OpenAI releases Sora text-to-video model in time for holidays

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced Monday that “most countries” will have access to its AI video generator, Sora.

The program may be accessed via Sora.com and by logging in to your ChatGPT Plus account.

However, due to heavy traffic, the website hasn’t been letting in more users at the time of writing. 

Fortunately, you can get a sneak peek by reading below.

How does OpenAI’s Sora work?

Sora is as easy to use as ChatGPT and other AI tools. Describe the clip you want to generate, and the tool will create it.

Yet, this initial release has surprisingly robust content creation features.

For example. the official OpenAI page says you can generate videos up to 1080p resolution, up to 20 seconds long.

READ: OpenAI shows third-party content made with Sora

Moreover, these clips are available in widescreen, vertical, or square aspect ratios. 

Click its Library tab, and it will let you start creating with a text description or an uploaded image. 

Then, you may select default presets like “stop motion” and “balloon world.” 

Sora also has the Storyboard tool that lets you shape the video with specific commands. If you’re familiar with Adobe After Effects or Premiere, you’d feel right at home.

It divides your video into “storyboard cards” that you can generate from text prompts and submitted pictures. 

You may shift these frames around to adjust the sequence of events. Also, the remix feature lets you determine specific changes to the sequence.

READ: Watch first-ever music video made with OpenAI’s Sora

The loop tool plays the video on repeat, and the blend tool enables you to place transitions between multiple scenes.

Sora is available with a ChatGPT Plus subscription, which costs $20 monthly. It lets you generate up to 50 videos at 480p resolution or fewer clips at 720p monthly.

Upgrade to the Pro plan, and you’ll receive 10x more usage, longer durations, and higher resolutions. 

OpenAi says all Sora-generated videos have C2PA metadata that will identify a video’s Sora origin to provide transparency.

Moreover, it’s adding visible watermarks and blocking damaging forms of abuse, such as child sexual abuse and sexual deepfakes.