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Kling V2.1 Standard

Kling V2.1 Standard is Kyeo's 720p single-image video route. It requires 1 JPEG or PNG plus a prompt and returns a 5- or 10-second task for 25 or 50 credits, respectively.

Workflow
Single-image video
Credit cost
25-50 credits / request
Prompt limit
5,000 characters
Upload limit
1 JPEG/PNG, up to 10 MB
30-second overview
  • Officially positioned as the Standard (720p) tier
  • 1 JPEG or PNG first frame, up to 10 MB
  • Kyeo pricing: 5s costs 25 credits; 10s costs 50
  • Controls: duration, negative prompt, and CFG

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Examples

Cinematic scene

Cinematic scene

Cinematic scene

Create a 30-second, 16:9 horizontal photorealistic live-action travel music video following the SAME young woman through a spontaneous summer day in Japan. Stylish, youthful, energetic, intimate, and naturally captured by a traveling friend—not a commercial. HARD CUTS ONLY. No fades, dissolves, morphing, time-lapse, artificial blending, duplicated frames, or impossible camera movement. CHARACTER: Young woman, early 20s, long naturally dark-brown hair, brown eyes, soft natural makeup, realistic skin, slim everyday build. Maintain identical face, hair, body proportions, skin tone, makeup, jewelry, and identity throughout. She never speaks to camera. WARDROBE: 0–9s: cream oversized linen shirt, light-blue jeans, white canvas sneakers, brown crossbody bag. 9–20s: sage-green sleeveless summer dress, beige sandals, woven shoulder bag, silver earrings. 20–30s: navy lightweight jacket, white fitted top, charcoal loose trousers, white sneakers. Only change outfits at specified cuts. VISUAL STYLE: Authentic Japanese summer footage, natural handheld camera, 24/35/50/85mm lenses, realistic motion blur, skin texture, fabric movement, sunlight, atmospheric depth and subtle film grain. Occasional framing errors and autofocus adjustments. No glossy commercial look or drone shots. LOCATIONS: Quiet Kyoto residential lane, neighborhood railway crossing, traditional wooden tea shop, riverside path, local summer festival, traditional shrine, lantern-lit alley, quiet rooftop. Japan only—no Chinese/Korean architecture, generic Asian settings, or recognizable brands. TIMELINE: 0–2.5s — Railway crossing: she walks toward the crossing, bell rings, train suddenly rushes across and blocks her, then she turns with a surprised smile. HARD CUT. 2.5–4.5s — She walks past traditional houses, adjusts her bag and tucks hair behind her ear. HARD CUT. 4.5–7s — Enters a tiny wooden tea shop; chilled drink close-up with condensation; she takes a sip. HARD CUT. 7–9s — LOOK B. Exits into sunlight, walks through a narrow street, opens a paper fan and laughs. HARD CUT. 9–12s — Riverside walk; briefly removes sandals and balances on the wooden edge, looking at the water. HARD CUT. 12–14.5s — Cycles slowly along the riverside, hair and dress moving naturally; smiles toward camera; passes behind a tree. HARD CUT. 14.5–17s — Shrine approach; washes hands naturally at purification fountain and looks toward shrine. HARD CUT. 17–20s — Writes an unreadable private wish on a wooden plaque and hangs it. Breeze moves the plaques. HARD CUT. 20–22.5s — LOOK C. Early-evening festival street; walks through lanterns, eats a snack, friend joins and laughs. HARD CUT. 22.5–25s — Festival game: first ring toss misses, she laughs, second succeeds; friend claps once. HARD CUT. 25–27.5s — Lantern alley; walks with friend, turns backward, nearly bumps a wooden post, catches herself and laughs. HARD CUT. 27.5–30s — Rooftop blue-hour view. She and friend overlook glowing Japanese rooftops, distant train and insects audible. She smiles briefly at camera, then looks back at the city. Recording ends naturally at 29.7s. No fade. PHYSICAL REALISM: Correct hands, fingers, feet, props, bicycle contact, water, food, shadows and movement. No duplicated people, distorted faces, floating objects, disappearing props, teleportation, or impossible physics. AUDIO: Diegetic ambience only—crossing bell, train, footsteps, bicycle, river, insects, leaves, tea shop, water, festival crowd, laughter, game sounds, distant ending train. No narration, dialogue, voiceover, music lyrics, subtitles, captions, or on-screen text. FINAL FEEL: A beautiful accidental summer memory in Japan—authentic, spontaneous, imperfect, emotional, and highly shareable. 30 SECONDS, 16:9, PHOTOREALISTIC LIVE ACTION, HARD CUTS ONLY.

