Generate with Veo3 using Text Prompts
Example for generating a video with audio using Veo3 from text
Follow this recipe to generate video using text:
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Generate with VEO3 Using Text Prompts
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The guide will recreate the following functionality in the Web UI via API.

Sample Request
curl --request POST \
--url https://cloud.leonardo.ai/api/rest/v1/generations-text-to-video\
--header 'accept: application/json' \
--header 'authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>' \
--header 'content-type: application/json' \
--data'
{
"prompt":"a breathtaking, cinematic sequence of a massive crystal whale gliding through a vast night sky that behaves like a deep ocean. The whale’s body is sculpted from translucent, glimmering crystal—its surface faceted like a gemstone, catching moonlight and scattering it in radiant rainbow beams across the sky. Each movement creates soft refractions that dance across the clouds, making them ripple like bioluminescent waves.",
"resolution": "RESOLUTION_720",
"model": "VEO3",
"isPublic": false
}
Default Resolution
Veo3 only generates in 720p at an aspect ratio of 16:9 at dimensions 1280x720.
height
andwidth
dimensions specified outside of this will not be accepted.
Switch to Motion 2
To use Motion 2.0, remove the
model
parameter or set it toMOTION2
.Parameters such as
frameinterpolation
andpromptEnhance
are not compatible with Veo3.
Cost
The Text-to-Video endpoint costs 4000 API Credits per Veo3 video
Updated 21 days ago