---
license: other
license_name: minimax-h3-community-license-agreement
license_link: https://huggingface.co/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3/blob/main/LICENSE
base_model: MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3
tags:
- minimax-h3
- comfyui
- video
- steering
- dials
---

# H3 Dials: training-free steering for MiniMax H3

**Dials** are ~14 KB steering files made from prompt pairs, with **no training**. Each dial is one direction in
MiniMax H3's processed-prompt space. Its strength is a slider:

- negative moves every generation toward the pair's A side;
- positive moves it toward the B side.

Make and apply them with the ComfyUI nodes:
**[github.com/matlowai/ComfyUI-Dials](https://github.com/matlowai/ComfyUI-Dials)**.

## On Pika H3 Flex, with de-rope

<video controls autoplay loop muted src="https://huggingface.co/MATLOWAI/H3-Dials/resolve/main/assets/pika_dread_derope_column.mp4"></video>

Top to bottom: MiniMax H3 base, 25 steps, no de-rope; then [Pika H3 Flex](https://huggingface.co/Pika-Labs/Pika-H3-Flex)
(6 steps) with motion +0.5 and de-rope, at dread 0, +0.5 and +1. Same prompt and seed. A de-roped Pika clip takes about
as long as one 25-step base render (about 6 min at 1280x704 on one RTX PRO 6000 Max-Q) and comes out with more motion
and crisper frames; the end card has the timings, motion and sharpness.

## Motion: Freeze ↔ Zoomies

<video controls autoplay loop muted src="https://huggingface.co/MATLOWAI/H3-Dials/resolve/main/assets/motion_dial_demo.mp4"></video>

Left to right: dial −2, base, dial +2 (same prompt and seed).

| file | mode | load with | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| `dials/h3_motion.safetensors` | hook (after H3's text refiner) | ComfyUI-Dials **Load Dial → Apply Dial** | the reference version. **−2**: near-frozen, cinemagraph-like (0.05× base motion). **+2**: everything zooms (≈2.7× base motion) |
| `dials/h3_motion_lora.safetensors` | LoRA file (`condition_proj` bias diff) | stock **Load LoRA (model only)**, or Load Dial | the same pairs, about 0.6× the effect per unit (use ~1.6× strength) |

Built from 24 prompt pairs: 8 subjects × 3 phrasings of *still/posing/frozen* vs *running/jumping/moving
energetically*. Pair agreement is 0.78. The pairs are in `example_pairs/`.

## Villainy pack: eight flavours of evil (hook dials)

Made with debias on, so each flavour is its own direction (motion is unrelated to all of them). **+1 to +2** is the
sweet spot; **+4 is extreme**.

| file | turns the scene toward | notes |
|---|---|---|
| `dials/h3_evil_sinister.safetensors` | menace: shadows across faces, dim rooms, looming silhouettes | ⚠️ **tends to break the audio:** speech gets crushed (Whisper word error 0.84 at +2 vs 0.00 at base). Keep it low for clear dialogue |
| `dials/h3_evil_creepy.safetensors` | uncanny: unnervingly wide smiles, subtly *wrong* movement, sterile spaces | |
| `dials/h3_evil_cold.safetensors` | icy: flat, calculating, emotionless | |
| `dials/h3_evil_unhinged.safetensors` | maniacal, wild-eyed | ⚠️ **really is unhinged, beware:** screaming, lunging intimidation even at +2 (leans aggressive; no gore seen) |
| `dials/h3_evil_seductive.safetensors` | a charming smile hiding dark intent | speech stays clean |
| `dials/h3_evil_corrupted.safetensors` | decay and rot creeping in | |
| `dials/h3_evil_dread.safetensors` | foreboding atmosphere, no character needed | |
| `dials/h3_evil_impish.safetensors` | mischievous trickster | the lighter end |

These have been checked on a handful of scenes, so treat them as creative tools. Pair files are in `example_pairs/`.

## On Pika H3 Flex (6 steps)

<video controls autoplay loop muted src="https://huggingface.co/MATLOWAI/H3-Dials/resolve/main/assets/pika_dread_compare.mp4"></video>

Dread 0 / +0.5 / +1 with motion +0.5 on [Pika H3 Flex](https://huggingface.co/Pika-Labs/Pika-H3-Flex) (same prompt and
seed; audio from +1). The dials work on Pika unchanged and keep the prompt and characters. On Pika, **+0.5 to +1** is the
useful range for motion and evil alike. Ready-made workflows (Pika + motion dial + evil slot, with and without de-rope):
**[ComfyUI-Dials › Pika H3 Flex + Dials](https://github.com/matlowai/ComfyUI-Dials#pika-h3-flex--dials)**.

### Motion dial on Pika: 0 to +3

<video controls autoplay loop muted src="https://huggingface.co/MATLOWAI/H3-Dials/resolve/main/assets/pika_dial_sweep.mp4"></video>

1280x704, same prompt and seed. **+0.5 / +1.0**: same scene, more action (+20 % / +23 % camera-removed motion).
**+1.5 / +2.0**: the scene restages and characters morph. **+3**: loses the prompt.

### De-rope vs no de-rope

<video controls autoplay loop muted src="https://huggingface.co/MATLOWAI/H3-Dials/resolve/main/assets/pika_derope_compare.mp4"></video>

Motion +1.0. De-rope finds stretches that move too fast for the frame rate, re-renders them slowed down and maps them
back to real time, keeping the original audio. The workflow default re-enters at inject 0.48; a 6+6 schedule is
included as an experimental workflow. At 1280x704, a de-roped Pika clip takes about 5.5–6 min, about the same as one
25-step render of the base model without de-rope (about 5.5 min).

*These two videos were rendered with an earlier wording of the example prompt, before the magical-girl rewrite.
Re-renders with the current wording are coming.*

## What makes a dial different

- **Not a LoRA or slider LoRA:** nothing is trained. A dial is computed from prompt pairs in about a minute and only
  steers what H3 already knows.
- **Not a RefMod:** no reference images or video. A dial changes *how much* of a quality any prompt gets, not *what*
  is shown.
- **Not an SD-era embedding:** it isn't a word you type. It's a signed direction added to every prompt token, where
  the DiT reads the prompt.
- **Not a negative prompt:** H3 is guidance-distilled (no CFG), so negative prompts don't work. Dials give that kind
  of control back, in both directions.

There's a full comparison table in the
[GitHub README](https://github.com/matlowai/ComfyUI-Dials#what-a-dial-is-and-how-it-differs-from-things-you-know).

## Thanks

Thanks to DaveSnow, whose Natural_detailV2 dataset and every-second-block observation started the research behind
this. Powered by MiniMax H3.

## License

These dial weight files are Model Derivatives of MiniMax H3 and are distributed under the **MiniMax H3 Community
License Agreement** (`LICENSE-MiniMax-H3-Community.txt`, notice in `NOTICE`), including its Applicable Territory and
Acceptable Use Policy terms. The ComfyUI-Dials node code is separate and AGPL-3.0, on GitHub.