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Sora 2 AI Video Generator
Generate detailed videos with realistic motion, physical cause and effect, synchronized dialogue, and expressive sound. Use the Sora 2 AI video generator directly below to create from a prompt, image, frame pair, or supported references.
Generate with Sora 2 online
The complete MuseGen video workspace is embedded here and starts with Sora 2 selected. You can still compare variants or switch models without losing the rest of the workflow.
Generation requires an account and uses credits based on the selected model, variant, duration, resolution, and other settings. Failed tasks are refunded automatically.
What is Sora 2 and when should you use it?
Understand where Sora 2 fits before spending time on references, prompts, and final-resolution generations.
Sora 2 is OpenAI's model for generating video and sound together, building lively scenes from plain language or a guiding image. It stands out for physical plausibility, fine control, broad stylistic range and synchronized sound, so it shines on shots where action and audio should feel like one event, not parts stitched together later.
For storytellers, filmmakers, creative technologists, social teams, concept artists and ad creatives, the practical advantage is not a single headline benchmark. It is the way Sora 2 combines Text to video and image to video with Plain-language prompts plus one guiding image. That combination determines whether the model can preserve a prepared visual direction or needs to invent most of the scene from language alone.
On this page, research and production live in one flow. Read the official specifications, study the source material, use the prompt framework, and then work in the embedded generator. The selected model defaults to Sora 2, while the rest of MuseGen's upload, progress, history, reuse, and download experience stays available.
Sora 2 specifications and supported formats
Use these official capabilities to plan the input, format, duration, and production tier before you generate.
Developer
OpenAI
Model release
September 2025
Generation modes
Text to video and image to video
Inputs
Plain-language prompts plus one guiding image
Duration
4–20 seconds
Resolution
720p, 1024p or 1080p
Aspect ratios
16:9 widescreen and 9:16 vertical
Audio
Synchronized dialogue, effects, ambience and music
Best use cases for Sora 2
Start with work where the model's strongest controls create a practical advantage rather than choosing only by maximum resolution.
Ideas that rely on physics
Try sport, animals, cars, materials, storms and other subjects where movement needs real weight.
Stylised clips for social
Make vertical clips — animated, surreal, cinematic or photoreal — each carrying its own voices and sound design.
Animating a still
Set a hero image, a drawing, a campaign still or a piece of concept art in motion while its art direction stays intact.
Official Sora 2 example and source material
This official media was downloaded from the model developer's launch or product material and optimized for fast playback on this page.
Sora 2 official physics demo
Official source material: Video from OpenAI's official Sora 2 release page.
How to create video with Sora 2
Move from a creative idea to a configured Sora 2 generation without leaving this model page.
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Describe the shot
Write the subject, action, environment, camera, style, timing, and sound. If you have reference media, upload it and explain the role of each asset.
2
Configure Sora 2
Keep Sora 2 selected, choose the appropriate variant, mode, duration, aspect ratio, resolution, and audio settings, then check the displayed credit cost.
3
Generate, review, and reuse
Start the task, follow progress in the result panel, review the completed video, reuse its settings for another take, or download the finished file.
Why creators choose the Sora 2 AI video generator
The defining capabilities that shape how Sora 2 handles direction, references, motion, sound, and delivery.
Believable physical behaviour
Action carries clearer cause and effect, objects persist, momentum and collisions read correctly, and the surroundings react the way they should.
Synchronized sound
Speech and effects land on the timing of what happens on screen, instead of a generic track laid over the top.
Huge stylistic range
Switch between cinematic, photoreal, animated, archive-footage, graphic, surreal and heavily art-directed looks.
Start from an image
Lead with a reference picture when the character, layout, product or design language has already been decided.
Room for longer beats
Run scenes for up to 20 seconds to give movement space, complete a story beat and let a shot breathe.
Standard or Pro output
Explore on Standard, or pick Pro for crisper high-resolution footage and steadier consistency in final work.
How to prompt Sora 2 for more controllable video
A strong Sora 2 prompt behaves like a compact production brief: it gives the model a subject, an ordered action, a camera plan, an art direction, and a soundtrack.
