MJ Dance and Dark Wings have almost no preview discount

Most one-taps roughly double from preview to full. MJ Dance is 71/78 and Dark Wings is 54/58 — draft-mode savings are a few credits. MJ Dance is motion-controlled from a reference clip, not a restyle. Both still consume one photo via start_template_run.

The habit “run preview, then spend full” is correct on most of the templates shelf. It is almost a no-op on these two rows. Budget the full figure as if you were already shipping. The photo is still required. The format is still the file. The gap is just not a second look.

Most one-taps roughly double

Each one-tap publishes estimatedCreditCost and estimatedFullCreditCost. Where those integers differ, the first is the preview-quality pass and the second is the full-quality render. On most of the shelf, the second is about twice the first.

From src/data/templates.json: Finger Snap is 22 / 43. Mugshot is 26 / 50. Tiger Hug is 49 / 98. Pet Mukbang is 64 / 128. Several others sit at 68 / 135. Those preview passes are real savings. You can reject a face crop before you pay the top rate. Flaming Rider (89 / 129) is the same shape with a smaller step — still a cheaper first look, not a rounding error.

Run a one-tap AI video template is the named job. get_template tells the agent which inputs the id needs. Once the photo is a hosted URL from the attach button, start_template_run starts it. You do not pick Veo versus Kling inside the template. The template already chose its stack. Do not copy anyone else’s slash onto MJ Dance or Dark Wings. The catalog stored two integers that barely move.

MJ Dance is 71 / 78, and it is not a restyle

MJ Dance publishes 71 credits at preview and 78 at full. That is a seven-credit gap. Draft-mode savings are a few credits. The first dispatch is already the neighbourhood of the bill.

The format is motion-controlled animation driven by the MJ reference clip. Upload your photo. The template transfers that choreography onto the still. It is not a restyle pass. A restyle re-paints the look and hopes the pose survives. Rewriting a Veo prompt to “do moonwalk, restyle my jacket” is a generate. It will invent a different dancer. That is not a rerun of mj_dance.

The only required input is user_image_url, labelled “Your photo.” Face-on, sharp, one person. A group shot or a tiny crop is how you spend 71–78 on the wrong body. You do not pick the renderer. You do not attach a second driving clip. If you needed a custom dance from a clip you own, that is transfer a dance or motion onto a photo — a different job. MJ Dance is the one-tap file.

The named-job writeup is a one-tap AI video template is a photo in and a finished clip out. This page is the credit pair.

Dark Wings is 54 / 58

Dark Wings publishes 54 at preview and 58 at full. Four credits. Same story as MJ Dance: the catalog has almost no cheaper resolution to offer. Budget 58. A “draft mode” checkbox, if you came here looking for one, does not move this row by a meaningful slice.

The format: stand in a green field, rip a shirt, unfurl massive dark angel wings as the sky turns into a storm. Required input is again user_image_url — “Your photo.” One person. The transformation is the template’s blocking. You cannot prompt this week’s sky on this object. Run the template, or leave it and generate. Do not mix the two in one estimate.

Both still consume one photo via start_template_run. The missing preview gap does not turn them into text-only jobs. Starting before the photo is a hosted URL is a failed run. request_asset_upload is for workflow assets, not for this. Cancel an in-flight run with cancel_template_run. Closing the chat is not a cancel.

Finger Snap still doubles; one photo, then stop

Finger Snap is the control: 22 / 43, roughly 2×, same start_template_run door, same required photo. If you needed a cheap first look of “does this face read,” Finger Snap actually drafts. MJ Dance and Dark Wings are not that lever.

A new run is a new file. It does not continue last week’s clip. What you can change every week: the photo, the caption after export. What you cannot change by rewriting a prompt: the template’s blocking, or a preview rate the catalog never stored. If no template matches, generate. Forcing MJ Dance to be a product demo is paying for the motion-control format and then not posting it. The templates catalog is the shelf. 71 / 78 and 54 / 58 are the published pairs. They are not rounding.

FAQ

Why isn’t there a cheaper preview figure on MJ Dance?

The page lists 71 / 78 because the catalog’s preview estimate and full estimate barely move. Most one-taps roughly double. This one does not. Read the still against the format, then pay in that neighbourhood.

Is MJ Dance a restyle of my photo?

No. It is motion-controlled from the MJ reference clip. Your photo is identity. The move is the driver already in the template. A restyle prompt in a blank generate is a different object.

Does Dark Wings skip the photo because the discount is tiny?

No. Both still consume one photo via start_template_run. 54 / 58 is the credit pair, not a text-only door. Attach the still. Then start.

Is Finger Snap priced like these two?

No. Finger Snap is 22 / 43 — roughly double, a real preview pass. Use it when you actually needed a cheap first look. Do not copy its slash onto mj_dance or dark_wings.