MiniMax H3 AI Video Generator

Videos made with MiniMax H3

• Listening to a seashell

  Generated with MiniMax H3

  A single continuous shot on a rocky shore at dawn. A young woman in a mustard-yellow raincoat crouches beside a tide pool, lifts a large spiral seashell out of the water, shakes off the drops and slowly holds it to her ear, a smile spreading across her face. The camera starts low and wide and pushes in gently to a medium close-up. Waves roll in softly behind her under a pale pink and blue sky, cinematic natural light.

• Up the lighthouse stairs

  Generated with MiniMax H3

  A single continuous shot inside a lighthouse. An older keeper in a heavy navy wool coat climbs the last turns of a white spiral staircase with a lantern in his hand, the camera following close behind and rising with him. He pushes open a small iron door and steps out onto the balcony; the camera follows him through the doorway and swings around to reveal a stormy sea below, waves breaking white against the rocks, the great lamp sweeping its beam through the rain. Cold blue storm light against warm lantern glow, cinematic, smooth continuous camera movement.

Sample prompts to try with MiniMax H3

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  Night fish market

  Cinematic 16:9 video keyframe, a tracking shot along a harbor fish market at night, vendors in rubber aprons lifting silver fish from crushed ice under strings of warm bulbs, steam rising from a soup stall, boats bobbing at the dock behind. Deep blue night and coral-orange lamplight, wet reflections on the concrete, lively and crowded, no text, no logos.

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  Diver in a kelp forest

  Cinematic 16:9 video keyframe, a slow underwater tracking shot following a free diver in a plain dark wetsuit gliding between towering golden kelp stalks, sunbeams slanting down from the surface, a school of small silver fish turning in unison, particles drifting in the water. Deep ocean blue with warm gold light, calm and weightless, no logos.

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  Tram on the coast road

  Cinematic 16:9 video keyframe, an aerial shot following a small two-car tram as it curves along a cliff road above the sea at dusk, warm light glowing in its windows, waves breaking white on the rocks far below, a village of pastel houses on the next headland. Coral and violet sky over deep blue water, smooth drone motion, no text, no logos.

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  Carving a seashell

  Cinematic 16:9 video keyframe, a close shot of a craftsman's weathered hands carving a fine spiral pattern into a pearl-white seashell at a wooden workbench, shell dust catching a beam of window light, small carving tools laid out on a linen cloth. Soft blue shadows and warm coral light, shallow depth of field, slow push-in.

Sample images are illustrative; results vary by model.

What MiniMax H3 does well

Image, video and audio references in one prompt

MiniMax H3 takes up to 9 reference images, 3 reference videos and 3 audio clips in one generation, and it reads them together rather than one at a time. MiniMax's own example asks the model to copy the camera move from a video, have the character from an image sing, and match the vocals to an audio clip, all in one sentence. The prompt is where you say what each reference is for: "keep the face and the navy sweater from the portrait, follow the dolly move in the reference video, and have him sing the melody from the audio clip on the harbor at dusk". Without that sentence the model has to guess which input controls what. References and a first or last frame cannot be combined in one generation, so choose one approach per clip, and pick H3 in the model menu for clips built on references. Use your own material, or material you have permission to use, especially for faces and voices.

Cinematic 16:9 video keyframe, a triptych of three panels separated by thin dark gutters: left, a plain studio portrait of a young man in a navy knit sweater against a grey backdrop; middle, a pencil storyboard sketch of a camera dollying along a harbor quay; right, the same young man in the same navy sweater singing on the harbor quay at dusk as the camera moves alongside him, moored boats and lamps behind. Consistent face and clothing across the panels, deep blue and coral palette, no text, no logos.

Sound made together with the picture

MiniMax says H3 generates native stereo sound, with voice, sound effects and music modeled together with the video rather than added afterwards. That makes it a fit for scenes where the sound carries the moment: a band on a promenade, footsteps on a wooden pier, a line of dialogue. Describe the sound in the same sentence as the action it belongs to, for example "the tuba swings toward the camera on the downbeat, the snare rattles, gulls cry over the waves", and say when each sound starts. MiniMax describes stereo sound for H3 and does not say the same about H3 Max, so pick H3 when sound matters. Listen to every result before you publish it, because a voice or an instrument can still come out wrong.

Cinematic 16:9 video keyframe, a low wide-angle shot of a small brass band in plain navy uniforms marching along a seaside promenade on a bright windy afternoon, a tuba bell swinging toward the camera, a snare drummer mid-beat, gulls lifting off the railing, waves rolling in behind. Crisp coral and ocean blue palette, energetic parade rhythm, no text, no logos.

Fine detail at high resolution

MiniMax H3 renders at up to 2K. MiniMax explains that H3 reaches its top resolution by regenerating its own lower-resolution output in context, and says this recovers fine detail and small text better than ordinary upscaling. Texture is where it shows: beads of seawater on a shell, grains of sand, knitted wool, hair, weathered wood. Slow camera moves make the most of it. A macro push-in or a slow pan keeps texture readable, while fast action blurs detail at any resolution. H3 Max does not offer 2K, so pick H3 for clips that will play on a large screen or be cropped in the edit. A higher resolution costs more per second, so test the motion at a lower one first.

Cinematic 16:9 video keyframe, a slow macro push-in on a spiral sea snail shell resting on wet sand at sunrise, tiny beads of seawater on its ridged surface, individual sand grains sparkling, a thin sheet of wave foam sliding in and pulling back. Extremely fine detail, shallow depth of field, pearl and coral tones against deep blue shadow.

MiniMax H3 specs and pricing

Every price below comes from the live price list, so it changes here as soon as rates change. Credits are charged per image, or per second of video.