MiniMax H3 AI Video Generator

Create cinematic video from text and optional references, complete with expressive motion and native stereo audio.

4–15 second videos768P or 2K outputNative stereo audio

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What Can the MiniMax H3 AI Video Generator Create?

Move from a simple sentence to video that already feels directed. The MiniMax H3 AI Video Generator combines visual generation, performance, motion, camera language, and stereo sound in one creative workflow.

Text to Video With Native Stereo Sound

Describe the action, setting, camera, mood, dialogue, sound effects, and ambience in one prompt. MiniMax H3 develops the picture and stereo sound together, helping every shot feel more complete from the first generation and reducing the amount of post-production needed before you can share an idea.

Product Videos Built to Capture Attention

Turn a product concept into a premium commercial moment with controlled camera movement, material detail, liquid motion, lighting changes, and sound design. Create scroll-stopping product reveals, ecommerce visuals, launch teasers, and advertising directions without organizing a physical shoot.

Characters That Stay Recognizable

Use character references and clear performance direction to create expressive scenes that preserve the subject's visual identity across movement. It is ideal for animated mascots, story characters, creator concepts, branded worlds, and recurring vertical-video personalities.

Dialogue and Performance in 11 Languages

Create story moments with spoken performance, facial expression, body language, environmental sound, and music direction working together. Official model support covers stable dialogue in English, Chinese, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Arabic.

Reference-Led Motion and Camera Direction

Guide the result with images, first and last frames, or reference video, then describe how the subject, camera, and scene should move. This gives creators a practical bridge from an existing design, product shot, character, or movement idea to a fresh generated sequence.

Vertical, Square, Widescreen, and Cinematic Output

Create for the destination from the beginning. Choose 9:16 for TikTok, Reels, and Shorts; 1:1 or 3:4 for social feeds and commerce; 16:9 or 4:3 for presentations and YouTube; or 21:9 for a wide cinematic frame. Generate in 768P or 2K for fast exploration or polished delivery.

How to Use the MiniMax H3 AI Video Generator

Start with the fastest path: write one clear prompt, choose the format, and generate. References are available whenever you want more visual direction.

Describe the moment you want

Write the subject, action, location, camera movement, lighting, and mood. Add spoken words, ambience, music direction, or sound effects when sound is part of the idea. A natural sentence is enough to begin, and the example prompts can give you a quick starting structure.

Choose the shape and creative controls

Select a 4–15 second duration, 768P or 2K quality, and the aspect ratio that fits your channel. Stay with pure text for the lowest-friction workflow, or add first-frame, last-frame, character, product, style, or motion references to guide the result more closely.

Generate, review, and build the next shot

Generate your video, preview the motion and sound together, and download the result. Reuse the strongest visual direction in a new prompt to create another angle, continuation, close-up, or campaign variation while your idea is fresh.

A Faster Path From Idea to Watchable Video

The MiniMax H3 AI Video Generator brings the model, prompt workflow, references, quality controls, and your generated results into one browser-based workspace built for creating rather than configuring.

Prompt First, Create Faster

The MiniMax H3 AI Video Generator opens in text-to-video mode with MiniMax H3 already selected. You can begin with only an idea, then bring in images or video references when they add value. Fewer decisions stand between inspiration and your first result.

Picture and Sound Together

Treat dialogue, ambience, effects, music direction, movement, and cinematography as parts of the same scene. Native stereo audio makes concepts feel ready to review, pitch, and share much earlier in the creative process.

Controls That Match the Brief

Choose duration, resolution, and six useful aspect ratios without leaving the workflow. Create a fast 768P draft, a 2K hero shot, a vertical social concept, or a widescreen scene using the same prompt-led process.

One Model, Many Starting Points

Move naturally between text-to-video, first and last frame animation, multi-image references, and video-guided creation. The same workspace supports quick ideation and more directed production as your concept becomes specific.

Create Video for the Work You Already Do

MiniMax H3 fits the moments where creators and teams need an idea to become visible, audible, and easy to evaluate quickly.

Advertising and Product Launches

Create product reveals, brand films, ecommerce clips, campaign mood pieces, and UGC-style creative directions. Explore more visual ideas before committing to a shoot or use generated clips as polished digital campaign assets.

Short Films and Story Previsualization

Turn scene descriptions into cinematic shots with dialogue, atmosphere, camera movement, and emotional pacing. Build openings, transitions, close-ups, and alternate takes that make a story easier to pitch and plan.

TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts

Generate vertical hooks, food moments, fashion concepts, visual transformations, creator intros, and short narrative beats in 9:16. Pair attention-grabbing motion with sound from the start instead of treating audio as an afterthought.

