Vidu Q4 Image to Video
vidu/q4/image-to-videoVidu Q4 Preview by Shengshu animates a first-frame image into a 3 to 16 second video at up to 4K. Prompts can direct motion, camera cuts, and spoken dialogue, with native speech and sound effects.
- Base price
- $0.47USD / run
- Execution
- async
- Model type
- video
- Input fields
- 5
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PNG, JPEG, WebP, or GIF · 20 MiB maximum
Examples
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Model card
Specifications
Pricing
- Base price
- $0.47 / 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/q4/image-to-video
- Execution
- async
- Base URL
- https://api.sandbase.ai
- API
- Unified Run API
- Endpoint
- /v1/run
API README
Vidu Q4 Image to Video
Vidu Q4 Preview image-to-video: animate a first frame into a 3–16 second clip at up to 4K, with native audio such as speech and sound effects directed by the prompt.
Fields
| Field | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
prompt | string | empty | Up to 5,000 characters. Describe motion, camera cuts, and dialogue. |
image | image URL, required | — | First frame. PNG, JPEG, or WebP up to 50 MB. |
resolution | 540p / 720p / 1080p / 2K / 4K | 720p | Sets the per-second rate. |
duration | integer 3–16 | 5 | Output length in seconds. |
seed | integer | random | Fix it to compare prompt changes. |
Billing
You pay for output seconds: $0.045 at 540p, $0.095 at 720p, $0.12 at 1080p, $0.19 at 2K, $0.39 at 4K.
| Output | 540p | 720p | 1080p | 2K | 4K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3s | $0.135 | $0.285 | $0.36 | $0.57 | $1.17 |
| 5s (default) | $0.225 | $0.475 | $0.60 | $0.95 | $1.95 |
| 8s | $0.36 | $0.76 | $0.96 | $1.52 | $3.12 |
| 16s | $0.72 | $1.52 | $1.92 | $3.04 | $6.24 |
Failed runs are not charged.
Prompting
- Describe subject, action, camera, and sound. Put spoken lines in quotes.
- This endpoint has no audio switch.
Also on SandBase
vidu/q4/reference-to-video keeps characters, products, and voices consistent from reference images and audio. Vidu Q3 endpoints such as vidu/q3/image-to-video remain available.
Start building
Send your first request
OpenAI-compatible endpoint with unified authentication and usage tracking.
# The quoted heredoc keeps Unicode and shell metacharacters unchanged.
result=$(curl --fail-with-body --silent \
-X POST "https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data-binary @- <<'SANDBASE_JSON'
{
"model": "vidu/q4/image-to-video",
"image": "https://storage.googleapis.com/falserverless/web-examples/vidu/stylish_woman.webp",
"prompt": "The woman turns toward the camera and smiles, then the shot cuts to a close-up as she says: \"Let's go.\"",
"duration": 5,
"resolution": "720p"
}
SANDBASE_JSON
)
run_id=$(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 Q4 Image to VideoThis model 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 | $0.39 / run | Feb 6, 2026 |
Vidu | Video | $0.77 / run | Jan 31, 2026 |
Questions
FAQ
How do I call Vidu Q4 Image to Video through SandBase?
Create a SandBase API key, then send requests with the model ID "vidu/q4/image-to-video" 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 Q4 Image to Video and the other models in the catalog; you do not need to sign up with Vidu separately.
