What models are available on CraftyAI?
CraftyAI brings several image and video models into one workspace. You can choose a model for the kind of creative you need without changing tools or rebuilding your brief elsewhere.
This guide explains the models currently available and the jobs each one is best suited to.
Image models
GPT Image 2
Best for: polished campaign images, reference-driven work, product integration, and editing.
GPT Image 2 is the default image model in CraftyAI. It handles detailed natural-language direction well and can work with selected products, logos, and reference assets. It is a strong general choice when accuracy and control matter more than speed.
Grok Image Pro
Best for: direct text-to-image exploration and fresh visual concepts.
Grok Image Pro is useful when you want to begin from a written idea and explore a visual direction quickly. In CraftyAI it is offered as a text-to-image model, so choose GPT Image 2 or Gemini 3 Pro Image when reference-based editing is important.
Gemini 3 Pro Image
Best for: product references, structured layouts, and image editing.
Gemini 3 Pro Image responds well to explicit instructions about subject, layout, lighting, background, and exclusions. It supports reference and editing workflows, making it a good alternative for product-focused compositions.
Nano Banana 2 Lite
Best for: fast text-to-image drafts and straightforward concepts.
This lightweight Gemini model is designed for speed. Use it to test a direction or generate a simple visual from a concise brief. It is exposed as text-to-image only in CraftyAI.
MiniMax Image 01
Best for: concise text-to-image prompts and quick visual ideation.
MiniMax Image 01 works best with a direct prompt that clearly states the subject, composition, style, lighting, and anything to avoid. CraftyAI automatically keeps its generated prompt within the model's supported length.
Video models
Whiteboard Explainer
Best for: narrated explainers, educational content, and hand-drawn stories.
This is CraftyAI's purpose-built workflow for converting a brief or narration into a scene-based drawing animation. It supports landscape and portrait output, optional narration and subtitles, and videos from 5 to 60 seconds.
Seedance 2.0 Fast
Best for: versatile text-to-video, image-to-video, product motion, and Paper Collage.
Seedance is CraftyAI's default video model and the broadest all-round option. It supports both written prompts and starting images, multiple aspect ratios, and clips from 4 to 15 seconds. It is also the verified animation model behind the Paper Collage workflow.
MiniMax Hailuo 2.3
Best for: expressive subject movement, atmosphere, texture, and smooth camera motion.
Hailuo supports text and image-to-video generation. Choose it for more dynamic shots where movement and mood are central. CraftyAI currently offers 6- and 10-second clips at 768P or 1080P.
Gemini Omni Flash
Best for: concise text-to-video scenes with one clear action.
Gemini Omni Flash is available as text-to-video in CraftyAI. It suits an 8-second cinematic instruction with a clear subject, natural camera movement, and a simple ending frame. Starting images are not used with this model on the current interface.
HappyHorse 1.1
Best for: simple landscape text-to-video shots.
HappyHorse works best with one subject, one action, and one camera move. The current CraftyAI integration produces 5-second landscape clips and does not accept a starting image.
Grok Imagine Video 1.5
Best for: animating an existing image while keeping its subject and composition recognizable.
Grok Imagine Video is image-to-video only, so a starting image is required. Describe the motion, camera behavior, and atmosphere rather than repeating what is already visible in the frame. Output shape follows the starting image.
How to choose
Start with the creative requirement rather than the model name:
- choose GPT Image 2 for a dependable image workflow with references and editing;
- choose Nano Banana 2 Lite or MiniMax Image 01 for quick text-only image exploration;
- choose Seedance 2.0 Fast for the most flexible general video workflow;
- choose MiniMax Hailuo 2.3 when expressive movement and atmosphere are the priority;
- choose Whiteboard Explainer for structured, narrated educational content;
- choose Grok Imagine Video 1.5 when the job begins with a specific image that must be animated.
CraftyAI adapts its prompt guidance to the selected model and always shows the available duration, resolution, aspect ratio, and price before generation. The model list will continue to evolve as new options are tested and become reliable enough for the studio.
Choose a workflow
Create product images with references, or open CraftyAI Video Studio to compare the live duration, resolution, and price options for a video model.
Related reading
Explore the purpose-built Whiteboard Video and Paper Collage workflows.