Cinematic scene

Cinematic scene

Create a 15-second ultra-realistic cinematic high-altitude tether-swinging action sequence in strict 16:9 landscape, native 4K, 24fps. Use one seamless continuous drone follow shot with no cuts, no teleporting, and no time skips. The motion must feel physically continuous, dynamic, thrilling, and always readable. REFERENCE: image1 = main heroine reference. Use image1 as the strict identity reference for the heroine’s face, facial proportions, hairstyle, hair color, body proportions, age impression, outfit, shoes, accessories, styling, and overall recognizable appearance. Preserve her identity consistently throughout the whole video. Keep her as an original urban tether-swinging action heroine. Do not redesign her into a branded superhero character. Do not add franchise logos, copyrighted chest emblems, or recognizable third-party superhero symbols. CORE CONCEPT: This is an original urban tether-swinging action short. The heroine moves through the city using thin wrist-launched fiber lines, momentum, wall-running, rooftop movement, and real parkour body mechanics. She travels at high altitude between tall buildings, then lands on a rooftop, defeats one villain, and ends with a powerful shout. HOOK: The first second must be an instant scroll-stopping hook. Start with the heroine already falling backward off the edge of a very tall skyscraper. For a brief moment, it looks like she may actually fall. Then she instantly fires one thin tether line upward, it catches, and her body snaps into a huge high-altitude swing between buildings. STYLE: Photorealistic live-action realism. Premium cinematic action quality. Bright daytime Los Angeles atmosphere with realistic haze, realistic motion blur, realistic fabric movement, realistic body weight, real inertia, and practical environmental interaction. The sequence should feel like a premium action movie shot, not animation, not a game cutscene, and not a cartoon. CAMERA: One uninterrupted drone follow shot only. No cuts. No resets. No jumpy edits. No impossible viewpoint teleporting. The drone camera must stay wide enough to show both the heroine and the environment together. It may tilt, roll, arc, climb, and dive with the motion, but it must always feel like one real flying camera tracking her. Keep the framing intense and fast, but always readable. ENVIRONMENT: Bright daytime in a dense modern city inspired by Los Angeles and Hollywood. Show: - tall glass and concrete high-rises - rooftop edges - billboards and signage - palm trees far below where visible - busy roads and traffic far beneath - bright haze and sunny atmosphere - believable large-scale urban depth The action must happen mainly high above the street between tall buildings, not low near the ground for most of the video. VILLAIN RULE: Only one villain appears in the entire video. The villain is one adult male enemy only. He wears a fitted black suit, black shirt, and black shoes. No mask, no armor, no fantasy costume. He appears only in the rooftop combat section. Do not generate multiple enemies. Do not generate background enemies. Do not clone or duplicate the villain. ACTION RULES: The heroine’s movement must feel hand-and-foot driven, not magical floating. She must visibly: - fire thin tether lines from her hands - swing with real tension and momentum - push off building surfaces - run along walls with clear foot placement - absorb landings with bent knees - sprint briefly on a rooftop - fight one villain using fast practical action - finish in control Her body mechanics must stay realistic: - core engaged during swings - arms extended or flexed according to line tension - knees bend on landing and push-off - visible transfer of momentum between swing, wall-run, leap, landing, and combat Do not make her hover weightlessly. Do not make the tether line act like magic. Do not make her float in place unnaturally. EMOTIONAL ARC: - opening: shock and immediate control - mid-swing: intense focus - rooftop approach: rising confidence - rooftop fight: sharp aggression