AI Video in 30 Days | ShipToLive

What to sign up for

Start on free tiers. Pay only once you've used the free credits for a week and know you want to continue.

Required · Day 8

Google AI Pro

US$19.99 / month

Veo 3.1 in Google Flow (labs.google/flow) and the Gemini app. 1,000 Flow credits a month, plus 50 free credits every day. Also includes Nano Banana for keyframe images.

Days 1–7: free 50 credits/day only. Subscribe on Day 8.

Free · Day 1

Kling AI

Free tier: 66 credits / month

klingai.com. A second model to compare against Veo, strong on motion and action. 66 credits is about two 5-second 720p clips, so save them for head-to-head comparisons. Most practice happens in Flow.

Credits expire a month after they arrive. Upgrade to Standard (US$10/mo, 660 credits) only if you need more Kling in Week 3.

Free · Day 1

CapCut

Free

Editing, subtitles, and 9:16 / 16:9 exports. DaVinci Resolve (free) is the alternative if you want more control.

Used from Day 7 onward.

Free · Day 22

YouTube channel

Free

A separate channel for publishing and measuring retention. Turn on the AI-content disclosure on every upload.

Set up in Week 4.

Optional · Day 23

Gemini API key

Pay per second of video

Via Google AI Studio. For calling Veo from code in Week 4. Set a budget alert in GCP before your first call.

Billed separately from Google AI Pro.

Optional · Day 20

ElevenLabs

Free tier

Voice-over and dialogue when Veo's built-in audio isn't good enough. Try the free tier before paying.

Only if Veo's native voices fall short.

Optional · Day 28

Higgsfield

No free credits · paid from ~US$15 / month

higgsfield.ai. Many video models in one place (Kling, Seedance, Veo and its own), so you can try one hard shot across several models without separate accounts. New accounts may get a 24-hour trial.

The trial needs a card and turns into a paid plan unless you cancel. Set a reminder to cancel before 24 hours.

Credit budget

Approximate cost per clip on the plans above, as of October 2026. Prices change often, so check the official pages before subscribing.

Tool · mode	Clip length	Credits	≈ Cost	Use it for
Veo 3.1 Lite	8 s	10	~NT$6	Quick tests, prompt experiments
Veo 3.1 Fast	8 s	20	~NT$13	Everyday drafts (your default)
Veo 3.1 Quality	8 s	100	~NT$65	1–2 hero shots per episode
Kling 3.0 · 720p	5 s	30	~NT$15	Action and motion comparisons
Kling 3.0 · 1080p + audio	5 s	60	~NT$30	Final action shots

Set Flow to 1 output per prompt.It defaults to 2 videos per request, which doubles your credit use.

Credits don't roll over.Daily credits reset each day; monthly credits expire. Use the free 50 every day.

Budget 3–5 tries per kept clip.A 60-second episode ≈ 8 clips ≈ 640 Fast credits.

The daily 2 hours

Same shape every day, so you spend the time making, not deciding what to do.

20 minLearn: one technique, one tutorial or reference video

80 minMake: generate, compare, iterate

20 minLog: best prompt, what failed, credits spent

The prompt formula you'll practice all month

Subject+Action+Setting+Camera+Lighting+Style+Audio

A tired night-shift nurse in her 30s leans against a vending machine,
staring at her phone and slowly smiling. Empty hospital corridor at 3am.
Slow dolly-in from medium shot to close-up. Cool fluorescent light with
a warm glow from the phone screen. Realistic, 35mm film look, shallow
depth of field. Audio: faint fluorescent hum, distant monitor beeps,
she whispers "finally."