3D feature film look
The prompt “A stylized 3D animated feature film scene: a small round robot with large expressive eyes notices a butterfly, its eyes widen, it tilts its head and slowly raises a hand as the butterfly lands on it. Soft warm lighting, subsurface glow, shallow depth of field.”
The look of studio CG features. Materials and stylised proportions must hold without drifting to photoreal, and the acting has to read through the eyes and the timing of the head.
- Models tested
- 15
- Top score
- 5.00 3 models tied
- Average
- 4.63
- Lowest
- 4.13 PixVerse v5.5
Every model, same prompt
The clips on screen play together from the first frame, muted. Open one for sound, controls and our notes.
Seedance 2.0
ByteDanceThe clearest acting of the set: the robot tilts its head, its eyes widen, it slowly lifts a hand and the butterfly settles on it at about 5.5 seconds. Soft forest light and blush glow on the cheeks.
FLUX 3
Black Forest LabsA round robot on a sunset lawn watches the butterfly circle, lifts its hand and the butterfly lands on it at about 5.5 seconds. Warm light, shallow focus and a design that holds throughout.
Google Veo 3.1
GoogleA seated robot in a sunlit meadow follows a swallowtail with its eyes, raises a hand and the butterfly lands on it at about 4 seconds and stays, wings moving. Materials and lighting hold throughout.
MiniMax H3
MiniMaxGlowing eyes, a blink and a raised hand; the butterfly brushes past the robot's eye before settling on its fingers from about 6 seconds. Lighting and materials stay consistent.
Google Gemini Omni
GoogleEdited as three shots: a wide of the robot sitting in a forest, a close-up of its eyes widening and an insert of the butterfly landing on its fingertip with a small glow. The character design matches across the cuts.
Seedance 2.5
ByteDanceA slow push in on wide eyes with a soft meadow backdrop, and the butterfly settles on the open palm in the last second. The character reads as a smooth white ghost rather than a robot.
Kling 3.0 Turbo
KuaishouSoft CG lighting and a robot whose eyes squint with delight. The framing jumps to a wider shot at about 3.2 seconds; the butterfly lands on the open palm near the end.
Kling 3.0
KuaishouA convincing CG feature look with big glossy eyes, soft rim light and shallow focus. The robot follows the butterfly and raises its hand at 5 seconds, but the butterfly only hovers near the fingers and never lands.
Vivix W1
VivixThe robot's screen eyes narrow as the butterfly approaches; the clip cuts to a macro shot at about 4.5 seconds where the butterfly lands on its rounded hand.
Kling 4.0
KuaishouCuts between close-ups and medium shots three times. The robot smiles and the butterfly lands on its open palm at about 6.5 seconds, but then shrinks to half its size over the last second.
Wan 3.0
AlibabaCut into four shots in 8 seconds, from wide to close-up and back; the eye rims change between shots. The butterfly lands near the robot's hand in the final shot.
MiniMax Hailuo 02
MiniMaxA glassy blue robot with screen eyes that squint with emotion. The butterfly lands on the raised hand early, at about 1.5 seconds, and the clip is 6 seconds long.
Runway Gen-4.5
RunwayGlowing ring eyes and a polished CG robot; the butterfly lands on the open palm at about 5 seconds, but from about 7 seconds its wings flatten into the hand for half a second before popping upright again.
Grok Video
xAIWarm feature-film lighting, a head tilt, a raised palm and a smile with a soft face glow. The butterfly lands at about 5.5 seconds and then vanishes into the palm half a second later.
PixVerse v5.5
PixVerseStrong CG character look, but the butterfly is next to the hand from the first second and stays there with almost no wing movement, overlapping the hand, so there is no moment of noticing or landing.
Ranked by our blind vision-model judge; models with the same score share a position. Read how we test.