Manual
Seven sections, fifteen entries
Printed in full below, in the order the machine is normally paid for and used: what is charged, how the ledger records it, how an item is commissioned, what is delivered. If the entry you need is not on the sheet, send it in.
ARating
- A1Credit schedule
- Script and storyboard: 10 credits. Visuals and voice: 2 credits per scene. Composite: 5 credits. A five-scene, thirty-second item is therefore charged at approximately 25.
- A2Opening allowance
- An allowance of 50 credits is issued to every new account at no charge and is spent at the rates above.
BLedger
- B1Reservation and release
- Credits are reserved by an operation before it begins and settled once it completes. Failure releases the reservation in full, automatically. No claim is required, and no charge stands against an output that was not delivered.
- B2Statement lines
- Every reservation and every release is listed on the Usage page against the operation that caused it, next to the balance the account currently holds. Nothing is deducted twice.
CPayment
- C1Top-up procedure
- Top-ups are taken on the Billing page. Accepted amounts are bounded at both ends and the limits are printed beside the field. Processing is carried out by Mastercard Payment Gateway Services. Card numbers in full and security codes are not retained on our servers.
- C2Card retention
- A card may be marked for retention at the time of payment. Retained cards are held in the gateway vault; this system keeps a reference token only. Retention is the precondition for single-action top-ups and for monthly plans, and it can be withdrawn from the Billing page.
- C3Plan terms
- A plan issues a fixed quantity of credits each month at a reduced unit rate against the top-up price. Cancellation is a single action and takes effect at the next billing date; credits issued under the current term remain in the balance until they are spent.
DCommissioning
- D1Order intake
- Register, open Create, and enter the subject in one line. Script and storyboard are produced first. The scene list is presented for correction before any media is generated. Media generation and composite follow on your instruction, not before it.
- D2Configuration fields
- Aspect ratio: 16:9 | 9:16 | 1:1 | 4:5. Language: English, Greek, Russian, German, French or Spanish. Voice: selected per language. Duration: target running time, which the narration is written to fit. Tone: applied to the writing. All fields stay adjustable after the item is open.
- D3Stored configurations
- A stored configuration carries tone, style, aspect ratio and duration for a known category of item, filled in before you arrive. Supply the subject line only. Every value it carries can be overridden.
EScene unit
- E1Sequence control
- Controls: Move scene up, Move scene down. One position per action. Duplication, deletion and single-scene regeneration are on the same control group and affect no other scene.
- E2Editable fields
- Six per scene: narration; heading; visual description; transition; duration; cue text.
FCaptions
- F1Cue generation
- Cue text and cue timing are generated with the media and aligned to the voice track. Both are correctable before the composite. Cues are burnt into the frame rather than supplied beside it, so the item stays readable with audio off.
GOutput
- G1Delivered file
- H.264 MP4, 1080p, in the aspect ratio set on the item, retrieved through a download link issued per file. Caption text is composited into the picture at render rather than issued as a separate file.
- G2Replacement output
- Any adjustment can be composited again at the composite charge. The preceding file stays retrievable until the replacement completes; there is no interval without a usable copy.