Alibaba Happy Horse 1.0 Reference-to-Video

Alibaba Happy Horse 1.0 Reference-to-Video

Alibaba Happy Horse 1.0 Reference-to-Video generates new video scenes guided by one or more reference images, helping maintain consistent characters, styles, and visual identity across the output. It combines reference-image grounding with natural-language prompting to create cinematic videos in 720p or 1080p.

• Need to generate directly from text? Try Alibaba Happy Horse 1.0 Text-to-Video.
• Need to animate a single starting frame instead? Try Alibaba Happy Horse 1.0 Image-to-Video.

Why Choose This?

• Reference-guided consistency Use up to multiple reference images to preserve character identity, visual style, outfit details, and overall scene language.

• Prompt + image control Combine reference images with a text prompt to control the scene, action, mood, and camera behavior more precisely.

• Cinematic motion Generate smooth, expressive video motion while keeping important visual elements stable and recognizable.

• Flexible output settings Choose output resolution, aspect ratio, duration, and seed to match your creative and production needs.

• Production-ready API Access the model through a REST inference API with no cold starts for scalable integration into apps and workflows.

Parameters

How to Use

1. Upload your reference images — provide 1–9 image URLs that define the character, style, or visual identity you want to preserve.
2. Write your prompt — describe the target scene, action, camera behavior, lighting, and mood.
3. Choose resolution — use 720p for lower-cost iteration or 1080p for higher-quality final output.
4. Set aspect ratio — choose the format that best fits your target platform or composition needs.
5. Set duration — choose a clip length between 3 and 15 seconds.
6. Set a seed (optional) — use a fixed seed for more reproducible generations.
7. Submit — generate and download your video.

Example Prompt

A cinematic fashion scene with the same character walking through a softly lit modern city street at night, gentle camera tracking, subtle wind in the hair and clothing, elegant movement, realistic lighting, premium commercial style

Pricing

Per 5 Seconds

Example Costs

Billing Rules

• Base price: 720p costs $0.70 per 5 seconds
• 1080p surcharge: 1080p costs 2× the 720p rate
• Total price formula:
  total_price = 0.70 × (resolution == "1080p" ? 2 : 1) × duration / 5

Best Use Cases

• Character consistency across scenes — Keep the same person, outfit, or visual identity across multiple generated videos.
• Brand and campaign content — Maintain a stable look and style across ad creatives, promos, and commercial storytelling.
• Style-preserving video generation — Use reference images to anchor art direction, color palette, and visual tone.
• Narrative concepting — Generate new scenes based on known characters or environments for storyboarding and ideation.
• Social media and short-form content — Create visually consistent clips tailored to different platforms and aspect ratios.
• Creative prototyping — Explore motion and scene variations while preserving core reference details.

Pro Tips

• Use clear, high-quality reference images that strongly represent the character, outfit, or style you want to preserve.
• Include multiple reference images when consistency across facial features, costume details, or design elements is important.
• Be specific in your prompt about scene, action, camera motion, lighting, and mood.
• Use 720p for rapid testing, then switch to 1080p for final-quality renders.
• Reuse the same seed when you want more reproducible outputs.
• Start with shorter durations to validate identity consistency and motion before generating longer clips.

Notes

• Both images and prompt are required.
• images supports 1–9 reference image URLs.
• Ensure all image URLs are publicly accessible.
• Supported video duration is 3–15 seconds.
• Supported resolutions are 720p and 1080p.
• Pricing scales linearly with duration.
• 1080p pricing is exactly 2× the 720p rate.
• Please ensure your content complies with applicable usage policies.

Related Models

• Alibaba Happy Horse 1.0 Text-to-Video — Generate cinematic videos directly from natural-language prompts.
• Alibaba Happy Horse 1.0 Image-to-Video — Animate a single reference image into a cinematic video clip.