Free and Pro
Counted from the code rather than from the pricing page, because the two have drifted before.
What free includes
- 15 render modes: Characters, Mixed, Block, Dots, Braille, Dither, Pixel Art, Mosaic, LEGO, Voxel, Cross, Diamond, Lines, Diagonal and Disco.
- 16 of the 28 post effects, including vignette, bloom, film grain, glitch, pixelate, halftone, sharpen and the whole blur family.
- Every dither palette and algorithm. 15 palettes plus a custom one, and 15 algorithms.
- Unlimited exports at every scale. There is no export limit and no watermark anywhere in the codebase.
- Recipes, projects and sharing.
- 3 generative credits on signup.
"No watermark" is true, but it is not a Pro feature. No watermark exists in the product at all, so free output is unmarked because there is nothing to mark it with.
What Pro adds
- The other 76 render modes, including the whole glass, material, print and glitch families.
- 12 more post effects, plus Levels and Curves.
- 10 generative credits on each billing period.
- Pro video backgrounds in the library.
How the gate works
Free is an allowlist, not a blocklist. Anything not explicitly listed as free is Pro from the moment it exists. Practically that means a style added next week is Pro by default.
The entitlement is read from your account on every check, so upgrading takes effect immediately with no sign out. Locked styles are visible and previewable; picking one opens the upgrade sheet rather than silently rendering something else.
Every one of these checks runs in the browser. They are a product surface, not a security boundary. Real enforcement sits on the server for generative renders and for the Pro renderer code itself.
The free render modes, in full
| Style | Mode id | Category |
|---|---|---|
| Block | block-chars | ASCII and Text |
| Braille | braille | ASCII and Text |
| Characters | characters | ASCII and Text |
| Dots | dots | ASCII and Text |
| Mixed | mixed | ASCII and Text |
| Cross | cross | Geometric |
| Diagonal | diagonal | Geometric |
| Diamond | diamond | Geometric |
| Lines | lines | Geometric |
| Disco | disco | Light and Colour |
| LEGO | lego | Pixel and Blocks |
| Mosaic | mosaic | Pixel and Blocks |
| Pixel Art | pixel | Pixel and Blocks |
| Voxel | 3d | Pixel and Blocks |
| Dither | dither | Print and Paper |
The free post effects, in full
| Effect | Key |
|---|---|
| Vignette | vignette |
| Scan Lines | scanLines |
| CRT Curvature | crtCurve |
| Chromatic | chromatic |
| Bloom | bloom |
| Character Bloom | charBloom |
| Character Chromatic | charChroma |
| Film Grain | filmGrain |
| Glitch | glitch |
| RGB Split | rgbSplit |
| Pixelate | pixelate |
| Halftone | halftone |
| Film Dust | filmDust |
| Noise | noise |
| Sharpen | sharpen |
| Blur | advBlur |
Blur is one entry that covers several looks. advBlur discriminates on its own type
field, so Gaussian, lens and tilt-shift flavours all arrive through the same free effect rather
than being gated individually.
The Pro post effects
| Effect | Key |
|---|---|
| ASCII | ascii |
| Diffuse | diffuse |
| Threshold | threshold |
| Reduce Noise | reduceNoise |
| Pinch | pinch |
| Spherize | spherize |
| Twirl | twirl |
| ZigZag | ripple |
| Ripple | zigzag |
| Polar | polar |
| Shear | shear |
| Fragment | fragment |
Levels and Curves are Pro as well, and sit outside this count because they are tone grades rather than effect passes.
Locked is visible, not hidden
A Pro style or effect stays in the browser on a free account, with its name and its thumbnail. Picking one opens the upgrade prompt rather than rendering, and nothing is ever silently substituted for something you did not choose.
Hiding them would make the catalog look smaller than it is, and would mean discovering a style only after paying for it. Showing them costs a moment of friction and is the honest trade.
What is not a Pro feature
Worth stating plainly, because these are the things people assume are gated:
| Thing | Reality |
|---|---|
| Watermarks | There is no watermark anywhere in the product. Free output is unmarked because there is nothing to mark it with, not because you earned it. |
| Export resolution | Identical on both tiers. 1x to 4x, same ceilings. |
| 4K export | Not a preset and not a tier. It is whatever scale multiplies your source up to roughly 4K, and free accounts reach it the same way. |
| Video export | Free. The caps are device caps, not plan caps. |
| Priority rendering | Does not exist. Rendering is local, so there is no queue to be at the front of. |
| Recipes, projects, sharing | Free. |
Credits
The one metered thing. A free account starts with three, and Pro adds ten per billing period. They roll over rather than expiring, and cancelling does not claw back a balance you already have. Credits are spent only by a generative render, at one credit for 1K, two for 2K and three for 4K, charged per attempt including a regenerate.
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