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AI Image & Video API Guides
Hands-on model tests, production tutorials, prompt techniques, and current API pricing for generative media teams.
Gemini Nano Banana 2.1 for E-Commerce Product Images: A Hands-On Guide
Use independent text-to-image prompts for catalog and lifestyle concepts. Use a real product reference when shape and packaging must stay fixed. The tested 1K / 16:9 edit changes the scene while broadly retaining the bottle.
Migrating from Nano Banana 2 to 2.1: What Changes in the API
Change the model value from nano-banana-2 to gemini-nano-banana-2.1. Keep the asynchronous task endpoint and recheck reference-image limits. Use the tested T2I and i2i request shapes, then check live billing separately.
Seedream 5.0 API Pricing: Flash $0.025, Lite $0.035, Pro from $0.05
Flash $0.025 and Lite $0.035 flat; Pro $0.05 at 1K, $0.10 at 2K. Lite charges the same for 4K as 2K. All three tiers edit at generation price.
Wan 3.0 API Pricing: $0.04 per Second at 480P
Standard Wan 3.0 is $0.04/s at 480P, $0.08 at 720P, $0.16 at 1080P. Sound, reference images, videos and documents add nothing. Resolution defaults to 1080P; set 480P to iterate.
Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash API Pricing: Per-Clip from $0.45
Per clip: $0.45 for 4 s, $0.60 for 6, $0.75 for 8, $0.90 for 10. 360p, 720p and 1080p cost the same; 4K adds $0.60. A reference video makes it a flat $1.20.
Speech to Video API: Turn a Script or Audio File into a Talking Video
Send a script or audio, get a lip-synced talking video. Avatar IV uses your photo; Avatar V has 497 presets. Both are $0.15 per second; 720p and 1080p cost the same.
Nano Banana 2 Lite vs Nano Banana 2: Which Should You Use?
Lite for 1K volume at $0.033 flat. Nano Banana 2 for 2K/4K, fine detail and format control. Until Nov 8, Nano Banana 2 at 1K is $0.018 on sale.
Kling 3.0 Turbo API Pricing: $0.13 per Second at 720p
Turbo is $0.13/s at 720p and $0.16/s at 1080p, text or image-to-video. Clips run 3–15 seconds; 5 s at 720p is $0.65. Sound is always on and included; there's no 4K.
Qwen Image 3.0 API Pricing in 2026: Cost Breakdown and How to Access It
Qwen Image 3.0 on HiAPI bills per image in two tiers — Standard ($0.0358) and Pro ($0.0497 at 1K) — across text-to-image and image-to-image. Standard is one flat price at any resolution; Pro bills by resolution and doubles to $0.0993 at 2K. Image-to-image adds $0.004 per reference image (1–3) on top of the base price, on either tier. In a same-prompt test both tiers rendered the bilingual sign and chalkboard text correctly; Pro's premium buys denser layout and richer light, not a text fix. Pay-as-you-go, no minimum, failed tasks aren't billed, and one API key covers both tiers via the async /v1/tasks endpoint.
MiniMax H3 Max Text-to-Video Prompts: Copy-Paste Recipes With Real Outputs
MiniMax H3 Max takes a prompt plus three knobs — duration (0.92–15s), resolution (480P/768P/1080P), and aspect_ratio — and generates matching audio straight from the prompt. Write like a director: name the camera's start and end and the shot holds together instead of drifting. For longer clips, script timed beats inside the prompt so the model spends the duration instead of looping one gesture. To choreograph multiple elements, give each its own verb and path and keep the camera move simple. Iterate at 480P ($0.072/s); re-run keepers at 1080P ($0.229/s). You're billed per requested second.
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