Plamia
Current Plamia templates use a fixed generation quote. Check the amount beside Create video before starting. A successful video costs that quoted amount; the price is not recalculated from the number of images left in the final edit.
Animation and Video use different calculations because Video keeps your recorded speech and adds animated B-roll. The examples below use the current default rates, checked on November 4, 2026. The quote in the app is authoritative for your project.
What determines the generation price?
- Estimated visual units: the calculator uses script length or recording duration and the selected pace. Each unit costs 25 credits.
- Film direction: 15 credits at the default rate.
- Voiceover in Animation: 5 credits per 100 script characters, including spaces and punctuation, with the calculated amount rounded up to a whole credit.
- Final rounding: the subtotal is rounded up to the next multiple of 25 credits.
These are billing units, not a promise of a particular number of finished scenes or image files. A scene may contain several layers; a recording may return to the speaker between inserts.
Longer scripts and faster visual pacing can increase the quote. Choosing Calm simply to reduce the price is useful only if that rhythm also suits the content.
Animation example: 70 words at Fast pace
Use Paper Signal with Fast pace and a new voiceover. This example contains 70 words and 401 characters:
A tiny seed can wait for months before it begins to grow. Once water reaches it, the outer shell softens and a root pushes into the soil. A shoot follows, searching for light. The first leaves open and start turning sunlight into energy. With enough water, warmth, and space, that small seed becomes a strong plant. Growth begins quietly, long before there is anything impressive for the world to see.
- 10 estimated visual units × 25 = 250 credits.
- Film direction = 15 credits.
- Voiceover: 401 ÷ 100 × 5 = 20.05, rounded up to 21 credits.
- Subtotal: 250 + 15 + 21 = 286 credits.
Rounded generation quote: 300 credits.
This is one example, not the price of every 70-word video. Character count and pace can change the calculation. Review the quote for your actual script.
Video example: a 30-second recording at Fast pace
Video mode uses the recording duration and a reduced number of billing units for B-roll. It keeps the original voice, so this quote has no generated voiceover charge.
- 7 estimated visual units × 25 = 175 credits.
- Film direction = 15 credits.
- Subtotal: 175 + 15 = 190 credits.
Rounded generation quote: 200 credits.
Seven billing units do not require seven inserts. The planner chooses the actual sequence from the recording.
Do fewer generated images reduce the charge?
No. For current templates, the quote covers the generated video as a whole. Reusing an image, deleting a scene after generation or ending with fewer inserts does not change that fixed price.
Older projects may have used a reservation followed by settlement for individual generation operations. That historical calculation should not be used to predict the price of a new template video.
What happens if generation fails?
If generation fails before producing a usable project, the generation credits are returned automatically. A usable project completed with a warning is different from a failed generation and does not automatically receive a full refund.
If the balance appears wrong, contact support with the project name and error. Starting a separate new generation can use credits again, so check the original project status first.
Do editing and exports use credits?
Moving, trimming and replacing clips with existing media, adjusting layers, and editing captions do not use generation credits. New AI work can have its own price; check the amount shown before confirming it.
Export and export retries cost no additional credits, but exporting requires Creator or Pro. Subscribing also unlocks export for videos you created on Free. Free includes 300 welcome credits once at signup; paid allowances are listed on the pricing page.
