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Cinematic short
Cinematic establishing shot of a lone figure walking down a neon-lit rainy street at night, anamorphic lens flares, atmospheric haze, dramatic film color grade, photorealistic, film grain
AI Video Generator
Vidu Q3 Pro
Generate AI video with Vidu Q3 Pro: text to video and image to video, all from one Vidney workspace.
Output
Sample
Sample gallery
Real Vidu Q3 Pro output, generated on Vidney. These are actual results, not stock or fabricated examples.
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UGC product ad
A friendly young creator holding up a sleek consumer product to the camera in a bright modern room, speaking energetically, handheld UGC advertising style, natural daylight, authentic and relatable
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Viral effects & dance
A person performing a fun trendy dance with dynamic energetic camera movement, vibrant colorful social-media short-form aesthetic, upbeat and shareable, vertical framing
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Bring old photos to life
An old family photograph gently coming to life with subtle natural motion — a smiling grandparent slowly turning their head, warm nostalgic golden light, gentle and emotional, photorealistic
Vidu Q3 Pro key features
Prompt-to-video generation
One plain-language prompt returns a finished video: no timeline, no keyframes, no rendering software. Tweak a few words and re-run in seconds.
Consistent, controllable results
Aspect ratios like 1:1, 4:3, 3:4, 16:9, 9:16 drop cleanly into any feed, and the look holds steady across a whole series, so a multi-clip campaign reads as one brand.
Production-ready quality
Sharp detail, stable motion, accurate color, and no Vidney watermark. Clips run 1–16 seconds, ready for an ad slot or a client deliverable as-is.
Every mode in one workspace
Vidu Q3 Pro runs text to video and image to video next to every other major model: one workspace, one credit balance, no API keys.
What you can create with Vidu Q3 Pro
Marketing and ad creative
Spin up ten hook variations in one afternoon, A/B test against real spend, and double down on the winner. No shoot, no crew, no studio booking.
Social media content
Batch a week of Reels and Shorts in one session. The look stays consistent across the series, so your feed reads as one brand.
Product and e-commerce
Show every product in use, in a setting, from the angle that converts, and refresh creative as fast as inventory turns.
Concept and pre-visualization
Test framing, lighting, and pacing in a few prompts. Pitch a moving look-and-feel before the budget is locked.
The technology behind Vidu Q3 Pro
How the model is built and what it was trained to do, drawn from official docs and independent reviews.
Vidu Q3 Pro comes from Shengshu Technology, a company spun out of Tsinghua University research. The Vidu model family is a diffusion model built on U-ViT, a transformer backbone for diffusion that Shengshu's researchers proposed in 2022, before the DiT design later popularized by Sora. According to Shengshu's technical report, this architecture is what lets Vidu scale to longer, more consistent video.
Launched in early 2026, Q3 is Shengshu's first model to generate audio and video together in a single pass instead of adding sound afterward. It produces up to 16 seconds of 1080p video with lip-synced dialogue in English, Japanese and Chinese, plus sound effects and background music timed to the visuals. It also introduces Smart Cuts, meaning the model can switch camera angles and compose multi-shot sequences inside one generation rather than outputting a single continuous shot.
The Pro tier available through API providers supports text-to-video, image-to-video and first/last frame workflows. You can pick 540p, 720p or 1080p, any duration from 1 to 16 seconds, five aspect ratios, and toggle audio off if you want a silent clip. Prompts can run up to 5,000 characters.
In April 2026 Shengshu added Reference-to-Video to Q3, which lets you combine reference images of subjects, environments, costumes, props and visual styles in one workflow to keep them consistent across a video. At that launch the company reported Q3 ranked first on the Artificial Analysis video benchmark and first on SuperCLUE's reference-to-video leaderboard, and independent trackers have since placed it just behind Sora 2 globally.
