What edits cost

Some changes in the editor make a new image, video, or voice audio. Those changes cost credits. Other changes only rearrange or relabel what you already have, and they are free. Each video also has free editing credits that can pay for edits of its shots. This guide shows which is which, where you see the price, and what to do when an edit does not change the shot.

Changes that cost credits

• Edit image and Regenerate on a shot's image.
• Re-animate or Animate on a shot's video.
• Edit video on a shot made from a storyboard. You pay only for the moments that are filmed again. See the price shows them, and it costs nothing until you confirm.
• New words for a spoken line, or new audio for the same words.
• Change voice for a speaker, in Project settings under Change Voices.
• Adding a shot or a card that makes new media. See Add, move, and remove shots and cards.

Each time you select one of these, the app makes a new result and charges again. This is also true when you type the same instructions twice.

Changes that are free

• Going back to an earlier take of a shot.
• Using your own image with Replace image and Use image.
• Changing only the text of a caption.
• Moving, archiving, restoring, or renaming shots and cards.

Free editing credits

Each video that cost credits gets free editing credits from us. They pay for edits of that video's shots instead of your balance.

• How many: 10 % of what the video cost, and at least 20.
• What they pay for: Edit image, Regenerate, Angle, Re-animate, Animate, Edit video, and new words for a spoken line.
• What they do not pay for: a new shot, card, or line, Upscale, and Change voice. Your balance pays for these.
• Whole price or nothing: the free credits pay an edit only when enough are left for its whole price. If not, your balance pays the whole price. An image change with Re-animate switched on is two prices: the image first, then the video.
• Your balance: when the free credits pay an edit, your balance does not need to hold its price.
• Where you see them: at the top of the editor, next to a gift icon, for example "12 left". The count goes down when they pay an edit. When none are left, the count goes away. The button of an edit shows its full price also when the free credits pay it.
• When an edit fails: the credits that the free credits paid for it come back.
• They belong to one video. You cannot use them on another video or move them to your balance.

See the price before you pay

1. Open the tool, for example Edit image or Re-animate. A box opens under the shot.
2. Look at the button that starts the change. The number next to the coin icon is the price in credits. Move the pointer over it to read the full price.
3. With Edit image, Standard and Advanced each show their own price. Choose one, and the button updates.
4. If you switch on Re-animate in an image tool, the button shows the image and the new video together. That is why this price is higher than an image change alone. On a shot made from a storyboard, Edit image has no Re-animate switch.
5. Select the button only when the price is right for you.

If your balance is too low, the app opens a window to add credits instead. See Buy more credits.

When an edit does not change the shot

Check these first:

1. Did the video change too? A new image does not change the video by itself. Without Re-animate switched on, the shot keeps playing the old video. Select Re-animate on the video to fix this. On a shot made from a storyboard, select Edit video on the video, leave the box empty, and select Film the whole video again.
2. Is the new result in the takes? Select the takes button, a small stack icon on the shot. If the shot changed while the new video was being made, the new video waits there. Select it to use it.
3. Is it still being made? After you select Apply edit, the app shows Edit requested. Wait for the new take to appear before you judge it.

To get a different result next time:

• Use Edit image for a small change to the same picture, such as removing an object. Write one clear change, for example "Remove the second cup from the table."
• Use Regenerate when you want a different picture. Describe the whole image you want, not only the change. Type @ to add a character, location, or object.
• In Edit image, add References, such as your characters or an image you upload. Each reference adds to the price, and the button shows the total. If References is locked, choose Advanced first.
• Re-animate changes the motion, not what is in the picture. If the scene itself is wrong, change the image first, with Re-animate switched on. On a shot made from a storyboard, change the storyboard with Edit image, then film the video again with Edit video.
• For Re-animate, describe the motion you want. An empty box lets the app choose, so the result can look like the last one.
• If an earlier take was better, go back to it for free. See Fix one shot.

If you paid and the edit failed

• If an image change or a re-animate fails, its credits go back to your balance automatically.
• A change that finished costs its price, even if you do not like the result.
• If your balance did not go back up after a failure, or a finished result is clearly broken, contact support. Send the project link and say which shot it is.

See Credits for a failed video and Share a project with support.