pixelkiln 0.87.0 → 0.88.0

package/PROVIDERS.md

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ the providers offer directly.
 | Decision | PixelLab | Retro Diffusion |
 |---|---|---|
 | Best fit today | Existing PixelKiln projects, account reconciliation, and live-tested generation | Native pixel-art styles, USD budgets, animation, and alternate tileset workflows |
-| PixelKiln generators | `map`, `pixflux`, `1dir`, `imagePro`, `imageProFlash`, `tiles`, `terrain`, `isometricTile`, `character`, `objectPro`, `uiAsset`, `uiElement` | `map` and `pixflux` stills, `tiles`, `animation` |
+| PixelKiln generators | `map`, `pixflux`, `1dir`, `imagePro`, `imageProFlash`, `tiles`, `terrain`, `isometricTile`, `character`, `objectPro`, `uiAsset`, `uiElement`, `vfx` | `map` and `pixflux` stills, `tiles`, `animation` |
 | Output | PNG stills, candidates, structural tile members, and ordered frame sets | PNG stills/tiles/spritesheets or animated GIF |
 | Candidate review | Yes; count varies by generator and size | Yes for 1–16 still candidates; animations and tilesets currently use one result |
 | References | `1dir` and tile style modes; a character or `objectPro` reference sprite; a `pro` character concept image; one `imageProFlash` style image; one `uiElement` concept image | Up to nine for supported RD Pro/user still styles; constrained inputs for animation and tiles |
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ conversion to dollars:
 | `1dir` | 10–25 generations |
 | `imagePro` | 10–25 generations by canvas (a flat 40 before October 2026) |
 | `imageProFlash` | 5–9 generations (provisional quote) |
+| `vfx` | free (a renderer, not a model) |
 | `tiles` | 10–25 generations |
 | `terrain` | 10–25 generations (unmeasured) |
 | `isometricTile` | 1 generation (measured once) |

package/README.md

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ provenance and no long-lived npm token.
 | Hand edits | Touch-ups in your own editor or a pinned in-browser Pixelorama, kept beside the generated art with the generation still the record; frame and tile sets member by member. |
 | Controlled inputs | Hashed revision lineage (image-to-image and inpaint; on PixelLab also palette reduction, pixel cleanup, animation, skeleton posing, interpolation, and animation edits), fail-closed parent approval, source-versus-candidate review, and content-addressed per-asset ComfyUI bindings. |
 | Characters | A base in 4 or 8 directions from a prompt or your own sprite (four PixelLab engines), poses, loops, portraits, and outfit transfers as dependent assets generated in waves, free mirrored directions (one `directions` list declares a loop and mirrors the rest), account adoption and salvage, and SpriteFrames export. |
-| PixelLab utilities | `unzoom` returns upscaled reference art to its native grid, `pixelate` turns a photo or render into pixel art (Image to Pixel Art Pro Flash, 6 generations), `font` generates a `.ttf` and glyph atlas, `estimate-skeleton` starts a keypoints file for skeleton animation, and `skeleton-preview` draws its poses over the sprite for free. |
+| PixelLab utilities | `unzoom` returns upscaled reference art to its native grid, `pixelate` turns a photo or render into pixel art (Image to Pixel Art Pro Flash, 6 generations), `vfx` builds animated effects such as explosions and auras with PixelLab's free VFX workbench, `font` generates a `.ttf` and glyph atlas, `estimate-skeleton` starts a keypoints file for skeleton animation, and `skeleton-preview` draws its poses over the sprite for free. |
 | Existing-art onboarding | Manifest scaffolding, exact-hash account adoption, and prompt recovery. |
 | Recovery | Safe stale-output replacement, validated caches, durable references, resumable paid jobs, and per-asset generation history with free restores. |
 | Shared-account safety | Cross-project claim files or a registered workspace catalog, sibling-style exclusion, reviewed salvage, keep/discard tags, separate confirmed purge. |
@@ -259,11 +259,11 @@ Measured PixelLab economics vary by 40×:
 | Independent or connectable ground tiles | `tiles` | 10–25 generations |
 | A character in 4 or 8 directions, its poses, its loops | `character` | 1 per base, 10–25 per pose, 1 per template loop per direction; a `mirror` of a loop is free |
 
-Start with the required capability, not the most expensive endpoint. Forty `map`
+Start with the required capability, not the most expensive endpoint. Twenty-five `map`
 re-rolls cost the same as one 64×64 `1dir` call; conversely, `map` cannot replace a
-hard palette or reference-image constraint. PixelLab has seven more generators
+hard palette or reference-image constraint. PixelLab has eight more generators
 (`imagePro`, `imageProFlash`, `terrain`, `isometricTile`, `objectPro`, `uiAsset`,
-`uiElement`); see [Generator selection](./docs/GENERATORS.md) and the [measured endpoint reference](./docs/ENDPOINTS.md).
+`uiElement`, and `vfx` for free animated effects); see [Generator selection](./docs/GENERATORS.md) and the [measured endpoint reference](./docs/ENDPOINTS.md).
 
 Generator names describe PixelKiln workflows; their exact capabilities and prices
 depend on the selected provider. Retro Diffusion also supports the provider-specific