# Image to Video I/O

### Intro

The Image to Video API allows you to turn a simple product photo into an animated visual asset.

#### Cost

* 35 credits per 5 second video.
* 70 credits per 10 second video.

#### Rate limits

* 1 generation per 1 second.
* 15 generations per 1 minute.

#### Limitations

* Only one input image can be processed per request.
* Only one video can be generated per request.
* Each side of the input image should be greater than or equal to 300px.
* Input image format should be JPG, PNG, WEBP, HEIC or HEIF.

### Input

URL of the input image should be from 1 to 512 characters. The image must be accessible by our system.

```json
{
    "input": "https://letsenhance.io/docs/assets/samples/burger.jpg"
}
```

#### Connected storage

You can connect [Cloud Storage](https://docs.claid.ai/storage-connectors) and use it as a source for images. Currently, our API supports AWS S3 and Google Cloud Storage.

After connecting your Cloud Storage, you can refer the storage name as an input.

```json
{
    "input": "storage://storage-name/input-path/input.png"
}
```

### Output

Configuring output is optional. By default, you may omit the output option from the request payload. In this case, our system stores the result in a temporary bucket with a lifespan of 24 hours and provides a public URL to the video.

Alternatively, you can use a connected [Cloud Storage](https://docs.claid.ai/storage-connectors): just configure the path to the folder where you want to store results.

```json
{
    "output": "storage://storage-name/output-path/output.mp4"
}
```

You can also specify a folder output, in this case a unique filename will be generated for the output.

```json
{
    "output": "storage://storage-name/output-path/"
}
```


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