and urgency - ending: victorious adrenaline and fearless release AUDIO: No music. Effects and ambience only: - rushing wind - tether firing and tension snaps - air pass-by - foot impacts on walls and rooftop surfaces - city ambience far below - distant traffic and horns - fabric movement - breathing - one short rooftop fight impact sequence - one powerful final shout from the heroine TIMELINE: 0:00–0:01 Start from black into a shocking rooftop-edge fall. The heroine is already dropping backward off a skyscraper. For a fraction of a second it feels dangerous and uncontrolled. She immediately flicks her wrist and fires one thin tether line upward. It catches instantly. The drone yanks back and reveals the start of a huge swing. 0:01–0:04 The heroine swings at high altitude between tall buildings. The city is far below. Her body forms a long aerodynamic arc, one arm holding tension through the line, legs trailing cleanly behind. The drone follows wide and slightly rolled, emphasizing height, speed, and scale. 0:04–0:06 At the swing’s forward rise, she releases the line and redirects toward a nearby glass-and-concrete building. She plants onto the wall and runs across it diagonally with 4 to 5 clear steps. Her feet hit the wall with visible force. Her jaw is set and focused. The drone stays close but wide enough to keep the city depth visible. 0:06–0:08 She pushes explosively off the wall, fires a new tether line, and swings again through a narrower corridor between tall buildings. The movement should feel faster and more controlled now. She threads cleanly through the urban gap and angles toward a rooftop landing zone ahead. 0:08–0:09.5 She releases the line and lands hard but controlled on a rooftop. Knees bend deeply to absorb impact. She rolls into a short forward recovery step, then rises immediately into a sprint across the rooftop surface. 0:09.5–0:12 One villain in a black suit steps in to stop her. Keep only this single enemy. The heroine engages him in a short, sharp rooftop fight. She avoids his first attack with a quick slip, grabs or redirects his arm, drives one fast body shot or elbow, then uses his off-balance momentum to throw or slam him down onto the rooftop. The fight must feel quick, practical, and decisive. Real impact reactions. No slow choreography. No extra enemies. 0:12–0:13.5 The villain is down and no longer a threat. The heroine steps past him and moves to the rooftop edge. Wind moves her hair and outfit. She looks outward over the city with intense adrenaline and triumph. 0:13.5–0:15 At the rooftop edge, she turns slightly toward the open skyline, lifts her chest, and shouts one powerful final line: “가자!” She immediately launches forward off the rooftop edge into another leap just as the clip ends. End on the feeling that the action is continuing beyond the cut. IMPORTANT RULES: - one continuous drone follow shot only - no cuts - no teleporting - no cloning - no multiple villains - only one black-suited villain - no giant web canopy - use only thin functional tether lines - no franchise logos - no copyrighted chest symbols - preserve the uploaded identity consistently - action must stay realistic and momentum-driven - rooftop fight must be short, sharp, and readable - final shout must be “가자!” NEGATIVE: no cartoon, no anime, no game-engine look, no fake CGI stiffness, no floating, no weightless hovering, no random disconnected acrobatics, no city-wide web canopy, no superhero logo, no copyrighted spider emblem, no extra enemies, no masked villain, no armored villain, no cloned villain, no empty city, no dark night setting, no rain, no slow motion, no blurred identity, no outfit drift, no face drift, no extra limbs, no broken anatomy, no unrealistic hand deformation, no collision with buildings during swings, no messy unreadable fight.

Fashion portrait

At a glance

Is this model right for you?

This 720p image-to-video workflow accepts only 1 starting image. Duration, negative prompt, and CFG are adjustable; there is no text-only, last-frame, aspect-ratio, or audio control.

