Tools

AI services powering the Hive Motion engine

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Pipeline

1

Brief

Product + style + duration + format

2

Storyboard

fal FLUX generates hero frames per shot

3

Approve

Review frames before expensive render

4

Render

Grok / Veo animates each frame (async)

5

Assemble

ffmpeg stitches clips + adds motion graphics

AI Image Generator — fal

Primary

fal.ai image models — generates hero frames from text prompts. FLUX for photoreal, Recraft for logos/vector, Ideogram for text-in-image.

FLUX Pro 1.1FLUX DevRecraft V4Ideogram 3.0
POST /storyboard

Video Animator — Grok Imagine 1.5

Primary

fal.ai · xAI Grok Imagine 1.5 — #1 image-to-video (blind-test leaderboard) with native audio. Primary render engine.

Grok Imagine 1.5
POST /render (engine: grok)

Video Animator — Veo 3.1

Premium

fal.ai · Google Veo 3.1 — premium image-to-video with native synchronized audio. Top-quality tier.

Veo 3.1
POST /render (engine: veo)

Video Assembler

Active

Local ffmpeg pipeline — concatenates clips, mixes audio (with ducking), and exports 16:9, 9:16, and 1:1 formats at CRF 18.

libx264H.264 CRF 18
Internal — POST /render

Voiceover & Music

Optional

ElevenLabs — text-to-speech voiceover and AI music generation. Optional layer added after render.

eleven_multilingual_v2Sound Generation
POST /audio