Grok Imagine Video 1.5 is an AI video model made by xAI, released on June 16, 2026. Turn your prompt or photo into a video with sound at up to 1080p without a Grok subscription. Sign up free to get 40 starter credits and make your first 6-second video today.
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Run Grok Imagine Video 1.5 without SuperGrok or X Premium and pay only for the seconds you make, from 3 credits a second at 480p to 10 at 1080p. Grok Imagine Video 1.5 has the lowest per-second price on Seadanse, returns credits on failed clips, and lets you plan projects with the Grok Imagine Video 1.5 cost calculator.
Describe your scene to generate a clip from words alone, or upload a photo to set your opening frame. Set a last frame so your action lands on an exact picture, or create your opening picture first with the Grok Imagine Image 2 generator.
Add up to 7 reference images at no extra credit cost to lock a face, product, or location across scenes, as detailed in xAI's Imagine Video 1.5 with References post.
Dialogue, sound effects, and ambient audio generate in the same pass as your visuals and land directly on the action. Grok Imagine Video 1.5 delivers lip-synced speech by default, or you can switch sound off for a silent clip.
Guide camera moves like pans, zooms, tracking shots, and orbits while your actors deliver expressive performances in rain or particle effects. Grok Imagine Video 1.5 holds the #7 rank on the Arena image-to-video leaderboard with 130,208 votes, beating xAI's first video model by 41 points.
Choose lengths from 1 to 15 seconds in 1-second steps, with 7 aspect ratios like 16:9 for YouTube and 9:16 for TikTok. Test your prompt at 480p for 3 credits a second, then make your final MP4 video in native 1080p on any Seadanse plan.
Bring a product photo as your first frame and pick a preset voice to create an ad in seconds. You get a finished 9:16 video with voice-over and sound effects that is ready to run on Reels or TikTok.
Turn a simple text prompt or photo into 6- to 10-second vertical clips with full sound. You spend only 36 credits for a 6-second 720p video, giving you about 161 videos each month on the Creator plan.
Upload character reference images and write your shot descriptions to produce 15-second takes with matching faces and voices. Use first and last frames to connect scenes into trailers, animatics, and short films.
Add a character image, write your dialogue, and pick a preset voice from the built-in library. You get clear lip-synced speech and lifelike facial acting for course lessons, brand mascots, and product explainers.
Describe your scene, camera motion, and sound, and add an optional starting photo or up to 7 reference images.
Pick a length from 1 to 15 seconds, select up to 1080p resolution, set your aspect ratio, and check the credits shown beside Generate.
Click Generate, watch your new clip play with synced sound, and download your finished MP4 video.
Grok Imagine Video 1.5 is an AI video model from xAI, the company behind Grok, released on June 16, 2026. It makes 1- to 15-second videos with sound from text, a photo or up to 7 reference images, at up to 1080p. xAI joined SpaceX in February 2026, now signs as SpaceXAI, and calls this release "our best video model". You can create clips with Grok Imagine Video 1.5 right in your browser on Seadanse.
Yes. Sign up free with no card and get 40 starter credits, which covers a 6-second 720p video with sound for 36 credits. When you want more clips, check out Seadanse pricing to buy credit packs starting at 1,100 credits for $19.90 or monthly plans from $20.93 a month for Basic, billed yearly.
Each video costs 3 credits a second at 480p, 6 credits a second at 720p and 10 credits a second at 1080p, billed in 1-second steps. A 6-second 720p clip takes 36 credits, and a 15-second 1080p clip takes 150 credits. Check our Grok Imagine Video 1.5 cost calculator to plan your budget. You always see the total credits beside Generate before you start, and credits return automatically if a video fails or is rejected.
No. You do not need a Grok subscription, an API key, an install or any code. Simply sign up on Seadanse, pick Grok Imagine Video 1.5 and press Generate right in your web browser.
Your credits set your monthly count. At 36 credits for a 6-second 720p clip, the Basic plan gives you 2,000 credits to make about 55 videos every 30 days. Creator gives you 5,800 credits for about 161 videos, and Pro provides 12,000 credits for about 333 videos. You can run 5 videos at once on Basic, 8 on Creator and 12 on Pro.
Each video runs from 1 to 15 seconds, selected in 1-second steps. To build a longer video, start each new clip from the last frame of the previous one and join them in any video editor. Combining four 15-second clips gives you a full minute of footage for 360 credits at 720p or 600 credits at 1080p.
Yes. Grok Imagine Video 1.5 creates crisp 1080p video, as well as 480p and 720p, when you start from a prompt or a photo. It supports 7 aspect ratios, including 16:9, 9:16 and 1:1, and every Seadanse plan includes 1080p output.
Yes. Thanks to xAI's Imagine Video 1.5 with References update, you can describe the entire shot in your prompt without any starting image. You can also start from a photo as the first frame, add up to 7 reference images to lock faces or products, or set both the first and last frames.
Yes. The model creates dialogue, sound effects and ambient sound in the same pass as the visuals, matching audio directly to the action on screen. In the launch announcement, xAI notes that speech is clearer and better synced.
The model launched in preview on xAI's API on June 3, 2026, followed by a full release on June 16, 2026. The July 2026 update added text-to-video generation, up to 7 reference images, preset voice references and native 1080p. Compared to xAI's January 2026 model, it offers better motion, better physics and better audio, lifts resolution from 720p to 1080p, and scores 41 points higher on the Arena leaderboard.
Yes. Grok Imagine Video 1.5 holds the number 7 rank out of 48 models on the Arena image-to-video leaderboard, backed by 130,208 blind human votes. Reviewers praise its acting, facial expressions, lip sync, camera control, and rain and particle effects. It also offers the lowest per-second price of any video model on Seadanse.
Both models share one credit balance on Seadanse. Grok Imagine Video 1.5 shines at faces, expressions, acting and lip-synced talking shots at 3, 6 or 10 credits a second, giving you 8 to 13 times more seconds per credit. Use Seedance 2.0 for fast multi-person action and 4K output, or explore Seedance 2.5 to produce single takes up to 30 seconds long.
No watermark appears on your videos when you subscribe. Check Seadanse pricing to pick any paid plan, which includes clean downloads and a full commercial use license for your business projects.
Think like a film director. Pick one subject, one action and one camera move like a pan, tilt, orbit or slow push-in. Describe the lighting and specify sounds, ambient audio or dialogue lines in quotes. Test your prompt cheaply at 480p for 3 credits a second, then generate your final cut in 720p or 1080p.
Yes. Every paid plan keeps your generated videos completely private. Seadanse saves your videos and prompts forever on every plan so you can review and download them whenever you like.
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