EasyAnimate video generation on PAI | DSW and Model Gallery - Platform For AI

Solutions

Solution	Best for	Billing
Solution 1: Generate videos using DSW	Cloud-based IDE with built-in tutorials and code. Deep model understanding or custom development.	Creates a pay-as-you-go DSW instance on public resources. DSW billing.
Solution 2: Generate videos using Model Gallery	No environment setup. One-click deploy or fine-tune, then invoke through WebUI or API. Rapid validation or application integration.	Creates a pay-as-you-go EAS service (deployment) and DLC job (fine-tuning) on public resources. DLC billing and EAS billing.

Solution 1: Generate videos using DSW

Step 1: Create a DSW instance

Log on to the PAI console and select a region. In the left-side navigation pane, click Workspaces, then select a workspace.
In the left-side navigation pane, click Model Training > Interactive Modeling (DSW).

Click Create instance and configure the following parameters. Keep default values for other parameters.

Parameter	Description
Instance Name	Example: AIGC_test_01
Resource Type	Select Public Resources.
Instance Type	Select a GPU specification such as `ecs.gn7i-c8g1.2xlarge`. A10 or GU100 GPUs are recommended.
Image	Select Alibaba Cloud Image and search for `easyanimate:1.1.5-pytorch2.2.0-gpu-py310-cu118-ubuntu22.04`.

Click OK. Wait until the instance status changes to Running.

Step 2: Download the tutorial and model

In the DSW instance row, click Actions, then click Open.
On the Notebook tab, open Launcher > DSW Gallery.
Search for AI video generation example based on EasyAnimate (V5) and click Open in DSW to download resources.

Multiple versions are available. This tutorial uses V5.
Download and install EasyAnimate.

In the tutorial file, click to run Function Definitions, Download Code, and Download Model in sequence.

Step 3: Launch WebUI and generate a video

Click to run Launch UI.
Click the generated link to open WebUI.
Select a pre-trained model path from the dropdown list and configure parameters.
Click Generate. After about 5 minutes, view or download the video.

Solution 2: Generate videos using Model Gallery

Step 1: Deploy the model

Log on to the PAI console and select a region. In the left-side navigation pane, click Workspaces, then select a workspace.
In the left-side navigation pane, click Quick Start > Model Gallery. Search for EasyAnimate high-definition long video generation model, click Deploy, keep default configurations, and confirm. Deployment is complete when the service status changes to Running.

Step 2: Generate videos using WebUI or API

Generate videos using WebUI or API after deployment.

To view deployment details later, click Model Gallery > Job Management > Deployment Jobs, then click the Service name.

WebUI

On the Service details page, click View Web App.
Select a pre-trained model path and configure parameters.
Click Generate. After about 5 minutes, view or download the video.

API

On the Service details page, in the Resource Details section, click View Call Information to obtain the endpoint and token.

Call the service to generate a video. The following Python example shows the request format.

import os
import requests
import json
import base64
from typing import Dict, Any


class EasyAnimateClient:
    """
    EasyAnimate EAS service API client.
    """

    def __init__(self, service_url: str, token: str):
        if not service_url or not token:
            raise ValueError("Service URL and token cannot be empty")
        self.base_url = service_url.rstrip('/')
        self.headers = {
            'Content-Type': 'application/json',
            'Authorization': token
        }

    def update_model(self, model_path: str, edition: str = "v3", timeout: int = 300) -> Dict[str, Any]:
        """
        Load a model by specifying its version and path.

        Args:
            model_path: Model path in the service, e.g., "/mnt/models/Diffusion_Transformer/EasyAnimateV3-XL-2-InP-512x512".
            edition: Model version. Default: "v3".
            timeout: Request timeout in seconds. Use a longer timeout because model loading is slow.
        """
        # 1. Set model edition
        requests.post(
            f"{self.base_url}/easyanimate/update_edition",
            headers=self.headers,
            json={"edition": edition},
            timeout=timeout
        ).raise_for_status()

        # 2. Load model (may take several minutes)
        print(f"Loading model: {model_path}")
        response = requests.post(
            f"{self.base_url}/easyanimate/update_diffusion_transformer",
            headers=self.headers,
            json={"diffusion_transformer_path": model_path},
            timeout=15000
        )
        response.raise_for_status()
        return response.json()

    def generate_video(self, prompt_textbox: str, **kwargs) -> bytes:
        """
        Generate a video from a text prompt.

        Args:
            prompt: Positive prompt in English.
            **kwargs: Optional parameters. See the API parameters table below.

        Returns:
            Video binary data in MP4 format.
        """
        payload = {
            "prompt_textbox": prompt_textbox,
            "negative_prompt_textbox": kwargs.get("negative_prompt",
                                                  "The video is not of a high quality, it has a low resolution..."),
            "width_slider": kwargs.get("width_slider", 672),
            "height_slider": kwargs.get("height_slider", 384),
            "length_slider": kwargs.get("length_slider", 144),
            "sample_step_slider": kwargs.get("sample_step_slider", 30),
            "cfg_scale_slider": kwargs.get("cfg_scale_slider", 6.0),
            "seed_textbox": kwargs.get("seed_textbox", 43),
            "sampler_dropdown": kwargs.get("sampler_dropdown", "Euler"),
            "generation_method": "Video Generation",
            "is_image": False,
            "lora_alpha_slider": 0.55,
            "lora_model_path": "none",
            "base_model_path": "none",
            "motion_module_path": "none"
        }

        response = requests.post(
            f"{self.base_url}/easyanimate/infer_forward",
            headers=self.headers,
            json=payload,
            timeout=1500
        )
        response.raise_for_status()

        result = response.json()
        if "base64_encoding" not in result:
            raise ValueError(f"Unexpected response format: {result}")

        return base64.b64decode(result["base64_encoding"])


