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Model pair: Grok Imagine and Vidu

The docs of Grok Imagine and Vidu part on 3 of the six camera points: camera moves, frames and motion amount. They read alike on framing, cuts and negative prompt. As of 2026-09-25.

What the two sets of docs coverLit: the docs cover it. Dark: they do not.What the two sets of docs coverGrok ImagineViduHow a camera move is asked forHow a camera move is asked for — Grok Imagine: Words in the promptHow a camera move is asked for — Vidu: None in the docsShot sizes and angles in the docsShot sizes and angles in the docs — Grok Imagine: None in the docsShot sizes and angles in the docs — Vidu: None in the docsCuts inside one generationCuts inside one generation — Grok Imagine: None in the docsCuts inside one generation — Vidu: None in the docsStart and end framesStart and end frames — Grok Imagine: First frame onlyStart and end frames — Vidu: First and last frameA negative promptA negative prompt — Grok Imagine: None in the docsA negative prompt — Vidu: None in the docsA setting for how much the picture movesA setting for how much the picture moves — Grok Imagine: None in the docsA setting for how much the picture moves — Vidu: A motion setting
Fig. 1 Lit: the docs cover it. Dark: they do not.
Grok Imagine and Vidu, reading by field, read 2026-09-25.
FieldGrok ImagineVidu
How a camera move is asked forWords in the promptNone in the docs
Shot sizes and angles in the docsNone in the docsNone in the docs
Cuts inside one generationNone in the docsNone in the docs
Start and end framesFirst frame onlyFirst and last frame
A negative promptNone in the docsNone in the docs
A setting for how much the picture movesNone in the docsA motion setting

Inclusion rule. The six points every model on the register is read on. Order. The order the points take on every model page.

1How the two differ

Grok Imagine reads “Words in the prompt” on camera moves, while Vidu's docs say nothing about camera moves. Grok Imagine reads “First frame only” on start and end frames, while Vidu reads “First and last frame” on start and end frames. Only Vidu documents a motion setting. Grok Imagine's docs use 1 of the site's camera words and Vidu's use 0, with none in common.

2The differing points, in the docs' words

How a camera move is asked for

Make the water crash down and slowly pan out the camera

xAI, Grok Imagine documentation

Vidu: the docs read do not cover this.

Start and end frames

video generation from text or still images

xAI, Grok Imagine documentation

Two images: first is start frame, second is end frame.

Vidu, platform start-end-to-video API

A setting for how much the picture moves

Grok Imagine: the docs read do not cover this.

The movement amplitude of objects in the frame

Vidu, platform text-to-video API

3Grok Imagine, Vidu and a third set of camera docs

On the camera points where Grok Imagine and Vidu part, what SceneMixer's guides say, read 2026-10-13.
Camera pointSceneMixerSource
How a camera move is asked forCamera moves are written into each shot's text: fixed, handheld, tracking or a slow push inSceneMixer, how to write one shot

Inclusion rule. Points where the two models above differ and SceneMixer's guides say something; points its guides leave open are not shown. Order. The order the points take on every model page.

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