Short answerWriting is free. Credits are spent on images, voices, rendered seconds, covers, language versions and rewrites of approved scripts, always at the rates shown before you confirm. When the balance hits zero, paid generation pauses where it is, nothing is lost, and a top-up lets it continue.
Free
- The season bible, every round of feedback on it, and manual edits.
- All ten scripts and their regenerations before approval, plus manual edits at any time.
- Drafting and committing the world pack, and casting from your roster or the shared library.
- Trimming, remixing and re-cutting in the editor, and the automatic stitching of segments and episode masters.
- Retries of failed art units, and any render that fails.
- Cross-shot consistency checks, orchestration and QC.
Billed
| Action | Credits |
|---|---|
| Rendering, base engine (Fast / H3) | 5 per output second |
| Rendering, 2.0 | 6 per second |
| Rendering, 2.5 / Super | 10 per second (5 while signup credits remain) |
| Retake of part of a shot | 5 per edited second, minimum 3 s |
| Character anchor or four-view image | 5 per image |
| Scene sheet or carried prop image | 8 per image |
| New costume sheet | 15 |
| Designing a new voice | 10 |
| Episode cover, automatic or regenerated | 5 |
| Language version of one episode | 80 |
| Regenerating an approved script | 5 |
| Face blend, editor export, transitions, music removal (Tools) | 5 per image, 1 per export, 5 per second, 2 per audio minute |
One take per shot group is included in the render. Every further take bills per second, whether you ordered it or the quality check called for it. See credits and render rates for the engines and the three credit pools.
Before every spend
Wizard gates show the exact total on the button: Confirm: 24 images + 3 voices · 150 cr. Render groups are estimated before they render. The Line Producer confirms the plan before it spends on your behalf and never quotes prices; its work is metered at the rates above.
When the balance runs out
- In the wizard or the editor, the action is refused and the Plans & Credits panel opens with a banner saying how many credits short you are. Nothing is charged.
- During rendering, the episode run stops on the asset or group that could not be paid for, and the Episodes panel shows Out of credits for asset … top up, then render again. Finished takes stay; nothing rolls back.
- Covers are the exception: a cover that cannot be paid for is skipped and the render continues.
Top up with a pack or a plan from Billing, then render again. The pipeline resumes from where it stopped.
Failed jobs are refunded
The model is charge, then refund. A render whose takes never finished, or a tool job that failed, is refunded to the pool the credits came from and appears in your ledger as a refund line. A finished take you simply dislike is not a failure; changing it is a retake.
Still stuck? Email support@dawnwood.ai with your account email, the series, the episode and the segment or group — see what to include.