The outcome

Learn the interaction loop using a small task with a clear outcome.

Hailuo AI is a AI video and media creation platform from MiniMax. Creating short cinematic video concepts, animating owned images, testing camera movement, and producing subject-led social-video drafts from controlled references. This guide narrows that broad capability into one repeatable outcome, with checkpoints that keep the source material and your judgment in the loop.

Before you begin

Set the boundary before the tool starts.

Choose one real task, identify who will use the result, and decide what evidence or test will make the result acceptable. Gather only the source material needed for that task. If the work contains confidential, personal, regulated, or client-owned information, confirm that the platform and account are approved before sharing it.

Troiana principle

AI should make the work easier to inspect. If the workflow removes the source, the owner, or the review step, redesign the workflow.

Step by step

A workflow you can repeat.

  1. 01

    Define the shot purpose, duration, aspect ratio, subject, action, camera, environment, style, audio, and rights boundary.

  2. 02

    Review the current Hailuo terms and plan before generation because the published default license is personal and non-commercial.

  3. 03

    Use text-to-video for exploration or an authorized master reference image when subject or product consistency matters.

  4. 04

    Generate a short test, then review identity, anatomy, motion, camera, background, artifacts, watermark, disclosure, and usage rights before export.

Working standard

What good use looks like.

  • State the outcome before the background.
  • Provide the real source material.
  • Review the result before expanding the task.

Hailuo's current published terms grant broad rights in user contributions and describe service use as personal and non-commercial unless another agreement applies. Subject references can create impersonation and privacy risks, while generated motion may drift or invent details. Never upload a person's face or voice without specific consent, assume a paid plan automatically grants commercial rights, remove provenance marks, or publish before checking current terms, privacy, likeness, copyright, and platform rules.

Official references

Check the current product documentation.

Features, plan limits, availability, and data controls change. These official pages are the starting points used for this collection.