Shotcraft
Editing and post

Pikaffects

Preset physical effect transformations applied to an image or an existing video, such as melting, exploding, inflating, crushing or dissolving a subject.

An editing tool by Pika · read 2026-08-14 · sourcing medium

Weights
Not released
API
Yes
Commercial use
Permitted subject to conditions

Available as two API models (image-to-video and video-to-video) and as a feature in the Pika app including the free tier.

Commercial use — Permitted subject to conditions

Available on Pika's free tier but with watermarking and no commercial use; commercial use requires Standard or above.

  • Depends on your plan tier. Available on Pika's free tier but with watermarking and no commercial use; commercial use requires Standard or above
  • Output is watermarked. Available on Pika's free tier but with watermarking and no commercial use; commercial use requires Standard or above

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Specification

Vendor figures, read 2026-08-14Read from Pika's own documentation on 2026-08-14. Vendors change these between model versions without announcing it, so check theirs before you commit a shot to a number. Sourcing for this entry is mixed. Some fields came from pages we retrieved, others could not be confirmed and are left blank. Check the vendor's current documentation

What it takes in
image, video, text
What it makes
video
Maximum duration
not established
Maximum resolution
not established
Aspect ratios
not established
Controls
image-to-video, inpainting
Weights
Not released
API
Yes
Pricing
API flat rate: $0.05 per request for both image-to-video and video-to-video
Released or updated
not established

Maximum duration, maximum resolution and supported aspect ratios are not established here. That means no page we could retrieve stated them, not that the model lacks them.

Strengths

  • Flat $0.05 per request pricing with no duration maths
  • Works from either a still image or existing footage
  • Available on the free tier
  • Reliable, repeatable results without prompt engineering

Weaknesses

  • Limited to a preset library of effects rather than open-ended editing
  • Duration and resolution are not documented by Pika
  • No audio
  • Novelty-oriented; limited use in narrative work

Best for

Where the sources disagree

Recorded rather than resolved. Picking the tidier number would hide the fact that the vendor's own pages do not agree.

MCP servers that front Pika

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Sources

Read on 2026-08-14. A source that has changed since then will not be reflected here until the next pass.