Kling 3.0 AI Video Generator

Kuaishou's prompt-first flagship: cinematic video up to 4K, and Director Mode that composes up to six shots — cuts included — in a single generation. Type a prompt below and try it.

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Developer

Kuaishou

Type

Prompt-first T2V / I2V

Duration

3–15 s per clip

Max output

Up to 4K

Audio

Native · multilingual lip-sync

Director Mode

Up to 6 shots per gen

Tier here

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Our one-line verdict: the director pick. When the brief is a scene with cuts — not a single shot — this is the only model here that edits while it generates.

Kling 3.0 — the prompt-led half of Kuaishou's 3.0 generation, rolled out at the end of January — competes on a different axis than the long-take models: instead of one unbroken 30-second shot, Director Mode composes up to six distinct shots, cuts included, inside a single generation. Add the highest resolution ceiling we host (4K) and lip-synced dialogue across five languages, and its lane is clear: finished scenes, not raw clips. Its reference-driven sibling Kling O3 gets its own page.

Honest read

Where Kling 3.0 wins — and where it doesn't

Judged from our own renders and the published record, revised as the facts move — that's a feature of this page, not a disclaimer.

Genuinely strong

  • • Director Mode.

    Up to six shots — wide, medium, close, cuts between them — composed in one generation with consistent characters and setting. The closest thing to editing-while-generating in our lineup.

  • • 4K ceiling.

    The highest output resolution we host. When the deliverable is a broadcast spot or a big screen, this is the only lane.

  • • Multilingual lip-sync.

    Native audio with synced dialogue in English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Spanish — localized versions of the same ad without re-shooting.

  • • In-video text rendering.

    Signs, labels and on-screen titles come out legible more reliably than the field — a quiet superpower for ads and product work.

Known limits

  • • Family naming maze.

    V3 vs O3 vs 2.6, Standard vs Pro — Kuaishou's lineup takes a diagram to explain. Rule of thumb: prompt-driven work here, reference-driven work on Kling O3.

  • • 15-second ceiling per generation.

    Six shots share at most 15 seconds. For one long unbroken take, Seedance 2.5 and Wan 3.0 reach 30.

  • • Reference control is the sibling's job.

    You can feed it an image, but locking a character across many generations is what O3's MVL architecture was built for — use the right twin.

  • • 4K costs real money.

    Per-second pricing at 4K adds up fast. Draft at 1080p, upgrade only the keeper.

Prompt recipes

Three prompts that show what it's for

Copy into the generator above, swap the brackets, render.

The three-shot scene — Director Mode's party trick

"Director Mode, three shots: (1) wide establishing shot of a [rainy Tokyo café] at night, (2) medium shot of a barista pouring latte art, (3) close-up of the finished cup as a hand reaches in. Warm interior vs cold street light, rain and espresso sounds throughout."

Why it works

Numbering the shots is the syntax Director Mode rewards — each number becomes a cut. Name the through-line (the cup, the light) so the shots read as one scene. The demo beside the generator is this exact prompt.

The localized ad — one scene, two languages

"A [skincare] spokesperson in a bright studio holds the product and says, lip-synced in Japanese: '[tagline]'. Then regenerate the identical prompt with the line in Spanish."

Why it works

Same prompt, swapped language — the lip-sync tracks each. This is how teams cut localization costs: one creative direction, native mouths in five markets.

The legible sign

"Slow push-in on a weathered storefront at golden hour. The hand-painted sign reads exactly: '[MORELLI & SONS — EST. 1962]'. A cat sleeps in the window. Street ambience, distant traffic."

Why it works

'Reads exactly' plus quotation marks is the instruction that engages the text-rendering strength. Keep it under ~6 words per sign; verify in preview before a 4K spend.

Head to head

Kling 3.0 vs Veo vs Seedance 2.5

Three different theories of what a generation should produce: a scene with cuts, a realistic shot, a long take. Same prompts across all three, judged by what we'd ship. All three selectable in the generator above.

JobKling 3.0VeoSeedance 2.5
Multi-shot in one generation Up to 6 (Director Mode) No No
Max resolution 4K 1080p High-res via family pipeline
Multilingual lip-synced dialogue 5 languages Prompt dialogue 10+ via audio track
Realistic footage Good Best Good (early)
Max clip length 15 s 8 s 30 s native
Audio-driven pacing from a track No No Yes
In-video text rendering Best Fair Good
Version history

How it got here

Jan 2026 · Current

Kling 3.0 (V3)

the 3.0 generation's prompt-first flagship: 4K, Director Mode, multilingual lip-sync. Rolled out January 31 alongside its reference-driven twin Kling O3. The version in the generator above.

Earlier

Kling 2.6 / 2.5

the 1080p cinematic era that built Kling's reputation for human motion, before the family split into prompt-led and reference-led lines.

Origin

Kling 1.x

the first Chinese model to trade blows with Western flagships, and the reason 'kling' became a search term outside China.

FAQ

Kling 3.0 questions, answered straight

1. What is Kling 3.0, and how is it different from Kling O3?

Two models in the same generation, split by workflow. Kling 3.0 (V3) is prompt-first: you describe, it directs — up to 4K, with Director Mode composing up to six shots in one generation. Kling O3 (Omni) is reference-first: you supply images or video of a subject and it locks that identity. Prompt-driven work here, reference-driven work on the O3 page.

Other models

Not the right tool? Try its neighbors

Kling O1

The reference twin. Lock a character or voice from your own uploads.

Veo

The realist. When the clip has to pass as actual footage.

Seedance 2.5

The long take. 30-second unbroken shots cut to your soundtrack.