Showcase: CCTV footage with a HUD and a flagged subject
A joke that also explains the product. Overhead security footage of a busy plaza, teal and grainy, with a timestamp and camera label in the corners. A red box locks onto one person. A panel slides in: "brief detected". The subject has a brief, and it renders over MCP.
How we made it
- The plaza is one generated image of a crowd seen from above. We push in on it very slowly so it reads as live footage.
- The look is all on top: a teal color grade, scanlines, a little noise and vignette, and a pixel font for the overlay text.
- The lock on box, the label above it and the side panel are HTML elements on a timeline. The panel fills in line by line, then shows a progress bar.
- Sound is minimal, a couple of soft beeps.
Honest limit: the crowd does not move. It is a still with a camera move. For moving people you would use a generated video shot.
How your agent can make one
Generate the plate, then use it as an image scene in an explainer with your own overlay text as the headline:
POST /v1/images
{ "kind": "scene", "aspect": "16:9", "brief": "overhead security camera view of a busy city plaza, many people walking, long shadows" }Then create_explainer with one image scene and a short headline. Only images saved in your brand kit can appear in a video, so add the image to the kit first. For the full HUD treatment, describe it in the brief, or match it from a reference clip with analyze_style and create_edit.
What it costs
| Step | Credits |
|---|---|
| Plaza image | 4 |
| Render, under a minute | 12 |
| Total | 16 |
$1.60 on the starter pack.
Get started to try it.