How to Use Grok Imagine: Image to Video From 60 Credits

You can use Grok Imagine on AIVeed to turn a text prompt or a still image into a 6- to 30-second video at 480p or 720p, from 60 credits, $0.30 on the $99 / 20,000-credit Business pack, for a 6-second 480p clip (AIVeed public pricing endpoint, checked October 26, 2026; methodology).

AIVeed runs Grok Imagine Video in the AIVeed generator and over the AIVeed API, on one credit balance with no subscription, and short clips are usually ready in about 2 minutes (AIVeed Grok Imagine model page, checked October 26, 2026). This guide covers both routes: five steps in the web app, and three API calls for image to video.

How to use Grok Imagine?

To use Grok Imagine on AIVeed, sign in at aiveed.io, choose Grok Imagine, pick 480p or 720p and a length of 6, 10, 15, 20 or 30 seconds, write the prompt and generate; the credit cost is set by resolution and length alone (AIVeed Grok Imagine model page and public pricing endpoint, checked October 26, 2026). On AIVeed the steps are:

Open the Grok Imagine model page and choose "Generate with Grok Imagine". The page lists every Grok Imagine resolution and length with its credit cost (AIVeed Grok Imagine model page, checked October 26, 2026).
Sign in or create an account. Every new AIVeed account comes with 200 free credits, and credits never expire (AIVeed pricing page, checked October 26, 2026).
Choose the resolution and length. Grok Imagine on AIVeed runs at 480p or 720p and 6, 10, 15, 20 or 30 seconds, from 60 credits for 6 seconds at 480p to 280 credits for 30 seconds at 720p (AIVeed public pricing endpoint, checked October 26, 2026).
Write the prompt. Grok Imagine prompts on AIVeed can run to 5,000 characters (AIVeed API reference, checked October 26, 2026). Describe the subject, the action, the setting and the camera; the tips further down help.
Generate. Short Grok Imagine clips are usually ready in about 2 minutes, and finished videos appear in My Videos (AIVeed Grok Imagine model page, checked October 26, 2026).

How much does Grok Imagine cost on AIVeed?

Grok Imagine on AIVeed costs from 60 credits ($0.30 on the $99 / 20,000-credit Business pack) for 6 seconds at 480p up to 280 credits ($1.39 on the Business pack) for 30 seconds at 720p, with no subscription (AIVeed public pricing endpoint and pricing page, checked October 26, 2026). A 30-second Grok Imagine clip at 480p costs 160 credits, $0.79 on the Business pack, which works out at about $0.026 a second. The table lists every Grok Imagine setting on AIVeed.

Grok Imagine Video on AIVeed, every resolution and length. Dollar columns use the $99 / 20,000-credit Business pack and the $5 / 600-credit Pilot pack. Source: AIVeed public pricing endpoint and pricing page, checked October 26, 2026.
Grok Imagine on AIVeed	480p credits	480p, Business pack	480p, Pilot pack	720p credits	720p, Business pack	720p, Pilot pack
6 seconds	60	$0.30	$0.50	80	$0.40	$0.67
10 seconds	90	$0.45	$0.75	120	$0.59	$1.00
15 seconds	120	$0.59	$1.00	150	$0.74	$1.25
20 seconds	140	$0.69	$1.17	180	$0.89	$1.50
30 seconds	160	$0.79	$1.33	280	$1.39	$2.33

What is Grok Imagine?

Grok Imagine is xAI's family of image and video models: the Imagine API generates and edits images, and generates video from text or from a still image (xAI Imagine documentation, checked October 26, 2026). On AIVeed, Grok Imagine Video makes clips from text or a starting image, and Grok Imagine Image makes pictures from 20 credits a batch (AIVeed API reference and pricing page, checked October 26, 2026). AIVeed's Grok Imagine model page recommends the model for content that reflects Southeast Asian, Chinese and Scandinavian visual culture, such as regional ad campaigns (AIVeed Grok Imagine model page, checked October 26, 2026).

How do you use Grok Imagine image to video?

To use Grok Imagine image to video on AIVeed, upload the picture, then send its URL as image_url with the prompt; Grok Imagine uses the image as the first frame of the clip, at the same credit price as text to video (AIVeed API reference and public pricing endpoint, checked October 26, 2026). Over the AIVeed API it takes three calls:

Upload the image. POST https://api.aiveed.io/v1/uploads as multipart form data with the file and kind=image returns a url. Images up to 10 MB are accepted, uploads cost 0 credits, and image URLs stay reusable (AIVeed API reference, checked October 26, 2026).
Submit the video job. POST https://api.aiveed.io/v1/generate/video with the model, prompt, settings and image URL, as in the request below. The response carries the job id and the credits charged (AIVeed API reference, checked October 26, 2026).
Collect the video. Poll GET /v1/jobs/{id} until the status is completed, or register a webhook; GET /v1/videos returns the permanent MP4 link (AIVeed API reference, checked October 26, 2026).

curl -X POST https://api.aiveed.io/v1/generate/video \
  -H "X-API-Key: aiv_sk_..." \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: grok-launch-001" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "grok-video",
    "prompt": "The woman in the photo turns toward the window and smiles, slow push-in, soft morning light",
    "image_url": "https://.../your-uploaded-image.jpg",
    "resolution": "480p",
    "duration": "10",
    "aspect_ratio": "9:16"
  }'

That Grok Imagine request costs 90 credits, $0.45 on the Business pack, for a 10-second 480p clip (AIVeed public pricing endpoint, checked October 26, 2026). The Idempotency-Key header means a retried request replays the original job instead of charging twice (AIVeed API reference, checked October 26, 2026).

