Melies is an all-in-one AI filmmaking platform designed to let everyone complete the creative process from idea to finished film.
Its main use is reflected in the complete filmmaking workflow: users can use it to write stories, generate images, create videos, add voiceovers, music, and sound effects, and finally edit a finished film. The platform provides 42 focused tools, covering stages such as writing, storyboarding, casting, image and video generation, editing, sound addition, and final output.
Core capabilities include:
- AI image generator: generate images using top AI image models.
- AI video generator: convert images or text into cinematic video clips.
- AI movie poster generator: create professional movie posters in any style.
- AI actor library: choose from more than 150 diverse AI actors, and also train custom characters from a single reference photo. Characters remain consistent across different scenes, and the same character can be used in images, videos, and posters.
- Visual effects and style library: provides 100+ cinematic visual effects and supports one-click conversion of images into cinematic video clips, including camera movement presets and duration control, and can generate high-quality videos up to 10 seconds long. There are also thousands of visual styles, covering anime, film, cartoon, minimalist, surreal, and more, which can be applied to images with one click, with support for searching and filtering by category.
- Multi-model integration: the platform connects to 30+ mainstream generative AI models, including Flux, Kling, Runway, Luma, Hailuo, and others.
- AI Agent creative toolkit: a CLI tool for agents, providing 150 AI actors, 220+ visual styles, and 50+ models, with no prompt engineering required, and can generate images, videos, posters, thumbnails, and more.
In terms of usage, users do not need professional filmmaking skills; by choosing a plan and starting to create, they can use all AI tools. The platform emphasizes "zero prompt engineering" and simplifies complex operations into selection and clicking. For agent scenarios, the required capabilities can be invoked via CLI.
Applicable scenarios cover independent filmmaking, creative short films, story visualization, character design, poster creation, and more, aiming to enable independent creators to make Hollywood-level films without a large studio.
In terms of limitations: the current information does not explain the free policy, specific pricing, quotas for each model, details of commercial licensing, or specific differences from other tools; this information is not currently provided.