What it does best
Standard is Kling AI 2.1's official 720p tier, integrated on Kyeo as a fixed single-image video workflow.
Who it is for
Use it when a product image, character illustration, poster, or storyboard frame is ready and the next question is whether the planned motion works over 5 or 10 seconds.
Why use it on Kyeo AI
Kyeo shows the exact inputs, controls, and credit tiers so the same image and prompt can be rerun before comparing Pro or Master.

Key facts

Quickly evaluate whether this model fits your business use case.

Category
AI video model
Vendor
Kling AI
Model family
Kling
Integration
Current site integration
Kling V2.1 Standard image-to-video
Kling — Asynchronous task
Runtime
Asynchronous task
Official tier
Standard (720p)
Prompt limit
5,000 characters
Upload limit
1 JPEG/PNG, up to 10 MB

Other names

The same model may have different names in official documentation, community discussions, and API integrations. This section brings them together for you.

Kling 2.1 Standard
Kling V2 1 Standard
Kling — Kling V2.1 Standard resolution
Kling AI 2.1 Standard

Common questions

These practical questions focus on the task, input conditions, and result requirements you should confirm before choosing.

How do I use Kling V2.1 Standard?
Kling V2.1 Standard pricing
Kling V2.1 Standard tutorial
What is Kling V2.1 Standard best for?
Kling V2.1 Standard AI video generation
Does Kling V2.1 Standard support text-to-video?
Kling V2.1 Standard image-to-video
Kling V2.1 Standard CFG range
Does Kling V2.1 Standard support a last frame?
Kling V2.1 Standard resolution
Kling V2.1 Standard duration
Kling V2.1 Standard video generation model

Decision guide

Still deciding? Start with these key decision points.

1
Choose it for the first motion test

Choose Standard when 1 compliant first-frame image is ready and the required output is a 720p, 5- or 10-second image-to-video task.

2
When to compare another model first

Compare V2.1 Pro when a last frame is required and V2.1 Master when both text and image routes are needed.

3
Start with five seconds

Run 5 seconds with the image, prompt, negative prompt, and CFG fixed. Change one setting at a time and log subject, motion, text, and composition failures.

Popular comparisons

Compare common alternatives on the same task to clarify differences in inputs, controls, and cost.

How does Kling V2.1 Standard differ from Kling V2.1 Pro?
Kling V2.1 Standard vs Kling V2.1 Pro
How does Kling V2.1 Standard differ from Kling V2.1 Master?
Kling V2.1 Standard vs Kling V2.1 Master
How does Kling V2.1 Standard differ from V2.5 Turbo Pro?
Kling V2.1 Standard vs Kling V2.5 Turbo Pro

Model comparison table

Not sure which model to choose? Compare the key differences between this model and its alternatives at a glance.

Official resolution tier
Kling V2.1 Standard
Standard (720p)
Kling V2.1 Pro
High Quality (1080p)
Kling V2.1 Master
Master (1080p)
Image inputs
Kling V2.1 Standard
1 required first frame
Kling V2.1 Pro
First frame plus optional last frame
Kling V2.1 Master
1 image for its image workflow
Generation routes
Kling V2.1 Standard
Image-to-video only
Kling V2.1 Pro
Image-to-video only
Kling V2.1 Master
Text and image routes
Current Kyeo credits
Kling V2.1 Standard
5s: 25; 10s: 50
Kling V2.1 Pro
See the current Pro page
Kling V2.1 Master
See the current Master page
Last-frame control
Kling V2.1 Standard
Not supported
Kling V2.1 Pro
Optional ending-frame image
Kling V2.1 Master
Current image workflow does not list one

Real-world experience

Practical guidance based on public sources, current on-site limits, and representative tasks.

Select by workflow boundaries first

Kyeo's Standard route is single-image video only. Text-only, last-frame, or audio requirements rule it out regardless of capabilities advertised for other Kling versions.

An official tier is not a benchmark result

Kuaishou labels Standard as 720p and High Quality as 1080p. Those labels describe the tiers and resolution, but do not replace testing quality, speed, or stability with the actual source material.