Game, Animation, and Character Worlds

Animate an original hero, mascot, creature, vehicle, environment, or concept design. Explore gameplay cinematics, character entrances, story cutscenes, stylized movement, and world-building moments from text and visual references.

Design, UI, and Creative Prototypes

Show how a product interface, spatial concept, exhibition idea, or future experience could feel in motion. Use generated scenes to communicate timing, interaction, atmosphere, and intent before investing in full production.

MiniMax H3 AI Video Generator FAQ

What is MiniMax H3?

MiniMax H3 is a general-purpose multimodal video model from MiniMax. The MiniMax H3 AI Video Generator turns text and visual references into video while generating motion, camera direction, character performance, dialogue, sound effects, ambience, and music direction as parts of one scene. It is built for creative work ranging from quick social concepts to cinematic, advertising, ecommerce, animation, game, and design workflows.

Can I generate a MiniMax H3 video from text only?

Yes. Text-to-video is the default experience on this page. Type what should happen, where it takes place, how the camera moves, what the scene should feel like, and what should be heard. MiniMax H3 is already selected, so you can move directly from the prompt to generation.

Can I use images with MiniMax H3?

Yes. You can start and end with chosen frames, animate a single image, or use reference images to guide a character, object, product, environment, and visual style. This makes it easy to begin with existing creative work and add motion without rebuilding the idea from zero.

Does MiniMax H3 generate audio?

Yes. MiniMax H3 jointly generates video and native 32 kHz stereo audio. Your prompt can direct spoken dialogue, environmental ambience, sound effects, and music cues so the scene feels cohesive. For the best results, describe the sound source and the feeling or timing you want.

What video duration and quality can I choose?

You can generate clips from 4 to 15 seconds and choose 768P or 2K output. Short clips are useful for rapid creative testing and social hooks, while longer 2K shots work well for hero moments, product visuals, cinematic scenes, and polished presentations.

Which aspect ratios does the generator support?

Choose 21:9, 16:9, 4:3, 1:1, 3:4, or 9:16. That range covers cinematic frames, YouTube and presentation video, square social posts, portrait commerce, TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts without needing to crop the core composition later.

How do I write a strong MiniMax H3 prompt?

Use a simple directing order: subject and setting, action, camera, visual treatment, then sound. For example: ‘A chef lifts noodles from a steaming bowl in a warm kitchen, close tracking shot, natural food texture, energetic vertical pacing, cooking ambience and a crisp bowl sound.’ Concrete actions and camera verbs give the model a clear scene to stage.

Is MiniMax H3 the same as Hailuo 3?

MiniMax H3 is the official model name. Hailuo AI is MiniMax's consumer video product, so people may also search for Hailuo 3, Hailuo 3.0, or MiniMax Hailuo H3 when they want access to the same generation family. This page gives you direct browser-based access to MiniMax H3 inside our creator workspace.

Can I create longer stories with MiniMax H3?

Yes. Treat each generation as a designed shot, then create the next angle, reaction, transition, or continuation with a connected prompt and the same references. Combining several focused 4–15 second shots gives you more control over pacing and makes it easy to assemble trailers, ads, explainers, and narrative sequences in your editor.

What can I create for commercial and client workflows?

Teams use MiniMax H3 to explore product campaigns, advertising concepts, social creative, ecommerce visuals, storyboards, pitch films, game cinematics, and design prototypes. You can generate multiple directions quickly, review them with stakeholders, and carry the strongest concept into a campaign or production workflow.

Your Next Scene Can Start as One Sentence

Open the MiniMax H3 AI Video Generator, describe what the audience should see and hear, and generate a 4–15 second video in the format your idea needs.

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About the MiniMax H3 AI Video Generator

The MiniMax H3 AI Video Generator is an online creative workspace for turning text, images, first and last frames, and visual references into videos with synchronized stereo sound. MiniMax H3 supports 4–15 second generation, 768P and 2K output, cinematic 21:9 and 16:9 frames, square and portrait formats, and vertical 9:16 video for social platforms. Its unified multimodal approach helps creators direct motion, camera behavior, character performance, dialogue, ambience, sound effects, and style in a connected prompt. Start with text for the quickest route to a result, then add references when you want to carry a specific character, product, design, environment, movement, or visual identity into the scene. Use MiniMax H3 for product commercials, ecommerce creative, brand films, short narratives, character animation, game cinematics, social hooks, storyboards, design prototypes, and campaign exploration — all from one browser-based generation workflow.