AI 'credit anxiety' is dead – Freepik's unlimited AI video tools are a game-changer for creators

I’ve been dabbling with AI models lately, and there’s something I never really counted: the creeping anxiety of the ‘credit counter’. Ten generations left. Five. One. And then? Nothing. Unless you pay up or wait until next month to recharge. Creative gamification, and the sense that only those with the deepest pockets can take part in the ‘AI revolution’. What happened to democratising creativity?

It's the kind of friction that kills momentum and buries good ideas in the graveyard of creative bottlenecks. (I learned a little more about AI workflows when I went to an AI art conference.)

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Ian Dean
Editor, Digital Arts & 3D

Ian Dean is Editor, Digital Arts & 3D at Creative Bloq, and the former editor of many leading magazines. These titles included ImagineFX, 3D World and video game titles Play and Official PlayStation Magazine. Ian launched Xbox magazine X360 and edited PlayStation World. For Creative Bloq, Ian combines his experiences to bring the latest news on digital art, VFX and video games and tech, and in his spare time he doodles in Procreate, ArtRage, and Rebelle while finding time to play Xbox and PS5.

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