Capabilities

Dedicated single-image animation

Does Kling V2.1 Standard support text-to-video? — Use it when a product image, character illustration, poster, or storyboard frame is ready and the next question is whether the planned motion works over 5 or 10 seconds.

Focused generation controls

Kling V2.1 Standard image-to-video — 1 JPEG/PNG, up to 10 MB

No additional generation controls

Kling V2.1 Standard CFG range — 5,000 characters

Use cases

Product-image motion test

Test a small rotation, environmental change, or camera move from an approved product image; review packaging, text, and product details frame by frame.

Character-action preview

Use one character image to check expression, pose, and motion direction before committing to a longer sequence.

Storyboard camera test

Turn one storyboard frame into a 5-second camera draft. Treat it as a test, not a promise of final production quality.

Prompt tips

Describe only the intended change

Specify subject action, camera direction, pace, and environmental movement instead of repeating static details already visible in the image.

Change one variable at a time

For reruns, keep the image and main prompt fixed while adjusting duration, negative prompt, or CFG so the source of a difference remains traceable.

Prepare the source before upload

Use a clear JPEG or PNG with room for motion and confirm that the single file is no larger than 10 MB.

Why choose it

The required 1-image route has a clear input boundary.
5- and 10-second tasks cost 25 and 50 Kyeo credits, making the current budget explicit.
Kling V2.1 Standard duration — Use it when a product image, character illustration, poster, or storyboard frame is ready and the next question is whether the planned motion works over 5 or 10 seconds.
Kuaishou explicitly identifies Standard as the 720p tier, so resolution does not need to be inferred from marketing copy.

What to know first

Kyeo's current route is image-to-video only and cannot start from text alone.
There is no ending-frame image, so a 2nd image cannot define the ending frame.
Kyeo exposes no aspect ratio, audio, or safety-check switch; aspect follows the image workflow, and release safety still requires manual review.
How do I use Kling V2.1 Standard? — 5,000 characters

Adjustable settings

Quickly evaluate whether this model fits your business use case.

Video duration
Optional
Parameter type: select
Default: 5
5 seconds
10 seconds
Negative prompt
Optional
Parameter type: text
Up to 500 characters
Prompt adherence
Optional
Parameter type: number
Default: 0.5
Range 0 - 1

Credit cost

25-50 credits / request

On Kyeo, 5 seconds costs 25 credits and 10 seconds costs 50; confirm the workbench total before submitting.

Credit-saving tip

Before generating images or videos in bulk, run an A/B test with the same input on this model and similar alternatives. Confirm the result first to avoid wasting credits.

Frequently asked questions

Related models

Still deciding? Take a quick look at these similar alternatives.

Kling V2.1 Pro

Kling V2.1 Pro is Kyeo's High Quality (1080p) first-last-frame image-to-video route. It requires 1 first image and can use image 2 as the ending; 5- and 10-second requests cost 50 and 100 credits.

AI video model
50-100 credits / request

Kling V2.1 Master

Kling V2.1 Master is Kyeo's 1080p text and single-image video entry. No image selects the text workflow; 1 JPEG/PNG selects the image workflow. Both cost 160 credits for 5 seconds or 320 for 10.

AI video model
160-320 credits / request

Kling V2.5 Turbo Pro

Kling V2.5 Turbo Pro gives Kyeo separate text and image routes behind one entry. Uploading 1-2 images switches to first/last-frame video; both routes offer 5 or 10 seconds at 42 or 84 credits.

AI video model
42-84 credits / request

Sources

This page is based on vendor materials, model-family documentation, and Kyeo AI integration settings.

Source note

Check Kling V2.1 Standard 720p image-to-video, a JPEG/PNG up to 10 MB, 5- and 10-second output, 25/50 credits, negative prompt, and CFG limits. On Kyeo, 5 seconds costs 25 credits and 10 seconds costs 50; confirm the workbench total before submitting.

Last updated: 2026-08-27
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