PixVerse Motion Control Mimic is a fast AI motion transfer model that transfers motion from a reference video onto a target image to create natural character animation from a still image and motion clip. Ready-to-use REST inference API for character animation, pose transfer, reference motion videos, social media clips, advertising creatives, and professional image-to-video workflows with simple integration, no coldstarts, and affordable pricing.
Idle
$0.09per run·~11 / $1
PixVerse Motion Control Mimic transfers motion from a reference video onto a target image to generate an animated result. Upload a character or object image, provide a motion reference video, choose an output quality tier, and generate a video that follows the motion pattern of the source clip.
Motion transfer from video Use a real motion clip to drive the movement of a static character or subject image.
Simple two-input workflow Just provide one image and one motion reference video.
Multiple quality tiers
Choose 360p, 540p, or 720p depending on your quality and budget needs.
Useful for stylized animation Great for turning character art, avatars, or stylized figures into motion-driven clips.
Production-ready API Suitable for character animation, social content, concept prototyping, and motion-transfer workflows.
| Parameter | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| image | Yes | Target image to animate. |
| video | Yes | Motion reference video used to drive the animation. |
| quality | No | Output quality tier: 360p, 540p, or 720p. Default: 360p. |
360p, 540p, or 720p.Animate a stylized character image using the body movement from a dance or walking reference video.
Pricing depends on quality and reference video duration.
| Quality | Price per Billed Second |
|---|---|
| 360p | $0.090 |
| 540p | $0.100 |
| 720p | $0.120 |
video duration360p costs $0.090 per billed second540p costs $0.100 per billed second720p costs $0.120 per billed second| Quality | 1s | 5s | 10s | 30s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 360p | $0.090 | $0.450 | $0.90 | $2.70 |
| 540p | $0.100 | $0.500 | $1.00 | $3.00 |
| 720p | $0.120 | $0.600 | $1.20 | $3.60 |
360p for quick experiments and 720p for better final output.image and video are required.quality defaults to 360p.30 seconds are billed as 30 seconds.quality and billed video duration.Grab a WaveSpeedAI API key, then call POST https://api.wavespeed.ai/api/v3/pixverse/motion-control/mimic with your input as JSON. The endpoint returns a prediction id. Start polling the result endpoint around every 2 seconds, increase the interval for long-running tasks, and stop on any terminal status. On completed, read output values from data.outputs. Examples for Motion Control Mimic below.
set -euo pipefail
: "${WAVESPEED_API_KEY:?Set WAVESPEED_API_KEY}"
REQUEST_BODY=$(cat <<'JSON'
{
"image": "https://interactive-examples.mdn.mozilla.net/media/cc0-images/painted-hand-298-332.jpg",
"video": "https://interactive-examples.mdn.mozilla.net/media/cc0-videos/flower.mp4",
"quality": "360p"
}
JSON
)
# 1. Submit the prediction.
SUBMIT_RESPONSE=$(curl --silent --show-error --fail-with-body \
-X POST "https://api.wavespeed.ai/api/v3/pixverse/motion-control/mimic" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $WAVESPEED_API_KEY" \
-d "$REQUEST_BODY")
TASK=$(printf '%s' "$SUBMIT_RESPONSE" | jq 'if has("data") then .data else . end')
PREDICTION_ID=$(printf '%s' "$TASK" | jq -r '.id')
if [ -z "$PREDICTION_ID" ] || [ "$PREDICTION_ID" = "null" ]; then
printf 'Submission response did not contain a prediction id
' >&2
exit 1
fi
RESULT_URL=$(printf '%s' "$TASK" | jq -r '.urls.get // empty')
if [ -z "$RESULT_URL" ]; then
RESULT_URL="https://api.wavespeed.ai/api/v3/predictions/$PREDICTION_ID/result"
fi
# 2. Poll until the prediction finishes.
while true; do
RESPONSE=$(curl --silent --show-error --fail-with-body "$RESULT_URL" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $WAVESPEED_API_KEY")
RESULT=$(printf '%s' "$RESPONSE" | jq 'if has("data") then .data else . end')
STATUS=$(printf '%s' "$RESULT" | jq -r '.status')
case "$STATUS" in
completed) printf '%s\n' "$RESULT" | jq '.outputs'; break ;;
failed|cancelled|timeout) printf '%s\n' "$RESULT" | jq . >&2; exit 1 ;;
created|processing) sleep 2 ;;
*) printf 'Unexpected status: %s
' "$STATUS" >&2; exit 1 ;;
esac
doneconst submitUrl = "https://api.wavespeed.ai/api/v3/pixverse/motion-control/mimic";
const apiKey = process.env.WAVESPEED_API_KEY;
if (!apiKey) throw new Error('Set WAVESPEED_API_KEY');
async function requestJson(url, options = {}) {
const response = await fetch(url, options);
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(await response.text());
return response.json();
}
// 1. Submit the prediction.
