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Luma image to video prompting guide
Last checked 2026-10-11Luma Ray 3.2 / Ray 2 · Ray 3.2, Ray 2
How to prompt Luma in image-to-video (start frame) mode. Every point links its source; community tips are marked. Your agent gets the same guide through the Atlas MCP (get_guide).
Prompt structure
motion→camera→lighting→pacing
- Ray 3.2 prompt 1–6,000 characters: be specific about subject, motion, camera movement, lighting and pacing. source ↗
What the text should describe
- start_frame seeds image-to-video. source ↗
Duration and limits
- 5 s or 10 s; 360p draft to 1080p; HDR needs 720p/1080p and 5 s; loop not allowed with 10 s, HDR or end_frame; 9:16 to 21:9. source ↗
Multi-shot
- Multi-keyframe i2v pins 1–64 images at exact frame indexes (24 fps); cannot combine with start/end frames or loop. source ↗
Negative prompt
Supported via .
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