Sora: cuts
Sora, cuts inside one generation: “Several shots per clip”. Its worked example is a shot list: two timed shots inside one four-second clip. As of 2026-09-25.
Optimized Shot List ( 2 shots / 4 s total)
OpenAI Cookbook, Sora 2 prompting guide
- Worked exampleIts worked example is a shot list: two timed shots inside one four-second clip
1Beside the other models
5 other models read the same way: Kling AI, LTX, SceneMixer, Seedance and Wan.
Nothing past the docs is assumed about how the model behaves.
2About the field
Cuts inside a clip matter for drama, where a conversation is a sequence of shots. Without them, each shot is a separate generation and the cut happens in an editor.
| Model | Reading |
|---|---|
| Adobe Firefly | None in the docs |
| Google Veo | Editing terms only |
| Grok Imagine | None in the docs |
| Higgsfield | None in the docs |
| HunyuanVideo 1.5 | None in the docs |
| Kling AI | Several shots per clip |
| Leonardo Motion 2.0 | None in the docs |
| LTX | Several shots per clip |
| LTX Studio | None in the docs |
| Luma Dream Machine | None in the docs |
| Midjourney | None in the docs |
| MiniMax Hailuo | None in the docs |
| Moonvalley Marey | None in the docs |
| Open-Sora 2.0 | None in the docs |
| Pika | None in the docs |
| PixVerse | None in the docs |
| Runway | None in the docs |
| SceneMixer | Several shots per clip |
| Seedance | Several shots per clip |
| SkyReels | None in the docs |
| Sora | Several shots per clip |
| Step-Video-TI2V | None in the docs |
| Vidu | None in the docs |
| Wan | Several shots per clip |
Inclusion rule. Every model on the register, whether or not it has a page of its own on this field. Order. Alphabetical by model name.