Premium MiniMax Image to Video

Hailuo 2 Pro Image to Video: 1080p Motion for Finished Assets

When the still is already approved — the packshot, the campaign key visual, the hero frame — Hailuo 2 Pro animates it at 1080p, flat-priced at 50 credits a clip.

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MiniMax Hailuo-02 Image To Video (Pro, 1080p): Advanced image-to-video generation model with 1080p resolution

Your generated video will appear here.

Enter a prompt and click 'Generate Video' — or start from an example:

Examples

Hailuo 2 Pro Image to Video video examples

Hover a card to preview, then open the player to watch with sound and review the full prompt.

Coastal cliffs aerial push

Coastal photo animated into a premium aerial push, image to video by Hailuo 2 Pro

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Animate this coastal cliff photograph into a cinematic aerial shot at premium quality, keeping the sea stack, lighthouse headland, and rock formations exactly consistent. From 0s to 3s: waves roll in from the horizon and break white against the foreground rocks, spray lifting and blowing sideways, the camera beginning a slow forward push. From 3s to 6s: a larger swell crashes over the rock ledge, water cascading back down the stone, gulls crossing the frame and wheeling over the surf. From 6s to 9s: the camera glides past the sea stack revealing more of the lighthouse headland, wave patterns shimmering under the pale light. From 9s to 10s: the camera holds as another wave set builds and breaks in the distance. Photorealistic ocean physics, natural coastal light, one continuous shot, no new elements appearing.

Source: mypubliclands — CC-BY 2.0 via Flickr.

Pixel-art ramen shop, animated

Pixel-art ramen shop animated in authentic 16-bit style, image to video by Hailuo 2 Pro

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Animate this 16-bit pixel art scene of a rainy ramen shop at night while strictly preserving the pixel-art style: crisp visible pixels, limited palette, no smoothing or anti-aliasing. From 0s to 2s: pixel rain falls in looping diagonal frames, the red lantern swinging gently on its hook in stepped animation, steam rising from the shop window in chunky pixel puffs. From 2s to 4s: the cyclist with the umbrella passes left to right in classic sprite animation, reflections shimmering in the wet pavement pixels, a window light flickering once. From 4s to 6s: the lantern glow pulses warmly, neon pink signage buzzing subtly, the rain loop continuing. Authentic SNES-era animation timing — stepped frames, no smooth interpolated motion, palette limited to the original deep blues, warm yellows, and neon pink, no photorealistic blending.

Scandinavian reading nook ambience

Scandinavian interior animated with breathing curtains and golden light, image to video by Hailuo 2 Pro

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Animate this Scandinavian reading nook interior into a calm architectural ambience clip, keeping the armchair, bookshelf, monstera, and curtains exactly consistent. From 0s to 3s: the sheer curtains breathe inward on a gentle draft, the golden evening light shifting slowly across the oak floor, dust motes drifting through the sunbeam. From 3s to 6s: the monstera leaves sway subtly, a few pages of an open book on the armchair lifting and settling in the breeze, the wool throw's fringe stirring. From 6s to 9s: the sunlight warms and lowers, shadows lengthening across the floorboards, the curtains continuing their slow breathing rhythm. From 9s to 10s: the scene settles into stillness as the light holds its golden peak. Locked camera, photorealistic interior motion only, architectural photography look preserved throughout.

What is Hailuo 2 Pro Image to Video?

Hailuo 2 Pro Image to Video takes a source image and renders up to 5 seconds of 1080p motion on RenderFlow AI, with your prompt directing the action and a flat 50 credits per clip.

It is the last step in a MiniMax pipeline: the Standard image-to-video tier finds which stills move well, and the Pro tier renders the winner at a resolution that survives client review, retail screens, and paid placements.

Why finished assets deserve the Hailuo 2 Pro render

1080p animation from approved assets

1080p animation from approved assets for teams that cannot risk a redrawn product. The source frame keeps your label, your lighting, and your layout while Pro adds motion at presentation resolution. What the client approved is what moves.

Flat pricing

Flat pricing for planned deliverables when the shot list is already locked. Fifty credits per clip, no per-second math, no settings that change the bill. Producing a five-shot product loop has a knowable cost before you start.

Weight and momentum in the motion

Weight and momentum in the motion for product beats that need to feel physical. MiniMax's physics tuning shows at 1080p: liquid keeps its surface tension, fabric swings with believable inertia. That physicality is what makes a 5-second loop feel expensive.

Source images that merit 1080p motion

  • Animating approved packshots and key visuals
  • 1080p product loops for retail and web
  • Campaign motion assets from final art
  • Premium social posts from hero images

Animating a final asset with Hailuo 2 Pro

Lock the source image first

Pro renders exactly what you upload, so retouch, crop, and approve the still before it enters the canvas. Motion will not fix a composition you already doubt.

Prompt one physical action

Five seconds carries a single event: a pour, a slow rotation, a hair-and-fabric drift. Name the verb, the direction, and the camera behavior; leave scene description to the image.

Choose your expansion setting

Enable prompt expansion for loose creative briefs; disable it when the motion direction came from a client and must be followed literally.

Screen at 100% before delivery

Inspect the 1080p result full-size for edge shimmer around the product and any label distortion. If the still survived Standard testing but fails here, reduce the motion intensity rather than swapping the asset.

Frequently Asked Questions

How is Pro image-to-video different from the Standard tier?

Pro outputs 1080p at a flat 50 credits per clip of up to 5 seconds; Standard animates at 5 credits per second for 6 or 10 seconds at draft quality. Standard screens candidates, Pro delivers them.

What source images get the best Pro results?

High-resolution, cleanly lit stills with an uncluttered subject — packshots, campaign key visuals, studio portraits. The 1080p output magnifies whatever the source contains, including compression artifacts.

Can Pro change what is in my image?

It animates rather than redesigns: expect movement of hair, fabric, liquids, camera, and ambient elements. Large identity changes or new objects are unreliable — edit the still first, then animate it.

Is 5 seconds long enough for a product loop?

For the loop formats these clips serve — web hero sections, retail screens, feed posts — a well-shot 5-second beat is the standard unit. Longer sequences are built by cutting several Pro clips together.

When is the Standard image-to-video tier the better pick?

Whenever the still is not final. Screening a set of candidate images at 30 credits each on Standard tells you which one earns the 50-credit 1080p render.