Run Luma Ray 2.0 on Pollo API
Set a start frame, set an end frame, and let Luma Ray 2.0 fill the motion between them. This keyframe control is designed to process directed transitions and effect-heavy shots.
Through Luma Ray 2.0 on Pollo API, developers add text-to-video and image-to-video generation to their apps, scaling output up to 4K across widescreen, vertical, and ultrawide aspect ratios.
Key Features of Luma Ray 2.0 API
Start and End Frame Control
Supply a first image and a tail image, and Luma Ray 2.0 builds the motion between them, giving you a defined beginning and ending for controlled transitions.
Effect-Driven Motion
The model is optimized for visual effects and dynamic movement, specifically processing complex transformations, morphs, and high-motion sequences.
Resolution Up to 4K
Supported resolutions range from 540p for drafting to 4K for final rendering, allowing both processes to run through a single API integration.
Wide Aspect Ratio Range
From ultrawide 21:9 to tall 9:21, Luma Ray 2.0 fits feeds, cinemascope framing, and square placements, so one model covers very different delivery formats.
Text and Image Guidance
Start from a written prompt or drive the shot from a reference image, letting idea-first and asset-first workflows share the same generation call.
Use Cases of Luma Ray 2.0 API
- Keyframed Transitions: Define an opening and closing image and let the model animate the path between them, useful for logo builds and scene changes.
- Morph and Transformation Clips: Turn one subject into another, such as a sketch becoming a painting, where visual effects carry the shot.
- Ultrawide Establishing Shots: Generate 21:9 panoramas of landscapes or environments for games, trailers, and wide-format storytelling tools.
- Vertical Social Motion: Produce 9:16 clips with lively movement for short-form apps without cropping a widescreen source.
- 4K Product Motion: Render high-resolution loops of objects rotating, assembling, or reacting for detail-critical ecommerce and showcase pages.
- Image-Led Animation: Feed a still and animate it into a moving shot while keeping the original framing intact.
- Effect Prototyping: Let motion designers preview a transition or particle-driven idea quickly before committing to a full render.
How to Use Luma Ray 2.0 API
- Get an API Key: Create a Pollo API account and generate your API key from the developer dashboard.
- Choose the Model: Send requests to the Luma Ray 2.0 endpoint at
/generation/luma/luma-ray-2-0. - Add Your Inputs: Provide a
promptfor text-to-video, or animagefor image-to-video with an optionalimageTailas the end frame, then setresolution(540p to 4k),length(5 or 9), andaspectRatio. - Generate and Retrieve: Submit the task, poll the returned task status, and download the video once it succeeds.
Prompting Best Practices for Luma Ray 2.0 API
Write for movement and change. Name the subject, the transformation or action, the camera behavior, and the mood, so the model has a clear target for its effect-driven motion.
A Simple Prompt Formula
Subject + how it moves or transforms + camera movement + setting and lighting + style or effect cue
What You Should Notice
- Describe The Change: State how the scene evolves, such as morphs, expands, or dissolves, so the motion has direction.
- Use Both Frames: Pair a start image with a tail image when you need a precise beginning and ending.
- Match Resolution To Purpose: Draft at 540p, then re-render at 1080p or 4K for final detail.
- Pick The Right Ratio: Choose ultrawide for scale, vertical for social, square for embeds.
- Direct The Camera: Add push-ins, orbits, or pans to shape how the effect reads across the clip.
Example Prompts
Sketch to Painting Morph
"A pencil sketch of a mountain range slowly fills with color and texture, becoming a finished oil painting. Brushstrokes appear across the canvas, warm gallery lighting, slow push-in, smooth transformation with visible painterly detail."
Ultrawide Landscape Reveal
"A drone glides over a foggy alpine valley at dawn as light breaks across the peaks and mist lifts from the pine forest below. Ultrawide 21:9 framing, sweeping forward motion, soft golden lighting, natural realistic style."
Ink in Water Effect
"A drop of black ink hits clear water and blooms outward, tendrils curling and twisting until they form the shape of a koi fish. Macro side view, dark backdrop, gentle drift, high-detail liquid motion."
Keyframed Object Build
"Scattered mechanical parts float in a dark studio, then assemble piece by piece into a polished chrome wristwatch. Start on loose components, end on the finished watch, slow orbiting camera, crisp reflective lighting, 4K detail."
Luma Ray 2.0 vs Runway Gen-3 vs Kling 2.1
| Capability | Luma Ray 2.0 | Runway Gen-3 | Kling 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start and end frame control | ✅ Start image plus tail image | ✅ Start and end keyframes | ✅ Start and end frames |
| Max resolution | Up to 4K | Up to 720p/1080p | Up to 1080p |
| Aspect ratio range | 16:9 to 21:9, 9:16 to 9:21, 1:1 | Limited presets | Common presets |
| Visual effects and morphs | ✅ Strong | ✅ Good | ✅ Good |
| Clip length | 5 or 9 seconds | Short clips | 5 or 10 seconds |
| Recommended For | High-res, effect-driven transitions | Stylized directed shots | Character and action motion |
Why Choose Luma Ray 2.0 API?
Luma Ray 2.0 fits products built around motion and transformation, from keyframed transitions to morphs, with resolution that scales to 4K and framing from ultrawide to vertical.
Through Pollo API, you reach Luma Ray 2.0 with one API key alongside 300+ leading video and image models, with clean docs and task status polling.
Start with the Luma Ray 2.0 endpoint to ship effect-driven, high-resolution video features, then compare it against Runway, Kling, and Veo without touching your integration.
Luma Ray 2.0 API FAQs
What is Luma Ray 2.0?
Luma Ray 2.0 is a video generation model from Luma AI focused on visual effects and detailed motion, supporting text-to-video and image-to-video with start and end frame control.
Does Luma Ray 2.0 API support start and end frames?
Yes. You can supply a first image and a tail image, and the model generates the motion between them for controlled transitions and morphs.
What resolutions and lengths are available?
Luma Ray 2.0 outputs 540p, 720p, 1080p, or 4K, with clip lengths of 5 or 9 seconds chosen per request.
Which aspect ratios can it generate?
It supports widescreen, vertical, square, and ultrawide framing, including 21:9 and 9:21, so one model covers cinema, social, and embed formats.
What is Luma Ray 2.0 best at?
It excels at effect-heavy motion and transformations, making it a fit for transitions, morphs, and high-resolution shots where movement drives the clip.
Why run Luma Ray 2.0 through Pollo API?
Pollo API gives one integration for Luma Ray 2.0 and 300+ other models, with documentation and task tracking.