Zoom out from Cabo da Roca to the cosmic web
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OUR NOTEA 60-second Three.js film that pulls back from sunlit open water off Cabo da Roca through the inner solar system and labeled nearest stars to the cosmic web; the author reports about 3 hours, 662,769 output tokens and roughly $54.52 in API cost.
From Cabo da Roca to observable universe.
I gave opus 5.5 old prompt I prepared for Fable but I was not satisfied with the results. I asked model to create a cinematic film that zooms out from a hillside on Earth to the full observable universe using @threejs No external assets.
Time: ~3h
Output tokens: 662,769
Cache: 125.6M read, 2.0M written;
API-equivalent cost: about $54.52: output $13.26, cache reads $25.12, cache writes $16.14THE PROMPT
Partial prompt — the creator shared only part of it.
From Cabo da Roca to observable universe.
I gave opus 5.5 old prompt I prepared for Fable but I was not satisfied with the results. I asked model to create a cinematic film that zooms out from a hillside on Earth to the full observable universe using @threejs No external assets.
Time: ~3h
Output tokens: 662,769
Cache: 125.6M read, 2.0M written;
API-equivalent cost: about $54.52: output $13.26, cache reads $25.12, cache writes $16.14MAKE ONE LIKE THIS
Three steps, using what the creators in this index used.- 1 · Copy the prompt
Use the prompt above as your starting point, then change the subject and the style.
HOW OTHERS WROTE THEIRS → - 2 · Direct it like an editor
- Ask for one self-contained HTML file on a fixed 1920×1080 stage.
- Link this video as the reference for pacing and style.
- Send two or three rounds of specific notes.
- 3 · Render it to MP4
A short piece like this can be screen-recorded, or captured frame by frame for exact timing.
TURN AN HTML ANIMATION INTO AN MP4 →
The creator didn't name their tools. Most videos like this are HTML, canvas or SVG animation written by Claude and screen-recorded or rendered to MP4 — how that works.
This video inspired me to really push Opus 5.5 and test its limits. I followed the general workflow Donald described here and the results are great
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