> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Kling 2.6 Image-to-Video

> Kuaishou Kling 2.6 image-to-video model. Generate videos from reference images with custom camera control, motion brush, and multi-shot scenes.

Kling 2.6 Image-to-Video is an image-to-video model in Kuaishou's Kling series, available through the Starrise AI API. Transform static images into dynamic videos with custom camera control, motion brush, and multi-shot scenes.

## Key Capabilities

* **Image-to-video** — Generate video from first-frame and/or last-frame reference images
* **Camera control** — Preset and custom camera movements (pan, tilt, zoom, roll)
* **Motion brush** — Static and dynamic brush masks for precise motion control
* **Multi-shot scenes** — Create up to 6 shots with custom prompts and durations
* **Standard & Pro modes** — Choose standard mode or high-quality pro mode

## Quick Example

<CodeGroup>
  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl https://ai.alad.com/kling/v1/videos/image2video \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{
      "model_name": "kling-v2-6",
      "image": "https://example.com/photo.jpg",
      "prompt": "The person smiles and waves at the camera",
      "duration": "5",
      "mode": "std"
    }'
  ```

  ```python Python theme={null}
  import requests

  response = requests.post(
      "https://ai.alad.com/kling/v1/videos/image2video",
      headers={
          "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
          "Content-Type": "application/json"
      },
      json={
          "model_name": "kling-v2-6",
          "image": "https://example.com/photo.jpg",
          "prompt": "The person smiles and waves at the camera",
          "duration": "5",
          "mode": "std"
      }
  )

  task = response.json()
  print(f"Task ID: {task['task_id']}")
  ```
</CodeGroup>

## Parameters

| Parameter         | Type   | Required          | Description                                 |
| ----------------- | ------ | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------- |
| `model_name`      | string | No                | Must be `kling-v2-6`                        |
| `image`           | string | Conditionally yes | First-frame reference image (Base64 or URL) |
| `image_tail`      | string | Conditionally yes | Last-frame reference image (Base64 or URL)  |
| `prompt`          | string | Conditionally yes | Text prompt (up to 2500 characters)         |
| `negative_prompt` | string | No                | Negative prompt (up to 2500 characters)     |
| `mode`            | string | No                | `std` or `pro`, default `std`               |
| `duration`        | string | No                | `3`–`15` seconds, default `5`               |
| `cfg_scale`       | float  | No                | Prompt adherence `0`–`1`, default `0.5`     |
| `camera_control`  | object | No                | Camera movement control                     |
| `sound`           | string | No                | `on` or `off`, default `off` (V2.6+ only)   |
| `callback_url`    | string | No                | Task status callback URL                    |

<Card title="API Reference" icon="code" href="/en/api-reference/model-api/kuaishou/kling-v2-6-i2v">
  View the interactive API Playground for Kling 2.6 Image-to-Video.
</Card>