MiniMax H3 · Hailuo 3.0
Create directed 4–15 second videos in up to 2K with native stereo sound, stronger prompt control, and text, image, video, or audio references.
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FluxWhat is MiniMax H3?
MiniMax H3—also searched as Hailuo 3.0 or Hailuo 03—is a multimodal video model built for complete clips rather than silent moving images. It combines visual direction, temporal continuity, dialogue, ambience, and sound effects in one generation workflow.
Directed multi-shot scenes
Describe the shot order, camera behavior, subject action, and transition logic. H3 is designed to follow scene-level instructions while maintaining the story across cuts.
Multimodal reference control
Use reference assets to communicate characters, products, settings, motion, or sound. Official H3 workflows support up to 12 total references across image, video, and audio inputs.
Video-to-video transformation
H3 can use a source video as motion context, making it useful when timing, body movement, or camera rhythm already exists and the visual treatment needs to change.
Hailuo 3.0 capabilities
These are the official model capabilities users typically compare before choosing an AI video generator.
Generate dialogue, ambience, music, and sound effects together with the visuals instead of treating audio as a separate afterthought.
Choose an integer duration from 4 to 15 seconds, with official 768P and 2K output options for different production needs.
H3 is designed to handle logos, signage, posters, packaging, and other visible text more reliably in commercial scenes.
Coordinate a product, actor, camera move, voice line, and sound cue in one prompt for ads, launches, and social campaigns.
Combine multiple reference types to communicate identity and direction across characters, products, environments, motion, and sound.
Write shot changes, pacing, physical interactions, and audio cues directly into a structured natural-language prompt.
Capability details checked against the official MiniMax H3 release · video generation guide
How to use MiniMax H3
Start simple, give every reference a clear job, and use shot-by-shot language when the scene changes.
Open the generator, select MiniMax H3, then choose text-to-video, image-to-video, or the reference workflow that fits your source material.
Describe subject, action, setting, camera, lighting, shot order, dialogue, ambience, and sound effects. Attach references only when they add information.
Choose the duration and resolution, review the credit estimate, then generate. Refine one variable at a time when iterating.
MiniMax H3 pricing
H3 generation cost changes with duration and resolution. The generator shows the required credits before you submit; the plans below are the same live plans used across C Dance AI.
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MiniMax H3 FAQ
Short answers to the naming, capability, workflow, and pricing questions people search before generating.
MiniMax H3 is MiniMax's multimodal AI video model released on July 31, 2026. It generates video and native stereo audio together and supports text, image, video, and audio context for directed video creation.
Yes. MiniMax H3 is the official model name. Hailuo 3.0 and Hailuo 03 are commonly used names for the same H3 release in product listings and searches.
The official H3 API supports 768P and 2K output. Duration can be set to any whole number from 4 through 15 seconds.
Yes. H3 supports native stereo sound, including dialogue, ambience, music, and sound effects. Describe the desired audio clearly in the prompt or provide audio context when the workflow supports it.
Official reference generation supports up to 12 references in total, with per-type limits of 9 images, 3 videos, and 3 audio files. The limits shown in the C Dance generator depend on the mode you select.
Yes. H3 supports text-to-video, first-frame and first/last-frame image-to-video, reference generation, and video-based motion transformation workflows.
The credit cost depends on output duration and resolution. Select MiniMax H3 and your settings in the generator to see the current credit estimate before generating; use the pricing section above to compare available credit plans.
State the subject and action first, then add setting, camera movement, lighting, shot sequence, dialogue, ambience, and sound effects. For multi-shot scenes, describe each shot in order and keep identity details consistent.
Create with Hailuo 3.0
Use MiniMax H3 for cinematic movement, connected shots, reference-led continuity, and native sound in one workflow.
