Scale questions: planning a series by the limits
Each question starts from a planning problem: how many shots can run overnight, where the files will live, who can work on them. Under it sit the tools whose own plan pages give an answer. As of 2026-09-25.
Answers list tools alphabetically, each linked to the page that states the limit.
Each question links to the limit field it draws on.
1Pages in this sheet
- Can you get back a deleted AI video? — It depends on the tool. Pippit lets you recover deleted drafts and videos for up to 30 days.
- Do AI video and image jobs share one limit? — The pages split it differently. Runway counts videos and images together, 5 or 15 at once; Pika counts 2 videos alongside 2 or 8 images…
- Do bought AI video credits expire? — The pages that say so split two ways. Krea's compute packs expire after 90 days, Pika's and OiiOii's top-ups after 365 days…
- Do unused AI video credits roll over? — Mostly not. Ten pages say plan credits reset each cycle, and four give them a fixed life of 30 to 180 days.
- How long do AI video tools keep your files? — Three pages give days. AI Drama Generator keeps cloud storage 30 days on Free and 365 on Basic; Kapwing keeps project files 3 days on Free…
- How much more runs at once on a higher AI video plan? — Where a page gives both numbers the step is large…
- Is there a limit on how many AI video projects you keep? — Three pages answer it. Descript allows unlimited projects on every plan and Kapwing on its paid plans.
- What changes on an AI video team plan? — On the pages that describe team plans, the step is mostly in running at once and in storage: OiiOii goes to 28 storyboards at once…
- What happens to AI video jobs past the limit? — Three pages speak to it. Krea queues the extra jobs instead of stopping new submissions, Midjourney holds up to 10 queued jobs behind the running ones…
- Which AI video tools count team plans by the seat? — Topview, invideo, HeyGen, Descript and Runway count team plans by the seat or the person, and Morphic sells extra users on Pro and Max.
- Which AI video tools have a priority queue? — Eleven pages describe a priority or dedicated queue…
- Which AI video tools have a slow lane with no credits? — Runway's Unlimited Mode, DomoAI's and Midjourney's Relax Mode and Vidu's Off-Peak Mode generate without spending credits…
- Which AI video tools let you bring in collaborators? — Ten pages describe people working together without a seat price…
- Which AI video tools say how many jobs run at once? — Twelve tools print the number…
- Which AI video tools sell extra credits? — Twelve pages sell them without stating how long they last…
- Which AI video tools state how much storage you get? — Seven pages state storage…
2What a series pipeline carries
Limits aside, the series work behind “Scale questions” is described in SceneMixer's guides like this:
Character consistency in AI short drama means one character keeps the same face, the same wardrobe and props, and the same art direction across the dozens to hundreds of shots in a series.
SceneMixer, AI Short Drama Character Consistency (2026): Why Faces Change Between Shots, and the Three Layers That Lock Them (read 2026-10-13)
An AI short drama is a serialized show of 60–120 second vertical episodes whose cast, sets and footage are generated by AI. Making one takes six steps: analyze the script into episodes, lock a consistent cast with reference art, localize for your market, write and edit storyboards, generate each 4–15 second shot, then composite and publish.
SceneMixer, How to Make an AI Short Drama, Step by Step (read 2026-10-13)