MiniMax expressive motion model

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Hailuo 2.3 AI Video Generator

Generate expressive human movement, nuanced micro-expressions, responsive camera motion, and stylized cinematic video. Use the Hailuo 2.3 AI video generator directly below to create from a prompt, image, frame pair, or supported references.

Official Hailuo 2.3 AI video generator showcase
Official MiniMax Hailuo 2.3 launch footage, downloaded and optimized for this model guide.

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The complete Open Sora video workspace is embedded here and starts with Hailuo 2.3 selected. You can still compare variants or switch models without losing the rest of the workflow.

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Generation requires an account and uses credits based on the selected model, variant, duration, resolution, and other settings. Failed tasks are refunded automatically.

What is Hailuo 2.3 and when should you use it?

Understand where Hailuo 2.3 fits before spending time on references, prompts, and final-resolution generations.

Hailuo 2.3 focuses on dynamic expression. It improves complex physical action, facial performance, object motion, stylization, and response to motion instructions. The Standard model supports text and image generation, while the Fast model offers a quicker image-animation path for production volume.

For performance directors, anime creators, ecommerce advertisers, social teams, VFX artists, and character storytellers, the practical advantage is not a single headline benchmark. It is the way Hailuo 2.3 combines Text to video and image to video with Text prompts and one starting image. That combination determines whether the model can preserve a prepared visual direction or needs to invent most of the scene from language alone.

On this page, research and production live in one flow. Read the official specifications, study the source material, use the prompt framework, and then work in the embedded generator. The selected model defaults to Hailuo 2.3, while the rest of Open Sora's upload, progress, history, reuse, and download experience stays available.

Hailuo 2.3 specifications and supported formats

Use these official capabilities to plan the input, format, duration, and production tier before you generate.

Developer
MiniMax
Model release
October 2025
Generation modes
Text to video and image to video
Inputs
Text prompts and one starting image
Duration
6 or 10 seconds
Resolution
768p and 1080p
Aspect ratios
16:9 cinematic landscape
Audio
Visual generation for sound design in post

Best use cases for Hailuo 2.3

Start with work where the model's strongest controls create a practical advantage rather than choosing only by maximum resolution.

Performance and dance

Create fluid human movement, expressive gestures, choreography, fashion performance, and camera interaction.

Character close-ups

Direct subtle facial reactions, gaze, emotion, and light changes for intimate narrative and advertising moments.

Stylized animation

Bring anime, illustration, CG, surreal, and painterly source images to life with a stronger sense of motion.

Ecommerce motion ads

Animate product interactions, splashes, materials, transformations, and energetic commercial visual effects.

Official Hailuo 2.3 example and source material

This official media was downloaded from the model developer's launch or product material and optimized for fast playback on this page.

Official Hailuo 2.3 showcase

Official source material: Official MiniMax Hailuo 2.3 launch footage, downloaded and optimized for this model guide.

How to create video with Hailuo 2.3

Move from a creative idea to a configured Hailuo 2.3 generation without leaving this model page.

1

Describe the shot

Write the subject, action, environment, camera, style, timing, and sound. If you have reference media, upload it and explain the role of each asset.

2

Configure Hailuo 2.3

Keep Hailuo 2.3 selected, choose the appropriate variant, mode, duration, aspect ratio, resolution, and audio settings, then check the displayed credit cost.

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Generate, review, and reuse

Start the task, follow progress in the result panel, review the completed video, reuse its settings for another take, or download the finished file.

Why creators choose the Hailuo 2.3 AI video generator

The defining capabilities that shape how Hailuo 2.3 handles direction, references, motion, sound, and delivery.

Expressive body movement

Direct dynamic performance with stronger fluidity, physical structure, motion detail, and response to action prompts.

Natural micro-expressions

Create more nuanced facial acting for close-ups, reactions, dialogue moments, and character-focused advertising.

Advanced stylization

Explore live action, anime, illustration, ink wash, game CG, surreal treatments, and cinematic visual effects.

Responsive object motion

Animate products, materials, props, and environmental elements with more deliberate motion and visual impact.

Standard and Fast tiers

Choose the general model for text or image input, or use Fast for lower-cost, higher-volume image animation.

Up to native 1080p

Generate at 768p for ten-second exploration or select 1080p for a polished six-second delivery shot.

How to prompt Hailuo 2.3 for more controllable video

A strong Hailuo 2.3 prompt behaves like a compact production brief: it gives the model a subject, an ordered action, a camera plan, an art direction, and a soundtrack.

