AI Video Generation API for Bedding Brands — Clip Cost Guide
A linen brand sells a duvet cover set in eight colors. Each color has a flat-lay and a styled bed photo, but the product page and short-form ads need motion: the fabric settling as it is smoothed, a slow pan across the weave, the pillow being plumped, a soft light shifting across the folds. Filming eight colors means a bedroom set, a stylist, and a shoot day repeated eight times. Animating the existing photos through an API gives shoppers a sense of drape and texture without a new shoot.
Direct answer: GenRelay's image-to-video models animate an existing bedding photo into a short clip with described motion, such as a slow texture pan, a fabric settle, or a light shift across the folds, billed per second or per generation, and a 5-second clip costs between $0.05 and $0.96 depending on model and resolution.
How Much Does a Bedding Clip Cost?
Cost depends on billing model and resolution, not on how complicated the described motion is. As of October 2026, GenRelay video pricing is: Grok Imagine 1.0 (text-to-video) $0.010/second, Grok Imagine 1.5 (image-to-video) $0.022/second, Veo 3.1 Lite $0.060/second at 720p, $0.120/second at 1080p, and Gemini Omni Flash a flat $0.10 per generation at 720P or $0.15 at 1080P.
| Model | Billing | 5s clip cost | 8s clip cost | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grok Imagine 1.5 (i2v) | Per second | $0.11 | $0.176 | Animating an existing bed photo into a pan or light-shift clip |
| Grok Imagine 1.0 (t2v) | Per second | $0.05 | $0.08 | Generic bedroom lifestyle footage from text, no source photo |
| Veo 3.1 Lite, 720p | Per second | $0.30 | $0.48 | Finer weave and fold detail |
| Veo 3.1 Lite, 1080p | Per second | $0.60 | $0.96 | Hero clips for a launch page or paid ad |
| Omni Flash, 720P | Per generation | $0.10 | $0.10 | Fixed-price clips regardless of duration |
For a color variant that needs a simple motion clip, Grok Imagine 1.5 is the practical default: it takes the photo as input and keeps the product color consistent while generating motion. Veo 3.1 Lite fits a few hero clips where fabric texture justifies the higher per-second price.
How Do I Animate a Bedding Photo Into a Clip?
Submit the source photo with a prompt describing both the fabric motion and the camera movement. Image-to-video jobs are asynchronous, so the response returns a job ID to poll:
import requests
import time
API_KEY = "YOUR_KEY"
BASE = "https://genrelay.ai/v1"
with open("duvet_sage.jpg", "rb") as f:
r = requests.post(
f"{BASE}/videos/generations",
headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {API_KEY}"},
files={"image": f},
data={
"model": "grok-imagine-1.5",
"prompt": (
"Sage green linen duvet cover on a made bed, soft morning "
"light slowly shifting across the folds, slow lateral pan "
"over the fabric weave, steady camera."
),
"duration": 5,
},
)
job_id = r.json()["id"]
while True:
status = requests.get(
f"{BASE}/videos/generations/{job_id}",
headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {API_KEY}"},
).json()
if status["state"] == "completed":
video_url = status["output_url"]
break
if status["state"] == "failed":
raise RuntimeError(status.get("error"))
time.sleep(3)
How Do I Generate Clips Across a Full Color Range?
Submit jobs concurrently and poll each one, rather than waiting on each clip before sending the next:
import concurrent.futures
colors = ["sage", "oatmeal", "charcoal", "terracotta"]
def submit_and_wait(color):
with open(f"photos/duvet_{color}.jpg", "rb") as f:
r = requests.post(
f"{BASE}/videos/generations",
headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {API_KEY}"},
files={"image": f},
data={
"model": "grok-imagine-1.5",
"prompt": "slow pan across linen duvet, soft window light, steady camera",
"duration": 5,
},
)
job_id = r.json()["id"]
while True:
status = requests.get(
f"{BASE}/videos/generations/{job_id}",
headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {API_KEY}"},
).json()
if status["state"] == "completed":
return color, status["output_url"]
if status["state"] == "failed":
raise RuntimeError(status.get("error"))
time.sleep(3)
with concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=4) as pool:
clips = dict(pool.map(submit_and_wait, colors))
Four 5-second clips at Grok Imagine 1.5's $0.022/second cost $0.44 in total.
What Does a Full Color-Range Launch Cost?
A brand with 8 colors needing one pan clip each pays $0.88 at Grok Imagine 1.5's 5-second rate. The same 8 clips on Veo 3.1 Lite at 720p cost $2.40; 2 hero colors at 1080p cost $1.20.
| Scope | Clips | Model | Total cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 colors × 1 pan clip | 8 | Grok Imagine 1.5, 5s | $0.88 |
| Same range, higher fidelity | 8 | Veo 3.1 Lite 720p, 5s | $2.40 |
| 2 hero colors, 1080p clip | 2 | Veo 3.1 Lite 1080p, 5s | $1.20 |
| 8 colors, 1 clip each | 8 | Omni Flash 720P (flat) | $0.80 |
Omni Flash's flat rate fits when one clip per color is enough, while per-second models earn their cost when a hero piece needs a longer clip.
FAQ
Will the clip show the exact color of my bedding?
The model starts from your photo, but color can shift during motion and lighting changes. Check the first and last frames against the real product before publishing.
Can the model show realistic fabric drape and movement?
Soft fabric is hard to animate convincingly. Keep motion subtle (light shifts, slow pans) and review each clip for warping in the folds before use.
Does the video include audio?
Veo 3.1 supports synchronized audio on some modes; see the Veo 3.1 audio API guide. Grok Imagine and Omni Flash clips are silent, so add music or sound design in post.
How do I handle a failed generation job?
Check the state field in the polling response. A failed state includes an error field; retry with a simplified prompt if the cause is prompt content rather than a transient server error.
Do you have a similar guide for speaker brands?
Yes. The speaker video guide covers rotation, LED-pulse, and light-sweep clips with the same pricing math.
See the image-to-video pipeline guide for the full async pattern, or the Veo model page for parameter docs.