MiniMaxMiniMax H3 Max Camera Controls API

Name: MiniMax H3 Max Camera Controls API
Price: 0.03 USD
Author: MiniMax

MiniMax H3 Max video from a start frame with scripted camera motion — 2-12 keyframes set the camera angle, height, and distance over time. Leave the prompt blank to freeze the scene and move only the camera. Up to 15s at 1080p.

Prompt

Duration

Resolution

Billed at this model’s published rate.

Result

Your generations will appear here

Other models from MiniMax

Same vendor, same API call — the differences are below.

Model	Use case	Price	Resolution	Duration	Added
MiniMax H3 Max Recast	Video → Video	from $0.33 / sec	768p · 1080p	—	Nov 2026
MiniMax H3 Highspeed	Text → Video	from $0.0352 / sec	480P · 768P	5–15s	Nov 2026
MiniMax H3 Lite	Text → Video	from $0.022 / sec	480P · 768P	5–15s	Nov 2026
MiniMax M3	Image → Text	from $0.06 / 1M cached in	—	—	Oct 2026
MiniMax M3.1 Flash	Image → Text	from $0.015 / 1M cached in	—	—	Oct 2026
MiniMax H3 Context IR	Video → Text	from $0.45 / 1M in	—	4–15s	Oct 2026
MiniMax H3 Max Relight	Video → Video	from $0.055 / sec	480p · 768p · 1080p …	—	Oct 2026
MiniMax H3 Max Extend	Video → Video	from $0.055 / sec	480p · 768p · 1080p …	5–15s	Sep 2026

Install the SDK

TypeScript targets Node 20+ and ships with types; Python needs 3.10+ and is async. Over REST there is nothing to install: call https://api.picsart.com from any HTTP client.

bash

npm install @picsart/ai-sdk

Authenticate

Send your Picsart API key as a bearer token. The SDK does it for you once the client is created.

import { createClient } from '@picsart/ai-sdk';

const ai = createClient({
  apiKey: process.env.PICSART_API_KEY, // sent as: Authorization: Bearer <key>
  apiUrl: 'https://api.picsart.com',
});

python

import os

from picsart_ai_sdk import create_client

ai = create_client(
    api_key=os.environ["PICSART_API_KEY"],  # sent as: Authorization: Bearer <key>
    api_url="https://api.picsart.com",
)

Make a request

Call the model by its id. Over REST, one endpoint serves every model: POST /workflows/v1/models/execute with the model id and its input in the body. The outer params is the envelope every workflow takes; the inner one is this model's input, with the same names generate() takes.

import { createClient } from '@picsart/ai-sdk';

const ai = createClient({
  apiKey: process.env.PICSART_API_KEY,
  apiUrl: 'https://api.picsart.com',
});

const result = await ai.generate('minimax-h3-max-camera-controls', {
  prompt: "A serene mountain lake at golden hour, ultra detailed",
  startFrame: "https://cdn.example.com/input.jpg",
  resolution: "480p",
  duration: 5
});

console.log(result.url); // video URL

python

import asyncio
import os

from picsart_ai_sdk import create_client


async def main() -> None:
    async with create_client(
        api_key=os.environ["PICSART_API_KEY"],
        api_url="https://api.picsart.com",
    ) as ai:
        result = await ai.generate("minimax-h3-max-camera-controls", {
            "prompt": "A serene mountain lake at golden hour, ultra detailed",
            "startFrame": "https://cdn.example.com/input.jpg",
            "resolution": "480p",
            "duration": 5,
        })

        print(result.url)  # video URL


asyncio.run(main())

bash

curl -X POST 'https://api.picsart.com/workflows/v1/models/execute' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer $PICSART_API_KEY' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "params": {
    "model": "minimax-h3-max-camera-controls",
    "params": {
      "prompt": "A serene mountain lake at golden hour, ultra detailed",
      "startFrame": "https://cdn.example.com/input.jpg",
      "resolution": "480p",
      "duration": 5
    }
  }
}'

Async (submit & poll)

This model can run longer than the sync limit (~20s). generate() waits for you; to hold on to the job instead, submit it and poll. Over REST, send it to /workflows/v1/models/submit and poll /workflows/v1/models/{taskId}/result until response.status is COMPLETED or FAILED.

import { createClient } from '@picsart/ai-sdk';

const ai = createClient({
  apiKey: process.env.PICSART_API_KEY,
  apiUrl: 'https://api.picsart.com',
});

