AI Models · MiniMax · Image to video
Create MiniMax H3 image-to-video online.
Upload your image. Add a prompt. Generate with MiniMax H3 — priced per second, with the exact credit cost shown before you press Generate. H3 is the cheapest way in the app to find out whether a photograph animates at all — and unlike most cheap tiers, the clip it returns already has sound.
How it works
Animating a photo with MiniMax H3, in three steps.
A clip of 5s · 3 credits (~$1.20) is what the shortest MiniMax H3 animation costs; everything below is read from the app's own model catalog, so it is the figure you will be charged.
Upload the photograph
Open the image-to-video studio with MiniMax H3 already selected and add your file. Because the base tier renders at 768p, this is the one page here where the source photograph is almost always larger than the output — which is the right way round.
Describe the movement and the sound
H3 generates audio with the picture, so the prompt should carry both. A market stall wants chatter and clatter; a shoreline wants surf and gulls. Movement instructions can stay simple: this engine is better at a single clear action than at a choreographed one.
Pick 5, 10 or 15 seconds and generate
Three lengths, nothing between them, so a 7-second idea is billed as 10.
Specs
The MiniMax H3 image-to-video tiers.
Every column comes from the catalog the app bills from — resolution, the clip lengths on offer, whether sound is generated with the picture, and the per-second rate.
| Mode | Engine | Max resolution | Clip length | Audio | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Image to video | MiniMax H3 | 768p | 5s·10s·15s | Yes | 0.6 per second (~$0.24) |
| Image to video, 2K | MiniMax H3 2K | 2K | 5s·10s·15s | Yes | 1.3 per second (~$0.52) |
| Image to video, H3 Max | MiniMax H3 Max | 768p | 5s·10s·15s | Yes | 0.8 per second (~$0.32) |
Cost
What a MiniMax H3 photo animation costs.
MiniMax H3 bills per second, so the length is the price. The dollar figure is the most a generation can cost, at the credit-pack rate; free daily credits cover a short first attempt.
| Clip length | Credits | At the credit-pack rate |
|---|---|---|
| 5 seconds | 3 credits | ~$1.20 |
| 10 seconds | 6 credits | ~$2.40 |
| 15 seconds | 9 credits | ~$3.60 |
The photo
What to upload for MiniMax H3.
Four things that change the result more than the prompt does.
Upload anything; it costs almost nothing to find out
At this rate the first pass is a question, not a commitment. Try the photograph you are unsure about here before spending a flagship rate on it elsewhere.
Choose the tier by the delivery, not the source
The base tier renders 768p and the 2K tier renders 2K from the same upload. If the clip is going anywhere but a phone, start on 2K — it still undercuts every 1080p flagship here.
Simple subjects hold best
One person, one object, one clear action. Complex group shots drift more at this price than they do on Kling or Veo, and that is the honest trade.
Name the room
Sound is generated, not sampled. A photograph of a kitchen with no prompt gets generic ambience; the same photograph with ‘extractor fan, oil in a pan, radio in another room’ gets that.
How it behaves
What MiniMax H3 does with a still.
H3 is the successor to Hailuo, and in the image-to-video studio it plays one role better than anything else in the catalog: it makes the experiment free of consequence. A photograph you are not sure about can be animated three ways here for less than one attempt on a flagship, and if the answer is that the image simply does not move well, you have learned that cheaply.
The audio is what stops it feeling like a compromise. Most low-rate tiers hand back a silent clip that then needs a separate generation to sit underneath it, which erases the saving. Every H3 tier — 768p, 2K and H3 Max — generates sound with the frames, so what you judge is a finished clip rather than half of one.
The two limits worth knowing before you upload: 768p on the base tier, which is below the 1080p every other family on this page delivers, and exactly three clip lengths. Both are answered by the 2K tier and by choosing the length before you write the prompt.
Alternatives
The five engines you would pick instead of MiniMax H3.
The same photograph reaches all of them from the same studio and the same credit balance, so the choice is per shot, not per subscription.
| Model | Max resolution | Clip length | Audio | Credits per second | Shortest clip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veo 3.1 | 1080p | 4s·6s·8s | Yes | 4 (~$1.60) | 4s · 16 credits (~$6.40) |
| Kling V3 Pro | 1080p | 3–15s | Yes | 1.68 (~$0.67) | 3s · 5.04 credits (~$2.02) |
| Sora 2 Pro | 1080p | 4s·8s·12s | Yes | 5 (~$2.00) | 4s · 20 credits (~$8.00) |
| Seedance 2.0 | 1080p | 4–15s | Yes | 6.804 (~$2.72) | 4s · 27.22 credits (~$10.89) |
| WAN 3.0 1080p | 1080p | 2–30s | Yes | 2 (~$0.80) | 2s · 4 credits (~$1.60) |
Keep exploring
Related pages.
FAQ
MiniMax H3 image-to-video, answered.
Is Hailuo image-to-video still available?
MiniMax H3 is the successor to the Hailuo line, and it is what King AI carries today. Its image-to-video tiers run at 768p, 2K and H3 Max, all with audio, on iPhone, iPad, Mac and the web, with no separate MiniMax account.
How much does it cost to animate a photo with MiniMax H3?
King AI bills per second, and H3 is the lowest per-second rate of the six families on this page. The exact figures for a short and a long clip are in the price table above, and free daily credits cover trying it before you buy anything.
Which MiniMax H3 tier should I use for a photo?
Start on the base tier to see whether the photograph moves. Move to the 2K tier when the clip is going anywhere larger than a phone screen — it still costs less per second than any 1080p flagship here. H3 Max is for when the base tier keeps ignoring something you asked for.
Does MiniMax H3 add sound to an animated photo?
Yes, on every image-to-video tier. Name the ambience you want in the prompt and it is generated with the picture; leave it out and you get a generic bed under the clip.
Get started
Animate a photo with MiniMax H3.
Animate the photograph you are unsure about, at the lowest rate on this page — with sound.