How to Use Sora 2 (Step-by-Step Tutorial)

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Kevin introduces Sora 2, OpenAI’s video and audio generation model, emphasizing added sound, realistic motion, and better control, plus the ability to insert yourself or others into imagined videos via cameos. Access at the time of the video is limited: download Sora by OpenAI on iOS (no Android app yet) or use Sora.com in a browser, but creating requires a ChatGPT Plus or Pro subscription and an invite code, with codes suggested via the official OpenAI Discord, searching X for ‘Sora 2 invite code,’ or comments. The app feed works like social media — swipe to explore, swipe sideways for remixes, filter the feed, or set a mood — but OpenAI says it optimizes for connecting with people you follow rather than endless scrolling. To create, tap the plus icon, then start from a person/cameo, a photo (which currently cannot include a person), or a text prompt. Creating a cameo involves permission screens and choosing who can use your likeness — just you, friends, or everyone — with the ability to review and remove public uses. Kevin demos a prompt of himself floating in zero gravity in a futuristic space kitchen flipping chocolate chip cookies to soft jazz, choosing portrait or landscape orientation, previewing in drafts, editing the prompt to refine soundtrack, camera angle, or style, and posting or downloading. On desktop you cannot create a cameo but can use one made in mobile. Pro subscribers get Sora 2 Pro for higher fidelity (slower rendering), with resolution set to high or standard and duration up to 15 seconds. He notes there is no hard cap stated on video count — it depends on subscription and system resources — and closes urging ethical use around consent, transparency, and authenticity despite built-in safeguards.

Key takeaways

• Creating in Sora 2 at rollout requires iOS or Sora.com access plus a ChatGPT Plus or Pro subscription and an invite code.
• A cameo lets you insert your likeness and voice from a few seconds of recording; you control whether only you, friends, or everyone can use it and can remove public uses.
• Videos start from a cameo/person, a photo without a person, or a text prompt, with a choice of portrait or landscape orientation.
• Drafts can be previewed, edited by revising the prompt for soundtrack, camera angle, or style, then posted, shared, or downloaded.
• Sora 2 Pro offers higher-fidelity output with high or standard resolution and duration up to 15 seconds, at the cost of longer rendering.

Episode details: published October 8, 2025 · 8:42 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Kevin Stratvert’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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