MiniMax H3 Image-to-Video: Image to Video Online

Every row comes from VdoBloom's live model configuration, the generation endpoint and the credit table. The detail that trips people up: there is no aspect-ratio control in this mode. The image you upload is sent as the first frame and the output follows its shape.

The rate is the same as the text-to-video mode (seconds times 4 at 768P, seconds times 6 at 2K), so the useful question is what a given job costs. The jobs below are examples, not presets; any whole second from 4 to 15 works at either resolution. Dollar figures use the Lite plan rate of $0.05 a credit. New accounts get 10 free credits, which does not reach the 16-credit minimum, so plan on a top-up before your first render.

VdoBloom sends your image to MiniMax as the clip's first frame. Whatever is in the photo at that moment, the subject, the background, the light and the framing, is where the video starts, and the prompt only has to describe what changes. That is why this mode suits jobs where something must look exactly like a picture you already have: a product, a mascot, a piece of art.

It also means the photo decides the shape. There is no ratio setting to fix a mismatch after upload, so prepare the image first.

The two H3 variants share the price list, the 4 to 15 second range and the 768P/2K tiers. They split on input and control: this mode trades aspect-ratio control for an exact first frame.

All five appear in the Image to Video tab. From the credit table: Hailuo 2.3 Standard is the cheapest per clip, but the Hailuo 2.3 models render only 6 or 10 seconds, with 1080P limited to 6 seconds, and at those lengths Hailuo 02 costs more than H3 at 768P, while Hailuo 2.3 Pro is cheaper at 6 seconds (18 against 24) and dearer at 10 (45 against 40). H3 adds any-second lengths up to 15, a 2K tier and sound generated with the animation, and its picker entry lists audio, which the Hailuo entries do not. Seedance 2 also reaches 15 seconds and goes up to 4K, with native audio, at a higher 720p rate than H3's 768P rate. 768P and 720p are not identical, so read the price columns as 720p-class.

No tab opens on this model by default, so you select it. The model, the 4 to 15 second range and the per-second rate are the same everywhere it appears.

The photo already shows what everything looks like, so do not spend the prompt re-describing it. Describe what happens: one main action for the subject (turns toward the camera, pours the coffee, the fabric ripples in the wind), the camera move (slow push-in, orbit left, static), and the sound (a cafe murmur, waves, a soft whoosh as the product rotates). Stacking several unrelated actions into a 5-second clip usually gives you a muddle of all of them.

Keep the prompt consistent with the picture. Asking for an object, a person or a background that is not in the photo forces the model to invent it partway through, which is where clips tend to go wrong. If you want a different scene, edit the photo first, then animate it. For longer clips (10 to 15 seconds) describe the motion in stages so the shot has somewhere to go after the first moment. Test at 4 seconds and 768P for 16 credits; once the motion is right, re-run at the length and resolution you will deliver.

One image is the whole input: no last frame to land on, no extra reference photos and no reference video. If you need the clip to end on a specific frame or combine several subjects from different photos, use a model with those inputs, such as Seedance 2.5 (first and last frame, reference photos tagged @Image1 and @Image2). There is no aspect-ratio setting, so a landscape photo gives a landscape clip. The ceiling is 15 seconds. 2K costs 50% more per second than 768P, so drafting at 2K is the easy way to overspend. On a short 6 or 10 second clip, Hailuo 2.3 Standard still costs less than H3 (15 and 25 credits against 24 and 40), and Hailuo 2.3 Pro is 18 at 6 seconds and 45 at 10; H3 is the pick when you need more than 10 seconds, an exact length, 2K or sound. The 10 free signup credits do not cover the 16-credit minimum. H3 is a proprietary MiniMax model that VdoBloom runs through its provider, KIE; if a job fails on the provider side the credits come back automatically.

VdoBloom does not rank models on subjective quality. Everything above is spec and price; whether H3's motion suits your photo is something a 16-credit 4-second test answers faster than any review.