Higgsfield Model Selection Guide
Choosing the right model is the single biggest factor in output quality after the prompt.
This file handles most selection questions. For deep per-model documentation (prompting
specifics, parameters, edge cases, API details) → read MODELS-DEEP-REFERENCE.md.
The canonical comparison tables, the Edit-Lane Chooser, the Long-Take Chooser, and
the Motion Transfer table live in ../../model-guide.md — this file agrees with them.
Star ratings are written only from real generations. A — in a star column means not
yet field-rated; platform facts for those rows are [OFFICIAL — platform, snapshot 2026-09-26].
Quick Decision Flowchart
Fast lookup — for detailed comparisons see the full tables below.
| Need | Recommended Model | Tier |
|---|
| Top-tier cinematic video + audio | Kling 3.0 | Premium |
| Epic scale / spectacle | Seedance 2.0 or Minimax Hailuo 2.3 (Sora 2 is retired — OpenAI shut its API down 2026-09-24) | Premium |
| Nature / landscapes | Veo 3.1 | Premium |
| Artistic / stylized video | Wan 2.6 | Mid |
| One clip longer than 15s | Seedance 2.5 · Wan 3.0 / Prime · FLUX 3 Video (to 20s) → model-guide.md § Long-Take Chooser | — |
| Edit / extend / multiply existing footage | → model-guide.md § Edit-Lane Chooser | — |
| Motion transfer from a reference video | Kling 3.0 Motion Control or Genjutsu → model-guide.md § Motion Transfer | — |
| Fast video iteration | Seedance 2.0 Fast / Mini | Mid |
| VFX / fluid motion | Minimax Hailuo 2.3 | Mid |
| Budget-friendly video | Kling 3.0 Turbo — the catalog's budget Kling (Kling 2.5 Turbo / Higgsfield DoP Lite: not in the API catalog, 2026-09-26 — verify in the live UI) | Mid |
| Fashion / aesthetic images | Soul 2.0 | Free |
| Photorealistic sharp images | Nano Banana Pro | Low |
| AI actor generation | Soul Cast | Low |
| Native 4K images | Nano Banana Pro (resolution to 4k) — Kling Image 3.0 is not in the API catalog, 2026-09-26 — verify in the live UI | — (NB Pro's listed price is for 1K; verify the 4K price) |
| Transparent-background image | GPT Image 2.5 (background: transparent) | — |
| Photo style transformation | Photodump (29 presets) | Low |
Pricing tiers: Free (Soul 2.0; DoP Lite — not in the API catalog, verify in the UI) · Low (0.1–2 credits) · Mid (2–10 credits) · Premium (10+ credits). See the Credit Cost Reference below for exact per-model costs.
Video Models — Comparison
| Model | Realism | Character | Motion | Style | Duration | Audio | Best for |
|---|
| Kling 3.0 | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | ★★★★☆ | 3–15s | ✅ | Cinematic, long, audio, multi-shot |
| Kling 3.0 Omni | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | ★★★★☆ | 3–15s | ✅ | Video clone, storyboard control — not in the API catalog, 2026-09-26 — verify in the live UI (only its edit model kling_video_edit is). Storyboards: Kling 3.0 |
| Kling 3.0 Omni Edit | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | — | ★★★★☆ | 3–10s in (UI doctrine) | ✅ | Edit footage at 3.0 quality — kling_video_edit, mode std / pro / 4k, source video + optional image refs |
