Ad teams: 15-second ad videos
Run the same 15-second cut a dozen ways at 480P before you commit one to 768P.
Text or one still frame in. A 5–15 second clip with sound out.
MiniMax H3 Max: prompt in, finished take out
Write one line or drop a single still frame. MiniMax H3 Max hands back a 5–15 second clip with the audio already synced — watch it, change a word, run the next take.
Production preview
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Made with H3 Max — prompts included
Six unedited takes from MiniMax H3 Max — text to video and image to video, each with the exact prompt behind it. Copy the shape and change the subject.
One plain sentence, one cinematic take
"A white kitten chases a butterfly across a sunlit garden. Gentle camera tracking, natural movement, soft afternoon light filtering through the leaves." The sentence carried a subject, a camera move, and a light source — H3 Max staged everything else.
Write a shot like this
Block the shot second by second
A prompt can carry timing, not just subject. This one blocks 0–4s of a warrior-monk crossing a ruined monastery while survey drones sweep the cliffs above, and the beats land where the prompt put them.
Direct a timed shot
Give a still photo a voice
Image to video starts from one frame you supply. Hand the portrait a line of dialogue and H3 Max speaks it — the audio arrives synced, not layered on afterwards.
Animate a photo
Pixel-art footage that looks playable
"Create a pixel-art side-scrolling platformer gameplay animation, presented as authentic 16-bit / 32-bit retro game footage." The prompt asked for a San Francisco endless runner with jump and duck, a SCORE HUD, and chiptune. H3 Max held the sprite, the parallax, and the soundtrack in one pass.
Run a pixel-art take
Claymation that still shows fingerprints
"Stop-motion claymation: a round green frog in a knitted scarf carries a stack of pancakes across a tiny kitchen set, sets it down, then looks at camera and blinks." The prompt called for fingerprints in the clay, felt walls, 12fps stepped motion, and clay squeaks. H3 Max kept the stepped cadence and the sound in the same pass.
Stage a claymation
Slow motion that still has a wing hum
"Slow-motion close-up of a hummingbird hovering at a red trumpet flower in a sunlit garden, wings a blur, tongue flicking into the bloom." Golden-hour backlight, pollen in the air, one bruised petal. H3 Max held the long-lens bokeh and the rapid wing hum together.
Shoot a slow-motion close-up
What is MiniMax H3 Max?
MiniMax H3 Max is a video model that turns a written prompt — or a single start frame — into a 5 to 15 second clip that already carries synced audio. It is a tuned build of MiniMax H3, the family MiniMax created for commercial video work: ads, brand films, product spots, UI motion, and game cinematics. In August 2026 evaluations by Artificial Analysis and Design Arena, the tuned build placed first for overall quality, prompt understanding, and aesthetics, and took the top spot on Design Arena's image-to-video board. This site runs 480P and 768P: a 5-second draft is 35 credits against 75 for the same shot at 768P.
Controls
Every dial an H3 Max take needs
5 to 15 seconds, your call
Whole seconds, 5 by default — long enough to carry a beat, short enough to iterate on.
Six frame shapes
21:9 down to 9:16 for text to video. Image to video simply inherits your start frame.
480P for drafts, 768P for keepers
768P lands at 1344×768, 24 FPS. Iterate at 480P, then re-run the winner at 768P.
Audio is native, not added
Every H3 Max clip renders with sound in place, and MiniMax lists dialogue as stable in 11 languages.
First frame, optional last frame
Pin where the shot opens, and optionally where it lands — the motion between is filled in.
Type that survives the render
MiniMax highlights text and brand rendering, so signs, labels, and logos hold their shape.
Workflow
How to make an AI video with MiniMax H3 Max
- 1
Describe the shot
One sentence will do — or upload a start frame, plus an end frame if you want to pin the landing.
- 2
Set length, resolution, frame
Choose 5 to 15 seconds, 480P or 768P, and one of six aspect ratios — 480P bills 7 credits a second, 768P bills 15, so a 5-second draft is 35.
- 3
Review it, then run the next take
The clip comes back with audio in place. Keep it, or change one word and generate again.
In the wild
Who ships work with it
What a 5–15 second clip with sound actually gets used for.
Product marketers: image to video from one product photo
Pin a hero still as the first frame and let H3 Max build the motion and sound around it.
Social creators: vertical 9:16 clips
Pick the 9:16 frame and get a clip sized for Shorts and Reels, dialogue already synced.
Brand designers: end-cards that survive the render
Storyboard an end-card at 480P, then re-run only the take whose type still reads at 768P.
UI and app teams: UI motion clips
Turn a static mockup into a motion clip for a launch page or an app store slot.
Game studios: cinematic teasers from one concept frame
Start from a single concept still and get a mood piece ready for a teaser or a pitch deck.
Why Max
MiniMax H3 Max vs MiniMax H3
Same family, different tuning — figures from Design Arena, August 2026.
| On H3 MaxMiniMax H3 MaxThe tuned build, and what this site runsGenerate | MiniMax H3The base model | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuning | Tuned for prompt adherence and aesthetics | Baseline |
| Design Arena image-to-video Elo (Aug 2026) | 1,341 — ranked #1 | 1,333 |
| Speed at matched quality (Design Arena) | 50×+ the base model | Baseline |
Pricing
Plans for steady output
Subscriptions load your account with credits, and every render in the MiniMax H3 Max video generator draws from that balance.
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FAQ
Questions, answered
Published August 2026 benchmarks clocked a 5-second 768P take at under 3 seconds of model time; queue time is added on top at busy hours. Every take comes back with its audio already in place.
5 to 15 seconds, in whole seconds, with 5 as the default. Text to video offers six aspect ratios from 21:9 to 9:16; image to video follows whatever shape your start frame is.
Yes. H3 Max image to video takes one required start frame and an optional end frame, so you decide how the shot opens and where it lands.
Yes — every clip renders with natively synced audio, dialogue included. MiniMax lists dialogue as stable in 11 languages.
H3 Max runs on credits rather than a free tier. A 5-second draft at 480P is 35 credits and the same shot at 768P is 75, so the $19.90 monthly plan's 1,500 credits covers roughly 42 drafts or 20 finished takes.
Credits scale with resolution and length: 480P bills 7 credits per second of output and 768P bills 15, so a 5-second draft is 35 credits and a 5-second 768P take is 75. Monthly plans start at $19.90 for 1,500 credits.
480P and 768P. 768P is the quality lane at 1344×768 and 24 FPS; 480P is the cheap lane for iterating. MiniMax's own hosted service also offers 2K, which this generator does not.
It is built on it — a tuned variant with stronger prompt adherence and better aesthetics. In Design Arena's August 2026 image-to-video rankings the tuned build scored Elo 1,341 against the base model's 1,333.
On a paid plan, yes — you own what you generate and may use it for lawful purposes including commercial work. You are still responsible for clearing third-party rights such as trademarks, likeness, and copyrighted material in your prompt.
MiniMax lists dialogue as stable in 11 languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. The audio renders synced in the same pass.
Your first take is 35 credits.
480P to find the shot, 768P for the one you keep — both come back with sound in place.