What is AI camera control?

It turns a single still image into a video clip with a deliberate camera move — orbiting, pushing in, dropping down from overhead — instead of leaving the movement up to a text prompt. You pick the move; the model renders the shot.

Which camera moves are supported, and which are not?

The camera travels on a sphere around your subject and always stays pointed at it. That covers orbits, quarter arcs, dolly in and out, and high or low angle moves from directly overhead to looking up from below. It does not cover pan, tilt or roll — those rotate the camera in place so the subject leaves the frame — and it cannot do a dolly zoom, which needs a focal length change this model does not expose.

Will my product or character get distorted?

This is the specific problem the model was built to avoid. It uses a fixed internal camera path rather than re-imagining the scene from a text description, so the subject holds its shape as the camera moves around it.

What do I need to provide?

One image. A prompt is optional — leave it blank and the camera move alone drives the shot. Add a prompt if you also want to steer what happens in the scene. Note that a source image implying motion (a jump, spray, smoke) will usually keep animating; the camera path is what you control precisely, not whether the scene is perfectly still.

How long can the clip be?

Between 5 and 15 seconds, in whole seconds. The camera move is spread across whatever length you choose, so a longer clip gives you a slower, smoother move.

How long does it take to generate?

Fast — MiniMax H3 Max saves a finished 5 second clip to your account about 10 seconds after you press Generate. Longer clips, 1080P and a busy queue add to that. You don't have to wait on the page — everything you generate is kept in your account.

Do the clips have sound?

Only if you ask for it. The audio is generated from your prompt, so write down what should be heard — dialogue, music, ambient noise — and the clip usually comes back with a matching synchronized track. Leave the prompt empty and the request falls back to the model's own default prompt, which describes the scene as frozen; with no sound source described, the clip comes back silent.

How many credits does it cost?

Credits scale with resolution and length: 10 per second at 480P, 16 per second at 768P and 32 per second at 1080P. A 5 second 768P clip costs 80 credits.

AI Camera Controls — Orbit, Dolly and Crane Shots From One Image

Turn a single image into a moving shot. Pick a camera move and H3 Max keeps your subject locked and undistorted while the camera travels around it.

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Camera Controls Examples

One image in, one camera move chosen, one finished shot out — the subject stays exactly as it was.

Source image

Camera move

Revelación heroica

Se eleva desde un ángulo bajo y se acerca: una entrada espectacular

Prompt

Soft cinematic ambient music swells gently, quiet studio room tone in the background. She stays still and simply looks at the camera.

Generated video

This clip has sound. Unmute the player to hear it — on a phone, tap the video first to bring up the controls.

Nine camera moves, one click each

Every move is a preset built from tested keyframes. You never type an angle.

Órbita 360

Da una vuelta completa alrededor del sujeto: la presentación de producto por excelencia

Descenso cenital

Baja desde una vista casi cenital hasta un primer plano cerrado

Giro rápido

Dos vueltas completas y rápidas que terminan en el punto de partida

Revelación heroica

Se eleva desde un ángulo bajo y se acerca: una entrada espectacular

Dolly in

Avanza en línea recta hacia el sujeto

Dolly out

Retrocede para mostrar una vista más amplia de la escena

Arco a la izquierda

Describe un cuarto de vuelta hacia la izquierda

Arco a la derecha

Describe un cuarto de vuelta hacia la derecha

Ascenso contrapicado

Empieza abajo mirando hacia arriba y luego se nivela

Why this beats writing “orbit the product” in a prompt

Camera movement driven by an actual camera path, not by a model rewriting your scene.

Your subject does not warp

Prompt-driven camera moves usually fail the same way: ask for an orbit and the model redraws the product from a guess instead of moving the viewpoint. This model runs a fixed internal camera path, so the subject you uploaded is the subject you get back.

Presets, not numbers

Orbit, arc, dolly, overhead descent and more are ready to click. The underlying keyframes were calibrated on real generations, so you skip the trial and error entirely.

5 to 15 seconds, sound when you ask for it

Pick any length from 5 to 15 seconds. Describe the sound you want in the prompt and it usually comes back on a synchronized track — leave the prompt empty and you get a silent camera move.

Up to 1080P

Render at 480P for quick drafts, 768P as the everyday default, or 1080P when the shot is going somewhere public.

How to add camera movement to an image

Three steps, no keyframing.

Upload your image

Whatever sits at the centre of the frame becomes the subject the camera orbits. The output keeps your image's aspect ratio.

Pick a camera move

Choose from nine presets — 360 orbit for product reveals, dolly in to build tension, bird's eye descend for a dramatic open.

Set length and resolution, then generate

Choose 5 to 15 seconds and a resolution. The prompt is optional — leave it empty and the camera move alone drives the shot.

Camera Controls FAQ

What it does, and what it does not.

Give your image a camera

Pick a move and get a finished shot in seconds.

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