Why Kling 3.0?
Text or image
Skip stills for text-to-video. Add a start frame — and optionally an end frame — for image-to-video.
Native audio
Dialogue with lip sync, sound effects, and ambient sound in one pass.
Multi-shot
Up to 5 scenes in one clip. Each shot has its own prompt and duration.
Standard, Pro, 4K
Pick the quality tier. 4K is billed at the same rate with or without audio.
Up to 15 sec
Clips from 3 to 15 seconds — longer than earlier Kling versions.
Pricing
| Mode | No audio | Audio | Voice |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | ✦ 12/s | ✦ 18/s | — |
| Pro | ✦ 16/s | ✦ 25/s | ✦ 29/s |
| 4K | ✦ 60/s | ✦ 60/s | — |
Voice is Pro-only (audio plus voice control). 4K is the same rate with or without audio. Text-to-video and image-to-video share these rates.
Kling Video 3.0
Generate cinematic videos up to 15 seconds long from text prompts or images. Kling Video 3.0 improves on previous versions with longer output, stronger consistency across shots, and native audio generation including lip-synced dialogue.
What it does
Kling Video 3.0 turns text descriptions or still images into video clips. The model generates videos between 3 and 15 seconds — a significant jump from the 10-second limit of earlier versions. It handles realistic scenes, stylized content, and complex multi-step actions within a single generation.
You can also generate native audio alongside the video, including dialogue with lip sync, sound effects, and ambient sound — all in one pass. Outputs are .mp4 in Standard, Pro, or 4K.
How to use it
Everything happens in the Director bar at the bottom of the page. The model supports two main input modes — the images you attach pick which one runs. There is no separate mode label on the form.
- Text to video — describe what you want to see. Skip start/end frames and character images. The model generates visuals (and optionally audio) from your description.
- Image to video — upload a starting image and describe the motion you want. You can also provide an end image to guide where the video should land.
- Settings — Standard, Pro, or 4K; duration 3–15 seconds; ratio 16:9, 9:16, or 1:1 (ignored when a start image is set); audio on or off.
- Cook — the price in the button is mode × duration (and audio). Closing the tab after cook starts is fine; we email you when the clip is ready.
Multi-shot mode
For videos with multiple scenes, switch the Director to Multi-Scene. Each shot has a prompt and a duration. You can define up to 5 shots, with a minimum of 1 second per shot. The total duration of all shots must equal the clip length (3–15 seconds).
[
{"prompt": "A woman walks through a sunlit forest", "duration": 5},
{"prompt": "She stops and looks up at the canopy", "duration": 3},
{"prompt": "Sunlight breaks through the leaves", "duration": 2}
] Writing effective prompts
Structure your prompts to cover:
- Scene setting — where and when the action happens, lighting conditions.
- Subject details — what characters or objects appear, how they look.
- Motion — what happens, how things move, camera behavior.
- Audio (if enabled) — dialogue in quotation marks, ambient sounds, sound effects.
Example: A chef in a busy kitchen plates a dish with careful precision, steam rising from the food. Camera slowly pushes in on the plate. Sizzling sounds, kitchen chatter in the background, the chef says "Perfect."
Parameters
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prompt - Required for a single scene. Describe setting, subject, motion, camera, and (if audio is on) sound. For multi-shot, each scene has its own prompt instead.
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images - None for text-to-video. One still is the start frame. A second still is the end frame. Aspect ratio is ignored when a start image is set.
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elements - Optional character references. Mention them in the prompt with @name. Character refs run as image-to-video.
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mode - Standard, Pro, or 4K.
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duration - 3 to 15 seconds. In multi-shot, shot lengths must add up to this total.
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aspect_ratio - 16:9, 9:16, or 1:1. Used for text-to-video only.
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generate_audio - Toggle native audio on or off. Dialogue in quotation marks, plus ambient sound and effects.
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negative_prompt - Optional. Describe what to exclude from the generation.
What it’s good for
- Marketing and advertising videos
- Social media content with dialogue
- Multi-scene narratives and short stories
- Product demonstrations
- Cinematic sequences with synchronized audio
Limitations
- Maximum 15 seconds per generation
- Audio works best in English and Chinese
- Character appearance can vary across separate generations
- Complex physics interactions may not look fully natural
- For longer videos, generate multiple clips and stitch them together
FAQ
- What can Kling 3.0 generate on Soup.video?
- Kling 3.0 turns a text prompt or still images into an MP4 clip from 3 to 15 seconds. Skip images for text-to-video. Add a start frame (and optionally an end frame or character elements) for image-to-video. Multi-Scene builds up to 5 shots in one generation. Native audio is optional and includes lip-synced dialogue.
- How do I use Kling 3.0?
- Write a prompt in the Director bar. Leave images empty for text-to-video, or attach a start frame to animate a still. Choose Single or Multi-Scene, then set Standard / Pro / 4K, duration, aspect ratio, and audio. Cook. You can close the tab; Soup.video emails you when the clip is ready.
- How does text-to-video work?
- Do not attach a start frame, end frame, or character images. The prompt becomes the whole shot. Set ratio, mode, and duration, then cook.
- How does image-to-video work?
- Upload a starting image and describe the motion. You can also add an end image so the clip lands on a specific last frame. Aspect ratio follows the still.
- How does multi-shot work?
- Turn on Multi-Scene. Each scene has a prompt and a duration (minimum 1 second). You can define up to 5 scenes. The sum of shot lengths must equal the clip duration, between 3 and 15 seconds.
- Does Kling 3.0 generate audio?
- Yes. Turn audio on to generate dialogue with lip sync, sound effects, and ambient sound in the same pass. Audio works best in English and Chinese. On Pro, voice control is billed at a higher per-second rate.
- What modes and prices does Kling 3.0 support?
- Standard, Pro, and 4K, billed per second. Standard is ✦ 12/s without audio and ✦ 18/s with audio. Pro is ✦ 16/s, ✦ 25/s with audio, and ✦ 29/s with audio plus voice control. 4K is ✦ 60/s with or without audio. A 3-second Standard clip without audio is ✦ 36.