How do you use the Grok Imagine API?

To use the Grok Imagine API through AIVeed, create an API key on the AIVeed developer dashboard and send "model": "grok-video" to POST /v1/generate/video, sending the key as an X-API-Key header; the credits match the AIVeed web app (AIVeed API reference and Video API page, checked October 26, 2026). The same AIVeed key reaches every other model on the account, including Veo 3, Seedance 2.0 and Kling 3.0 (AIVeed API reference, checked October 26, 2026). Developers do use Grok Imagine in production; one Hacker News user wrote on September 8, 2026: I've been using Grok Imagine V1 in prod for months now as its quality for my use-case is already more than enough. (Hacker News, September 8, 2026). Our AI video generation API guide covers keys, webhooks and rate limits.

How long can Grok Imagine videos be?

Grok Imagine videos on AIVeed can be 6, 10, 15, 20 or 30 seconds long, at 480p or 720p, in 16:9, 9:16, 2:3, 3:2 or 1:1 (AIVeed API reference, checked October 26, 2026). A single 30-second Grok Imagine clip costs 160 credits at 480p and 280 credits at 720p on AIVeed (AIVeed public pricing endpoint, checked October 26, 2026).

What are some tricks for using Grok Imagine?

The most useful trick for Grok Imagine on AIVeed is to test a prompt as a 6-second 480p clip for 60 credits before running the final 30-second 720p version for 280 credits, so a prompt that needs rewording costs a fraction of the final render (AIVeed public pricing endpoint, checked October 26, 2026). Four more Grok Imagine habits that keep the cost down and the clip on target:

Start from an image. A starting image fixes how the first frame of a Grok Imagine clip looks, so the prompt only has to describe motion, camera and light (AIVeed API reference, checked October 26, 2026).
Make the image first. A Grok Imagine Image batch costs 20 credits on AIVeed, a third of the cheapest video, so the look can be settled before any video credits are spent (AIVeed pricing page, checked October 26, 2026). Our image preview workflow shows the method.
Set the aspect ratio for where the clip will run. 9:16 for Shorts, Reels and TikTok, 16:9 for YouTube, 1:1 for feeds (AIVeed API reference, checked October 26, 2026).
Name one camera move. A prompt such as "slow push-in" or "fixed shot" tells Grok Imagine what the camera does; our AIVeed prompting guide has 100 starting points.

Can I use Grok Imagine for free?

Yes, for one clip: every new AIVeed account comes with 200 free credits, enough for a 30-second Grok Imagine video at 480p (160 credits) or a 15-second one at 720p (150 credits) (AIVeed pricing page and public pricing endpoint, checked October 26, 2026). Before the first purchase an AIVeed account can make one video with the free credits, counted across the web app and the API (AIVeed API reference, checked October 26, 2026). After that, Grok Imagine runs on a credit pack from the $5 / 600-credit Pilot pack upwards, and credits are refunded automatically if a generation fails for a technical reason (AIVeed pricing page, checked October 26, 2026).

Methodology and verification

Verified on October 26, 2026. Grok Imagine credits per resolution and length were read from AIVeed's public pricing endpoint and match the Grok Imagine model page; lengths, resolutions, aspect ratios, image input, the prompt limit, uploads, the free tier and the request fields from AIVeed's API reference; free credits, credit expiry, packs and refunds from AIVeed's pricing page. Dollar figures are credits × pack price ÷ pack credits: $99 ÷ 20,000 = $0.00495 a credit on the Business pack, so 60 credits is $0.297, shown as $0.30; $5 ÷ 600 = $0.00833 a credit on the Pilot pack. They allocate part of a purchased pack to a clip and are not a separate checkout price. The request above uses only documented fields and was not run, and the example prompt was written for this guide and not generated, so no output is described. The description of Grok Imagine comes from xAI's documentation.

Sources

AIVeed public pricing endpoint: Grok Imagine Video credits per resolution and length, Grok Imagine Image credits; checked October 26, 2026.
AIVeed API reference: Grok Imagine lengths, resolutions, aspect ratios, image input, prompt limit, uploads, idempotency, jobs, videos and free tier; checked October 26, 2026.
AIVeed Grok Imagine model page: settings, credits, use cases and typical generation time; checked October 26, 2026.
AIVeed pricing: credit packs, free credits, credit expiry, refunds and Grok Imagine Image credits; checked October 26, 2026.
AIVeed Video API page: same models and credits as the web app; checked October 26, 2026.
xAI Imagine documentation: what the Grok Imagine models do; checked October 26, 2026.
Hacker News comment, September 8, 2026; checked October 26, 2026.

Make your first Grok Imagine video from 60 credits on AIVeed — new accounts start with 200 free credits — or see every Grok Imagine setting on the Grok Imagine model page.