Video GenerationSynced AudioImage Conditioning

Sora 2 is OpenAI’s synchronized video-and-audio model for prompt-led short scenes. APIXO maps its sora-2 route to the standard model, offering text-to-video and single-image-conditioned generation with directed motion, multi-shot composition, and fixed 4-, 8-, or 12-second outputs.

Workflows

Text / Image to Video

APIXO Price

$0.10/ Second

Framing

Landscape / Portrait

Duration

4 / 8 / 12 Seconds

Released

Sep 30, 2025

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Sora 2 on APIXO

Generate directed short scenes with synchronized visuals and sound

Sora 2 combines motion, camera direction, scene composition, dialogue, ambience, and sound effects in one generation process. Through APIXO, developers can build short-form audiovisual workflows from a written prompt alone or from a written prompt paired with one publicly accessible conditioning image.

Capabilities

Scene generation shaped by motion, sound, and direction

Synchronized Audiovisual Output

Sora 2 generates video and audio together, supporting synchronized dialogue, environmental ambience, and scene-driven sound effects without requiring a separate audio-generation request.

Physical Scene Handling

Compared with earlier Sora systems, the model handles physical behavior and real-world dynamics more accurately, although complex contact, anatomy, and rapid interactions can still produce errors.

Temporal Continuity

Improved world simulation helps objects and scene conditions remain more coherent as actions unfold, supporting clearer cause and effect without guaranteeing perfect object permanence.

Multi-Shot Prompting

Sora 2 can interpret prompts containing several shots, actions, and transitions, making it useful for compact narrative sequences within APIXO’s fixed duration presets.

Directed Camera Movement

Natural-language instructions can guide framing, camera motion, pacing, and shot composition, giving creators more control over how a short scene is presented.

Flexible Visual Styling

The model supports realistic, cinematic, anime, and other stylized treatments while following the requested subject, atmosphere, movement, and overall scene direction.

Generation Modes

Choose prompt-only or single-image-conditioned generation

Text-to-Video for Prompt-Led Scenes

Submit a 1–10,000-character prompt describing the subjects, action, setting, camera direction, visual treatment, and desired sound. APIXO accepts landscape or portrait framing and a 4-, 8-, or 12-second duration for this mode.

Text to Video

Image-to-Video with One Visual Reference

Submit the same required prompt plus exactly one public image URL. The image conditions the generated scene, but APIXO does not document it as a guaranteed unchanged first frame or provide additional image-reference slots.

Image to Video
API Details

Sora 2 implementation specifications

Verified request and delivery behavior exposed by APIXO.

1–10,000 Characters

Prompt

Exactly 1 Public URL

Image-to-Video Input

MP4 URL in resultJson

Result

Polling / Callback

Delivery

Not Exposed

Sound Control

Conditional Request

Watermark Removal

Use Cases

Production workflows suited to Sora 2

Campaign Creative

Audiovisual Advertising Concepts

Convert a concise campaign brief into a short scene containing directed action, camera movement, ambience, and sound effects. Teams can use the outputs to explore advertising concepts before committing to a longer production process.

Still Animation

Animate Campaign Key Art

Use one product image, poster, illustration, or concept frame as visual conditioning for a new moving scene. Plan for interpretation rather than exact preservation of the source image or product geometry.

Previsualization

Test Shots and Physical Actions

Explore scene blocking, object movement, camera paths, and shot progression before filming or animation. The short duration presets suit focused tests, while difficult anatomy and multi-object contact still require review.

Creative Storytelling

Stylized Narrative Shorts

Produce compact cinematic, animated, or illustrative sequences in which imagery and generated sound share one prompt. This supports mood pieces, entertainment concepts, and story moments built around a few deliberate beats.

Notes & FAQ

Operational guidance for the Sora 2 route

Integration Notes

01

APIXO maps this route to OpenAI model ID sora-2, not the separate sora-2-pro model.

02

OpenAI’s current catalog marks Sora 2 as deprecated, while its dedicated model page displays a legacy label; APIXO still publicly documents the route.

03

APIXO exposes only text-to-video and single-image-to-video, with no storyboard, remix, extension, editing, video-to-video, cameo, or multi-reference mode documented.

04

APIXO exposes landscape and portrait values but does not document their pixel dimensions or provide a resolution selector on this route.

05

Typical processing is approximately 2–4 minutes for 4 seconds, 3–5 minutes for 8 seconds, and 4–6 minutes for 12 seconds.

06

APIXO documents no result-retention period or failed-task refund rule for this route, so applications should store completed assets promptly and avoid assuming reimbursement behavior.

Frequently Asked Questions

No. The route maps specifically to OpenAI’s sora-2 model. Sora 2 Pro is a separate model and route, so its pricing, resolution options, fidelity positioning, latency, and other controls do not apply here.

APIXO does not expose a sound-disable parameter. Sora 2 can generate synchronized dialogue, ambience, and sound effects, but the route provides no uploaded-audio input, dialogue field, pronunciation control, or separate audio configuration.

Not as a documented guarantee. APIXO requires exactly one public image URL for image-to-video, but describes it as a reference input rather than an unchanged first frame. Identity, composition, and fine details may shift during generation.

APIXO’s detailed documentation lists $0.10 per generated second: $0.40 for 4 seconds, $0.80 for 8 seconds, and $1.20 for 12 seconds. Billing depends on the selected output duration.

The optional APIXO parameter requests visible-watermark removal when the selected route supports it. It does not imply removal of C2PA metadata, provenance signals, safety controls, or other traceability mechanisms.

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