Wan
Wan is a state-of-the-art open weights video generation model. It stands out in Artificial Analysis and open benchmarks as the ultimate "budget & quality" champion, allowing creators to animate high-contrast images with beautiful, fluid motion for only 2 credits.
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Wan
Cost
2 Credits per run
Type
Image-to-Video (I2V)
Benchmark
Top open-weights model
Speed
Fast queue processing
Best creator workflows
Use Wan when you want to take static thumbnail mockups or AI-generated images and animate them with organic, lifelike motion without spending top-tier credits. It is available on our AI Generative Media Studio!
Strengths
- Stunning fluid camera movements and realistic physical motions.
- Outstanding detail retention from the input reference image.
- Perfect price-to-performance ratio at only 2 credits.
- Excellent motion coherence across multiple seconds.
Limitations
- Requires an input image for the best results (Image-to-Video focus).
- Does not support native synchronized audio (unlike Seedance 2).
- Text legibility on moving surfaces can occasionally warp.
Prompt starters
Use these as first drafts
Prompt 1
Animate this technological concept image, adding dynamic steam, blinking cybernetic lights, and a slow cinematic sweep.
Prompt 2
Animate this portrait of a content creator, making them smile and look naturally with studio light reflections.
Prompt 3
Animate this graphic chart, making the bars rise smoothly and glow with neon lights.
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