Grok Imagine 1.5 a frame that does not pretend to be neutral
Most engines aim for light that is safe and even. This one goes the other way: hard contrast, saturated colour, night scenes with reflections. For an ad meant to stand out in a scrolling wall of thumbnails that is a feature, not a fault.
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Specification
- Built by
- xAI
- Starts from
- a written brief
- Aspect ratios
- 9:16 · 16:9 · 1:1 · 4:3 · 3:4
- Clip length
- 4 / 6 / 8 / 10 s
- Resolution
- 720p
- Sound
- none
- Reference photos
- none
- Render time
- about 100s
- Cost
- from 2 to 4 credits per clip
What it is good for
- A grade with character
- Teal and magenta, deep blacks, light streaks behind the subject. You do not have to add any of it afterwards, because the model already sees the scene that way.
- Night scenes without noise
- Dark frames are where cheaper engines start showing grain. Here blacks stay black and reflections keep their shape.
- Five ratios, ten seconds
- Vertical, landscape, square and two 4:3 frames, up to ten seconds in one shot, at 0.37 credits a second.
When to pick something else
It generates no sound and starts from a brief only, so neither your photo nor a track is on the table. Its look is also pronounced enough that it is simply bad for a catalogue shot on white — Bria Product Shot and Veo are there for that. It also costs more than twice PixVerse V6, which gives a calmer picture for very little.
See every modelHow to brief this model
The things this engine handles differently from the rest. The habits that hold for every model are collected separately, in the help centre.
- Name the grade. "Cool green and magenta", "neon in the puddles", "high contrast" — this engine has a character for that which the others do not.
- Use it for night scenes. A dark frame comes out here without noise, which is not a given at this price.
- Do not order a catalogue shot on a white backdrop. That is the exact opposite of what this model is for — go to Bria Product Shot or Veo for that.
- There is no audio track, so plan the bed separately in the music studio.
- Check you are not paying for a style you do not need: PixVerse V6 gives a calmer picture for less than half this rate.
Where this model works
Questions about this model
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- Seedance 2.0The Seedance picture at two thirds of the price. For clips up to eight seconds.
- Wan 3.0 PrimeTexture up close: cream, fabric, liquid. Five ratios, two credits a clip.
- Gemini Omni FlashThe cheapest clip whose sound cannot be switched off.
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- LTX 2.3The only 1080p on the roster. And one of the two cheapest seconds.
- PixVerse V6One credit a clip. The cheapest video second in the whole studio.
- HeyGen Video AgentThe only engine where somebody speaks Polish. Up to 60 seconds of UGC.
Try this model on your own product
Sign up without a card and get 40 credits. Switching model is one click, so you can send the same brief through several of them and keep the best frame.