Hunyuan Video 1.5
Hunyuan Video 1.5 is an impressive open-source video generation model from Tencent that is highly regarded for its visual quality and motion diversity. It excels at creating stable, coherent video sequences that align closely with text prompts across a wide range of styles. As a strong open-source option, it is particularly valuable to the AI art community for its accessibility, allowing for deeper experimentation and integration into custom creative pipelines.
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Hunyuan Video 1.5 is an impressive open-source video generation model from Tencent that is highly regarded for its visual quality and motion diversity. It excels at creating stable, coherent video sequences that align closely with text prompts across a wide range of styles. As a strong open-source option, it is particularly valuable to the AI art community for its accessibility, allowing for deeper experimentation and integration into custom creative pipelines.
Connect Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or Codex to Layer’s MCP server and Hunyuan Video 1.5 becomes a tool your agent can reach for — it picks the parameters, runs the generation, and shows you the result in the conversation.
https://mcp.app.layer.ai/mcpAsk your agent
“Use Hunyuan Video 1.5 to animate a torch-lit dungeon corridor with a slow dolly forward.”
execute_forge({
"base_model_id": "hunyuan-video-1.5",
"prompt": "A torch-lit dungeon corridor, slow dolly forward",
"batch_size": 1,
"duration_seconds": 5
})Authenticate with a personal access token, post the model’s own form, and poll the inference until it completes. Every field below is accepted by this endpoint.
# Start the generation — returns an inference id straight away.
curl -X POST https://api.app.layer.ai/api/v2/workspaces/$WORKSPACE_ID/base-models/tencent-hunyuan-video-1-5/inferences \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $LAYER_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"prompt": "A torch-lit dungeon corridor, slow dolly forward"
}'
# Poll until status is "complete" — the response then carries the asset URLs.
curl https://api.app.layer.ai/api/v2/workspaces/$WORKSPACE_ID/inferences/$INFERENCE_ID \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $LAYER_TOKEN"- prompt string
- Describe what to generate, or the change to make.
- negative_prompt string
- What to keep out of the result.
- aspect_ratio enumdefault LANDSCAPE_16_9_480pLANDSCAPE_16_9_480p, PORTRAIT_9_16_480p
- The shape and size of the output.
- prompt_enhancement enumdefault AUTOAUTO, OFF, STANDARD
- Let the model rewrite the prompt before generating.
- seed integer
- The starting point for the model's randomness. The same seed and settings give the same result.
- inference_steps integerdefault 281–50
- How many refinement passes the model makes. More add detail and take longer.
- duration_seconds integerdefault 5
- Length of the generated clip, in seconds.
- guidance_file_first_frame file[]required
- The frame the video starts on
- prompt_language string
- The language the prompt is written in, so it reaches the model as you meant it.
Why use Hunyuan Video 1.5 for video?
Smooth, stable motion with strong temporal consistency
Hunyuan Video generates sequences with clean frame to frame stability, reducing jitter, flicker, and motion artifacts. This makes it ideal for UA videos, character animations, and short promotional loops where stability determines watchability.
High clarity visuals with consistent lighting and detail
Despite being a fast video model, Hunyuan maintains strong detail, balanced lighting, and clear silhouettes throughout the clip. It is especially useful for videos that need to showcase characters, gameplay moments, or environment mood.
Reliable camera motion and cinematic control
The model handles camera moves ( pans, zooms, simple tracking shots ) with stability and coherence. Hunyuan Video is valuable for creating dynamic ad intros, feature reveals, or immersive worldbuilding clips.
UA video clips with clean motion and high readability
Produce eye catching sequences that remain clear even at mobile sizes. Hunyuan Video helps teams test different creative hooks ( character intros, gameplay inspired moments, simple cinematic pans ) with low artifacting.
Short character animations and cosmetic showcase loops
Generate smooth character driven clips that highlight skins, cosmetics, or personality moments. The model keeps movement stable, which makes it strong for shop animations or LiveOps promotional assets.
Environment mood videos and thematic event teasers
Create atmospheric loops of environments, lighting transitions, or simple action moments. Hunyuan Video works well for LiveOps event teasers, biome intros, and mood driven creative concepts.
FAQ
How much does Hunyuan Video 1.5 cost? Is it free?+
How does Layer's pricing work?+
There are no seat fees, feature gates, or plans on Layer. Instead, our platform uses a consumption based system with Creative Units (CUs) with a flexible monthly subscription. Every generation on Layer (image, video, 3D, or audio) consumes a Creative Unit, and you only pay for what you create.
What Elo score does Hunyuan Video 1.5 have?+
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