MiniMax H3: 2K video, three times cheaper
Same class as Hailuo, now rebranded — and promising to open the code.
MiniMax H3 is MiniMax's latest video model — the company behind Hailuo, which appears to be rebranding into the H series.
It's multimodal: it accepts text, image, video, and audio as reference, and generates at up to 2K resolution.
Why this matters
- 2K output, versus Seedance 2.5's 720p.
+ 2 points on paid plans.
Spec sheet
- Access
- Pago (abertura anunciada)
- Resolution
- Up to 2K
- Duration
- Up to 15 seconds
- Cost
- ~US$ 1,20 por 10 s
- Entries
- Text, image, video, and audio
The microcourse
1.What it accepts as input
3 minThe examples shown cover almost every production workflow that exists:
- Two images → trailer. Two references become a trailer with a narrative.
- Storyboard + logo → commercial. Storyboard and brand in, full ad out — the example is a luxury bag.
- Style reference. Red and blue panels in a comic book style turn into video with that aesthetic.
- Green screen + background. Video with a green background plus the image of the desired scene.
- Audio + image + typography → music video. A music track, a group photo, and typographic reference panels.
The music video example shows how far the control goes: the request included a grain and noise effect, grunge aesthetic, fast editing, only hard cuts, and cuts every three seconds following the beat. In other words — you can direct the editing, not just the image.
- The account, side by side2 min
- The part that really matters: it will be open2 min
Faltam 2 classes para você concluir
You're looking at the tool's profile — what it is and what it doesn't do. The step-by-step, selection criteria, and what to do with it are in the microcourse, and the full microcourse is from Expert.
- Freeyour planOpening of the 1st lesson
- Explorer1st full lesson + limitations
- ProfessionalAll lessons + who it's for
- ExpertFicha completa + site oficial da ferramenta
O Explorer (R$ 57/mês) abre 2 of 3 lessons. Only Expert unlocks all of them — and it applies to every microcourse in the section.
How we verified
We track releases straight from primary sources, transcribe what's demonstrated, verify every name and number against the manufacturer's official documentation, and rewrite it in Portuguese — along with the tool's limitations, which is the part the announcement leaves out.
The official address of MiniMax H3 opens on the Expert plan