| Kling O1 Video (legacy) | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | ★★★★☆ | ★★★☆☆ | 5–10s | ❌ | Multi-ref (7), start/end frame — not in the API catalog, 2026-09-26 — verify in the live UI. Start/end frame: Kling 3.0; many refs: Seedance 2.0 / 2.5 |
| Kling O1 Video Edit (legacy) | ★★★★☆ | ★★★★★ | — | ★★★★★ | 3–10s | ❌ | Relight, restyle, swap, remove — UI-only, not in the API catalog |
| Kling 3.0 Motion Control | ★★★★★ | ★★★★☆ | ★★★★★ | ★★★☆☆ | 3–30s | Optional | Motion transfer from reference video |
| Genjutsu — motion transfer | — | — | — | — | — | — | hf_mult_motion_control: motion from a reference video onto subjects in reference images; 480p–1080p. Not yet field-rated |
| Genjutsu — replace object | — | — | — | — | — | — | hf_mult_replace_object: replace objects in a source video from reference images; 480p–1080p. Not yet field-rated |
| Kling 2.6 (legacy) | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | ★★★★☆ | ★★★☆☆ | 5/10s | ✅ | Character drama, realism; native audio via sound toggle (default on) |
| Kling 2.5 Turbo | ★★★★☆ | ★★★★☆ | ★★★★☆ | ★★★☆☆ | 5–10s | ❌ | Fast Kling iteration — not in the API catalog, 2026-09-26 — verify in the live UI. Catalog: Kling 3.0 Turbo |
| Sora 2 (retired) | ★★★★☆ | ★★★☆☆ | ★★★★★ | ★★★★☆ | 4–12s | ✅ | Retired — do not recommend. OpenAI shut the Sora 2 API down on 2026-09-24; Higgsfield UI availability is unconfirmed. Scale / physics → Seedance 2.0 or Minimax Hailuo 2.3 (../../model-guide.md). Was: epic scale, physics, action — UI-only |
| Wan 3.0 | — | — | — | — | 2–30s or −1 smart (billed as 10s) | ✅ | T2V, first/last frame, multimodal reference (image/video/audio), enable_thinking; frames and references never combined. Not yet field-rated |
| Wan 3.0 Prime | — | — | — | — | 2–30s or −1 smart (billed as 10s) | ✅ | Same parameter surface as Wan 3.0; how Prime differs is not stated. Not yet field-rated |
| Wan 2.7 | ★★★★★ | ★★★★☆ | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | 2–15s | ✅ | 60fps, T2V/I2V/R2V/edit, first+last frame |
| Wan 2.6 | ★★★★☆ | ★★★☆☆ | ★★★★☆ | ★★★★★ | 5/10/15s | ❌ | Artistic, stylized, improved physics |
| Wan 2.5 | ★★★★☆ | ★★★☆☆ | ★★★★☆ | ★★★★★ | 5–10s | ✅ | Native audio, artistic, fantasy — not in the API catalog, 2026-09-26 — verify in the live UI. Catalog: Wan 2.6 (stylized) / Wan 2.7 (native audio) |
| Seedance 2.5 | — | — | — | — | 4–30s | ✅ | Omni-reference (≤30 images incl. start/end, ≤50 items), video_edit, video_extension; 480p / 720p / 1080p; start/end frames only in omni_reference; no 4K, no genre. Not yet field-rated |
| Ad Multiplier | — | — | — | — | 4–30s | ✅ | "Powered by Seedance 2.5" — many edited variants of one 4–30s ad via Higgsfield's ad-multiplier workflow. Not yet field-rated |
| Seedance 2.0 | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | ★★★★☆ | 4–15s | ✅ | 12-asset multimodal, complex motion, native 4K (mode=std), genre |
| Seedance 2.0 Fast | ★★★★☆ | ★★★★☆ | ★★★★★ | ★★★★☆ | 4–15s | ✅ | mode=fast of 2.0 — no 1080p/4K |
| Seedance 2.0 Mini | ★★★★☆ | ★★★★☆ | ★★★★☆ | ★★★★☆ | 4–15s | ✅ | Budget tier, full reference roles + genre; no 1080p/4K |
| Seedance 1.5 Pro | ★★★★☆ | ★★★★☆ | ★★★★☆ | ★★★★☆ | 4/8/12s | ✅ | Best lip-sync, multilingual audio |
