Sora AI Review - OpenAI’s Contender for AI Video Generation
Creating videos through text feels like fantasy or Sci-fi. However, it has been achieved, and there are multiple tools in the market that can perform the task. Today, I will be covering the review of a much-anticipated tool of similar tropes, i.e., Sora AI. Sora AI is an AI video generator which is developed by OpenAI, the reason behind its anticipation. It’s been a few days and there are all sorts of reviews around it. So, to figure out the truth about the tool and understand its capabilities, I have crafted this Sora AI review. Let’s start to unfold what Sora brings to the table for thousands of content creators, filmmakers, visual artists, etc.
Pros and Cons of Sora AI
Pros
- Easy-to-navigate user interface
- Offers fast video generation with credits and relaxed generation without credits with a ChatGPT Pro subscription
- Comes as an add-on with ChatGPT subscriptions
- Capability to create detailed inputs
- Import images and videos to integrate with your creation
- Can control aspect ratio, resolution, and time duration of the video
- Multiple customization options to tweak the AI video generated as per requirement
- Can handle multiple styles
- Comes with presets to automatically overlay a layer of filters over the result.
- Delivers a storyboard to create a full-fledged video
Cons
- The time duration for a single video is limited to 20 seconds max
- No 4K video generation as of now
- Inconsistent output
- No free trial available
- Doesn’t support additional credit buy once exhausted as of now
Sora AI Features
This review can’t be done without learning about the features that the Sora AI model delivers. Therefore, below, I have mentioned all the important features that you can avail of upon using the tool.
1. Image Upload or Choose from Library
Image upload might seem like a simple option, but that is where you can start creating a video from an image or your library. You only need to click on the “+” sign to use the feature. However, when I tried it, it asked me to upgrade the plan to ChatGPT Pro, so I made sure to do so to create results.
2. Preset
This is the place where things get interesting. By using ‘presets’, you can apply an additional layer of style to the results of the prompt that you enter into the console. I even clicked on ‘manage’, and to my surprise, it allowed me to create my own presets. In fact, you can copy the existing prompts of presets and modify them as per your requirements.
3. Controlling Aspect Ratio
This is another feature that feels basic but can completely change the tonality of the video being presented. Sora gives you three options to choose from for aspect ratios, i.e., “16:9,” “1:1,” and “9:16.” You can choose anyone of your liking, but the credits used are different.
4. Controlling Resolutions
Another important feature is that it allows you to control the resolution of the video generated. As of now, they support video creation from 480p to 1080p. However, the thing to note is that the speed of creation varies.
5. Duration of Videos
By using this feature, you can select the duration of the video created, i.e., 5 seconds, 10 seconds, 15 seconds, and 20 seconds. And, if you want to create a video of a longer duration, you need to spend more credits.
6. Variations
The “Variations” feature of the Sora AI video generator delivers multiple variations of the same prompt. Here, you can select up to 4 variations for a single prompt and choose the best as per your requirements. Again, the credit spend increases with the number of variations asked.
7. Storyboard
Its storyboard is the most interesting feature. It allows you to create multiple videos and stitch them together to create a full-fledged video. With this feature, you can create a complete video that expresses your ideas. However, note that you need to give enough spacing between each Storyboard card so that the tool doesn’t make hard cuts. The better the spacing between cards, the more detailed the produced video would be.
8. Customization
Here, OpenAI Sora offers multiple features to help you get the desired results. Some of the tweaks you can make are:
- Edit Prompt: It allows you to edit the current prompt used after you are not satisfied with the provided results.
- View Story: This allows you to view and edit the storyboard of the video you are working on.
- Re-Cut: This feature allows you to trim a particular portion of the AI-generated video. This trimmed part can also be copied and used in other storyboards.
- Remix: This feature essentially allows you to tweak the video which has already been created. You get several remix options as per the changes demanded, which are Subtle, Mild, Strong, and Custom. Plus, you can also change the number of variations required and the duration of the video.
Sora AI Pricing and Subscription
As of now, the Sora AI video generator is clubbed with ChatGPT. So, to avail of Sora AI features, you are required to subscribe to either ChatGPT Plus or ChatGPT Pro. Below, I have mentioned the prices and offerings that will come with each subscription:
| ChatGPT Subscription Category | Features | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT Plus |
|
$20 per month |
| ChatGPT Pro |
|
$200 per month |
However, within OpenAI Sora, you need credits to create videos. So, knowing about credits and what they can provide is much more important. Therefore, here are the details associated with credits and their usage.
| Resolutions | 5s | 10s | 15s | 20s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 480p Square | 20 Credits | 40 Credits | 60 Credits | 80 Credits |
| 480p | 25 Credits | 50 Credits | 100 Credits | 150 Credits |
| 720p Square | 30 Credits | 75 Credits | 150 Credits | 225 Credits |
| 720p | 60 Credits | 180 Credits | 360 Credits | 540 Credits |
| 1080p Square | 100 Credits | 300 Credits | 650 Credits | 1000 Credits |
| 1080p | 200 Credits | 600 Credits | 1300 Credits | 2000 Credits |
It is important to know that if you are creating variations of the same prompt, then they will be charged the same rate. But, if you are tweaking your video with provided options like Re-Cut, Remix, and Blend, then here are the credits used for different durations as per seconds.
| Resolutions | 5s | 10s | 15s | 20s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 480p Square | 4 Credits | 4 Credits | 4 Credits | 4 Credits |
| 480p | 5 Credits | 5 Credits | 10 Credits | 10 Credits |
| 720p Square | 6 Credits | 9 Credits | 15 Credits | 15 Credits |
| 720p | 12 Credits | 24 Credits | 36 Credits | 36 Credits |
| 1080p Square | 20 Credits | 40 Credits | 70 Credits | 70 Credits |
| 1080p | 40 Credits | 80 Credits | 140 Credits | 140 Credits |
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