n8n Workflow: Image-to-Video for YouTube Shorts (Pollo Vidu Q3 Turbo)

Create YouTube Shorts-ready videos from an image—automated in n8n with Pollo (Vidu Q3 Turbo)

This n8n workflow turns a user’s prompt and reference image URL into a generated video using the Pollo API (Vidu Q3 Turbo). It automatically submits the image-to-video request, polls until the job finishes, and returns the final video URL and status.

What this workflow does

• Receives inputs via an n8n form submission including a prompt, a reference image URL, a model_path (e.g., vidu/viduq3-turbo), and a Pollo API key.
• Creates an image-to-video generation request by sending a POST request to the Pollo API generation endpoint for the specified model, including the prompt and optional reference image.
• Waits and polls for completion: the workflow waits 10 seconds, then queries the Pollo API using the returned task ID.
• Repeats until finished: it continues the wait/check loop until the generation status is either succeed or failed.
• Outputs results: returns the task ID, final status, generated media URL, media type, and reported credit usage.

Use cases

• Rapid Shorts production: generate multiple YouTube Shorts variations from user-submitted images and prompts.
• Content pipeline automation: route form submissions from marketers/creators into Pollo-powered image-to-video generation.
• SaaS media request workflow: collect a prompt + public image URL from customers and return the resulting video link with status and credit usage.

Technical details

• Tech stack / nodes: Form Trigger, HTTP Request, Wait, If, Set, Sticky Note.
• Pollo API integration: POST to the model-specific generation endpoint (example: vidu/viduq3-turbo), then GET/poll using the task ID.
• Requirement: the reference image must be hosted at a publicly accessible URL to be used via image_url.