{
  "bible": {
    "model": "openai/gpt-image-2",
    "model_with_own_photo": "openai/gpt-image-2/edit",
    "input": {
      "image_size": {
        "width": 1536,
        "height": 864
      },
      "quality": "high",
      "num_images": 1,
      "output_format": "jpeg"
    },
    "approx_cost_per_image": 0.25
  },
  "keyframe": {
    "model": "openai/gpt-image-2/edit",
    "model_without_references": "openai/gpt-image-2",
    "input": {
      "quality": "high",
      "num_images": 1,
      "output_format": "jpeg"
    },
    "image_sizes": {
      "16:9": {
        "width": 1536,
        "height": 864
      },
      "9:16": {
        "width": 864,
        "height": 1536
      },
      "16:9-1080p": {
        "width": 2048,
        "height": 1152
      },
      "9:16-1080p": {
        "width": 1152,
        "height": 2048
      }
    },
    "max_references": 3,
    "approx_cost_per_image": 0.28
  },
  "video": {
    "draft": {
      "model": "bytedance/seedance-2.0/mini/image-to-video",
      "input": {
        "resolution": "480p",
        "aspect_ratio": "auto",
        "generate_audio": false
      },
      "duration_seconds": "4-15",
      "approx_cost_per_second": {
        "480p": 0.0721
      }
    },
    "final": {
      "model": "bytedance/seedance-2.5/image-to-video",
      "input": {
        "resolution": "720p",
        "aspect_ratio": "auto",
        "generate_audio": true,
        "bitrate_mode": "high",
        "codec": "H264"
      },
      "duration_seconds": "4-30 (this Skill uses 4-6 per shot)",
      "approx_cost_per_second": {
        "480p": 0.2205,
        "720p": 0.473,
        "1080p": 1.164
      }
    },
    "alternatives_for_faces_or_failures": {
      "note": "Seedance on fal refuses clearly visible realistic faces. Tested 2026-10-16 on one face-forward synthetic close-up: Kling accepted it and held the face for 3 s; Veo accepted it but the face drifted within 4 s. Test one draft first; the look differs from Seedance.",
      "kling": {
        "model": "fal-ai/kling-video/v3/turbo/pro/image-to-video",
        "input": {
          "duration": "5"
        },
        "fields": "prompt, image_url, duration \"3\"-\"15\", optional multi_prompt; no resolution, end_image_url, generate_audio, bitrate_mode or codec; returned 1920x1080 with a sound track",
        "approx_cost_per_second": 0.14
      },
      "veo": {
        "model": "fal-ai/veo3.1/image-to-video",
        "input": {
          "duration": "4s",
          "resolution": "720p",
          "generate_audio": false
        },
        "fields": "prompt, image_url (16:9 or 9:16, 720p or more), duration \"4s\"/\"6s\"/\"8s\", resolution 720p/1080p, generate_audio, aspect_ratio, optional negative_prompt",
        "approx_cost_per_second": {
          "silent": 0.2,
          "with_audio": 0.4
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "defaults": {
    "length_seconds": 30,
    "aspect": "16:9",
    "final_resolution": "720p",
    "shot_seconds": {
      "establishing": 6,
      "default": 5,
      "insert_or_close": 4,
      "closing": 6
    },
    "assembly": {
      "grain": 6,
      "bloom": 0.08,
      "vignette": 0.35,
      "dissolve_seconds": 0.6,
      "crf": 20,
      "preview_max_mb": 7.5,
      "fps": 24
    }
  },
  "cost_note": "fal list prices checked 2026-10-16. GPT Image 2 is token-billed (about $0.25 per high-quality 1536x864 still, about $0.28 with references). Seedance is billed per video token: tokens = width x height x 24 x seconds / 1024; 720p is about $0.473 per second. A 30 s film is about $23-29 and a 45 s film about $29-35 including drafts and the usual re-rolls (the 9-shot sample cost $33.62); build-requests.mjs --stage estimate prints the total for a real shot list. Quote it and get one yes before the first paid call."
}