const body = await requestJson(submitUrl, {
method: "POST",
headers: {
"Authorization": `Bearer ${apiKey}`,
"Content-Type": "application/json",
},
body: JSON.stringify({
"image": "https://interactive-examples.mdn.mozilla.net/media/cc0-images/painted-hand-298-332.jpg",
"video": "https://interactive-examples.mdn.mozilla.net/media/cc0-videos/flower.mp4",
"quality": "360p"
}),
});
const task = body.data ?? body;
if (!task.id) throw new Error("Submission response did not contain a prediction id");
const resultUrl = task.urls?.get ||
`https://api.wavespeed.ai/api/v3/predictions/${task.id}/result`;
// 2. Poll until the prediction finishes.
while (true) {
const resultBody = await requestJson(resultUrl, {
headers: { "Authorization": `Bearer ${apiKey}` },
});
const result = resultBody.data ?? resultBody;
if (result.status === "completed") {
console.log(result.outputs);
break;
}
if (["failed", "cancelled", "timeout"].includes(result.status)) throw new Error(JSON.stringify(result));
if (!["created", "processing"].includes(result.status)) throw new Error("Unexpected status: " + result.status);
await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 2000));
}import json
import os
import time
from urllib.request import Request, urlopen
api_key = os.environ["WAVESPEED_API_KEY"]
headers = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {api_key}", "Content-Type": "application/json"}
payload = {
"image": "https://interactive-examples.mdn.mozilla.net/media/cc0-images/painted-hand-298-332.jpg",
"video": "https://interactive-examples.mdn.mozilla.net/media/cc0-videos/flower.mp4",
"quality": "360p"
}
def request_json(url, data=None):
request = Request(url, data=data, headers=headers, method="POST" if data else "GET")
with urlopen(request) as response:
return json.load(response)
# 1. Submit the prediction.
body = request_json("https://api.wavespeed.ai/api/v3/pixverse/motion-control/mimic", json.dumps(payload).encode())
task = body.get("data", body)
if not task.get("id"):
raise RuntimeError("Submission response did not contain a prediction id")
result_url = task.get("urls", {}).get("get") or f"https://api.wavespeed.ai/api/v3/predictions/{task['id']}/result"
# 2. Poll until the prediction finishes.
while True:
result_body = request_json(result_url)
result = result_body.get("data", result_body)
status = result.get("status")
if status == "completed":
print(result.get("outputs", []))
break
if status in {"failed", "cancelled", "timeout"}:
raise RuntimeError(result)
if status not in {"created", "processing"}:
raise RuntimeError(f"Unexpected status: {status}")
time.sleep(2)Motion Control Mimic is a Pixverse model for pose / motion driven video, exposed as a REST API on WaveSpeedAI. PixVerse Motion Control Mimic is a fast AI motion transfer model that transfers motion from a reference video onto a target image to create natural character animation from a still image and motion clip. Ready-to-use REST inference API for character animation, pose transfer, reference motion videos, social media clips, advertising creatives, and professional image-to-video workflows with simple integration, no coldstarts, and affordable pricing. You can call it programmatically or try it from the playground above.
POST your input parameters to the model's REST endpoint (shown in the API tab of this playground) with your WaveSpeedAI API key in the Authorization header. Submission returns a prediction ID. Poll the result endpoint starting around every 2 seconds, increase the interval for long-running tasks, and stop on any terminal status. The playground generates production-oriented Python, JavaScript, and cURL examples with timeouts, transient-error handling, and safe GET retries. Full request/response shape is documented at https://wavespeed.ai/docs/docs-api/pixverse/pixverse-motion-control-mimic.
Motion Control Mimic starts at $0.090 per run. That figure is the base price — the final charge scales with the parameters you set in the form (output size, length, count, references, or whatever knobs this model exposes), so a higher-quality or larger output costs more than a minimal one. The exact cost for your current input is shown live next to the Generate button before you submit, and the actual per-call charge is recorded on the prediction afterwards.
Key inputs: `image`, `video`, `quality`. The full JSON schema (types, defaults, allowed values) is rendered above the Generate button and mirrored in the API reference at https://wavespeed.ai/docs/docs-api/pixverse/pixverse-motion-control-mimic.
Sign up for a free WaveSpeedAI account to claim starter credits, copy your API key from /accesskey, then call the endpoint shown in the API tab of the playground. The playground also auto-generates a code sample in Python, JavaScript, or cURL for the parameters you've set.
Commercial usage rights depend on the model's license, set by its provider (Pixverse). The license summary appears on the model card above; see WaveSpeedAI's Terms of Service for platform-level conditions.