How to Use the Wan 2.2 Animate API: image to video integration guide (2026)

Wan 2.2 Animate is an image to video model by WaveSpeed: Wan 2.2 Animate is a unified character animation & replacement model that replicates movement and expression from a driving video. It turns a single character image into a full performance, copying body movement and facial expressions while keeping the output stable, realistic, and identity-consistent. Generates 720p videos up to 120s. On NamiFusion you can try it in the playground (exact quote shown before you submit), then call it through one unified REST API — a typical run costs about $0.200.

TL;DR

· Task type: image to video, provided by WaveSpeed

· Pricing: about $0.200 per typical run ($1 = 100 credits), pay-as-you-go

· Getting started: playground (exact quote before submit) → create an API key → one POST request

· Tunable parameters: 5 (see the table below)

· No platform watermark; commercial use allowed (per the Terms of Service)

What can you build with Wan 2.2 Animate?

Short-form video and ad clips: go from a prompt or a single image to publishable motion content.

Product demos and concept previews: validate storyboards and visual direction cheaply before any shoot.

A social content factory: batch vertical clips and ride trending topics fast.

Remixing existing assets: image-to-video brings static work to life and extends its lifespan.

How do you call this API?

1. Sign up on NamiFusion and create a key on the API Keys page (free credits on signup).

2. Submit a task with the cURL example below, passing your key as a Bearer token.

3. Poll the task status with the returned task_uuid and read the output URLs when completed.

# 1) Submit — returns { "task_uuid": "..." }
curl -X POST "https://www.namifusion.com/api/v1/marketplace/run/wavespeed-ai/wan-2.2-animate" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "input": {
    "image": "https://assets.namifusion.com/uploads/image/e6d71928-36de-4d71-a26c-9b1b427a6dfd/2026-03-27/0847e5142a20.jpg?imageMogr2/thumbnail/600x/format/webp/quality/85",
    "mode": "animate",
    "prompt": "Preserve outfit, natural expression, no background change",
    "resolution": "720p",
    "seed": 42
  }
}'

# 2) Poll until status is "completed", then read the output URLs
curl "https://www.namifusion.com/api/v1/marketplace/run/tasks/TASK_UUID" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

What parameters does it take?

image (Character Image): required

mode (Mode): optional, default "animate"

prompt (Prompt): optional

resolution (Resolution): optional, default "480p"

seed (Seed): optional, default -1

How do you write prompts for Wan 2.2 Animate?

1. Subject first: lead with the actor and action, then add environment, lighting and style ("an astronaut sprinting through a neon street in the rain, cinematic, shallow depth of field").

2. Concrete nouns beat stacked adjectives: "85mm portrait lens, golden-hour backlight" works far better than "very beautiful, ultra high quality".

3. Change one variable per iteration: pin the seed to reproduce a result, tweak a single phrase at a time so you know what actually moved the output.

4. State negatives positively: instead of "no blur", ask for "sharp focus, crisp details".

How much does it cost?

Pay-per-use in credits. A typical run costs about $0.200 ($1 = 100 credits); the exact price varies with parameters like resolution or duration, and the playground shows the exact quote before you submit.