Magic Hour Hosted Clip Studio

Magic Hour (magichour.ai) is a San Francisco studio and REST API (YC W24): text-to-video, image-to-video, image gen, talking photo, lip-sync and 100+ tools. API docs: duration and picture follow the hosted engine (LTX-2.5: 1–60s at 480p / 720p / 1080p; Seedance 2.5: 4–30s at 480p / 720p; Kling 3.0: 3–15s up to 4K; Veo 3.1: 4–56s at 720p / 1080p). Free default is LTX-2.5 at 480p; paid default Kling 3.0 at 720p. Those numbers are hosted SKUs, not a Magic Hour 4 / 6 / 8 second generate row here. Help also lists first-party tool caps: Talking Photo 0.5–300s (Realistic) or 0.5–45s (Expressive); Lip Sync up to 30 minutes. ImgToVid does not run Magic Hour; the generator on this page drafts on Seedance 2.5.

01 — Capabilities

A hosted clip picker plus Talking Photo, not a 10-minute blog studio

Public Magic Hour pages sell a short clip on a named engine, or a talking-photo / lip-sync job. They do not sell Lumen5’s 10-minute blog-to-video desk.

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T2V / I2V length follows the hosted engine — LTX up to 60s
API: LTX-2.5 1–60s; Seedance 2.5 4–30s; Kling 3.0 3–15s; Veo 3.1 up to 56s. There is no first-party Magic Hour 4 / 6 / 8 second cinematic picker on this site.
02
Talking Photo 0.5–300s; Lip Sync up to 30 minutes
Help: Realistic Talking Photo 0.5–300 seconds; Expressive 0.5–45 seconds. Lip Sync Standard and Pro up to 30 minutes. Those are Magic Hour tool caps, not a Veo generate row here.
03
100+ tools, web + REST API — engine 4K stays hosted
Studio plus Python / Node / Go / Rust SDKs. Kling 3.0 and Gemini Omni list 4K on Magic Hour’s model table. That is the engine’s table, not a first-party Magic Hour 4K generate row on this site.
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Not Lumen5’s 10-minute article cut, not MagicLight’s 50-minute story
Lumen5 is a business blog-to-video studio. MagicLight turns a 12,000-character story into a film up to 50 minutes. Magic Hour is the hosted clip + effects studio. This site does not open any of them.

02 — Prompt to output

Prompts that match the clips above

Each prompt describes the picture on its card. “Use this prompt” sends that text to Create. The generator on this page runs Seedance 2.5, not Magic Hour.

01 · Portrait
PromptClose-up of a young man with curly hair in a grey knit sweater, soft window light. He glances away, then smiles. Slow push-in, shallow depth of field.
02 · Product
PromptA white leather sneaker on a pale grey studio backdrop, soft diffused light. The camera orbits slowly. Stitching stays sharp, the look stays minimal.
03 · Street
PromptA slow dolly down a cobblestone lane in an old European village. Climbing roses on stone walls, café tables in morning sun, a few people walking in the distance.
04 · Character
PromptA young woman with shoulder-length brown hair in an olive t-shirt, late-afternoon gold light. She turns her head and looks off. Breeze in her hair, a handheld feel.

03 — Where it fits

Jobs a hosted clip studio is selling

Public pages point at a prompt clip on LTX or Kling, a talking photo, or an API job. They do not sell a 10-minute Magic Hour article studio of its own.

A T2V / I2V clip on a named hosted engine
LTX, Kling, Seedance, Veo. This page does not open that picker.
A Talking Photo or Lip Sync take
Help caps. That run stays on magichour.ai.
A branded 10-minute blog video, or a 50-minute story film
That is Lumen5 or MagicLight. Magic Hour is a hosted clip studio.
A draft shot on ImgToVid
Write the shot here. Seedance 2.5 carries the prompt into Create. Membership and credits are checked there.

04 — Verdict

What Magic Hour actually is

Strengths

SF studio + REST API: hosted T2V / I2V, image, talking photo, lip-sync, 100+ tools
API: LTX-2.5 up to 60s; Seedance 2.5 4–30s; hosted Kling / Veo keep their tables
Help: Talking Photo 0.5–300s Realistic; Lip Sync up to 30 minutes
Honest that engine 4K / 60s tables are not a Magic Hour generate row here

Trade-offs

No first-party 4 / 6 / 8 second cinematic picker of Magic Hour’s own
Picture size follows the engine and the plan — no single Magic Hour 4K table here
Magic Hour is not available on ImgToVid
Marked coming soon on this site

05 — Side by side

Magic Hour, Veo 3.1 and Kling 4.0

Magic Hour is a hosted clip studio. Veo 3.1 and Kling 4.0 numbers below are from those vendors’ public docs. Magic Hour also hosts some of those names; that is not a Magic Hour generate row on ImgToVid.

	Magic Hour	Veo 3.1	Kling 4.0
Developer	Magic Hour (San Francisco)	Google DeepMind	Kuaishou
Single clip	Follows the hosted engine (e.g. LTX-2.5 1–60s; Seedance 2.5 4–30s)	4, 6 or 8 seconds	3–30 seconds
Picture	Follows the engine (480p–1080p common; hosted Kling / Gemini list 4K)	720p, 1080p, 4K at 24 fps	720p, 1080p and 4K listed
Sound	Hosted engines keep their audio tables; Talking Photo and Lip Sync are separate tools	Native, with the picture	Stereo, with lip sync
Start from	Prompt, still, talking-photo, lip-sync, or API job	Prompt, still, first and last frame	Keyframes or 15 references
On ImgToVid	Coming soon	Coming soon	Coming soon

06 — How it works

Start a clip on ImgToVid

Step 1
Describe one shot
Subject, action, camera. Magic Hour will not be the model that runs it.
Step 2
Use the generator on this page
It runs Seedance 2.5, because Magic Hour is not offered here. The prompt and the settings carry into Create.
Step 3
Generate in Create
Membership and credits are checked there. Coming back to this page does not switch the model over to Magic Hour.

07 — FAQ

Magic Hour, in plain terms

What is Magic Hour?

Magic Hour (magichour.ai) is a San Francisco creative studio and REST API: hosted T2V and I2V, plus talking photo, lip-sync, image tools and 100+ workflows. ImgToVid does not host Magic Hour.

How long is a Magic Hour clip?

T2V / I2V length follows the hosted engine (LTX-2.5 up to 60s; Seedance 2.5 4–30s; Kling 3.0 3–15s; Veo 3.1 up to 56s). Talking Photo: 0.5–300s Realistic. Lip Sync: up to 30 minutes. There is no first-party 4 / 6 / 8 second picker.

Does Magic Hour generate video from text?

Yes, on magichour.ai, on engines that accept a prompt. That is a hosted playground, not a Magic Hour one-shot on ImgToVid.

What picture size can I use?

It follows the engine and the plan. Free T2V defaults to 480p; paid defaults to 720p. Hosted Kling 3.0 and Gemini Omni list 4K. Those are hosted tables, not a Magic Hour generate row here.

Can I generate Magic Hour videos on ImgToVid?

No. The generator on this page runs Seedance 2.5 so you can draft a shot. Magic Hour is marked coming soon.

Can I use the results commercially?

Commercial use of anything you generate on ImgToVid depends on your plan. Check Pricing and our Terms before you publish, and make sure prompts and uploads do not infringe someone else’s rights.