// Returns the generation id at once — store it to pick the job up later.
const generationId = await ai.submit('minimax-h3-max-camera-controls', {
  prompt: "A serene mountain lake at golden hour, ultra detailed",
  startFrame: "https://cdn.example.com/input.jpg",
  resolution: "480p",
  duration: 5
});

// Polls until the job completes; throws if it fails or is cancelled.
const result = await ai.result('minimax-h3-max-camera-controls', generationId);

console.log(result.url); // video URL

python

import asyncio
import os

from picsart_ai_sdk import create_client


async def main() -> None:
    async with create_client(
        api_key=os.environ["PICSART_API_KEY"],
        api_url="https://api.picsart.com",
    ) as ai:
        # Returns the generation id at once — store it to pick the job up later.
        generation_id = await ai.submit("minimax-h3-max-camera-controls", {
            "prompt": "A serene mountain lake at golden hour, ultra detailed",
            "startFrame": "https://cdn.example.com/input.jpg",
            "resolution": "480p",
            "duration": 5,
        })

        # Polls until the job completes; raises ApiError if it fails or is cancelled.
        result = await ai.result("minimax-h3-max-camera-controls", generation_id)

        print(result.url)  # video URL


asyncio.run(main())

bash

# 1. Submit the job
curl -X POST 'https://api.picsart.com/workflows/v1/models/submit' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer $PICSART_API_KEY' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "params": {
    "model": "minimax-h3-max-camera-controls",
    "params": {
      "prompt": "A serene mountain lake at golden hour, ultra detailed",
      "startFrame": "https://cdn.example.com/input.jpg",
      "resolution": "480p",
      "duration": 5
    }
  }
}'
# → { "status": "success", "response": { "id": "task_abc123" } }

# 2. Poll until response.status is COMPLETED
curl 'https://api.picsart.com/workflows/v1/models/task_abc123/result' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer $PICSART_API_KEY'

Parameters

8 parameters, the same for the SDK and for the inner params over REST. Required ones must be supplied; the rest fall back to their defaults.

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Details
`prompt` What to make, in plain language: the subject, style, composition and motion. With an input image or video, what to change.	`text`	no	`—`	max 50000 chars · e.g. "Optional — leave blank to freeze the scene and move only the camera..."
`startFrame` The first frame, as an image URL. The video starts on this image.	`file (image)`	yes	`—`	—
`resolution` Output size. Higher costs more and takes longer.	`enum`	no	`480p`	480p, 768p, 1080p
`duration` Length of the output, in seconds.	`range`	no	`5`	5–15 (step 1)
`cameraTrajectory` Camera Trajectory	`object`	no	`—`	{ time, azimuth, elevation, distance }
`promptExpansionMode` Whether and how the prompt is expanded before generating.	`enum`	no	`balanced`	disabled, balanced, quality
`seed` Seed for the random generator. The same seed and inputs repeat a result; leave it out for a random one.	`range`	no	`-1`	-1–2147483647
`enableSafetyChecker` Run the vendor's safety check on the result.	`boolean`	no	`true`	—

Response

generate() resolves once the job completes. A video URL. Over REST the output is at response.result, inside the gateway's status envelope with the task id, its status and the amount charged.

json

{
  "items": [
    {
      "url": "https://cdn.picsart.com/…/result"
    }
  ],
  "model": "minimax-h3-max-camera-controls"
}

json

{
  "status": "success",
  "response": {
    "id": "task_abc123",
    "status": "COMPLETED",
    "result": {
      "url": "https://cdn.picsart.com/…/result",
      "items": [
        {
          "url": "https://cdn.picsart.com/…/result"
        }
      ],
      "model": "minimax-h3-max-camera-controls"
    }
  }
}

Overview

Alongside the unified model APIs, we expose compatibility APIs that take each vendor's original parameters exactly as the vendor defines them — nothing renamed, nothing reshaped on the way through.

That makes them the shortest path onto Picsart if you already work with the vendor directly: the request bodies you've already written keep working as they are. You keep their parameter names and defaults, and you get the vendor's full parameter set rather than the subset that is shared across every model.

The cost is that a request is written for one vendor — switching models later means rewriting it, and results come back in the vendor's own shape. When you'd rather write once and change models freely, use the unified API.

Make a request

Call the workflow with ai.apis.run() in TypeScript or Python, or hit /workflows/{workflow}/execute directly — params is passed through untouched either way.

