Credits System

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Autodesk Flow Studio (formerly Wonder Studio) uses a credit system that enables you to spend your subscription balance according to your needs. Autodesk Flow Studio has multiple project types that require different amounts of resources for processing. Each second of project processing has an equivalent cost in credits.

Credit spending is as follows:

  • 1 second of Live Action (Easy or Advanced): 20 credits
  • 1 second of AI MoCap only: 4 credits
  • 1 second of Animation / Video to 3D Scene: 20 credits

Credit spending for Wonder Tools is as follows:

  • 1 second of Wonder Tools Clean Plate: 4 credits
  • 1 second of Wonder Tools Camera Track: 4 credits

The difference in credit cost between these different options is due to the amount of processing time used to get the desired end result. Live Action generates motion capture data with rendered elements, and takes more resources to process. Animation to 3D scene similarly generates the same data as Live Action while also taking environment rendering into account, which also takes more resources to process. Since AI MoCap generates only the motion capture data and does not render your VFX shot, it uses fewer processing resources, and therefore costs fewer credits. Similarly for Wonder Tools, since you are exporting only one element of your output, you are using fewer processing resources, reducing the credit cost.

The amount of credits you get each month depends on your subscription tier.

  • Lite users get 3,000 Credits per month, equal to:
    • 150 seconds of Live Action
    • 750 seconds of AI MoCap
    • 150 Second of Animation / Video to 3D Scene
    • 750 seconds of Wonder Tools Clean Plate & Camera Track
  • Pro users get 12,000 Credits per month, equal to:
    • 600 seconds of Live Action
    • 3,000 seconds of AI MoCap
    • 600 Second of Animation / Video to 3D Scene
    • 3,000 seconds of Wonder Tools Clean Plate & Camera Track

Credits reset every month. They do not carry over from month to month. Currently, when you run out of credits, you cannot process any more video in Autodesk Flow Studio until the next month, when you receive your next batch of credits. However, we are currently working to make it possible for you to purchase additional credits. Stay tuned for more info.

You can check your remaining balance in your account settings by clicking on your profile in the top right corner and selecting "Settings". The "i" bubble will display the remaining credits in seconds for each project type you have enabled. You can also check the remaining balance for a specific project type while in-project in the upper right corner.