Nothing at this bench is poured by eye. Every job in the studio quotes its exact credit cost before it runs, and the craft of spending well is mostly the craft of reading that figure the way a careful worker reads a measure — before committing, not after.
The standard still is the everyday measure: 6 credits, flat, made for proving a character and building a series. The premium still at 41 credits is the full vessel — worth it for the frame that fronts a pack, wasteful for daily work. Edits at 21 and face swaps at 26 are the corrections, spent on frames that already earned their place. Upscalers, at 61 for images and from 101 for video, are the final decanting: delivery only, never discovery.
Video quotes deserve a slower read, because they are calculated per job by duration and resolution. The figure is printed before you confirm; check whether this clip, at this length, earns its cost — the same question you would ask of any measure before pouring it.
Nothing at this bench charges silently, and a failed job refunds itself. The only way to overspend here is to stop reading the measures.