MiniMax H3
Templates and hands-on recipes
Choose the task you need to finish. Templates provide original inputs and prompts, recipes provide executable local checks, and workflows connect the delivery steps.
Task templates
Small camera arc around a chair: trace all four floor contacts
Practice a restrained camera arc around a stationary chair. Use leg count, foot-to-floor contact and floor seams to separate a viewpoint change from a turning chair.
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Character three-view reference: separate front, side and back files
A downloadable original adult character set with explicit view roles, a separate first frame and a checklist for consistent clothing and silhouette.
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Cloud drift: hold the horizon and foreground still
An original sky-and-land input for slow rightward cloud drift, with separate checks for clouds, horizon height and ground shape.
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Curtain breeze: move the cloth, fix the window
Practice one gentle curtain sway with a clean window input and checks for fixed attachments, frame corners and a settling hem.
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Desk lamp tilt: move one head around its visible joint
Adjust a lamp head a little while its neck joint stays connected and its base stays planted. Check pivot position separately from the changing shade angle.
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Doorway push-in: stay within the visible space
Practice a short forward camera move from a doorway while retaining both jambs and avoiding invented adjoining rooms.
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Drawer opening: translate the drawer and keep the cabinet fixed
Practice a short straight drawer opening. Check fixed cabinet feet, parallel drawer edges and a connected box before accepting newly revealed interior space.
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Eyes first, head second: a small gaze-and-turn exercise
Use an original portrait to separate an eye movement from the head turn that follows, with checks for pupil direction, nose position and shoulder stability.
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One fruit-slice drop: keep the slice singular and land on the plate
Practice a single citrus-slice descent onto a visible plate. Check object count, first contact, slice thickness and the final resting position.
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One short pour: check the stream, rim and rising liquid level
Plan one restrained pour into a fixed glass. Inspect where the stream enters, whether the level rises and how the pour stops before accepting the shot.
View steps and files →Glazed pottery: check the highlight and motif during a small camera shift
A ceramic-shot practice that separates a highlight changing with viewpoint from a pattern sliding across the glaze. Use a small camera shift and compare the rim, motif and base.
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Hand places an object: contact before release
Practice a single cube placement with an original hand-and-table input and separate checks for landing, finger release and object stability.
View steps and files →Hinged box opening: move the lid, hold the base in place
A first-frame practice for opening a hinged lid. Define the fixed base, the hinge line and the final open state; diagnose sliding bases, detached lids and invented interiors.
View steps and files →MiniMax H3 knit-unfolding prompt: keep the fabric texture and hand contact readable
A first-frame exercise for one small unfolding action. Separate fabric movement from hand movement, inspect contact points, and use a cut when a large reveal needs another shot.
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Macro focus pull: change sharpness while the object stays still
Move attention from a near rim to a farther collar on one stationary ceramic sample. Check focus change without permitting a dolly, zoom or morph.
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One subject in a mirror: check the reflection and the glass boundary
Slide one bottle a short distance in front of a fixed mirror. Inspect paired motion, one reflected image and the mirror boundary without adding another physical bottle.
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Side-view sit to stand: follow the support points
An original seated adult and chair input for briefing one rise, with checks for seat clearance, foot contact and a stable ending.
View steps and files →MiniMax H3 page-turn prompt: animate blank pages and add exact text in editing
Plan one readable page turn from an original illustrated first frame. Keep exact typography as a separate post-production layer instead of asking the video to invent printed words.
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Pendant sway: keep the chain connected through one small motion
Plan a restrained pendant sway while the upper chain anchors stay fixed. Check the bail, chain continuity and one turning point with the downloadable contact sheet.
View steps and files →Reflective bottle light sweep: keep the bottle still, move the highlight
An image-to-video practice brief for a stationary reflective bottle. Separate a moving light band from bottle movement, then check the cap, contour and shadow against the first frame.
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Window daylight shift: change light, preserve room geometry
A fixed-room practice input and paired comparison diagram for gentle daylight brightening with stable walls, furniture and window structure.
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Shallow-water ripples: keep the rock and shoreline fixed
An original shallow pool input for small surface wavelets, with rock-outline, shoreline and water-level checks.
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Shoe camera slide: keep the sole planted and inspect the outline
Practice a short lateral camera move around a stationary shoe. Use a clean first frame and separate true viewpoint change from a sliding sole or stretching toe.
View steps and files →MiniMax H3 silent unboxing prompt: plan three beats as three simple shots
Build a silent opening, uncovering, and product reveal sequence with separate first frames. Use the supplied illustration for the opening beat and avoid asking one shot to invent hidden contents.
