Image to Video API, Animate a Still | PixelFireman
Image to video API

Animate a still into a short clip, in one call.

Send an image, get back a roughly 5 second video. Powered by Wan and Kling image to video. Clips from $1.20, prepaid credits that never expire, failed renders never billed.

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What a clip costs

Motion · Wan · ~5s
$1.20
per clip, image to video
Motion Pro · Kling · ~5s
$1.50
per clip, higher fidelity

Video runs on a separate prepaid wallet at $0.01 per credit. Motion draws 120 credits, Motion Pro draws 150. Credits never expire, failed renders never billed.

An image to video API turns a still you already have, a product shot, a character, a scene, into motion. PixelFireman runs it through Wan and Kling image to video behind one /v1/videos endpoint, so you send an image and get back an MP4 URL without wiring up each model yourself. Video credits are prepaid and never expire, and a failed or still processing render is never charged.

About 50% less than a premium flagship $1.20 per 5s clip here versus roughly $2.00 on Veo 3.1 Standard or $2.50 and up on Sora 2 Pro for the same 5 seconds. Reference rates: Veo 3.1 Standard $0.40 per second, Sora 2 Pro $0.50 to $0.70 per second.

More details

One call, an MP4 back

Post an image_url plus an optional prompt for the motion you want. Fast renders return the MP4 URL directly. Slower Kling renders return a job you poll until it is done, so the connection never times out.

# still -> short clip
curl https://pixelfireman.com/v1/videos \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer pf_live_..." \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"image_url":"https://.../product.jpg",
       "tier":"motion-pro",
       "prompt":"slow orbit, soft studio light"}'

# -> { "video":"https://.../clip.mp4", "minutesUsed":150 }  (or a poll job)

Payment is PayPal, or crypto through PayerURL. Video packs start at $5 for 500 credits and scale up with more bonus credits per dollar.

What it is good for
Product motionTurn a flat product shot into a short rotating or drifting clip.
Social and adsAnimate a key frame into scroll stopping motion for feeds.
Character and sceneBring a generated still to life with subtle, controlled movement.
Batch pipelinesDrop one REST call into n8n or Make to animate stills at volume.
Generate the still here too

Need the starting image as well? Generate it with Flux at about $6.25 per 1,000, or edit a photo with Nano Banana, then animate it, all from one key and one account. Prefer text straight to video? See the text to video API.

One account for the whole chain: generate, edit, animate, credits that never expire.
Questions
What is an image to video API?

It turns a still image into a short animated clip. POST a still, get back an MP4 URL of about a 5 second clip, powered by Wan and Kling through one /v1/videos endpoint.

How much does a clip cost?

Motion (Wan) is $1.20 per clip, Motion Pro (Kling) is $1.50, each about 5 seconds. Prepaid credits at $0.01 each, never expire, failed renders never billed.

How do I call it?

POST to /v1/videos with Bearer auth, an image_url and an optional prompt. Fast tiers return the MP4; Kling returns a job to poll with GET /v1/videos/:id.

Do video credits expire?

No. Video credits are prepaid and never expire, with no subscription.

Turn a still into motion, in one call.

Create a key, buy a video pack, render your first clip in minutes.

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