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    Recraft V4: lock this still before you buy motion (5cr)

    Recraft V4 is the stills row. Animate after approval. Do not generate the pack inside the video model.

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    Recraft V4 is the stills row. Animate after approval. Do not generate the pack inside the video model.

    Recraft V4 is Recraft's latest text-to-image model with exceptional design quality and typography support. Category is text-to-image. Five credits, flat per call. audio is null. No duration. requires_image is false. Features on the row: design quality, typography, vector-style. That is a poster, a label, a slide, a lockup — not a clip.

    Five credits for type that still reads after you stare

    Most stills rows will paint letter-shaped marks. Recraft V4 is in the catalog because typography support is a listed feature. If the brief has words that must be words — a product name, a campaign line, a price that legal will read — lock them here. Animating "almost lettering" inside a video model is how you ship a misspelt pack at 24 frames a second.

    There is no max_output_resolution listed on this slug. Do not advertise 4K because a sibling stills model has it. Generate, inspect the type at 100%, then upscale the image if the placement needs more pixels. Upscaling mushy type will not invent spelling.

    The text to image tool is the door. Recraft's provider roster is the family. The switcher from Recraft-the-app is a Recraft alternative. This page is only V4: 5 credits, design quality, typography, stills only.

    Ratios a layout actually uses

    Aspect on Recraft V4 is a designer's list, not a video list: 1:1, 4:3, 3:4, 3:2, 2:3, 16:9, 9:16, 1:2, 2:1, 14:10, 10:14, 4:5, 5:4, 6:10. 14:10 and 6:10 exist because layouts exist. Pick the ratio of the lockup. Generating 1:1 and "we'll crop for the story" is how the type hierarchy dies in the crop.

    Vector-style is a listed feature, not a promise that the file is an SVG you can edit in Illustrator. Treat the output as a raster still with a designer's sense of shape. If you need a true vector, that is a different pipeline after approval.

    Do not prompt camera moves. Do not prompt foley. Five credits buys a still. Motion will smear lettering you have not locked; get the words right first.

    The pack does not live in the video model

    A video prompt that includes "the poster reads SUMMER SALE" is how SUMMER SALE becomes SUMMR SAL. Make the poster on Recraft V4. Approve the spelling. Then either:

    • Use the still as a first frame on an image-to-video row, knowing type may swim
    • Composite the still over a motion plate in the video editor
    • Leave it as a still. Not every layout wants to move.

    Lock the still before you spend on motion still applies. Recraft V4 is the stills specialist for design and type at 5 credits a call. If you needed a 1-credit flash iterate with no type, that is Flux 2 Flash. If you needed Wan-shaped cinematic frames, that is Wan Preview 2.5. Do not name-swap them.

    FAQ

    Can Recraft V4 generate video?

    No. Content type is image. Five credits buys a still with design-quality and typography support. Animate after approval, on a video slug, if the layout should move at all.

    Is there a 4K toggle?

    Not listed. max_output_resolution is null on this row. Inspect the type, then upscale if needed. Do not assume a 4K enum that is not here.

    Why these odd aspect ratios?

    Because the row is a design model. 14:10, 10:14, 6:10, 2:1 sit next to the usual 1:1 / 16:9 / 9:16. Match the layout you are locking, not the Reels crop you might make later.

    What do 5 credits buy?

    One Recraft V4 generate: text-to-image, flat 5 credits, typography and design quality as listed. Not a clip, not audio, not a guaranteed vector file. Approve the still. Then decide whether it ever needs motion.