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Work · space · a group AI-video processnode: 090 · type: vfx · 3d · process · 2026

Seed first.

A group AI-video project: a set of space setups, built image by image. Every shot starts from a seed still that fixes the craft, the light and the angle before anything moves.

Built from Spanish briefing packs dated Aug 31, 2026. Produced Sep 21–24, 2026.

See the method ↓
Setup sequence, muted, 15 seconds: a probe in front of a gas giant, a pass over an ice moon, then two held angles above it.

Four shots, hard-cut, 15.0 s in all: 2.25 · 3.67 · 4.25 · 4.88 s. The board planned five shots of 3.0 s each.

Setup and process output by Melisa Machuret and her students. Final delivery by Rasmus Krath.

The method

node: 090.1 · method

Five steps, the same for every setup. Tap a step to see what it produced.

Take one moment from the brief, not the whole mission.

output
A dark node board: blurred reference images and a blurred column of notes, with four sharp captures of a grey spacecraft model from different angles.
The research board: references and notes gathered around one moment. Third-party references and the notes are blurred; the grey angle captures stay.

One moment, as a team titled it:“Moment 2: the separation in the sulphur clouds.”

// what the seed fixes

identity · materials · scale · light · the opening frame and angle · and it caps the action

// per shot

  • one camera move that settles within 0.8 s, or none
  • one mechanical action

// sound

native audio: off

Seed versus shot

node: 090.2 · seed vs shot

Each shot of the sequence next to the seed it was locked to. Drag across the shot to step through ten of its frames.

Seed 01: a probe with long grey panel wings in front of a banded gas giant with a red storm.
seed 01
Frames from shot 01
t = 0.04 s
shot 01 · 0.00–2.25 s
Seed 02: a small probe above the cracked, ice-white curve of a moon, the gas giant far behind.
seed 02
Frames from shot 02
t = 2.29 s
shot 02 · 2.25–5.92 s
Seed 03: a probe with blue panel wings and a dish antenna, seen three-quarter, above the ice moon with the gas giant and a bright sun behind.
seed 03
Frames from shot 03
t = 5.96 s
shot 03 · 5.92–10.17 s
Seed 04: the same probe seen front-on, wings spread level, above the ice moon.
seed 04
Frames from shot 04
t = 10.21 s
shot 04 · 10.17–15.04 s

The rules

node: 090.3 · rules

Every clip went through the same check. One hit and it was thrown out.

discard_if = [

  • "cloned craft",
  • "camera drift",
  • "two actions",
  • "morphing materials",
  • "a CGI or nebula look",
  • "angle ≠ the seed's angle",

]

bad seed → regenerate the seed. never fix it in video.

More setups

node: 090.4 · more setups

Three more setups from the same process, as compositing and 3D work. Each plays muted, only when you tap it.

A white, riveted entry capsule glowing at its edge above an orange, hazy horizon.

Drone descent

8 shots · 30.0 s · 854×480

Entry glow, a heat-shield close-up, the parachute, the shell separating, the drone leaving the shell, a flight over dunes and a landing in dust.

A riveted, dome-shaped shell hanging in orange haze.

Shell to drone

1 shot · 5.1 s

A riveted shell sinks through orange haze, opens, its legs unfold and the drone's rotors spin up. Built with the green-screen drone element.

The cracked curve of an ice moon in the foreground, a banded gas giant behind it and a bright sun on the left.

Ice-moon reveal

1 move · 7.1 s

The camera rises over an ice moon; the gas giant, the sun and then the probe slide into frame.

muted · no sound track

Credits

node: 090.5 · credits

By Melisa Machuret (Professor) · Students: Melissa Castiblanco & Yelferson Camacho

Setups, seeds and method
Melisa Machuret, professor, with her students
Final delivery
Rasmus Krath ↗
Project
Group AI-video project. Spanish briefing packs dated Aug 31, 2026. Production Sep 21–24, 2026.

Everything on this page is setup and process output. The final delivery was made by Rasmus Krath.

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