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Has anyone else run into this issue? How did you solve it?
I’m able to use the chat normally, and it can help me develop the script, visual direction, and sound design. However, whenever I ask it to actually generate the video, I get the following message:
“The credit estimation service is temporarily unavailable.”
I’ve tried again many times, usually about once every hour, but I keep getting the exact same error and still can’t generate any video.
This happens on both the web version and the app, so it doesn’t seem to be limited to one platform.
Has anyone experienced the same problem? If so, were you able to fix it, and what worked for you?
I have a similar issue. When I use CapCut Video Studio, I get this error - 'There are not enough free seconds left in your account.' But, I have credits.
Same here. I’ve basically tried every video generation feature I can access, and without exception I either get the same kind of error, get told to try again, or the generation just fails completely.
What I don’t understand is that I still have credits available in my account,...
That's right, and I've seen other people use this platform. I noticed they had 10k credits from the CapCut CPP Application Form, but then a new Contra Application Form was added which gives 5k credits. Maybe this newest one has issues with limited seconds.
That was one of my guesses too, maybe generating a 30s video requires more than 5000 credits. But I also tried generating just a 5s video, and I still got an error saying it couldn’t generate. So at this point, it doesn’t really seem to be directly related to the number of...
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I am interested in creating worlds that exist somewhere between magical realism, liminal spaces, dreams, and quiet unease. Places that initially feel soft or nostalgic, but gradually reveal that their architecture, scale, or internal logic cannot be trusted.
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I developed the film in CapCut Video Studio using Seedance 2.5. I began with visual references centered on luminous horses, cyan rain, retro astronauts, pastel magical-girl imagery, artificial landscapes, wet reflections, 35mm grain, analog halation, and uncanny institutional architecture.
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