MiniMax H3 Prompt Guide

A 10-second 16:9 commercial for [product]. Use the reference images as the exact product: keep its shape, colors, logo position and label text unchanged in every shot. Open on a slow push-in across [surface] in [lighting]; then a hand lifts the product and turns it to show [key feature]. End on a centered hero frame with clean negative space on the right. Audio: a [music style] music bed and a soft [product sound] as the product is lifted; no voiceover. No on-screen text and no extra products.

Mode

Ref2VA · reference images

Use it when

A real product has to stay exactly right while the camera, the set and the sound are invented around it.

Inputs

Two to four photos of the real product from different angles, with the label legible.

Check

Compare the label, logo and color against the packshots, and listen for the product sound landing on the lift.

Animate the first-frame image over 6 seconds. Keep [subject], the composition and the color grade exactly as they are. [subject] [action] while the camera [camera move]. Background motion: [ambient motion]. Audio: the natural ambience of [setting] and [sound effect] in sync with the movement; no music and no dialogue. Do not add people, objects or text.

Mode

FL2VA · first frame

Use it when

The image is already approved and needs to move without being redrawn.

Inputs

One high-resolution image in the target aspect ratio; it becomes frame one.

Check

Compare the opening frame with your image, then watch hands, faces and edges for drift as the motion builds.

Create an 8-second transition from the first-frame image to the last-frame image as one continuous shot. Keep [subject] identical throughout. Motion: [transition action], while the camera [camera move]. Timing: hold the opening for one second, move steadily, and settle on the final frame for the last second. Audio: [transition sound] building under the motion, landing on a soft [final sound] as the last frame settles.

Mode

FL2VA · first and last frame

Use it when

The start and end states are fixed — a before and after, a reveal, a transformation — and only the path between them is open.

Inputs

Two images with the same aspect ratio, framing and lighting; the closer they match, the cleaner the path between them.

Check

Confirm the clip really lands on the last frame and that the subject keeps its identity halfway through.

Use the reference video only for its camera movement and timing: [camera move description]. Do not copy its people, set or colors. Apply that motion to [subject] from the reference image, in [setting] with [time of day] light, and keep the appearance of [subject] identical to the reference image. Match the length of the reference clip. Audio: [ambient sound] and [motion sound] timed to the movement; no music.

Mode

Ref2VA · reference video and images

Use it when

You like a camera move or a piece of choreography and want it on a different subject.

Inputs

One 2–15 s reference clip that shows the motion, plus one to three images of the new subject.

Check

Play the reference and the result side by side: the move should match, and nothing from the reference's set or cast should leak through.

A 12-second 16:9 scene in [setting]. [character A], [description A], and [character B], [description B], sit across a table. Medium two-shot, then a slow push-in on [character A]. Dialogue in [language]: [character A] says, "[line 1]" and [character B] answers, "[line 2]". Sound effects: [sound effect 1] before the first line and [sound effect 2] under the reply. Ambience: [ambience]. Lips move in sync with each line; no music and no subtitles.

Mode

FL2VA · text only

Use it when

The clip has to speak: lines, voices and effects written into the shot instead of added in the edit.

Inputs

Text only. Keep each line short enough to say comfortably in the time the shot allows.

Check

Check lip sync line by line, that each voice stays with its speaker, and that the effects land where the prompt places them.