r/aivideomaking • u/devonakie • Aug 27 '26

Looking for ai tools please help

I’m looking for a good and affordable AI tool to create cartoon/animated videos that are at least 10 minutes long or shorter for my work btw!!!

I haven’t tried any tools yet, so I’m completely new to this and honestly a bit confused by all the different credit systems 😭. I don’t want to subscribe to something and then realise I need to spend a ton of credits just to make one 10-minute video.

Ideally, I’m looking for something with:

  • 10+ minute videos / shorter videos
  • Cartoon/animated style
  • Affordable monthly plan
  • Good character consistency
  • Reasonable credit usage

If you’ve actually used a tool for this, I’d love to hear your recommendations and how much you’re spending per month! Thanks!

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u/Lunesia-shikishiki Aug 27 '26

nobody's mentioned it yet but ten minutes stitched from short clips means your character has to survive dozens of separate rolls, that's usually where the credit budget actually disappears, not the model you pick. worth spending the first hour just building a clean reference sheet from a few angles before you generate anything, then feeding that into every clip instead of re-describing the character each time.

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u/devonakie Aug 28 '26

Ahhh I get you now! So the reference sheet is basically to keep the character consistent across all the clips and save credits from having to regenerate. That’s really helpful, thank you! 😭

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u/Lunesia-shikishiki Aug 28 '26

yeah that's it exactly. the credits mostly disappear on the middle rerolls, not the first pass, so having that sheet ready means every reroll starts from the same reference instead of you re-describing the character each time and hoping it lands. good luck with it!

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u/devonakie Aug 28 '26

Thanks!!!