Veo 3.1

google/veo3.1/image-to-video animates a supplied image into a cinematic sequence while retaining its subject, design, and opening composition. Veo 3.1 improves instruction following, physical consistency, character continuity, and audiovisual quality while supporting more ways to anchor or continue a shot. This combination makes the model a practical choice when the creative outcome depends on those qualities rather than on a generic media conversion.

For production work with google/veo3.1/image-to-video, the image-anchored animation workflow suits storyboards, campaign films, product moments, narrative shots, and visual concepts that need coherent motion rather than isolated animated frames. The result is most reliable when the source material and creative brief clearly describe the intended subject, progression, visual or sonic character, and the qualities that must remain unchanged.

Highlights

Image-anchored animation preserves the source visual while adding directed subject and camera motion.

Improved physical coherence strengthens object interactions, character movement, and cause-and-effect across shots.

Visual continuity maintains subjects and scene logic across the generated sequence.

Native audio generation coordinates dialogue, ambience, and sound effects with the visual action.

Pricing

When to Use

Prompt Guide

For image-conditioned generation, state the intended result first, then add the subject or source treatment, progression, style, and delivery constraints. Keep one creative variable per phrase, use the documented field names for controls, and change one setting at a time when comparing results.

{
  "aspect_ratio": "21:9",
  "duration": 8,
  "image": "https://static.sandbase.ai/examples/google/veo/3.1/image-to-video/input_image_0.jpg",
  "prompt": "A monkey and polar bear host a casual podcast about AI inference, bringing their unique perspectives from different environments (tropical vs. arctic) to discuss how AI systems make decisions and process information.\nSample Dialogue:\nMonkey (Banana): \"Welcome back to Bananas \u0026 Ice! I am Banana\"\nPolar Bear (Ice): \"And I'm Ice!\"",
  "resolution": "720p"
}

Technical Specs

Related Models

• google/imagen-4/preview
• google/gemini-omni-flash/1.1/text-to-video