Vidu Q3 Image to Video Turbo
vidu/q3/image-to-video/turboVidu Q3 Turbo by Shengshu - animate still images into dynamic videos with AI. Transform photos into cinematic clips with natural motion, camera movement, and optional audio generation.
- Base price
- $0.39USD / run
- Execution
- async
- Model type
- video
- Input fields
- 7
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Playground
PNG, JPEG, WebP, or GIF · 20 MiB maximum
PNG, JPEG, WebP, or GIF · 20 MiB maximum
Examples
Select an example to load its inputs and result into the playground.
Model card
Specifications
Pricing
- Base price
- $0.39 / run
Context & modalities
- Input
- Schema-defined
- Output
- video
Capabilities
- Chat
- Not supported
- Vision
- Not supported
- Reasoning
- Not supported
- Structured output
- Not supported
- Function calling
- Not supported
- Audio input
- Not supported
Access
- Provider
- Vidu
- Model ID
- vidu/q3/image-to-video/turbo
- Execution
- async
- Base URL
- https://api.sandbase.ai
- API
- Unified Run API
- Endpoint
- /v1/run
Human preference
Arena
Elo ratings from blind side-by-side votes, compared with other image and video models.
Rankings sourced from Artificial Analysis Arena
- Leaderboard
- Image to Video
- Rank
- #39 of 76
- Elo
- 1229 ±11
- Gap to #1
- −139
Image-to-video arena (silent): people pick the better of two clips animated from the same image, without seeing the model names; audio is not judged.
- #34Wan 2.5 Preview1245±9
- #35Veo 3.1 Lite1242±12
- #36Vidu Q2 Turbo1237±10
- #37Seedance 1.01234±9
- #38Vidu Q2 Pro1233±10
- #39Vidu Q3 Turbo1229±11
- #40Veo 31225±10
- #41Wan 2.61222±10
- #42Ray 31215±10
- #43LTX-2.5 Fast1214±12
API README
Vidu Q3 Image to Video Turbo
Vidu Q3 Turbo image-to-video: animate a first frame, optionally toward a last frame, into a 1–16 second clip with native audio. Turbo is faster and cheaper.
Fields
| Field | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
prompt | string, required | — | Up to 2,000 characters. |
image | image URL, required | — | First frame. JPEG, PNG, or WebP URL. |
end_image | image URL | — | Optional last frame. |
audio | boolean | true | Generate native audio. Same price on or off. |
resolution | 360p / 540p / 720p / 1080p | 720p | Sets the per-second rate. |
duration | integer 1–16 | 5 | Output length in seconds. |
seed | integer | random | Fix it to compare prompt changes. |
Billing
You pay for output seconds: $0.04 at 360p or 540p, $0.077 at 720p, $0.08 at 1080p.
| Output | 540p | 720p | 1080p |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4s | $0.16 | $0.308 | $0.32 |
| 5s (default) | $0.20 | $0.385 | $0.40 |
| 8s | $0.32 | $0.616 | $0.64 |
| 16s | $0.64 | $1.232 | $1.28 |
Failed runs are not charged.
Prompting
- Describe subject, action, camera, and sound.
Also on SandBase
Other Vidu Q3 endpoints: vidu/q3/text-to-video, vidu/q3/image-to-video, vidu/q3/reference-to-video/mix, vidu/q3/text-to-video/turbo.
Start building
Send your first request
OpenAI-compatible endpoint with unified authentication and usage tracking.
# The quoted heredoc keeps Unicode and shell metacharacters unchanged.
result=$(curl --fail-with-body --silent \
-X POST "https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data-binary @- <<'SANDBASE_JSON'
{
"model": "vidu/q3/image-to-video/turbo",
"audio": true,
"image": "https://static.sandbase.ai/examples/shengshu/vidu/q3/image-to-video/turbo/input_image_0.png",
"prompt": "The astronaut waved and the camera moved up.",
"duration": 5,
"resolution": "720p"
}
SANDBASE_JSON
)
run_id=$(printf '%s' "$result" | jq -r .id)
for attempt in $(seq 1 120); do
status=$(printf '%s' "$result" | jq -r .status)
case "$status" in completed|failed|timeout) break ;; esac
sleep 2
result=$(curl --fail-with-body --silent \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
"https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run/$run_id")
done
status=$(printf '%s' "$result" | jq -r .status)
[ "$status" = completed ] || { echo "Generation ended: $status" >&2; exit 1; }
printf '%s\n' "$result"Choose your model
Compare models
| Model | Type | Default price | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
Vidu Q3 Image to Video TurboThis model Vidu | Video | $0.39 / run | Feb 6, 2026 |
Vidu | Video | $0.47 / run | Oct 7, 2026 |
Vidu | Video | $0.47 / run | Oct 7, 2026 |
Vidu | Video | $0.77 / run | Apr 8, 2026 |
Vidu | Video | $0.39 / run | Feb 6, 2026 |
Vidu | Video | $0.77 / run | Jan 31, 2026 |
Questions
FAQ
How do I call Vidu Q3 Image to Video Turbo through SandBase?
Create a SandBase API key, then send requests with the model ID "vidu/q3/image-to-video/turbo" to Unified Run API (/v1/run) at https://api.sandbase.ai. The request examples on this page show the exact payload.
Do I need a separate Vidu account?
No. One SandBase API key and balance gives you access to Vidu Q3 Image to Video Turbo and the other models in the catalog; you do not need to sign up with Vidu separately.
