Vidu Q3 Image to Video: the still is the contract (5s, 10s, 15s, 1080p, 16cr)
Vidu Q3 Image to Video is image-to-video. If the label is wrong, every second is waste.
Vidu Q3 Image to Video is image-to-video. If the label is wrong, every second is waste.
Vidu Q3 Image to Video turns a static image into a clip. An image is required. Category is image-to-video only. Audio is on. Max output is 1080p, with 360p, 540p, 720p, and 1080p listed. Durations are only 5s, 10s, and 15s — no 6s, no 8s, no 12s. The catalog lists 16 credits and marks the row discounted. Features named: image-to-video, motion generation, high fidelity.
Three lengths. A 1080p ceiling. Native audio. A 16-credit listed row. None of that repairs a still you would not ship.
Three lengths, not a one-second ladder
Kling-style rows in this catalog often step every second from 3s to 15s. Vidu Q3 does not. You pick 5, 10, or 15. That changes the first test: 5s is the shortest legal clip, not 2s or 3s. If the motion fails in five seconds, you do not have a 3s cheaper retry on this slug. You have another 5s, or you fix the still.
10s is double. 15s is triple the shortest take. There is no 7s "almost a hook." Write the action to one of those three buckets. A 6-second idea on this row is a 5-second clip that gets cut or a 10-second clip that pads. Choose before you generate.
Sixteen credits is the listed figure. The catalog also flags the model discounted (the matrix shows a 50% discount on the resolution tiers). Discounted is not free, and it is not a reason to start at 15s. A cheap 15-second miss is still 15 seconds of a wrong label, with a soundtrack attached because audio is true.
1080p from a locked frame
Qualities include 360p, 540p, 720p, and 1080p. The ceiling is 1080p, not 4K. Iterate the still-plus-motion pairing at a lower listed quality if you are still arguing with identity; spend 1080p on the 5s take you will actually post.
High fidelity in the feature list is a promise about the plate, not a licence to skip it. requires_image is true. Vidu Q3 will not find your product in a paragraph. If you only have a sentence, lock a still on an image model first.
Native audio: write the mix in the 5s prompt. A silent brief still gets a score. If the face must speak a line, this remains image-to-video, not lipsync. Atmosphere here, mouths on a lipsync row after.
There is no aspect-ratio list on this slug. Crop the still to 9:16 or 16:9 before upload rather than hoping a missing menu will guess the platform.
Use image-to-video. Vidu does not have a provider hub on this site; the model page is the roster. The job map is best image-to-video and best 1080p video. This page is Q3's three-length contract.
Discounted is not a sketch pad
People treat a 16-credit listed row as disposable. That is how a discounted 15s 1080p clip becomes the thing you cannot throw away because it "almost" works. The still is still the contract. If the still is wrong, every second — 5, 10, or 15 — is waste, including the cheap ones.
Caption after. 5s of native audio is not a subtitle file. Burn the line once the take exists.
Do not name-swap this with Seedance (2–12s, dancing, audio unmarked) or Kling Standard (3–15s by ones, 56 or 63 credit bases). Q3 is 5 / 10 / 15, 1080p, 16 credits, audio on. The numbers are the model.
Would you print it at 1080p?
If no, stop.
If yes, write a five-second action and a mix note. Generate 5s. Only go to 10s or 15s if the action is actually that long on a clock, not because the slider has two more stops.
If you needed 3s or 8s, you needed a different image-to-video row. Do not pad Q3 to 10s to fake 8s.
FAQ
Can I generate a 3-second Vidu Q3 clip?
Not on this ladder. Durations are 5s, 10s, and 15s. The shortest test is five seconds. If you need a three-second hit, pick a model that lists 3s. Stretching a 5s Q3 take in an editor is a different decision, made after a good 5s.
Is 16 credits the whole story?
16 is the listed credit figure, and the row is marked discounted in the catalog. Billing still depends on duration and resolution in the matrix. Treat 16 as the named row cost, not as a cap you can ignore at 15s 1080p. The still has to be right before any of those numbers matter.
Does Vidu Q3 require an image?
Yes. Image-to-video, image required. "Transform static images into dynamic videos" is the description. A text-only generate is a mislabel.
Does it output 4K or add speech I write?
Max listed output is 1080p. Audio is native-on, which means a mix you should specify — not a lipsync to a script you never attached. For 4K or for a locked spoken line, change rows after the still is approved.