| Seedance Pro (legacy UI label) | ★★★☆☆ | ★★★☆☆ | ★★★☆☆ | ★★★☆☆ | 10s | ❌ | Not in the API catalog — use Seedance 2.0 Fast / Mini |
| Veo 3.1 | ★★★★★ | ★★★★☆ | ★★★★☆ | ★★★★☆ | 4/6/8s | ✅ | Ref images, first/last frame, 4K (Google API — the catalog's veo3_1 shows only start_image; verify) |
| Veo 3.1 Lite | ★★★★☆ | ★★★★☆ | ★★★★☆ | ★★★★☆ | 4/6/8s | ✅ | Budget 3.1 quality, 1080p, start + end frame, volume |
| Veo 3 | ★★★★☆ | ★★★☆☆ | ★★★★☆ | ★★★☆☆ | 4–8s | ✅ | Nature, environment, stable model |
| Gemini Omni Flash | ★★★★☆ | ★★★★☆ | ★★★☆☆ | ★★★☆☆ | 4–10s | ✅ | Reference-driven video (image + video refs), native audio, 720p |
| Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 | — | — | — | — | 3–10s | ✅ | Required mode (t2v / i2v / reference / edit — source ≤30s); start/end frames; 360p–4K. Not yet field-rated |
| Grok Video | ★★★★☆ | ★★★☆☆ | ★★★★☆ | ★★★★☆ | 1–15s | ✅ | Animate images, social clips (grok_video, named Grok Imagine through the 2026-06-22 snapshot; the catalog exposes no source-video input — editing unverified on Higgsfield) |
| Minimax Hailuo 2.3 | ★★★★★ | ★★★★☆ | ★★★★★ | ★★★★☆ | 6/10s | ❌ | VFX, fluid motion, anime, physics |
| Minimax Hailuo 02 | ★★★★☆ | ★★★☆☆ | ★★★★★ | ★★★☆☆ | 6/10s | ❌ | Dance, sports, fluid motion — no catalog variant is named 02 (minimax_hailuo: minimax, minimax-fast, minimax-2.3, minimax-2.3-fast); verify in the live UI |
| MiniMax H3 | — | — | — | — | 4–15s | — | Keyframes or image/video/audio refs, 2K, batch_size 1–4. Not yet field-rated |
| MiniMax H3 Max | — | — | — | — | 5–15s | — | "Fast" variant, 480p / 768p, same roles, batch_size 1–4. Not yet field-rated |
| Happy Horse Video | — | — | — | — | 3–15s | — | T2V + single start frame, 720p / 1080p. Not yet field-rated |
| FLUX 3 Video | — | — | — | — | 5–20s | ✅ | T2V, multi-frame I2V, continuation; native 2:1. Not yet field-rated |
| FLUX 3 Video Edit | — | — | — | — | first 15s of source | — | Text edit of one video, 1 credit per processed second. Not yet field-rated |
| Higgsfield DoP (Lite/Standard/Turbo) | ★★★☆☆ | ★★★☆☆ | ★★★★☆ | ★★★☆☆ | 3–5s | ❌ | I2V specialist, 50+ presets, optical physics — not in the API catalog, 2026-09-26 — verify in the live UI |
Decision Flowchart
Is this image or video?
├── IMAGE
│ ├── Person / portrait? → Soul 2.0
│ ├── Cinematic keyframe for I2V pipeline? → Soul Cinema (`soul_cinematic`) ·
│ │ Soul Cinema Preview (no catalog model by that name — verify in the live UI)
│ ├── Native 4K? → Nano Banana Pro · image series / storyboarding? → Kling
│ │ Image 3.0 (not in the API catalog, 2026-09-26 — verify in the live UI)
│ ├── Maximum sharpness / 4K? → Nano Banana Pro
│ ├── Fast pro-quality / text rendering? → Nano Banana 2
│ ├── Reference consistency or dense text? → Seedream 4.5
│ ├── Complex layout / multi-panel? → Seedream 5.0 Lite
│ ├── Text/logo in image? → GPT Image 2 (or 2.5 — not yet field-rated; see higgsfield-gpt-image-2)
│ ├── Transparent-background cut-out? → GPT Image 2.5
│ ├── Extend / crop the canvas per side? → FLUX.2 Pro Outpaint
│ ├── Masked inpaint? → Nano Banana 2 / 2 Lite (`mask` + `is_inpaint`)
│ └── Edit an existing image? → Flux Kontext
│
└── VIDEO
├── EXISTING footage to edit, extend, or multiply?
