Tools
AI services powering the Hive Motion engine
Pipeline
Brief
Product + style + duration + format
Storyboard
fal FLUX generates hero frames per shot
Approve
Review frames before expensive render
Render
Grok / Veo animates each frame (async)
Assemble
ffmpeg stitches clips + adds motion graphics
AI Image Generator — fal
Primaryfal.ai image models — generates hero frames from text prompts. FLUX for photoreal, Recraft for logos/vector, Ideogram for text-in-image.
Video Animator — Grok Imagine 1.5
Primaryfal.ai · xAI Grok Imagine 1.5 — #1 image-to-video (blind-test leaderboard) with native audio. Primary render engine.
Video Animator — Veo 3.1
Premiumfal.ai · Google Veo 3.1 — premium image-to-video with native synchronized audio. Top-quality tier.
Video Assembler
ActiveLocal ffmpeg pipeline — concatenates clips, mixes audio (with ducking), and exports 16:9, 9:16, and 1:1 formats at CRF 18.
Voiceover & Music
OptionalElevenLabs — text-to-speech voiceover and AI music generation. Optional layer added after render.