How to use Sora, OpenAI’s new video generating tool

What is Sora?

Sora is a powerful AI video generation model that can create videos from text prompts, animate images or remix videos in new styles. OpenAI first previewed the model FebruaryBut today, for the first time, the company is releasing it for wider use.

What’s new about this release?

Sora’s core function—creating impactful videos with simple prompts—remains the same as it was previewed in February, but OpenAI worked to make the model faster and cheaper before this wider release. There are some new features, and two stand out.

One is called a storyboard. With it, you can create multiple AI-generated videos and then assemble them together on a timeline, just like you would with traditional video editors like Adobe Premiere Pro.

The second is a feed that acts as a sort of creative gallery. OpenAI says users can post their Sora-generated videos to the feed, see hints behind certain videos, tweak them, and generally get inspired.

How much can you do with it?

You can generate videos from text prompts, change the style of videos and change elements with a tool called Remix, and assemble multiple clips with a storyboard. Sora also offers preset styles that you can apply to your videos, such as moody film noir or cardboard and papercraft, which give a stop-motion feel. You can also trim and loop the video you created.

Who can use it?

To generate videos with Sora, you’ll need to subscribe to one of OpenAI’s premium plans – either ChatGPT Plus ($20 per month) or ChatGPT Pro ($200 per month). Both Subscriptions include access to other OpenAI products Also, users with ChatGPT Plus can generate videos of up to five seconds with a resolution of up to 720p. This plan allows you to create 50 videos per month.

Users with a ChatGPT Pro subscription can generate long, high-resolution videos capped at a resolution of 1080p and a duration of 20 seconds. They sora can generate up to five variations of video at the same time from a single prompt, making it possible to quickly review the options. Pro users are limited to 500 videos per month but can also create unlimited “relaxed” videos, which are not generated in the moment but queued when site traffic is low.

Both subscription levels make it possible to create videos in three aspect ratios: vertical, horizontal and square.