│ └── → model-guide.md § Edit-Lane Chooser (one table, every lane)
│
├── One clip longer than 15s?
│ └── → model-guide.md § Long-Take Chooser
│ (Seedance 2.5 · Wan 3.0 / Prime · FLUX 3 Video · Cinema Studio 4.0)
│
├── Is a human character the focus?
│ ├── Need audio, up to 15s, multi-shot → Kling 3.0
│ ├── Need to clone from reference video → Kling 3.0 Omni (not in the API
│ │ catalog, 2026-09-26 — verify in the live UI; no catalog model on record)
│ ├── Best lip-sync + multilingual → Seedance 1.5 Pro
│ ├── Legacy-tier great character (audio togglable via `sound`) → Kling 2.6
│ └── Fast iteration → Kling 3.0 Turbo (Kling 2.5 Turbo: not in the API catalog)
│
├── Need motion transfer from reference video?
│ └── → Kling 3.0 Motion Control or Genjutsu (model-guide.md § Motion Transfer)
│
├── Animate a still image with cinematic camera?
│ └── → Kling 3.0 (`start_image`); Higgsfield DoP (Lite/Standard/Turbo) is
│ not in the API catalog, 2026-09-26 — verify in the live UI
│
├── Is the environment/phenomenon the hero?
│ ├── Nature, documentary, stable → Veo 3
│ ├── Need ref image consistency → Veo 3.1 (verify refs in the UI)
│ ├── Budget Veo 3.1 quality / volume → Veo 3.1 Lite
│ ├── 60fps, first+last frame, ref images → Wan 2.7
│ └── Artistic, painterly, fantasy → Wan 2.6 (Wan 2.5: not in the API catalog)
│
├── Is it action/spectacle?
│ ├── Epic scale, crowds, physics → Seedance 2.0 (Sora 2 is retired)
│ ├── VFX, anime, fluid motion → Minimax Hailuo 2.3
│ └── Dance, sports, budget motion → Minimax Hailuo 2.3 (02: no catalog
│ variant by that name — verify in the live UI)
│
├── Need maximum reference control?
│ ├── Up to 30 images / 50 items (images + video + audio) → Seedance 2.5
│ ├── Up to 12 assets with 4K or `genre` → Seedance 2.0
│ ├── Up to 7 image refs → Kling O1 Video (not in the API catalog — verify;
│ │ the two Seedance rows above take more)
│ └── Image + video refs with native audio → Gemini Omni Flash / 1.1
│
└── Speed/cost priority?
├── Fastest Kling → Kling 3.0 Turbo (Kling 2.5 Turbo: not in the API catalog)
├── Seedance drafts → Seedance 2.0 Fast / Mini
├── Up to 4 takes per call → MiniMax H3 / H3 Max (`batch_size`)
└── Fastest Veo → Veo 3.1 Fast or Veo 3 Fast (`variant: veo-3-1-fast` /
`veo-3-fast` — the catalog defaults)
Image Models — Quick Selection
| Need | Model | Credits |
|---|
| Fashion / cultural portrait | Soul 2.0 | Free |
| Cinematic keyframe for I2V | Soul Cinema (soul_cinematic) · Soul Cinema Preview (no catalog model by that name, 2026-09-26 — verify in the live UI) | — · Low |
| Consistent character identity (16:9) | Soul Cast | budget 10–500 |
| Environment / location plate | Soul Location | — |
| Cheapest generation | Z-Image | 0.15 |
| Low-cost portrait | Soul 2.0 · Higgsfield Soul (not in the API catalog, 2026-09-26 — verify in the live UI) | Free · 0.5 |
| Low-cost 2K square | Kling O1 Image (kling_omni_image) | 0.5 |