Sources: prnewswire.com · arxiv.org
Who uses Vidu Q3 Pro, and what for
Vidu Q3 Pro fits anyone who needs videos fast without a production crew or a freelancer budget. Performance marketers use it to batch ad creative: a DTC team spins up a dozen hook variations for a single TikTok campaign and A/B tests them the same afternoon. Social media managers turn one content calendar into a week of Reels and Shorts without booking a videographer. E-commerce sellers generate product demos and lifestyle shots for Amazon, Etsy, and Shopify listings, refreshing creative as fast as inventory turns over. UGC creators and affiliates mock up native-looking spots for brand deals before committing to a shoot. Indie filmmakers and game studios pre-visualize scenes, testing framing, lighting, and pacing, to lock a direction before spending real money on production. On Vidney you run Vidu Q3 Pro next to every other major model, so you choose the best one per project instead of locking into a single provider.
How to generate video with Vidu Q3 Pro
Create AI video with Vidu Q3 Pro on Vidney in three steps.
Vidu Q3 Pro vs Seedance 2.0 vs Sora 2 vs Veo 3.1 Quality
Specs side by side with similar models, all runnable on Vidney.
| Vidu Q3 Pro | Seedance 2.0 | Sora 2 | Veo 3.1 Quality | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Task modes | Text to Video · Image to Video | Text to Video · Image to Video | Text to Video · Image to Video | Text to Video · Image to Video |
| Duration | 1–16 seconds | 4–15 seconds | 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 seconds | 4, 6, 8 seconds |
| Resolution | 540p · 720p · 1080p | 480p · 720p · 1080p | 720p · 1024p · 1080p | 720p · 1080p |
| Audio | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported |
| Cost | 15–18 credits per generation | 72–90 credits per generation | 96–288 credits per generation | 24–192 credits per generation |
What creators say about Vidu Q3 Pro
Recurring themes from public reviews, comparisons and creator write-ups. Both the good and the bad.
What gets praised
Creators consistently praise the native audio generation: dialogue, sound effects and music come out already synced with the picture, and reviewers say it is the first time they did not have to fix audio timing in post.
Anime output is a recurring standout in reviews, with strong Japanese lip-sync and noticeably better character consistency in anime style than in realistic style.
The 16 second length combined with Smart Cuts gets frequent praise for making clips feel professionally edited, with the model cutting between wide shots and close-ups on its own instead of holding one static shot.
Common complaints
A common complaint is character consistency breaking down in busy scenes: with more than two characters on screen, faces and features can shift or blend between them, especially in realistic style.
Users also report prompt details getting dropped and unprompted camera moves creeping in, which forces re-rolls that burn credits since failed renders are not refunded.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Vidu Q3 Pro?
Vidu Q3 Pro is an AI video model you can run on Vidney. It supports text to video and image to video from a single workspace.
How much does Vidu Q3 Pro cost per generation?
Vidu Q3 Pro costs 15–18 credits per generation. The exact credit cost is shown on the generate button before you run it.
What aspect ratios does Vidu Q3 Pro support?
Vidu Q3 Pro supports the following aspect ratios: 1:1, 4:3, 3:4, 16:9, 9:16.
How long can Vidu Q3 Pro videos be?
Vidu Q3 Pro generates clips of 1–16 seconds.
Does Vidu Q3 Pro generate audio?
Yes. Vidu Q3 Pro can generate video with an audio track, and you can toggle sound on or off before generating.
Is Vidu Q3 Pro free to use?
You can start with Vidu Q3 Pro for free on Vidney using your sign-up credits, no card required to try it. After that each run costs 15–18 credits per generation, and the exact cost is always shown on the generate button before you spend a credit.
Can I use Vidu Q3 Pro videos commercially?
Yes. The videos you generate with Vidu Q3 Pro on Vidney are yours to use in commercial projects: ads, social posts, client work, and product content. You keep the output; Vidney only handles generation and storage.
Does Vidu Q3 Pro add a watermark?
No. Vidu Q3 Pro videos generated on Vidney are delivered clean, with no Vidney watermark, ready to publish or hand to a client as-is.
What are the best Vidu Q3 Pro alternatives?
The closest Vidu Q3 Pro alternatives on Vidney are Seedance 2.0, Sora 2, and Veo 3.1 Quality. They all run in the same workspace from one credit balance, so you can run the same prompt on each and compare the results side by side.
Do I need an API key or a provider account to use Vidu Q3 Pro?
No. Vidney runs Vidu Q3 Pro for you, so there are no API keys to manage and no separate provider account to set up.