Reusable prompt structure

Subject + ordered action + environment + camera + lighting + visual style + timing + dialogue and sound + consistency constraints

Example Hailuo 2.3 prompt

A 6-second close-up of a dancer catching her breath after a performance. She looks down, gives a restrained smile, then meets the camera as cool stage light turns warm. Natural shoulder movement, subtle eye focus, realistic skin and fabric, slow handheld push-in, no sudden cuts.

Describe anatomy and timing

Break complex movement into clear physical actions and state the rhythm, speed, balance, and final body position.

Direct facial performance

Name gaze direction, breathing, tension, small expression changes, and the emotional transition of the shot.

Pair style with motion

Explain how the chosen visual style should affect movement, materials, lighting, effects, and camera behavior.

Hailuo 2.3 modes, references, and output options

Choose a tier and format based on where you are in the creative process. Draft settings are for finding the shot; premium settings are for finishing a direction that already works.

CapabilityHailuo 2.3 support
VariantsStandard and Fast image animation
Generation modesText to video and image to video
InputsText prompts and one starting image
Reference controlOne starting image
Duration6 or 10 seconds
Resolution768p and 1080p
Aspect ratios16:9 cinematic landscape
AudioVisual generation for sound design in post
6 or 10 seconds768p and 1080pVisual generation for sound design in post

Plan around the limits of generative video

AI video is most reliable when the prompt gives each shot one readable visual idea. Review important details before publishing and treat the first generation as a directed take that can be refined.

Complex multi-character interaction, fast occlusion, readable text, logos, hands, and exact object counts can still vary between takes. Use clear references, simplify crowded action, and inspect continuity frame by frame.

Higher resolution does not replace art direction. Lock the story beat, composition, movement, and sound at an economical setting first; then move the strongest direction to the premium variant or resolution.

Hailuo 2.3 AI video generator FAQ

What is Hailuo 2.3?

Hailuo 2.3 is a MiniMax AI video generation model. Hailuo 2.3 focuses on dynamic expression. It improves complex physical action, facial performance, object motion, stylization, and response to motion instructions. The Standard model supports text and image generation, while the Fast model offers a quicker image-animation path for production volume. Open Sora places the complete generator on this page so you can move from research to creation without opening a separate workspace.

Which generation modes does Hailuo 2.3 support?

Hailuo 2.3 supports Text to video and image to video. That range lets you start with a written idea, guide the opening with an image, or use additional references when the composition, identity, or motion must be more controlled.

How long and what resolution can Hailuo 2.3 generate?

You can create 6 or 10 seconds video with output at 768p and 1080p. Pick a lower resolution for quick creative exploration, then use the highest appropriate setting when you are ready to evaluate detail or deliver the shot.

Can Hailuo 2.3 generate audio?

Hailuo 2.3 supports Visual generation for sound design in post. Write dialogue, ambience, music, and effects as deliberate parts of the prompt so the soundtrack supports the visible action and emotional rhythm of the scene.

What can I upload to the Hailuo 2.3 AI video generator?

The model accepts Text prompts and one starting image. Its reference workflow supports One starting image. Give every uploaded asset a clear role in the prompt instead of expecting the model to infer which image controls identity, style, composition, or movement.

Who should use Hailuo 2.3?

Hailuo 2.3 is a strong fit for performance directors, anime creators, ecommerce advertisers, social teams, VFX artists, and character storytellers. The best choice still depends on the shot: use this page's facts, features, examples, and prompt guide to decide whether its particular balance of control, speed, resolution, sound, and references matches the job.

How do I write a better Hailuo 2.3 prompt?

A reliable prompt names the subject, action, location, camera, lighting, visual style, timing, and sound. Put events in chronological order, quote exact dialogue, and state what must remain consistent. When you upload references, identify each one explicitly.

Can I use Hailuo 2.3 directly on this page?

Yes. The full Hailuo 2.3 generator is embedded directly below the hero on this page. Choose text, image, frames, or references as appropriate, configure the available controls, review the visible credit cost, and start the generation without leaving the model guide.

Official Hailuo 2.3 sources

Model capabilities and media on this page were researched from the developer's official product pages, announcements, and documentation.

Create your next video with Hailuo 2.3

Open the complete Hailuo 2.3 AI video generator above, add your prompt or references, and turn the next shot on your list into a finished video.

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