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Kling v3 Motion Control

Kling v3 Motion Control
Kling AI · Video Generation
POST /v1/videos/generations

Kling 3.0 model that transfers motion from a reference video onto a character from a reference image, with Standard 720p and Pro 1080p tiers.

At a glance

FieldValue
Model idkling-v3-motion-control
Input modalitiesText, Image, Video
Output modalitiesVideo
Context window-
Weight precision-
Featuresmotion_control
Native inferenceNo
NewNo
Supported endpointsPOST /v1/videos/generations

Pricing

ChargeSpecRate
Standard (720p)per second$0.14
Pro (1080p)per second$0.18

Example request

$curl https://api.empiriolabs.ai/v1/videos/generations \
>  -H 'Authorization: Bearer $EMPIRIOLABS_API_KEY' \
>  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
>  -d '{"model": "kling-v3-motion-control", "prompt": "sunrise over the ocean", "duration": 6}'

Parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
promptstringyes-Motion / scene description.
reference_imagestringyes-Reference image URL — provides the character/subject.
reference_videostringyes-Reference video URL — provides the motion to copy.
character_orientationenumno"image"image: character starts in the pose from the reference image (max 10s). video: character matches pose in the reference video (max 30s). · Allowed: image, video
modeenumno"std"std: standard quality. pro: higher quality, slower. · Allowed: std, pro
durationnumberno5Seconds. Capped at 10 when character_orientation=image, 30 when character_orientation=video. · Range: 1 – 30
keep_original_soundbooleannotrueKeep the audio track from the reference video.

Notes

Motion-control video: a reference IMAGE (the character/subject) and a reference VIDEO (the motion source) are BOTH required. The character from the image performs the movements from the video.

Reference image

  • JPEG, PNG, or WEBP
  • Max 10 MB
  • Min 340px on the short edge
  • Aspect ratio 0.4 to 2.5

Reference video

  • MP4, MOV, or WEBM
  • Max 100 MB
  • 340-3850px
  • 24-60 FPS
  • 3-10s (image orientation: max 10s; video orientation: max 30s)

Uploaded media preprocessing

  • Reference videos are normalized to provider-compatible MP4 when needed.
  • Reference-video duration follows the selected character orientation limit.

Machine-readable schema: GET https://api.empiriolabs.ai/v1/models/kling-v3-motion-control.