What Quality Mode makes
Every message you send uses credits, metered by what it actually cost to make. The film below was made in Quality Mode from one prompt, in one run.
Prompt
"A 30-second 16:9 film: the life of our sourdough starter from day 0 to today, for Fernwood Bakery. Black ink on cream paper only, like a carved linocut: thick rough edges, gouge marks, white lines cut out of black areas, and lines that shiver slightly as if every frame were printed again. The starter is a small ink blob that bubbles and grows. Chapters, each with a hand-lettered caption in a little box: "day 0" (a jar on a windowsill, a spoon of flour); "feeding. every day." (the blob grows, calendar pages tear away); "the first loaf" (a dark bakery corridor in one-point perspective, a lamp cone, two bakers lifting a loaf from the oven); "then the whole street" (rows of rooftops, every window lit, a loaf in each); "now" (the blob has become a big starburst stamp). End on "Fernwood Bakery · est. 2019" carved into the stamp. No grey, no colour, no gradients."
Made with FrameCall in Quality Mode
Comparison
When to use which
Fast Mode
- Exploring ideas and trying different directions
- Quick iterations ("make it bigger", "change the color")
- Generating lots of takes on the Variants page
- When you want speed over polish
Quality Mode
- Final version for production use
- Complex multi-scene animations
- Client deliverables and presentations
- When creativity and visual detail matter
Pro tip: Start fast, finish with quality
Use Fast Mode on the Variants page to explore a few creative directions cheaply. Once you find a direction you like, switch to Quality Mode for the final version. Quality needs a balance of 250 credits for a new video, so it opens up once you buy a pack.