Reallusion AI Studio is a free desktop app from Reallusion, the maker of iClone and Character Creator, that turns 3D scenes, cameras and characters into AI video with Seedance, Kling, Veo and other models. The app is free; generation runs on AI Points, from a free 500 points to Pro at $95 a month. ScreenWeaver starts from the screenplay instead: write it, storyboard it, then generate each shot.
The verdict: pick Reallusion AI Studio if you already block scenes in iClone and want 3D control over AI video. Pick ScreenWeaver if the story starts on the page and you have no 3D pipeline.
Every Reallusion AI Studio fact below comes from ai.reallusion.com (AI Studio page and AI Cloud plans), the Reallusion forum, The Next Web, WWWhat's New and the AI Studio 1.1 press release, all read on 14 November 2026.
What Reallusion AI Studio is
Reallusion launched AI Studio in early access on 25 May 2026 as a "creative alliance" with ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 (The Next Web, Alina Maria Stan, 25 May 2026; WWWhat's New, Natalia Polo, 26 May 2026). The Next Web describes Reallusion as founded in 1993, with R&D in Taiwan and offices in Silicon Valley, Canada, Germany and Japan. The app left early access in June, alongside a free iClone Personal, and version 1.1 (press release, 2 September 2026) made it "a fully standalone application" that no longer needs iClone or Character Creator open.
Its official page calls it "a standalone desktop app, free to download". What it does:
- 3D Guided Scene Layout and 3D Previs to AI Cinematography: you place characters, props and cameras in 3D, and that layout steers the AI shot. The Next Web sums up the bet: 3D data as a "precision control layer" instead of text prompts alone.
- AI Actors: characters built from Character Creator models, your own images or a reference sheet, kept across shots, with talking animation and lip-sync. The page lists "200 fully prepared AI Actors" and "5,000+ ready-to-use 3D assets".
- Many models in one place: Seedance 2.0 and 2.5 (with a cheaper 480p draft mode), Kling 3.0, Veo 3.1, LTX 2.3, Flux, Nano Banana and GPT Image, plus Topaz upscaling.
What the launch coverage leaves out:
- Much of it is paid. The Creative Bloq piece that tests AI Studio says it was made "as part of a paid partnership with Reallusion", and the befores & afters and Digital Production launch articles are advertorials.
- The pages disagree with each other. The AI Studio page says Seedance "supports up to 10 reference inputs"; the 1.1 press release says up to 50 for Seedance 2.5. The plans page lists commercial use on every paid plan, while the June launch copy says Starter is "limited to personal and social use" and names a "Basic" tier the plans page does not have. Check the plan terms before you sell a film made on Starter.
- There is no script. No page we read mentions a screenplay, a script import or a storyboard from text. The input is a 3D scene, images, voice and references. The installer offered for download is a Windows .exe, and the page names no Mac version.
- Users talk about cost. In the forum thread "My (honest) review on AI Studio" (May 2026), testers praise the image quality but one writes "To be honest, it's crazy expensive", and another lost 300 credits in a crash. A Reallusion staff post answers: "we do need to charge for generations".
Reallusion AI Studio vs ScreenWeaver, side by side
| Reallusion AI Studio | ScreenWeaver | |
|---|---|---|
| Made by | Reallusion Inc. (iClone, Character Creator) | ScreenWeaver |
| Can you use it? | Yes, desktop app (Windows installer offered) | Yes, web, installable on any phone browser |
| Price | App free; AI Points: Free 500, Starter $11/mo, Standard $35/mo, Pro $95/mo, 20% off yearly (14 Nov 2026) | Writing free, Auteur $39.99/mo (6,000 credits), Studio $149.99/mo (25,000) |
| Starts from | A 3D scene, images or a reference sheet | A blank page or your script (PDF, Final Draft, text) |
| Screenplay editor | No | Yes, a full script editor, free |
| Storyboard | Partly: 3D previs layouts, no boards from a script | Yes, shot by shot from the script, with framing, camera move and duration |
| Animatic | No timed animatic described | Yes, timed shots |
| AI video | Yes: Seedance 2.0 and 2.5, Kling 3.0, Veo 3.1, LTX 2.3 | Yes: Seedance 2.5, Kling 3.0, Veo 3.1 and more, per shot |
| Characters | AI Actors from 3D models, photos or a sheet | Story elements with reference sheets, cited in every shot |
| Export | Not specified on its pages | Video, plus scripts to PDF and .fdx |
| Collaboration | Project sharing on Pro | Studio plan, real-time, unlimited seats |
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Start FreeWhat ScreenWeaver does that Reallusion AI Studio does not
The story comes first. AI Studio starts once the scene exists in 3D. ScreenWeaver starts with the screenplay, in a free editor, and on the Auteur plan writes the shooting script and generates the storyboard from it, with framing, movement and duration per shot. The AI storyboard generator page shows the steps.
No 3D skills needed. You do not have to dress a set, rig a character or place a camera. For a 3D look, the AI 3D animation generator page shows a comedy scene taken from the page to final frames.
Any computer, any phone. ScreenWeaver runs in the browser on Windows, Mac or Linux and installs on a phone, with nothing to download.
A cast that holds without a 3D model. Characters, places and props are story elements with a reference sheet that every shot cites. Build one free with the character consistency sheet.
What Reallusion AI Studio does better
AI Studio gives 3D animators something prompts cannot: the exact pose, camera position and motion of a scene they built, passed to the video model. If you own iClone and Character Creator, your existing characters, motion library and sets become AI shots, with lip-sync and 200 ready AI Actors. Its entry price is also low: 500 free points to test, and Starter at $11 a month. Seedance 2.5 runs in both tools; our Seedance 2.5 page shows what it does in ScreenWeaver.
Which one fits you?
- A 3D animator already in iClone or Character Creator: Reallusion AI Studio. Your scenes stay the control layer and the AI does the render.
- A writer or director with a screenplay: ScreenWeaver. Write, board, time the shots and generate them, all in one project. Compare the plans and credits.
- Choosing a previs tool: the previs vs storyboard vs animatic guide explains which stage you need. For other 3D previs tools, read Spark Story vs ScreenWeaver and our Previs Pro alternative page.
FAQ
Is Reallusion AI Studio free? The app is free to download, and the free plan gives 500 AI Points. On 14 November 2026 that plan excluded Seedance and limited output to testing and evaluation. Paid plans run from $11 to $95 a month.
How much does a video cost in Reallusion AI Studio? The plans page sets 1 USD at 100 AI Points. Five seconds of Seedance 2.0 cost 125 points at 720p, 275 at 1080p and 600 in 4K; Seedance 2.5 costs 150 points at 720p and 375 at 1080p.
Do I need iClone to use Reallusion AI Studio? No. Since version 1.1 it runs on its own. Reallusion suggests pairing it with the free iClone Personal and Character Creator for 3D control.
Is Reallusion AI Studio better than ScreenWeaver? For 3D animators who want AI renders of scenes they built, yes. For writing a screenplay and turning it into a storyboard and shots, ScreenWeaver does more.
Can I bring a script into Reallusion AI Studio? No page we read describes a script import. Write and board in ScreenWeaver, which imports PDF and Final Draft (.fdx) files.
Sources: Reallusion AI Studio, AI Cloud plans, The Next Web, 25 May 2026, WWWhat's New, 26 May 2026, AI Studio 1.1 press release, 2 September 2026, Reallusion forum review thread, Reallusion staff note, Creative Bloq (paid partnership). Read on 14 November 2026.
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