Generate Video With Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite
Turn a written prompt or a single photo into a 480p, 720p or 1080p clip with sound using Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite
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Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite

Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite turns a prompt or a still image into 1080p clips up to 15 seconds with native sound, served on Venice's private tier.

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What Makes Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite Worth Using

An entry-level member of the Grok Imagine Video 1.5 lineup — inexpensive, built to produce sound in the same pass, and served through Venice's privacy-first tier.

  • The Most Accessible Model in the 1.5 Line
    xAI positions it as the gateway to the Grok Imagine Video 1.5 lineup: a cheaper sibling to the flagship Grok Imagine 1.5 that has been live on Venice since September 30, 2026.
  • One Model, Two Generation Modes
    Two endpoints — grok-imagine-1-5-lite-text-to-video and grok-imagine-1-5-lite-image-to-video — let you either write a scene from nothing or bring an uploaded photo to life, with no gatekeeping in the app or through the Venice API.
  • Nothing Stored, Nothing Trained
    Venice runs it on the private tier, where no record survives: prompts and reference photos are not archived, not profiled and not fed into any training corpus, and no log links a generation back to your identity.

How Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite Works, Step by Step

Three short steps carry you from a rough idea to a finished clip with sound using Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite on Venice.

Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite: Core Capabilities

Sound generated with the picture, three resolutions with one-second duration steps, and a privacy model that stores nothing.

Sound Built Into Every Render

Ambience, effects and dialogue are produced alongside the visuals in one pass and stay timed to what happens on screen, which removes the need to build a separate audio track afterward.

Three Resolutions, One-Second Precision

Both variants support 480p, 720p and 1080p, plus any length from one to fifteen seconds in one-second steps — a level of control rarely seen at this price.

Animate a Single Still

Bring an existing product photo, portrait or illustration to life at up to 1080p and fifteen seconds, steering the result by describing the movement instead of restating what is already in frame.

More Believable Motion

xAI's release notes report that the 1.5 generation produces fewer warping artifacts and gives objects more convincing weight and momentum than the model it replaces.

Programmatic REST API

The model is reachable through Venice's REST API, letting you trigger a render from your own code by passing the model id together with the required inputs.

No Data Kept After Rendering

Your prompts and source images are never stored, profiled or fed into training, and no personal generation history is created — a contrast with account-linked libraries elsewhere.

FAQ

Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite: Your Questions Answered

Answers to the questions people ask most about Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite and private generation on Venice.

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What is Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite, in plain terms?

It is the most lightweight member of xAI's Grok Imagine Video 1.5 range. Venice has hosted it since September 30, 2026, in both text-to-video and image-to-video form, producing 480p, 720p or 1080p footage between one and fifteen seconds long with sound included.

2

How much does one render cost, and is a subscription required?

Billing is per render and grows with resolution and length: $0.04 buys a one-second 480p clip, $0.05 a 720p one and $0.18 a 1080p one, with longer durations up to 15 seconds priced accordingly. Nothing is charged monthly, and anyone opening a new Venice account receives a daily free allowance along with 500 welcome credits.

3

Can Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite be self-hosted or downloaded?

No. The weights are not published, so the model stays proprietary to xAI and cannot be self-hosted or fine-tuned. Venice lets you test it with welcome credits before any per-render charge, and if open weights matter to you, Wan 2.7 Enhanced is the nearest open option that also handles native audio.

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Does it work with a photo I already have?

It does. The grok-imagine-1-5-lite-image-to-video endpoint sets an existing photo in motion at 480p, 720p or 1080p for one to fifteen seconds with sound, while the separate grok-imagine-1-5-lite-text-to-video endpoint builds a clip from a written description on its own.

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What separates Lite from the full Grok Imagine 1.5?

Both are private on Venice, both reach 1080p at fifteen seconds with sound, but the flagship accepts up to seven image references and voice references so a character's face and voice stay consistent across scenes. Lite works from one still or one written prompt.

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What happens to my prompts and images?

Everything runs on the private tier, which retains nothing. Prompts and reference images are not archived, not profiled and not reused for training, and no history is bound to who you are — consistent with Venice's decentralized, browser-encrypted architecture.

Generate With Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite, Privately

Nothing you type is logged and nothing is used to train a model — try both the text-to-video and image-to-video variants of Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite on Venice, where new accounts receive a daily free allowance plus 500 welcome credits and no card is needed.