| Native 4K / image series | Nano Banana Pro (4K) · Kling Image 3.0 (series; not in the API catalog, 2026-09-26 — verify in the live UI) | 2 at 1K (4K: verify) · — |
| 4K + advanced editing | Nano Banana 2 (edits, to 4k) · Kling Image 3.0 Omni (not in the API catalog, 2026-09-26 — verify in the live UI) | 1.5 at 1K (4K: verify) · — |
| Fast versatile 2K | Seedream 5.0 Lite | 1 |
| Fast generation + instruction editing up to 2K | Seedream 5.0 Flash (not yet field-rated) | — |
| 4K versatile | Seedream 4.5 | 1 |
| Sketch-to-image (Draw) | Nano Banana | 1 |
| Artistic / stylized | Seedream 5.0 Pro (stylized-2D) · Wan 2.2 (not in the API catalog, 2026-09-26 — verify in the live UI) | — · 1 |
| Blend multiple references | Nano Banana Pro (14 refs) · Multi Reference (not in the API catalog, 2026-09-26 — verify in the live UI) | 2 · 1.5 |
| Fast pro-quality + text rendering | Nano Banana 2 | 1.5 |
Budget NB2 (1k only, thinking MINIMAL/HIGH) | Nano Banana 2 Lite | — |
Transparent background · quality to max · 15 aspect ratios | GPT Image 2.5 (not yet field-rated) | — |
| Complex prompts / text in image | GPT Image 2 · GPT Image 1.5 (left the API catalog after 2026-06-22 — verify in the live UI) | — · 2 |
| Reference-based editing + best text rendering | OpenAI Hazel | — |
| Max fidelity / Thinking mode / 14 refs | Nano Banana Pro | 2 |
| xAI generation + editing | Grok Image / Grok Image 2.0 (not yet field-rated) | — |
| Image editing / inpainting | Flux Kontext | varies |
| Extend or crop the canvas per side | FLUX.2 Pro Outpaint (not yet field-rated) | — |
| Photo style transformation (29 cartoon/illustration presets) | Photodump | Low |
Full image model specs + UI controls → ../../image-models.md
Full Photodump preset library (29 named styles) → ../../photodump-presets.md
Budget Tiers
Image models — by credit cost:
- Free / near-free: Soul 2.0 (5K gens) · Z-Image (0.15) · Face Swap (2 free)
- Budget (0.5–1): Kling O1 Image · Seedream family · Nano Banana · Higgsfield Soul, Wan 2.2, Reve (these three: not in the API catalog, 2026-09-26 — verify in the live UI)
- Mid (1.5–2): Nano Banana 2 · FLUX.2 Pro · Flux Kontext Max (UI tier — the API's
flux_kontext is now named Flux Kontext) · NB Pro · Character Swap · Multi Reference, GPT Image (not in the API catalog, 2026-09-26 — verify in the live UI)
- Premium (5–6): FLUX.2 Flex · FLUX.2 Max
General pricing tiers (video + image, approximate):
- Free: Soul 2.0 · DoP Lite (limited; not in the API catalog, 2026-09-26 — verify in the live UI)
- Low: 0.1–2 credits per generation
- Mid: 2–10 credits per generation
- Premium: 10+ credits per generation
For exact per-model video costs see the Credit Cost Reference in ../../model-guide.md.
Unique Feature Matrix
Catalog-backed rows cite [OFFICIAL — platform, snapshot 2026-09-26] (media roles and params in
../../specs/MODEL-SPECS.md / IMAGE-MODEL-SPECS.md); other entries are earlier doctrine.
