Kling V3 4K R2V

• 🎬 4K reference-to-video from Kuaishou's Kling V3 line
• 🎨 Cinematic quality with strong human motion
• 🎯 Reference-driven: guide output with input visuals
• 🏢 Built by Kuaishou, maker of Kwai short-video apps
• 🖼️ Editorial and stylized scene generation

Kuaishou

Kuaishou Technology is a Chinese publicly traded company founded in 2011 by Hua Su and Cheng Yixiao, headquartered in Beijing's Haidian District and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Originally known for its massively popular short-video platform —…

Kling V3 4K R2V is Kuaishou's reference-to-video model in the Kling V3 generation, generating high-resolution 4K clips guided by reference inputs rather than text or a single source frame alone. Released in April 2026, it sits alongside the text-to-video Kling V3 4K and the parallel Kling O3 4K R2V as part of a broad 4K rollout, all built on the cinematic-quality foundation Kling is known for across human motion and editorial scenes.

Within Kuaishou's lineup, the Kling family spans Standard, Pro, and 4K tiers plus the newer O-series, with motion-control variants like Kling V3 Pro Motion Control arriving later in 2026. This R2V model is the current 4K reference-to-video offering in its line, distinguished by letting you anchor generation to supplied reference visuals for greater consistency in subjects and style.

It is best suited for creators who want to drive 4K video output from reference imagery — editorial, character-consistent, or stylistically guided clips where maintaining a defined look across frames matters more than improvising from a prompt alone.