These endpoints are addressed by workflow name rather than model id: the one in this model's header, since one model runs as one workflow. Authentication is unchanged — your Picsart API key as a bearer token (see Authentication).

import { createClient, ApiRunMode } from '@picsart/ai-sdk';

const ai = createClient({
  apiKey: process.env.PICSART_API_KEY,
  apiUrl: 'https://api.picsart.com',
});

// Calls the 'minimax/h3-max/camera-controls' workflow directly — params are sent as-is.
const { result, usage } = await ai.apis.run('minimax/h3-max/camera-controls', {
  prompt_expansion_mode: "disabled",
  prompt: "Orbit precisely around the subject while preserving its identity and the scene.",
  image_url: "https://storage.googleapis.com/falserverless/example_inputs/hailuo23/pro_i2v_in.jpg"
}, {
  mode: ApiRunMode.SYNC,
});

console.log(result); // workflow-specific output
console.log(usage?.credits); // amount charged, in $

python

import asyncio
import os

from picsart_ai_sdk import ApiRunMode, create_client


async def main() -> None:
    async with create_client(
        api_key=os.environ["PICSART_API_KEY"],
        api_url="https://api.picsart.com",
    ) as ai:
        # Calls the 'minimax/h3-max/camera-controls' workflow directly — params are sent as-is.
        response = await ai.apis.run("minimax/h3-max/camera-controls", {
            "prompt_expansion_mode": "disabled",
            "prompt": "Orbit precisely around the subject while preserving its identity and the scene.",
            "image_url": "https://storage.googleapis.com/falserverless/example_inputs/hailuo23/pro_i2v_in.jpg",
        }, mode=ApiRunMode.SYNC)

        print(response["result"])  # workflow-specific output
        print((response.get("usage") or {}).get("credits"))  # amount charged, in $


asyncio.run(main())

bash

curl -X POST 'https://api.picsart.com/workflows/minimax/h3-max/camera-controls/execute' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer $PICSART_API_KEY' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "params": {
    "prompt_expansion_mode": "disabled",
    "prompt": "Orbit precisely around the subject while preserving its identity and the scene.",
    "image_url": "https://storage.googleapis.com/falserverless/example_inputs/hailuo23/pro_i2v_in.jpg"
  }
}'

Async (submit & poll)

This model can run longer than the sync limit (~20s). In the SDK, ai.apis.run() with ApiRunMode.ASYNC polls for you; over HTTP, submit and poll yourself.

import { createClient, ApiRunMode } from '@picsart/ai-sdk';

const ai = createClient({
  apiKey: process.env.PICSART_API_KEY,
  apiUrl: 'https://api.picsart.com',
});

// mode: ASYNC submits the job and polls under the hood — you just await.
const { result } = await ai.apis.run('minimax/h3-max/camera-controls', {
  prompt_expansion_mode: "disabled",
  prompt: "Orbit precisely around the subject while preserving its identity and the scene.",
  image_url: "https://storage.googleapis.com/falserverless/example_inputs/hailuo23/pro_i2v_in.jpg"
}, {
  mode: ApiRunMode.ASYNC,
});

console.log(result);

python

import asyncio
import os

from picsart_ai_sdk import ApiRunMode, create_client


async def main() -> None:
    async with create_client(
        api_key=os.environ["PICSART_API_KEY"],
        api_url="https://api.picsart.com",
    ) as ai:
        # mode=ASYNC submits the job and polls under the hood — you just await.
        response = await ai.apis.run("minimax/h3-max/camera-controls", {
            "prompt_expansion_mode": "disabled",
            "prompt": "Orbit precisely around the subject while preserving its identity and the scene.",
            "image_url": "https://storage.googleapis.com/falserverless/example_inputs/hailuo23/pro_i2v_in.jpg",
        }, mode=ApiRunMode.ASYNC)

        print(response["result"])


asyncio.run(main())

bash

# 1. Submit the job
curl -X POST 'https://api.picsart.com/workflows/minimax/h3-max/camera-controls/submit' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer $PICSART_API_KEY' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "params": {
    "prompt_expansion_mode": "disabled",
    "prompt": "Orbit precisely around the subject while preserving its identity and the scene.",
    "image_url": "https://storage.googleapis.com/falserverless/example_inputs/hailuo23/pro_i2v_in.jpg"
  }
}'
# → { "status": "success", "response": { "id": "wf_abc123" } }

# 2. Poll until response.status is COMPLETED
curl 'https://api.picsart.com/workflows/minimax/h3-max/camera-controls/wf_abc123/result' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer $PICSART_API_KEY'

Parameters

11 parameters, sent inside params. These are the vendor's own names, so they line up one-for-one with the vendor's documentation. Required ones must be supplied; the rest fall back to their defaults.