# --- Example usage ---
if __name__ == "__main__":
    try:
        # 1. Set service credentials. Replace with your actual service URL and token.
        EAS_URL = "<eas-service-url>"
        EAS_TOKEN = "<eas-service-token>"

        # 2. Create client
        client = EasyAnimateClient(service_url=EAS_URL, token=EAS_TOKEN)

        # 3. Load model (required before first video generation; call again to switch models)
        client.update_model(model_path="/mnt/models/Diffusion_Transformer/EasyAnimateV3-XL-2-InP-512x512")

        # 4. Generate video
        video_bytes = client.generate_video(
            prompt_textbox="A beautiful cat playing in a sunny garden, high quality, detailed",
            width_slider=672,
            height_slider=384,
            length_slider=72,
            sample_step_slider=20
        )

        # 5. Save video file
        with open("api_generated_video.mp4", "wb") as f:
            f.write(video_bytes)
        print("Video saved: api_generated_video.mp4")

    except requests.RequestException as e:
        print(f"Request error: {e}")
    except (ValueError, KeyError) as e:
        print(f"Parameter error: {e}")
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"Unexpected error: {e}")

API parameters are described below.

API parameters

Parameter	Description	Type	Default
prompt_textbox	Positive prompt describing desired video content.	string	Required, no default
negative_prompt_textbox	Negative prompt describing what to avoid in output.	string	"The video is not of a high quality, it has a low resolution, and the audio quality is not clear. Strange motion trajectory, a poor composition and deformed video, low resolution, duplicate and ugly, strange body structure, long and strange neck, bad teeth, bad eyes, bad limbs, bad hands, rotating camera, blurry camera, shaking camera. Deformation, low-resolution, blurry, ugly, distortion."
sample_step_slider	Denoising sampling steps. More steps produce richer details but increase generation time.	int	30
cfg_scale_slider	Prompt guidance scale. Higher values increase prompt alignment but reduce diversity.	float	6
sampler_dropdown	Sampling algorithm. Valid values: `Euler`, `Euler A`, `DPM++`, `PNDM`, `DDIM`.	string	Euler
width_slider	Output width in pixels.	int	672
height_slider	Output height in pixels.	int	384
length_slider	Total frames in output video.	int	144
is_image	Whether the input is an image.	bool	False
lora_alpha_slider	LoRA model weight.	float	0.55
seed_textbox	Random seed. Use the same value to reproduce results.	int	43
lora_model_path	Path to an additional LoRA model. Applied during the request and removed afterward.	string	none
base_model_path	Transformer model path to update.	string	none
motion_module_path	Motion module model path to update.	string	none
generation_method	Output type. Valid values: `Video Generation`, `Image Generation`.	string	none

Step 3: (Optional) Fine-tune the model

Fine-tune the model on custom data to generate videos with specific styles or content.

Log on to the PAI console. In the left-side navigation pane, click Workspaces, then select a workspace.
In the left-side navigation pane, click Quick Start > Model Gallery.
Search for EasyAnimate high-definition long video generation model and click Fine-tune.
Set Source to Public Resources. For Instance type, select an instance with A10 or higher GPUs. Configure hyperparameters and keep defaults for other parameters.

To use a custom dataset, follow these steps:
Custom dataset format
1. Prepare a data folder containing training images and videos, and a JSON meta file. Each entry includes file_path, text, and type fields:
```
[
    {
        "file_path": "00031-3640797216.png",
        "text": "1girl, black_hair",
        "type": "image"    },
    {
        "file_path": "00032-3838108680.png",
        "text": "1girl, black_hair",
        "type": "image"    }
]
```
  Set type to video for video data or image for image data.
2. On the training configuration page, click Select OSS File or Directory to upload and select the data folder and meta file.
Click Train > Confirm. With default settings, training takes about 40 minutes. Training is complete when the job status changes to Successful.

To view training job details later, click Model Gallery > Job Management > Training Jobs, then click the job name.
Click Deploy in the upper-right corner to deploy the fine-tuned model. Deployment is complete when the status changes to Running.
On the Service details page, click View Web Application to open WebUI.

To view service details later, click Model Gallery > Job Management > Deployment Jobs, then click the Service name.
In WebUI, select the trained LoRA model to generate videos. For API usage, see Step 2.

Production recommendations

Stop or delete unused resources: This tutorial creates DSW instances and EAS services on public resources. Stop or delete them when no longer needed to avoid continued charges.
- DSW instances:
- EAS services:
Use EAS for production deployment: Deploy models to EAS using Solution 2 (one-click) or Solution 1 (custom image). Deploy a model as an online service.

Key EAS production features:
- Stress testing: Test the concurrency level of the service endpoint.
- Auto scaling: Scale instances based on traffic.
- Log monitoring and alerting: Monitor service status in real time.

References

EAS also supports one-click deployment of AI video generation services based on ComfyUI and Stable Video Diffusion. AI video generation - ComfyUI deployment.