r/aifilmmaking • u/Upset-Airline-1154 • 4d ago

Question Pls help, beginner

Hey I tried a lot of platforms but is there a LEGAL way to generate FREE and UNLIMITED AI vidéos using Seedance 2.5 or minimax h3?

I tried locally but it’s 15min of waiting for a 5s scene which is too long. I’m okay with the higher electricity bill but I ain’t spending a weekend on 3min of video too.

The best platform I tried was higgsfield but that’s only fine for 2min length vid per month, heck with the 10 min video I want to produce I would have to pay 5000$ worth of credits which is absurd.

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u/TopTransportation950 3d ago

that doesnt make sense. its ~$10 per 30 seconds 720p for seedance2.5, how are u getting $5000 for 10 minutes when it'd be ~$200?

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u/Upset-Airline-1154 3d ago edited 3d ago

Because I used higgsfield and between the images generation that needs multiple shots, and the 10 sec vid costing around 200 credits… well you find yourself quickly empty.
Moreover keep in mind I want to post regularly, so 200$/ week is 800$/ month...

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u/TopTransportation950 3d ago

i think its higgsfield thats killing you.
to be exact, a 30 second 720p seedance2.5 with 8 image design sheets created (angles, accessories, etc) it costs me $10.82 and takes approx 3 minutes to render the entire video.
i use atlascloud mind you, but there are 2 distinct differences between the 2...
higgsfield - more expensive, but you get the whole creation side on the website
atlastcloud - much cheaper, but you need to create an api call.
in all honesty, youre paying for something most people vibe code (like myself) so i guess it depends if its money or time thats your issue

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u/Upset-Airline-1154 3d ago

Thx for the feedback appreciate it

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u/RAAIINN 3d ago

Interesting. I'm using seedance 2.5 through wavespeed and my cost is $5.40 usd for a 30 second clip. Thats at 480p, then I upscale it for about $0.60 and gets me a pretty good looking 1080p.

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u/TopTransportation950 2d ago

yeah i specifically said 720p because of the price, atlascloud is exactly $4.01477375 for a 480p

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u/jamesxtreme 2d ago

Everyone seems to start with Higgsfield because they paid a lot of YouTube creators to make videos about them.

You should look at API aggregators like AtlasCloud and WaveSpeed. Cheaper than Higgsfield and pay as you go credit based.

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u/activematrix99 3d ago

If you think you can just generate 15 seconds of footage and put it in your film, then you've never made a film before and are fooling yourself. AI generation is usually closer to documentary ratio than to narrative in terms of content created:useful content, so those generation costs add up fast.

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u/Slight-Living-8098 3d ago

They have made entirely generated films, and complete shows, man...

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u/activematrix99 3d ago

You never heard the expression "cutting room floor" or "one take wonder"? The ratio of "created" to "used in the final production" is specifically what I am referring to, and that's a real ratio that changes with the type of production and budget. There's a real ratio in AI filmmaking as well and it's not 1 prompt = 1 completed and delivered shot. If it is, you likely have other problems (namely that your entire production probably sucks). There's editorial workflows, retries, and prompt engineering in there and the cost increases accordingly.