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Details
`prompt_expansion_mode` How much effort to spend rewriting the prompt before generation. 'disabled' skips prompt expansion. 'balanced' returns in about a second. 'quality' spends up to ~30s on a richer prompt.	`string`	yes	`balanced`	e.g. `disabled`
`enable_safety_checker` If set to true, the safety checker will be enabled.	`boolean`	no	`true`	—
`seed` Random seed. A random seed is selected when omitted.	`integer`	no	`—`	—
`prompt` Text prompt for video generation. When omitted or blank, defaults to preserving the frozen reference scene while only the camera moves.	`string`	no	`The same elements in the reference are rigid. Preserve every element exactly. The entire scene is frozen. Only the camera moves. no scene motion only camera motion`	max 50000 chars e.g. `Orbit precisely around the subject while preserving its identity and the scene.`
`image_url` URL of the image to use as the first frame.	`string`	yes	`—`	min 1 chars e.g. `https://storage.googleapis.com/falserverless/example_inputs/hailuo23/pro_i2v_in.jpg`
`duration` Video length in seconds. The output can run up to about 0.7 s longer than requested.	`number`	no	`5`	0.92–15
`resolution` The native generation resolution, or 1080P latent refinement from a native 768P source.	`string`	no	`480P`	`480P768P1080P`
`camera_trajectory` Ordered camera keyframes. The first pose is held before its time and the final pose is held for the remainder of the video. Signed full turns are preserved, with at most 32 turns of total azimuth travel.	`H3MaxCameraKeyframe[]`	no	`—`	max 12 items e.g. `[{"time":0,"azimuth":0,"distance":1,"elevation":0},{"time":0.3,"azimuth":45,"distance":0.2,"elevation":15},{"time":0.8,"azimuth":90,"distance":1,"elevation":-90}]`
└`time` Normalized video time, from 0 at the start to 1 at the end.	`number`	yes	`—`	0–1
└`azimuth` Horizontal camera angle around the subject, in degrees.	`number`	yes	`—`	—
└`distance` Camera distance from the subject in normalized scene units.	`number`	yes	`—`	> 0
└`elevation` Vertical camera angle around the subject, in degrees.	`number`	yes	`—`	-90–90
`free_camera_preset` A fixed free-camera move. Truck, pedestal, and dolly slide the camera; pan, tilt, and roll turn it in place. The path is not editable. When this is set, camera_trajectory is ignored. Each move is one training-scale step: one near-depth unit, 30 degrees of pan, or 20 degrees of tilt or roll.	`string`	no	`—`	`truck_righttruck_leftpedestal_uppedestal_downdolly_indolly_outpan_rightpan_lefttilt_uptilt_downroll_rightroll_lefts_curve_forward`
`sync_mode` Return the generated video as base64 instead of a CDN URL.	`boolean`	no	`false`	—
`options` Platform-specific options for safety checks and Picsart Drive integration.	`object`	no	`—`	—
└`safety_checks` Safety check configuration.	`object`	no	`—`	—
└`enabled` Enable or disable text safety checks. Defaults to true.	`boolean`	no	`true`	—
└`drive` Picsart Drive storage options. When provided, the result will be saved to the user's Drive.	`object`	no	`—`	—
└`name` Filename to save the result as in Picsart Drive.	`string`	yes	`—`	—
└`attributes` Additional file metadata attributes.	`object`	no	`—`	—
└`folder` Destination folder in Picsart Drive.	`object`	no	`—`	—

Response

Over HTTP the output arrives inside a status envelope, at response.result. ai.apis.run() unwraps that envelope for you and resolves to { result, usage } instead. Either way the result itself is the vendor's own shape.

json

{
  "result": {
    "timings": {},
    "video": {
      "content_type": "image/png",
      "url": "https://cdn.picsart.com/…/result.mp4",
      "file_name": "z9RV14K95DvU.png",
      "file_size": 4404019
    },
    "expanded_prompt": "…"
  }
}

json

{
  "status": "success",
  "response": {
    "id": "wf_abc123",
    "status": "COMPLETED",
    "result": {
      "timings": {},
      "video": {
        "content_type": "image/png",
        "url": "https://cdn.picsart.com/…/result.mp4",
        "file_name": "z9RV14K95DvU.png",
        "file_size": 4404019
      },
      "expanded_prompt": "…"
    }
  }
}

Tier	Rate
480p	$0.03 / sec
768p	$0.048 / sec
1080p	$0.096 / sec

MiniMaxMiniMax H3 Max Camera Controls API

Params

Result

Other models from MiniMax

Install the SDK

Authenticate

Make a request

Async (submit & poll)

Parameters

Response

Overview

Make a request

Async (submit & poll)

Parameters

Response

Rates