AI video API guides & comparisons
Practical guides to prompts, pricing and picking the right AI video model
GuidesHow to Recreate a Viral AI Video Shot by Shot: A 5-Step Workflow
Recreate a viral short video with AI: split it into shots, make a keyframe per shot, swap in your subject with image-to-image, animate with image-to-video and edit.
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GuidesHow to Turn a Reference Video Into Shot-by-Shot AI Video Prompts
Break a reference video into a shot list, record five elements per shot, write one prompt per shot and keep each duration inside the model's supported range.
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GuidesWhy AI Video Remakes Fail: Fix Faces, Scene Drift and Motion
Why AI video remakes fail and how to fix them: rejected faces, scenes that drift from the original and wrong motion, with the right mode for each fix.
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ComparisonsBest AI Video Models for Remakes: Key Frames, References, Duration
Which MakerNice video models suit a shot-by-shot remake: image-to-video, first and last frame, reference limits, duration, top resolution and audio in one table.
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GuidesSeedance 2.5 API Tutorial: Generate Your First AI Video in 4 Calls
A step-by-step Seedance 2.5 API tutorial: quote the price, create the generation with an idempotency key, poll the status and download the MP4 with curl.
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PricingHow AI Video API Pricing Works: Per Second, Locked by a Quote
How MakerNice prices AI video: unit price times seconds, which fields change the price, how a quote locks it for 12 minutes, and when money is held, charged or released.
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GuidesText-to-Video Prompt Tips for Seedance 2.5, Wan 3.0 and Kling 3.0
How to write a text-to-video prompt in five parts (subject, action, camera, light, pace), with weak vs better examples and the aspect ratios each model accepts.
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ComparisonsSeedance 2.5 vs Kling 3.0: Duration, Resolution, Audio Compared
Seedance 2.5 vs Kling 3.0 on the MakerNice API: modes, duration range, resolution, aspect ratios, reference images and audio, side by side in one table.
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GuidesVideo Generation API Best Practices: Idempotency, 429s and Polling
How to integrate an async video generation API safely: idempotency keys, quote expiry, polling with Retry-After, which errors to retry, cancellation and output expiry.
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PricingEstimate Your AI Video and Image Budget with GET /v1/pricing
Read unit prices from the public GET /v1/pricing endpoint, multiply by seconds or images, and confirm with a quote before you launch a batch on MakerNice.
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GuidesImage-to-Video and First-Last Frame API: Fields and Supported Models
How to animate a still with image_url or pin both ends of a clip with last_image_url, which video models support each mode, and which fields to leave out.
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ComparisonsWan 3.0 vs MiniMax H3: Duration, Resolution and References
Wan 3.0 vs MiniMax H3, plus H3 Max, H3 Max Turbo and Wan 3.0 Prime: duration range, resolution options, aspect ratios and reference-image limits in one table.
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GuidesReference-to-Video: Image Limits for Seedance 2.5, Wan 3.0 and More
Which video models support reference-to-video, how many reference images each accepts, and the aspect_ratio rules that cause 400 errors in r2v mode.
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PricingSeedream 5.0 and Qwen3 Image Pricing: Per Image, What Changes It
How MakerNice prices Seedream 5.0, Seedream 5.0 Pro, Qwen3 Image and Qwen3 Pro Image: one price per image, the fields that change it, and how to budget a batch.
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ComparisonsSeedream 5.0 vs Qwen3 Image: Resolution, Ratios, References
Seedream 5.0 vs Qwen3 Image, plus the Pro variants: resolution handling, aspect ratios and how many reference images image-to-image accepts, in one table.
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GuidesAI Video Duration and Resolution Limits by Model and Their Cost
The allowed durations and resolutions for Seedance, Wan, MiniMax, Kling and Happy Horse, how cost grows with seconds, and a draft-then-final workflow.
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