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OpenAI's video model: text or image in, short clip out, with storyboard control.

Included in paid ChatGPT plans; higher tiers get longer clips Verified 2026-11-09 videogenerationopenai

Use it for

Short conceptual clips where the idea matters more than frame-perfect continuity

Skip it if

Anything needing lip-sync accuracy, long continuous shots, or reproducible output

A text-to-video model that also accepts an image as the first frame, plus a storyboard view for reordering and extending clips. Output is short by design: the useful unit is a shot, not a scene. Expect to generate several takes and keep one, which is why the cost per usable second is the number that matters.

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