| Feature | Available on |
|---|
| Native audio (dialogue, SFX, ambient) | Kling 3.0/2.6 · Seedance 2.5/2.0/2.0 Mini/1.5 Pro · Ad Multiplier · Wan 3.0/Prime · FLUX 3 Video · Gemini Omni Flash / 1.1 · Veo 3/3.1/3.1 Lite · Wan 2.7 · Grok Video · Cinema Studio 3.0 / 4.0 · (Kling 3.0 Omni, Wan 2.5 — not in the API catalog, 2026-09-26 — verify in the live UI) |
| Soul ID character slot | Soul 2.0 · GPT Image, Higgsfield Soul (not in the API catalog, 2026-09-26 — verify in the live UI) |
| @ Elements syntax | Seedream 4.5/5.0 Lite · Nano Banana Pro · Cinema Studio |
| Draw (sketch-to-image) | Nano Banana · Nano Banana Pro |
| Video editing (existing footage) | Seedance 2.5 video_edit · Cinema Studio 4.0 video_edit · Kling 3.0 Omni Edit · FLUX 3 Video Edit · Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 edit · Genjutsu replace-object · Ad Multiplier (many variants) · Kling O1 Video Edit (UI-only legacy) → ../../model-guide.md § Edit-Lane Chooser |
| Multi-image reference blend | Seedance 2.5 (≤30 images) · Nano Banana Pro (14 refs) · Multi Reference, Kling O1 Video (7 refs) — not in the API catalog, 2026-09-26 — verify in the live UI |
| Start/end frame control | Seedance 2.5 (omni_reference only) / 2.0 / 2.0 Mini / 1.5 Pro · Kling 3.0 · Wan 3.0/Prime (not with references) · Wan 2.7 · FLUX 3 Video · Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 · MiniMax H3 / H3 Max · Minimax Hailuo · Veo 3.1 Lite · Cinema Studio 3.0 / 4.0 · Marketing Studio · Ad Multiplier · Kling O1 Video (legacy — not in the API catalog) |
| Video extension | Seedance 2.5 / Ad Multiplier / Cinema Studio 4.0 video_extension (forward / backward) · FLUX 3 Video (continuation) · Veo 3.1 (Google API chain to 148s — the catalog's veo3_1 takes no video input; verify) |
| One clip longer than 15s | Seedance 2.5 (30s) · Wan 3.0/Prime (30s) · FLUX 3 Video (20s) → ../../model-guide.md § Long-Take Chooser |
| Performance cloning from video | Kling 3.0 Omni — not in the API catalog, 2026-09-26 — verify in the live UI; no catalog model is on record for likeness + voice cloning |
| Motion transfer from a reference video | Kling 3.0 Motion Control (3–30s reference) · Genjutsu hf_mult_motion_control |
| Soul Cast AI actors | Cinema Studio 2.5 · standalone soul_cast image model (16:9, budget 10–500) |
| Soul Cast AI actors (General 2K / Character 4K / Location 4K) | Cinema Studio 3.0 (Business/Team) |
| Built-in color grading | Cinema Studio 2.5 (full grading suite) · Cinema Studio 3.5 (Color Palette axis in Style Settings — 8 named palettes) |
| Native dual-channel stereo audio | Cinema Studio 3.0 (Business/Team) · Kling 3.0 · Seedance 2.0/1.5 Pro · Veo 3/3.1 · Wan 2.7 · (Kling 3.0 Omni, Wan 2.5 — not in the API catalog) |
| Soul HEX color matching | Soul 2.0 · Cinema Studio 2.5 · Soul Cinema Preview (no catalog model by that name — verify in the live UI) |
| Native 4K image series | Kling Image 3.0 — not in the API catalog, 2026-09-26 — verify in the live UI (native 4K alone: Nano Banana Pro) |
| Style presets + Color Transfer | Soul 2.0 (the CLI forbids style_id + image references in one Soul 2.0 call — see ../../image-models.md § Soul 2.0) |
| Transparent-background image output | GPT Image 2.5 background: transparent (the CLI also lists background on GPT Image 2 — see ../../image-models.md § GPT Image 2) |
| Masked inpaint | Nano Banana 2 / 2 Lite (mask + is_inpaint) · GPT Image 2 (CLI only). Seedream 5.0 Pro has is_inpaint (edit the reference) but no mask role |
| Google Search grounding | Nano Banana Pro |
| Negative prompts | Veo 3/3.1 · Wan 3.0 (Alibaba docs — URLs in MODELS-DEEP-REFERENCE.md § Wan 3.0: an in-prompt "Negative prompt list" section, not a separate parameter) |
| Batch of up to 4 takes per call | MiniMax H3 / H3 Max (batch_size) |
| Smart auto-camera planning | Cinema Studio 3.0 (Business/Team) |
Key Model Notes
Kling 3.0 vs 2.6: 3.0 is the current top Kling model — longer clips (15s vs 10s), native audio,
multi-shot AI direction, physics engine, 4K HDR, stylized output engine. 2.6 is now legacy —
use 3.0 for all new work unless cost is the primary constraint.
