Photoreal Stills That Still Read in a Fast Scroll

BySelena Gunawan

Social campaigns still live and die on a still, even when the rest of the calendar is video. A story cover, a carousel card, a poster in a feed, a product tile: each one has about a second to look like a real photograph and, if there is type on it, to be spelled right. The job is harder than it used to be, because people now look at these images on phones, at full size. They notice soft skin, mushy type and a logo that almost says the brand name.

P-H3-Image is an open image model built from MiniMax H3. PixelDojo's page for it, updated 3 November 2026, describes it as a tool for photoreal photos, film frames, anime stills and prints, with short quoted text, at up to 8 megapixels. It also edits a photo or combines up to 8 images into one scene. The page says PixelDojo rewrites a plain sentence into the more detailed form the model renders best, so you do not have to write a paragraph of camera notes for a first draft.

This is P-H3-Image, the stills model. It is not MiniMax H3, the video model, and it is not the parked MiniMax H3 Image page. If you need a clip for a story, look at a video tool. If you need a still that can survive a pinch-to-zoom, this is the one being discussed here.

Why 8 megapixels matters in a feed

At 4K, the page says P-H3-Image renders about 8 megapixels, "where skin texture, beard hair and the weave of a wool coat come through." The examples it shows, all at 4K, include an editorial-style ferry portrait, a seventies crime-film frame, a studio shot of perfume bottles, a night-market documentary photograph, an anime still, an architectural reading room and an overhead food photo. Those are the vendor's own images, made on the same page, so use them as a starting point rather than as proof that your campaign portrait will look the same.

For social work, match the size to the job:

  • 4K, at 1.5 credits, when the face, the product or the food has to hold up if someone opens the image.
  • 2K, at 1 credit, for most posts and story frames. The model page lists a 2K image as $0.06, which matches Lite pricing of 6.25 cents a credit.
  • 1K, at 0.5 credits, when you are still choosing a look.

The prompting advice is short. Start with what the picture is: a portrait photograph, a film frame, a screen-printed poster. Then describe one subject, one moment, and where the light comes from. Put any words in quotes, and add that there is no other text.

Short type, and when to stop asking for a paragraph

The typography claim is limited to short text. One example is a two-color concert poster with "NIGHT TIDE" at the top and "LIVE AT THE PIER" at the bottom, which the page says came out spelled exactly as typed. That shape works well for a story ad or a launch graphic. It is not a promise that a long caption will survive inside the image. Put the long copy in the post text, and keep the letters in the artwork to a name and one line.

Edits, and a way to test volume without burning the budget

The edit workflow on the page is built for campaign variations. Attach a photo as picture 1 and say the change. Add more images as picture 2, picture 3 and so on, up to 8, and the model combines them into one scene. In the worked example, the ferry captain portrait is given a yellow rain hat and a storm outside, with the face, coat, wheel and cabin kept. The advice is to describe the finished result, not the action, and to leave the aspect ratio on Auto if you want to keep the shape of the original photo. The page says PixelDojo writes the full edit brief for you, including what must stay the same.

Every paid plan also includes unlimited Relax runs on P-H3-Image at 1K, which use no credits. PixelDojo's pricing page lists H3 Image as unlimited at 1K in the Relax queue, one run at a time. That is a sensible way to explore ideas for a carousel or a story set, then spend credits on the 2K or 4K frame you actually post. Relax is a slower queue, so use it for drafting, not for a last-minute publish.

P-H3-Image is included in every plan, from $10 a month. Plans are $10 for 160 credits, $25 for 500 and $50 for 1,100, and credits roll over while you stay subscribed. A free account gets three photo or video effects a day, with a small watermark, which is not the same as free 4K stills. On a free plan, the terms also say creations go to the community gallery by default, except in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, so do not test unreleased campaign art there.

Rights, faces and a small first test

The commercial-use language on marketing pages is broader than the contract. PixelDojo's terms, version 6, effective 4 November 2026, assign you whatever rights the company holds in the output. They do not promise the result is unique or free of other people's rights, and you are responsible for how you use it. Where a platform or the law requires you to label synthetic media you publish, you must label it. Tools that work from a real person's face require that person's consent. If you are editing a founder's portrait or a customer's photo, get that consent first.

A tool like PixelDojo keeps P-H3-Image next to other image models on one plan, so you can draft at 1K, then spend a 4K credit only on the still you mean to run. Start with one real product or one clearly imaginary poster, in the aspect ratio of the feed you actually post to, and read every letter before it goes live.