Ray 3.2

What is Ray 3.2?

Ray 3.2 is Luma's current video model and the only video model on its new Agents API. It makes 5 or 10-second clips from text or images, but its focus is Modify Video: you upload up to 20 seconds of footage and change the set, wardrobe or style while the actors' movement and faces carry through.

Up to 16 keyframes pin the look at exact moments, and output can be 16-bit HDR with EXR frames for grading. It does not generate sound. Luma is retiring older Ray models on its API in favour of it, while Ray3.14 stays in the app for extending clips and changing their length.

What changed from Ray3.14?

More control over each shot and cheaper HDR: keyframes across the clip, longer edits with HDR and EXR, and a full API.

Keyframes

Up to 16 across a clip, where earlier Ray models took a start frame and sometimes an end frame.

Modify Video

Edits run up to 20 seconds instead of 18, keep the source length exactly, and can now come out in HDR with EXR frames.

Price

Text and image to video cost the same credits; HDR costs 2x SDR instead of 4x, and 1080p edits cost 144 credits a second instead of 192.

API

It is the first Ray model with its full controls on Luma's API, which is retiring Ray 3 and Ray 2 in its favour.

Who is Ray 3.2 best for?

Ray 3.2 is best for video editors, agencies and studios who want to restyle footage they already shot, direct clips frame by frame and hand HDR or EXR files to a colorist.

• Restyling footage you shot

  Modify Video changes the set, wardrobe or look of clips up to 20 seconds long in 1080p while the actors' movement, faces and lip sync carry through.

• Shots planned beat by beat

  Up to 16 keyframes in one clip let you set where the look changes and where a movement lands, instead of only a start and end frame.

• Grading and VFX pipelines

  It renders native 16-bit HDR and exports 16-bit EXR frames, so clips can go straight into color grading and compositing.

• One campaign, many formats

  Reframe extends a video to fit aspect ratios from 9:16 to 21:9, which suits ads cut for several platforms and markets.

What's included with Ray 3.2?

Modify Video for real footage, multi-keyframe control, performance and face tracking, HDR with EXR export, Reframe, a faster draft mode and an API.

Modify Video

Restyles up to 20 seconds of footage at 1080p, with Motion and Structure sliders from 1 to 9 deciding how much of the original to keep.

Multi-keyframe control

Pin the look at exact frames with up to 16 keyframes in a clip; Luma's API and editing guide allow up to 64.

Performance tracking

Carries body pose, gestures and facial expression for up to eight faces, and keeps lip sync when face tracking is on.

HDR and EXR export

Native 16-bit HDR video plus 16-bit EXR frames in ACES2065-1 for grading and compositing in tools such as Resolve or Nuke.

Reframe

Extends a clip to 9:16, 3:4, 1:1, 4:3, 16:9 or 21:9 and keeps the original audio.

Speed or Quality mode

Speed mode returns drafts faster while you explore looks; it saves time, not credits.

API access

The same controls on the Luma Agents API as ray-3.2, billed per video with no minimum spend.

How does Ray 3.2 work?

1. Pick a source clip

   Upload an .mp4, .mov or .wmv file of up to 20 seconds; the result keeps its exact length.

2. Describe or show the new look

   Write a prompt for the end state, add edited stills as keyframes at exact frames, or do both.

3. Set what to keep

   The Motion and Structure sliders and the Faces, Bodies and Poses locks decide how far it moves from the source.

4. Draft, then finish

   Explore at 540p or 720p in Speed mode, then render the chosen look at 1080p, with HDR and EXR only if the job needs them.

How much does Ray 3.2 cost?

Ray 3.2 costs $0.30 per 5-second 720p clip on Luma's API, or comes with Luma's plans from $30 a month for 10,000 credits, where the same clip uses 100 credits.

Paying yearly saves up to 20%: Plus is $300 a year ($25 a month), Pro $900 ($75 a month) and Ultra $3,000 ($250 a month). Team and Enterprise plans are priced on request. In the app, a Ray 3.2 text or image to video clip costs 20 credits for a 5-second draft, 100 at 720p and 400 at 1080p; Modify Video costs 72 credits a second at 720p; HDR costs twice as much and HDR with EXR three times. On the API, video edits start at $0.72 for 5 seconds at 540p, and HDR is limited to 5-second clips at 720p or 1080p. Full pricing on lumalabs.ai. We checked these prices on 28 Sep 2026.

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Ray 3.2 pros and cons

It gives finer control over real footage and cheaper HDR than Ray3.14, but it makes no sound, its clips are short and users report slow support.

What are the best Ray 3.2 alternatives?

Runway Aleph for longer edits, Kling 3.0 for native audio, and LTX-2.3 for open weights and lower API prices.

Runway AlephPaid

Choose it when your edits run longer than 20 seconds; Aleph 2.0 edits clips up to 30 seconds at 1080p, and Runway's paid plans start at $15 a month.

Kling 3.0Freemium

Choose it when you need sound with the picture; it generates dialogue, ambience and effects natively and offers 4K output, with paid plans from $10 a month.

LTX-2.3Free

Choose it when you want open weights you can run yourself, free for companies under $10 million in yearly revenue, with HDR and audio; its API costs $0.08 a second at 1080p against about $0.24 for Ray 3.2.

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