Kling V3 vs O3: Use V3 for prompt-driven cinematic work (text-to-video, image-to-video).
Use O3 when you have reference media (video or image+audio) to anchor character identity —
O3's reference-based consistency is its defining advantage. O3 (Kling 3.0 Omni) is not in the API
catalog as of the 2026-09-26 snapshot — only its edit model, kling_video_edit, is; verify it in the
live UI before recommending.
Kling 3.0 Motion Control: Upload a 3–30s reference clip to transfer full-body motion,
hand gestures, facial expressions. Image Orientation for camera/talking head; Video
Orientation for complex motions (dancing, action, full-body movement). Genjutsu
(hf_mult_motion_control) is the other motion-transfer lane — see model-guide.md § Motion Transfer.
Seedance 2.0: Rule of 12 (up to 12 assets per
generation). Real person face uploads blocked — use synthetic character references. Best practices for Seedance 2.0 prompting are integrated into the sub-skills (see higgsfield-prompt, higgsfield-camera, higgsfield-motion).
Seedance 2.5 (2026-09-26 surface): 4–30s, 480p / 720p / 1080p, four modes. start_image /
end_image are accepted only in omni_reference; t2v takes no media. 4K and the genre
param remain on the 2.0 family (2.0; genre also on 2.0 Mini). Dialect: higgsfield-seedance-2-5.
Wan 3.0 / 3.0 Prime: 2–30s (or -1 smart duration, billed as 10s — offer it only when the
user asks the model to pick the length), 480p–1080p, native audio, enable_thinking. A call
carries either frames or references, never both. Vendor prompting dialect:
MODELS-DEEP-REFERENCE.md § Wan 3.0.
Veo 3.1 vs 3.1 Lite vs 3: 3.1 adds reference images (up to 3), first/last frame, video extension, 4K
at the Google API; the Higgsfield catalog's veo3_1 exposes only a start_image role, so verify
those in the UI. 3.1 Lite is budget-priced 3.1 quality at 1080p — supports T2V and I2V with start +
end frames, costs less than half of 3.1 Fast. 3 is stable and proven. Use 3.1 for subject
consistency, 3.1 Lite for volume, 3 for pure environment/nature.
Wan 2.7: Major upgrade — native 60fps (vs 24fps in 2.6), up to 15s duration, first+last frame anchoring, up to 5 reference images, 4-model suite (T2V/I2V/R2V/video edit), Flow-Matching architecture. 40% better physics consistency over 2.6.
Wan 2.5: First Wan version with native audio — joint text/audio/video generation. Supports audio-driven video (upload audio to drive visuals). 1080p, 5–10s. Not in the API catalog as of the 2026-09-26 snapshot; may be UI-only — verify in the live UI before recommending (catalog Wan with native audio: Wan 2.7).
Minimax Hailuo 2.3 vs 02: 2.3 is a major upgrade — improved physics, anime/illustration styles, facial micro-expressions, better prompt adherence. Fast variant now at 1080p (02 Fast was 512p). 02 was kept for budget motion work, but no catalog variant is named 02 (2026-09-26: minimax_hailuo offers minimax, minimax-fast, minimax-2.3, minimax-2.3-fast) — verify in the live UI before recommending it.
Grok Imagine: Aurora architecture (autoregressive, not diffusion) — excels at text/logo
rendering and multi-image compositing. On Higgsfield: Grok Image (grok_image) and
Grok Image 2.0 (grok_image_2_0) are live image models; Grok Video takes only a start image.