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Single light, one shadow: inspect direction while the object stays still
Move one soft key light a little toward center above a stationary object. Check that its floor shadow responds coherently without becoming a second object.
View steps and files →Steam above a cup: generate the motion, composite the exact mark
A two-layer cup-shot exercise: a stationary cup with thin steam in the generated clip, plus a separate permitted mark applied and checked in editing.
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One foreground occlusion: walk behind and reappear
A clean column-and-character input plus a three-stage observation sheet for checking one continuous crossing.
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Tracking a walk: one direction, two coordinate systems
Practice a rightward side-following shot while checking the adult’s screen position separately from the background’s motion.
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Transparent object and background: inspect a small camera-slide parallax
Keep an empty clear tumbler fixed while the camera slides slightly. Compare the background through the glass and outside it, along with rim and base continuity.
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Two-person relative height: keep both adults on one ground plane
An original two-adult input, prompt and comparison sheet for preserving visible stature while both people make one small greeting.
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Watch second hand: request one tick and hold the dial still
Use a clean watch face to practice one small second-hand step while dial indices, hour hand, minute hand and case keep their relationships.
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Short zipper pull: preserve the pinch and the moving seam
Move one zipper slider a short distance while the fingers stay on its tab. Inspect hand contact and the joined/open tooth boundary separately.
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Resume a video API task: bounded polling and verified download
A downloadable Node.js 24 client that resumes an existing public API task, handles 429 and terminal states, and saves output with a checkpoint, size limit and SHA-256. Includes 24 executed localhost fixture scenarios.
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Distinguish absent audio from silence and verify an AAC export
Build original tone, silent-track and no-audio fixtures, export AAC, then validate stream identity, decoded samples and numerical signal energy.
View steps and files →CJK subtitle burn-in: font coverage, UTF-8 checks and decoded-frame review
Run an original 3.6-second caption exercise with a licensed pinned Noto CJK font, a dependency-free cmap checker, real FFmpeg/libass rendering, four decoded frames and 29 executed checks. Separate missing-glyph checks from readable, regionally correct text.
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Preflight first and last frame files before binding a pair
Check two original PNGs for exact dimensions, 16:9 ratio, complete decode and role-specific SHA-256 binding; reject portrait, swapped and missing inputs.
View steps and files →Extract a video frame by time base: CFR, VFR and exact index checks
A runnable Python and FFmpeg frame-extraction recipe with original CFR/VFR fixtures, rational PTS tables, three selection rules, PNG pixel hashes and 16 executed checks.
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Assemble an ordered PNG sequence into a review clip
Validate contiguous PNG names and hashes, reject missing or reordered inputs, then encode three original frames into a 1.5-second review MP4.
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Audit a delivery package for missing, extra and changed files
Run a Node.js SHA-256 audit over an original three-file handoff and reject missing files, extras, same-size byte edits, unsafe paths and symlinks.
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Trim a bounded reference-video time window and verify the kept frames
Trim 0.5–1.5 seconds from an original three-second clip, reject invalid windows and prove output frames match source indices 5–14 with reset timestamps.
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Bind shot identity, file, hash and editorial order in one manifest
Validate three original shot records and reject duplicate IDs, reordered rows, swapped files, missing downloads and wrong identity even after a hash is rebound.
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Validate SRT cue overlap, duration and media boundaries
Run a strict text-only SRT timing validator against three accepted cues and six original invalid files, without font discovery or subtitle burn-in.
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Reject a truncated video and retry only the artifact download
Replay a local artifact endpoint that first returns half an MP4, then a complete file; require full decode, bound checksums and zero generation requests.
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Deliver a landscape clip on a vertical letterbox canvas
Transcode an original 320×180 fixture onto 180×320, retain both edge markers and verify the scaled content and black padding in decoded RGB.
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Reconcile duplicate, late and missing callbacks with a local ledger
Run an offline Node.js callback replay with duplicate-event rejection, terminal-state protection and one polling reconciliation for a missing callback.
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Case preparation
Research and observations
MiniMax H3 laundromat: 15 seconds from hand-side graphics to the whole room
An original visual analysis of eight browser-sampled moments in a public H3 laundromat example: how small drawn forms give way to room-wide glowing outlines, and what those observations do not establish.
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628 MiniMax H3 catalog records: purpose cues, unknown modes and overlap
A hash-bound text-coding study of 628 MiniMax H3 catalog records, retaining unknown modes and overlapping cues. Derived data and synthetic tests are public; a full rerun requires a matching input.
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How to read AI video examples: an evidence audit of four fixed records
Inspect two MiniMax H3 source demos, an original practice and a local execution fixture to separate displayed clips, input completeness, interface tests and model-effect evidence.
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