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The Image, Video and Canvas pages can run models on your own provider account. For Wavespeed, you paste an API key. For Higgsfield and Magnific, you sign in with your account: no API key. The provider bills your account: Wavespeed in dollars, Higgsfield and Magnific in their own credits. This works in the free and open source Vinci studio on your computer, and in the studio on app.tryvinci.com, where a run on your account costs no Vinci credits.

What you get

Your Wavespeed key, or your Higgsfield or Magnific sign-in, in the studio, and a still, a clip and a canvas chain made on it.

Time to read

About 7 minutes. A key or a sign-in takes about 2 minutes. A still takes about 10 seconds, and a clip 1 to 3 minutes.

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The example

One prompt for a still, one prompt for a move, on three providers. On Wavespeed, Seedream 4.5 made the still and Hailuo 2.3 Fast Pro made a 6-second clip from it.
A white ceramic table lamp with a linen shade on a light oak side table, two books beside it, in late afternoon sun through sheer curtains.

The still on Seedream 4.5 at 16:9, on Wavespeed: 2560×1440. Wavespeed billed $0.04 to the key.

The clip on Hailuo 2.3 Fast Pro (6-second setting), on Wavespeed: 1364×768, 5.9 seconds, no sound. Wavespeed billed $0.33 to the key.

The same prompts on the Higgsfield and Magnific sign-ins: Seedream 4.5 for the still, and Hailuo 2.3 Fast for the clip.
Two stills of the same table lamp and books in afternoon sun: the Higgsfield take on the left, the Magnific take on the right.

Seedream 4.5 at 16:9 on Higgsfield (left, 2560×1440, 1 Higgsfield credit) and on Magnific (right, 2688×1536, 50 Magnific credits).

Hailuo 2.3 Fast (6-second setting) from each still: Higgsfield (left, 1364×768) and Magnific (right, 1344×768), 5.9 seconds each, no sound. Higgsfield took 4 credits, and Magnific 150.

All runs of this guide, at the prices of November 2026. On Wavespeed, the balance went down by $0.78, the sum of the table: On the sign-ins, each balance went down by the price on the button, in the provider’s credits:

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What you need

  • A Wavespeed account with money on it, or a Higgsfield or Magnific account with credits
  • The Vinci studio on your computer (the install is in step 1 of the Image guide), or a sign-in on app.tryvinci.com
  • A prompt for a still and a prompt for a move. The Image and Video guides show how to write them.

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Get access

  1. Sign in to Wavespeed and open the API keys page: wavespeed.ai/accesskey.
  2. Type a name for the key, and click Generate.
  3. Copy the key at once. Wavespeed shows it one time only.
You can make a key with no credits on the account, but a paid run needs credits. The key runs the Wavespeed models of the studio, such as Seedream 4.5, Nano Banana Pro, Hailuo and Kling, at their dollar prices.
A key spends your money. Anyone with the key can run models on your account. Do not put the key in a chat, a ticket, a screenshot or a file that you share.

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Connect your account

1

Start the studio with live spend on

Paid runs stay off until you start the studio with VINCI_ALLOW_LIVE_SPEND=1. If the studio already runs, stop it first with ./scripts/vinci stop.
2

Open Connect

Pick Connect on the left rail. Connected providers show under Connected. The others show under Not connected.
3

Wavespeed: paste the key

Click Wavespeed, paste the key in Paste key, and click Save Wavespeed. The status changes to Ready.
4

Higgsfield or Magnific: sign in

Under Not connected, click the Higgsfield or Magnific mark that opens a Custom server card, and click Sign in. A browser tab opens on the provider’s sign-in page. Sign in there, and the tab shows “Connected. You can close this tab.” Back in the studio, the provider moves to Connected.
5

Check the prices

Open Image. The model list shows the models of the providers that you connected. The price on Generate is in dollars for Wavespeed, and in the provider’s credits for a sign-in, such as “1 Higgsfield credit”.

Connect with the Higgsfield and Magnific sign-ins, then a still on Higgsfield Seedream 4.5 for 1 Higgsfield credit. The sign-in itself happened before this recording. The wait for the still (35 seconds) is cut. 49 seconds, no sound.

A pasted key and a sign-in stay on your computer. For Wavespeed, you can also type the name of an environment variable in Or the name of an environment variable, such as WAVESPEED_API_KEY: the studio keeps only the name, and reads the key from the shell that started it. Disconnect on a sign-in card signs you out. Higgsfield and Magnific also have a key mark (Magnific / Freepik, and Higgsfield with a key and a secret) for an API account; this guide uses the sign-in.

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Make a still, a clip and a chain on your account

The Image, Video and Canvas pages work the same on your computer and on app.tryvinci.com. A run goes to your account when you connected the provider of its model. A sign-in model has the provider’s name first, such as Higgsfield Seedream 4.5.
1

Make a still on the Image page

Write the still, pick the model and the shape, and check the price on Generate. The example prompt at 16:9 shows $0.040 on Wavespeed Seedream 4.5, 1 Higgsfield credit on Higgsfield Seedream 4.5, and 50 Magnific credits on Magnific Seedream 4.5:
Click Generate one time. The still shows at the top of the page. The Image guide has more about prompts and takes.
2

Animate the still on the Video page

Hover the still and click Animate, or drop a still in Start frame on the Video page. Describe the move, not the picture:
Click Change and pick the model: Hailuo 2.3 Fast Pro ($0.330 on Wavespeed), Higgsfield Hailuo 2.3 Fast (4 Higgsfield credits) or Magnific Hailuo 2.3 Fast (150 Magnific credits). Pick 6s and 16:9, check the price on Generate, and click it one time. The clip shows in History.
3

Chain the two on the canvas

Pick Canvas, and start with Image Gen. Write the still on the node, and pick its model on its pill. Click the out port on the right edge of the node, and pick Animate image. Write the move on the new node, and pick its model. Select the clip node: the bar above it shows the price of the run and Up to here. Click it one time. The still runs first, then the clip. The Canvas guide has more.

The steps on the Video page with Hailuo 2.3 Fast Pro, on a Wavespeed key. Wavespeed billed $0.33. The wait for the clip (about 60 seconds) is cut. 34 seconds, no sound.

The chain on the canvas with Seedream 4.5 and Hailuo 2.3 Fast Pro, on a Wavespeed key. The canvas did not use the still from the Image page: it made a new still and a new clip, and Wavespeed billed $0.37. The wait (about 60 seconds) is cut. 52 seconds, no sound.

A run never costs more than its button. Before each Higgsfield or Magnific run, the studio asks the provider for the live price. If it is higher than the price on the button, the run stops, and nothing is spent. On your computer, Connect also has Max price per run (USD) and Monthly limit (USD) under Model choice for dollar runs; a run over a limit waits for your approval.
A clip from a still sends the still to the provider first: Higgsfield keeps it in your Higgsfield media, and Magnific keeps it out of your library. A cancelled sign-in, or a sign-in link that is more than 10 minutes old, does nothing: start it again from Connect.

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Before you run

  • The provider shows Ready or Connected in Connect (on your computer), or On your key or Signed in on its card (on app.tryvinci.com)
  • The price on Generate is in dollars or in the provider’s credits, not in Vinci credits
  • Your provider account has money or credits for the run
  • Your Wavespeed key is not in a chat, a ticket or a shared file

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Two ways to go further

Let Vinci make it

Send us your product and your idea, and we return the stills and clips in your brand style. Book a demo to get started.

Free and open source Vinci

Run the Vinci studio on your own machine with your own model keys. It shows the price before every run.

Make four product stills from one prompt

Chain a still and a clip on the canvas