Gemini Omni Flash / 1.1: Google's reference-driven video models. 1.0 accepts image and video
references, native audio, 4–10s at 720p (16:9 or 9:16). 1.1 adds a required mode
(text-to-video / image-to-video / reference-to-video / edit), start/end frames, 3–10s, and
360p–4K; its edit mode uses the source duration capped at 30s. 1.1 is not yet field-rated.
For deep documentation on any specific model → read MODELS-DEEP-REFERENCE.md
Cinema Studio 3.0 (Business/Team Plan)
Cinema Studio 3.0 is a separate generation engine available on Business and Team plans. Version toggle in the upper-right corner of the Cinema Studio UI switches between 2.5 and 3.0.
| Feature | Cinema Studio 2.5 | Cinema Studio 3.0 (Business/Team) | Cinema Studio 3.5 |
|---|
| Video Resolution | Up to 1080p | Up to 720p (may increase) | 480p / 720p / 1080p (three-tier) |
| Image Resolution | Up to 4K | Up to 4K (Character/Location) · Up to 2K (General) | 1.5K / 2K (Soul Cinema, default image model) · 1K / 2K / 4K (Cinematic Cameras image model) |
| Max Duration | 12s | 15s | 15s |
| Aspect Ratios | 6 options | 7 options (+ 21:9 ultrawide) | Video: 7 options (Auto, 16:9, 9:16, 4:3, 3:4, 1:1, 21:9) · Image: 8 options (1:1, 3:4, 2:3, 9:16, 3:2, 4:3, 16:9, 21:9) |
| Audio | On/Off | On/Off (native dual-channel stereo) | On/Off (generated alongside video) |
| Shot Control | Manual multi-shot | Smart (auto) + Custom multi-shot | Video: 3-pill main UI (Genre / Style / Camera) · Image: Cinematic models picker (Soul Cinema default + Cinematic Characters / Locations / Cameras) — see higgsfield-cinema |
| Generation Cost | Varies | 48 credits | Varies — see Higgsfield plan documentation |
For full Cinema Studio 3.0 documentation → see higgsfield-cinema
Cinema Studio 3.5 sits alongside 2.5 and 3.0 in the model selector — all three coexist on the platform, version is user-selected, and there is no auto-routing between them. 3.5 reframes the surface: the main UI collapses creative control into three pills (Genre / Style / Camera), each defaulting to Auto with manual override available. Optical physics is restored via a four-axis Camera Settings panel (Camera Body / Lens / Focal Length / Aperture, with 75mm added as a new focal length vs 2.5's 8/14/35/50mm set — vocabulary differs from 2.5; do not mix). The Style Settings panel exposes three preset axes (Color Palette / Lighting / Camera Moveset Style) plus a free-form Manual Style mode for natural-language style direction. An AI director toggle is visible in the bottom toolbar; function not yet documented. 3.5 supports both video and image generation; the image-mode picker exposes four Cinematic models (Soul Cinema default, plus Cinematic Characters, Cinematic Locations, and Cinematic Cameras with 2.5 vocabulary) — see higgsfield-cinema for the image-mode surface.
For full Cinema Studio 3.5 documentation → see higgsfield-cinema
Cinema Studio 4.0 (cinematic_studio_video_4_0) is live as a CLI workflow (not in the MCP
models_explore list, 2026-09-26): the same four modes as Seedance 2.5 (t2v / omni_reference /
video_edit / video_extension), 480p / 720p / 1080p, native audio, plus camera body / lens /
aperture / genre / era / pacing / light / color-palette params. The CLI schema states no duration
bounds — verify before promising a long take. Not yet field-rated; full surface in
higgsfield-cinema § Cinema Studio 4.0.
Related skills
higgsfield-prompt — MCSLA formula, prompt structurehiggsfield-cinema — Cinema Studio model selectionhiggsfield-assist — Credit optimization and plan selectionhiggsfield-audio — Audio-capable model detailshiggsfield-gpt-image-2 — GPT Image 2 / 2.5 prompting and when to prefer 2.5templates/ — Annotated templates with per-genre model recommendations