The world’s first reasoning video model, and the first to generate studio-grade HDR. Now with an all-new Draft Mode for rapid iteration in creative workflows, and state of the art physics and consistency.
I am excited to hunt Ray3 — the world’s first reasoning video model, and the first to generate studio-grade HDR.
🚀 What’s new in Ray3:
✅ Reasoning engine that thinks in visuals + language
✅ All-new Draft Mode for rapid iteration
✅ State-of-the-art physics and scene consistency
✅ Visual annotations to direct motion, blocking & camera
✅ Native 10/12/16-bit HDR for stunning color depth
✅ Production-ready motion, crowds, lighting, caustics, motion blur, and more
With reasoning, Ray3 understands nuanced directions, judges its outputs, and creates complex multi-step motion faster than ever — giving you precise control and reliably better results.
“First reasoning video model with studio-grade HDR”
Luma Ray 3 launched on Product Hunt on September 19th, 2025 and earned 125 upvotes and 5 comments, placing #10 on the daily leaderboard. The world’s first reasoning video model, and the first to generate studio-grade HDR. Now with an all-new Draft Mode for rapid iteration in creative workflows, and state of the art physics and consistency.
On the analytics side, Luma Ray 3 competes within Artificial Intelligence and Video — topics that collectively have 468.2k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Luma Ray 3 performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Luma Ray 3?
Luma Ray 3 was hunted by Ankit Sharma. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
Ankit Sharma
Hey Hunters 👋
I am excited to hunt Ray3 — the world’s first reasoning video model, and the first to generate studio-grade HDR.
🚀 What’s new in Ray3:
✅ Reasoning engine that thinks in visuals + language
✅ All-new Draft Mode for rapid iteration
✅ State-of-the-art physics and scene consistency
✅ Visual annotations to direct motion, blocking & camera
✅ Native 10/12/16-bit HDR for stunning color depth
✅ Production-ready motion, crowds, lighting, caustics, motion blur, and more
With reasoning, Ray3 understands nuanced directions, judges its outputs, and creates complex multi-step motion faster than ever — giving you precise control and reliably better results.
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