 characters and 2–4 images from different angles, each at least 300 px. References and characters together — no more than 7.

Image to video

Pick a method above the form:

For image to video, describe only the motion, in one or two sentences. Don't like the motion? Change the description, not the photo. The Auto aspect ratio uses the photo's proportions, so nothing gets cropped.

Animate a photo

Motion

1. Upload a photo. A shot with one face or object in the center works best.
2. Click a ready motion — Smile, Blink, Nod, Head turn, Look away and back, Tilt and smile, Gentle breeze, Camera push-in — or describe your own in one phrase.
3. Click Animate photo. In a minute or two, compare Original and Video.

For old and black-and-white photos, turn on Keepsake clip — calm motion without speech. All models of the Single image mode work here; Grok Imagine Video 1.5, Hailuo 2.3 Fast and Seedance 1.5 Pro are recommended.

Talking photo

1. Upload a front-facing portrait with a clearly visible face.
2. Upload a voice recording: MP3, WAV, OGG or AAC, up to 15 seconds and 10 MB. No recording? Generate a voice-over in the Audio Studio and come back.
3. Click Make it talk. The clip is as long as the recording, and the price depends on its length — from 30 credits.

The model is Kling Lip Sync, 720p. If the lips do not match the speech, use a sharper photo.

Edit video

From a reference limits:

Some models also accept audio references — MP3 or WAV up to 15 MB: Seedance 2.0 — up to 3 recordings of 2–15 seconds, Seedance 2.5 — up to 10 recordings of 2–30 seconds, Wan 3.0 R2V — up to 5 recordings of 1–15 seconds, 15 seconds in total.

Tips:

• Make one clear edit at a time. Do the next one on the new clip.
• For From a reference, use a short clip with clear motion. Seedance 2.0 needs a 480p–720p reference frame: downscale a 1080p phone video first.
• First and last frame cannot be combined with a reference.
• Upscaling sharpens and enlarges the frame, but does not change the story or bring back lost detail.
• You cannot extend a clip with an edit yet. To continue a clip, use Wan 2.7's opening clip in the Image to video tab.

You can also enhance photos and videos on a separate page — see Enhance and upscale.

Motion control

The models are Kling 3.0 Motion Control (default) and Kling 2.6 Motion Control (cheaper), at 720p or 1080p. The closer the pose in the photo is to the first pose in the video, the fewer distortions you get.

Turnkey video

Describe your idea in your own words (3 to 2000 characters): what the video is about, who it is for and where it will be published. Optionally add up to 8 materials — product photos, a logo. Pick 9:16, 16:9 or 1:1 and a length of 15, 20, 30, 45 or 60 seconds, then click Start — script first. The AI director asks a few questions, shows a scene-by-scene script and an estimate before anything runs. The script and the estimate cost no credits; building the video is available on paid plans. Details are on the Turnkey video page.

Upload limits

Generation progress and results

• After you run a generation, the request is sent and progress appears in percent. A clip is usually ready in 1–3 minutes.
• You can close the page — the clip is saved in My tasks and then in My works.
• If a clip takes longer than 30 minutes, the page stops waiting and suggests tracking it in My tasks. The generation is not cancelled.
• The finished clip opens in a player labeled "model · seconds · quality". Next to it are Copy description and Repeat.
• Download as MP4 video or the last frame as PNG — handy as the first frame of your next clip.
• Use in… passes the clip on: Edit video, Upscale, Motion control, Voice it in Audio Studio, Add to Turnkey video, Publish to feed. If the hand-off fails, download the clip and upload it manually.

Video Studio has no button to cancel a running generation.

Pricing

The price depends on the model, duration, quality, sound and the length of uploaded files. The line under the button tells you what you are paying for:

• duration and quality — most models;
• per clip — Veo 3.1 and Gemini Omni edits: duration does not change the price;
• per second — motion control;
• recording length — talking photo;
• source seconds — editing with a prompt, with a minimum price for some models;
• new video plus reference seconds — From a reference with Seedance 2.x and Wan 3.0 R2V;
• length and scale factor — upscaling;
• sound surcharge — for models where sound is optional: "The sound surcharge is already included in the price on the button."

All models and formulas are in Video models.

How the price on the button works:

1. The price on the button is a server quote valid for 10 minutes. That exact amount is charged when you run, as long as you have not changed the model or settings. If you change settings or wait longer than 10 minutes, the price is recalculated.
2. The "from N" label in the model list is a guide. Only the button shows the exact price. Guests see an estimate; the exact price appears after you sign in.
3. Auto duration in Wan 3.0 reserves credits as for 30 seconds and charges for the actual clip length — the rest comes back.

The 5 welcome credits you get at sign-up cover one 5-second 480p clip on Grok Imagine Video 1.5. If your balance is too low for a video, the studio suggests choosing a plan or starting with an image — welcome credits cover several images. Plans and packs are in Credits and plans.

Credit reservation and refunds

• When you run a generation, credits are reserved: held but not yet charged. When the clip is ready, the reservation is charged. If the generation fails, the reservation is released in full automatically and your balance updates right away.
• Subscription credits are spent first, then purchased ones.
• Credits are refunded if the generation ends with an error (including when the model refuses under content rules), the clip does not appear within the time limit, the result could not be saved or failed the safety check, or the job got stuck.
• If the description fails the check before the run, no credits are reserved at all.
• My tasks shows the reason for a failed job. Refunds happen on their own — there is no need to contact support.

Concurrent generations

How many videos, images and audio jobs can be in progress at the same time — jobs that are Queued or In progress count:

When the limit is reached, a new generation will not start until one of the current ones finishes. Every model is available on every plan — only your credit balance limits you.

Troubleshooting

Explicit scenes, violence and real celebrities are not generated; content involving minors is a serious violation. After a safety check is triggered, generation may be temporarily restricted, and for longer after repeat violations. See the content rules.

Prompt tips

• Describe four things: who is in the frame, what they do, where it happens, how the camera moves.
• One scene, one action. For a story of several scenes, use Kling 3's Custom scenes or Turnkey video.
• For image to video, describe only the motion, in one or two sentences.
• Photo animation works best with one face or object in the center.
• For a talking photo, use a front-facing portrait with a clearly visible face.
• For motion control: a full-length character, one person in the video, and a photo pose close to the first pose in the video.
• For edits: one clear change at a time.
• Didn't work out? Try another model: each model and each run gives a different result.

Video Studio has no camera, lens or director-style presets: describe the camera, lens and shooting style in words in the description — for example, "slow camera push-in, wide-angle lens, handheld shot".

Model pages

Every video model has its own page at /create-video/<model> with a description and examples, and from there you can go straight to generating with that model. Prices and credit rules are the same as in the studio.

FAQ