Clear answers before you install.

Yes. The app opens on the free Basic plan with no license key and no time limit. You get one-click, persona, and motion graphics Shorts at 3 scenes each, the full manual editor, the AI Video Editor (including Shorts), thumbnails, and batch rendering - with no export resolution cap. See what free includes for the full comparison. The software is free, but AI generation is not: you still add your own OpenAI API key and that provider bills your usage directly.

No. The Basic plan is free, and Pro is a $99 one-time payment rather than a subscription. Software downloads (re-downloads included) and product updates and future major version upgrades are guaranteed for 12 months from the purchase date, and software you have downloaded keeps working with no time limit after that. AI API fees are separate on both plans.

Windows 10/11 and Apple Silicon Macs (M1 or later) on macOS 14 or later are supported.

Yes. Software downloads (re-downloads included) and product updates and future major version upgrades are guaranteed for 12 months from the purchase date. Software you have already downloaded and installed has no time limit on use, so it keeps working after that period. AI provider pricing, model access, and usage limits remain separate from the software license.

After purchase, find the license key provided with your order, launch Aon Pro Studio, choose license-key activation, and enter the key.

One license key activates one computer. If you move to a new computer or reinstall the operating system, release it yourself on our change computer page by entering your license key. You can change once every 30 days, and the old computer stops working within 10 days.

You can get a full refund within 7 days of payment (or of receiving your key, if later) as long as you have not yet activated the license key in the software. Once the refund is complete, the license key for that order is deactivated. See the refund policy.

No. AI API costs are not included in the product price. You bring your own provider keys and pay those providers directly according to your usage.

Yes. An OpenAI API key is required for core AI-backed workflows such as script generation, image generation, voice, transcription, and analysis where those features use OpenAI. Manual project review and editing can still happen in the app, but AI generation requires valid provider access. See the API key setup guide for step-by-step instructions with official links.

You can choose free voices made on your own computer with no API key, or four TTS providers: OpenAI, MiniMax, ElevenLabs, and Typecast. OpenAI covers standard voices, MiniMax and ElevenLabs add higher-quality, more natural voices, and Typecast adds voice-actor style voices that are especially strong in Korean. The voice picker loads each provider's list in its own tab with free sample previews, and you pay each provider directly with your own key. The API key setup guide covers all four.

In most cases the OpenAI API key does not activate because no payment method has been registered. A key created on an account with no billing set up and a $0 balance returns errors such as insufficient_quota, even though the key itself looks valid. Add a payment method and a small prepaid balance on the OpenAI billing page, then try again. Also re-copy the key and check for extra spaces. See the API key setup guide for the full billing steps.

MiniMax is optional. Add it when you want higher-quality TTS voices or image-to-video workflows. To control cost, start with still images and apply image-to-video only to key scenes. The API key setup guide covers MiniMax signup and key creation.

ElevenLabs is optional. Add it when you want its natural, expressive TTS voices as an alternative to OpenAI or MiniMax. Voices are now picked from a list inside the app instead of a pasted Voice ID, and previews cost no credits. ElevenLabs usage is billed by your own ElevenLabs account. The API key setup guide covers ElevenLabs signup and key creation.

Typecast is optional. Add it when you want voice-actor style voices, especially for Korean narration. In the app's voice picker, open the Typecast tab to load the list and play free samples before choosing, or paste a Voice ID directly; the ssfm-v30 and ssfm-v21 models are selectable. Usage is billed by your own Typecast account. The API key setup guide covers Typecast signup and key creation.

The default image-to-video model, Hailuo 2.3 Fast, is billed per clip, but H3 is billed per second, so cost grows with duration and scene count. That is why every screen where you can pick H3 shows a notice and batch conversion asks once more before starting. H3 also generates sound effects with the video and supports 5-15 second clips at 768P or 2K. The faster H3 Max renders 480P or 768P. The default stays Hailuo 2.3 Fast; the high-quality production modes start at H3 Max 480P and can switch to H3. See the API cost guide for example rates.

No. Aon Pro Studio currently focuses on required OpenAI workflows, free on-device voices plus four selectable TTS providers (OpenAI, MiniMax, ElevenLabs, Typecast), and optional MiniMax image-to-video workflows (Hailuo 2.3 Fast, H3 and H3 Max).

No hidden Aon-managed AI credit pool is bundled with the license. Your actual usage is governed by your own API provider accounts, balances, model access, and rate limits.

Start with a short one-click Shorts project using a simple topic. Review the script and scene prompts, render a short test, then open the editor to check subtitle position, audio balance, safe areas, and scene order before running larger batches.

You can create manual editor projects, one-click Shorts and longform, persona-based videos, motion graphics Shorts and longform, typo motion graphics with their own music, high-quality narrated Shorts and longform, music videos cut to one song (16:9), queued automation projects, scripts, AI-edited videos and Shorts, thumbnails, and batch renders.

Persona mode creates Shorts and longform videos featuring a consistent AI character. Generate a character sheet from just a name (front, three-quarter, and full-body views in one image) or upload your own image, save it to the persona library, and reuse it across projects. Scene images are generated from the persona reference so the character stays consistent, and you control where it appears: every scene, intro/outro only, or explanation scenes only. See the persona overview for details.