Reusable prompt structure
Subject + ordered action + environment + camera + lighting + visual style + timing + dialogue and sound + consistency constraints
Example Sora 2 prompt
“A low, gliding shot follows a yellow kite string being pulled through an empty train station at dawn. The string snags a hanging timetable, sets it swinging, slips free and drifts down onto a wooden bench. Distant rail hum, a metal creak, pigeons shuffling and one soft thud as the kite settles.”
Spell out physical cause and effect
Say what sets things moving, how objects respond and how the surroundings change as the action plays out.
Give audio a section of its own
List the exact lines, background layers, close-up effects, music direction and planned silences separately.
Keep each shot readable
For the most control, build the prompt around one clear subject, one action, one camera idea and one visual payoff.
Sora 2 modes, references, and output options
Choose a tier and format based on where you are in the creative process. Draft settings are for finding the shot; premium settings are for finishing a direction that already works.
| Capability | Sora 2 support |
|---|---|
| Variants | Standard and Pro |
| Generation modes | Text to video and image to video |
| Inputs | Plain-language prompts plus one guiding image |
| Reference control | A single guiding image |
| Duration | 4–20 seconds |
| Resolution | 720p, 1024p or 1080p |
| Aspect ratios | 16:9 widescreen and 9:16 vertical |
| Audio | Synchronized dialogue, effects, ambience and music |
4–20 seconds720p, 1024p or 1080pSynchronized dialogue, effects, ambience and music
Plan around the limits of generative video
AI video is most reliable when the prompt gives each shot one readable visual idea. Review important details before publishing and treat the first generation as a directed take that can be refined.
Complex multi-character interaction, fast occlusion, readable text, logos, hands, and exact object counts can still vary between takes. Use clear references, simplify crowded action, and inspect continuity frame by frame.
Higher resolution does not replace art direction. Lock the story beat, composition, movement, and sound at an economical setting first; then move the strongest direction to the premium variant or resolution.
Sora 2 AI video generator FAQ
What is Sora 2?
Sora 2 is a OpenAI AI video generation model. Sora 2 is OpenAI's model for generating video and sound together, building lively scenes from plain language or a guiding image. It stands out for physical plausibility, fine control, broad stylistic range and synchronized sound, so it shines on shots where action and audio should feel like one event, not parts stitched together later. MuseGen places the complete generator on this page so you can move from research to creation without opening a separate workspace.
Which generation modes does Sora 2 support?
Sora 2 supports Text to video and image to video. That range lets you start with a written idea, guide the opening with an image, or use additional references when the composition, identity, or motion must be more controlled.
How long and what resolution can Sora 2 generate?
You can create 4–20 seconds video with output at 720p, 1024p or 1080p. Pick a lower resolution for quick creative exploration, then use the highest appropriate setting when you are ready to evaluate detail or deliver the shot.
Can Sora 2 generate audio?
Sora 2 supports Synchronized dialogue, effects, ambience and music. Write dialogue, ambience, music, and effects as deliberate parts of the prompt so the soundtrack supports the visible action and emotional rhythm of the scene.
What can I upload to the Sora 2 AI video generator?
The model accepts Plain-language prompts plus one guiding image. Its reference workflow supports A single guiding image. Give every uploaded asset a clear role in the prompt instead of expecting the model to infer which image controls identity, style, composition, or movement.
Who should use Sora 2?
Sora 2 is a strong fit for storytellers, filmmakers, creative technologists, social teams, concept artists and ad creatives. The best choice still depends on the shot: use this page's facts, features, examples, and prompt guide to decide whether its particular balance of control, speed, resolution, sound, and references matches the job.
How do I write a better Sora 2 prompt?
A reliable prompt names the subject, action, location, camera, lighting, visual style, timing, and sound. Put events in chronological order, quote exact dialogue, and state what must remain consistent. When you upload references, identify each one explicitly.
Can I use Sora 2 directly on this page?
Yes. The full Sora 2 generator is embedded directly below the hero on this page. Choose text, image, frames, or references as appropriate, configure the available controls, review the visible credit cost, and start the generation without leaving the model guide.
Official Sora 2 sources
Model capabilities and media on this page were researched from the developer's official product pages, announcements, and documentation.
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Open the complete Sora 2 AI video generator above, add your prompt or references, and turn the next shot on your list into a finished video.
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