H3 Max Image to Video
minimax/h3-max/image-to-videoH3 Max is MiniMax's image-to-video AI model. Bring static images to life with fluid animation, consistent character motion, and professional-grade video output.
- Base price
- $0.10USD / run
- Execution
- async
- Model type
- video
- Input fields
- 7
Try the model
Playground
PNG, JPEG, WebP, or GIF · 20 MiB maximum
PNG, JPEG, WebP, or GIF · 20 MiB maximum
Your output will appear here
Complete the inputs, then click Run.
Specifications
Pricing
- Base price
- $0.10 / run
- Billing formula
- (usage.duration ?? params.duration) * (params.resolution == "480P" ? 0.0125 : 0.02)
Context & modalities
- Input
- Schema-defined
- Output
- video
Capabilities
- Chat
- Not supported
- Vision
- Not supported
- Reasoning
- Not supported
- Structured output
- Not supported
- Function calling
- Not supported
- Audio input
- Not supported
Access
- Provider
- MiniMax
- Model ID
- minimax/h3-max/image-to-video
- Execution
- async
- API
- Unified Run API
- Endpoint
- /v1/run
API README
MiniMax H3 Max Image to Video
Animate a starting image, with an optional ending image, using MiniMax H3 Max. The model supports prompt-directed motion, camera behavior, dialogue, and native audiovisual output.
Pricing
Current fal promotional rates are $0.0125 per second at 480P and $0.02 per second at 768P through September 7, 2026. Completed-task duration is used when available; otherwise the requested duration is used.
Technical Specs
- Model ID:
minimax/h3-max/image-to-video - Required inputs:
prompt, starting image - Optional input: ending image
- Duration: 5–15 seconds; default 5
- Resolution:
480Por768P; default768P - Output: downloadable video URL
- Execution: asynchronous
Start building
Send your first request
OpenAI-compatible endpoint with unified authentication and usage tracking.
# The quoted heredoc keeps Unicode and shell metacharacters unchanged.
result=$(curl --fail-with-body --silent \
-X POST "https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data-binary @- <<'SANDBASE_JSON'
{
"model": "minimax/h3-max/image-to-video",
"image": "https://storage.googleapis.com/falserverless/example_inputs/hailuo23/pro_i2v_in.jpg",
"prompt": "The camera slowly pulls back from the scene, revealing the full landscape as clouds drift overhead and light shifts across the terrain.",
"duration": 5,
"resolution": "768P",
"prompt_expansion_mode": "balanced"
}
SANDBASE_JSON
)
run_id=$(printf '%s' "$result" | jq -r .id)
for attempt in $(seq 1 120); do
status=$(printf '%s' "$result" | jq -r .status)
case "$status" in completed|failed|timeout) break ;; esac
sleep 2
result=$(curl --fail-with-body --silent \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
"https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run/$run_id")
done
status=$(printf '%s' "$result" | jq -r .status)
[ "$status" = completed ] || { echo "Generation ended: $status" >&2; exit 1; }
printf '%s\n' "$result"Choose your model
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