Motion graphics mode keeps the one-click production flow but replaces the art-style dropdown with a style sheet image you pick visually. Four sheets ship with the app: Paper Collage, Documentary Collage, Ink Brush Wash, and Cyber Tech & HUD. Scene images are generated image-to-image from that sheet, so palette, typography, and elements stay consistent across the whole video. Every scene carries short on-screen titles, labels, and numbers, and a per-scene motion prompt is prepared for image-to-video. It requires gpt-image-2 or gpt-image-1.5, the OpenAI models that support the edit API. See the motion graphics overview.

High-quality is a Pro-only branch holding four modes: Narrated Story (Shorts 9:16, Longform 16:9), Music Video (16:9), Story Drama (Shorts 9:16, Longform 16:9), and Advertising (Shorts 9:16, Longform 16:9). Each has its own set of steps. Narrated Story walks script, voice, planning, characters, images, video, subtitles and BGM, review, and render; Music Video walks a different nine - plan, music, storyboard and clips, characters, backgrounds, clip stills, video, review, and render; Story Drama walks series plan, episode plan, storyboard and lines, characters and voices, locations, video, subtitles and translation, review, and render. What they share is that you shape every scene yourself: shot size, camera angle, camera move, and lighting come from fixed dropdowns, characters are locked with character sheets, and video is generated with MiniMax H3 or H3 Max as 5-15 second clips. Existing work is never regenerated behind your back. Both an OpenAI key and a MiniMax key are required. See high-quality production and Music Video.

A Pro-only high-quality mode that turns one song into a story music video (landscape 16:9). Not a row of pretty shots but a short film held in one song - the plan sets up a beginning, a turn, and an ending, every scene carries the beat it belongs to, and the video prompt changes intensity to match. The length of the song you confirm becomes the length of the video. Generate the music with MiniMax music-3.0 or import a file you already have; scenes are divided into the 5-15 second clips H3 and H3 Max can make in one pass. Character and background sheets go into every clip as references so people and places stay consistent. The clip-still step lets you see the framing as a picture before spending on video, and it can be skipped.

Yes. Story Drama is the high-quality mode for dramas in which characters speak, made as a series. One project is a series (a single episode works too): the series plan sets the bible, the season arc, the episode outlines and each episode's length, then every episode walks plan, storyboard and lines, characters and voices, locations, video, subtitles and translation, review, and render. MiniMax H3 or H3 Max takes the character and location sheets plus the voices you register as references and generates the lines and sound effects with the picture; subtitles are transcribed from the clips' actual audio with Whisper, editable and translatable. There is no background music.

No. Full automation reduces repetitive production setup, but you should still review scripts, source material, subtitles, audio, factual claims, copyright concerns, and the final MP4 before publishing.

Both. The editor gives scene-level control, while one-click and full automation modes reduce repetitive script, image, voice, subtitle, and render setup.

Yes, supported workflows can start from topics, news URLs, YouTube URLs, and book quote briefs. Access can fail if a URL is restricted, lacks usable audio/transcript data, or is blocked by network/provider limits. You are responsible for copyright, fair use, and publishing rights.

Load a local video file or YouTube URL and transcribe it, then cut the video just by deleting words in the transcript. AI reads the transcript, proposes an edit concept and cuts, and fits a target length such as 20 minutes. It can also find up to 30 Shorts in a long video and render them in one go with titles, descriptions, and hashtags. Steps that cost money show the price on their button first. Screens and a walkthrough video are on the AI Video Editor page.

Aon Pro Studio is a production tool, not a rights-clearing service. Before commercial publishing, check the terms for your AI providers, stock media, BGM, source videos, scripts, images, and any third-party material you include.

API keys are entered in the desktop application and stored locally by the app. Do not share screenshots or recordings that reveal real keys.

Send feedback, questions, and support requests to the official email, aonprostudio@gmail.com. The guide and API cost pages remain available for setup and troubleshooting.

Check for extra spaces, provider billing status, account balance, model permissions, provider rate limits, and network access. The desktop app depends on provider availability for AI-backed steps.

For YouTube analysis, check whether the URL is public, accessible, and has usable speech or transcript data. For rendering, check output folder permission, disk space, source file paths, very long paths, GPU settings, and whether the output file is already open.

If a rendered MP4 won't play, or plays with no picture or no sound in your current player, try opening it in a media player with broad built-in codec support such as VLC Media Player, PotPlayer, or MPC-HC. Installing one of these usually fixes playback problems caused by missing system codecs. Also confirm the render finished completely and that the file is not still open in another program.

Download only from an official Aon Pro Studio purchase or product link and compare any published version or checksum details when available. If Windows Security or antivirus flags the EXE, do not disable protection globally. Check quarantine details, submit the file for vendor review if needed, and ask your IT administrator before installing on managed company PCs. On macOS, confirm the DMG source and review System Settings → Privacy & Security before allowing the app.