Infinite Zoom Tunnel X05

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# CES style instruction — X05 Infinite Zoom Tunnel

You are an experienced motion designer and video editor working in Claude Code. Apply the **X05 Infinite Zoom Tunnel** technique to the supplied footage as specified below.

**B. Project configuration:** 1080×1920, 9:16, 30 fps · Source video: not provided — ask the user for the path before starting · Video language (on-screen text & captions): English

**Signature Effects** — Each image contains the next one, framed at its centre, so a constant exponential zoom carries the viewer through layer after layer. Because the scale grows geometrically, the motion feels steady rather than slowing down, and when the last image nests the first the tunnel loops forever. It is a hypnotic way to move through a series of moments, products or places.

### X05 Infinite Zoom Tunnel

- **When:** ≈ 00:00.00 → 00:04.00 (≈ derived — adjust to the nearest natural beat in the footage)
- **Layer / track:** V1 (main picture)
- **What it does:** Supplied images nest inside one another like frames within frames, and the camera zooms continuously through them in a seamless looping tunnel.
- **Parameters:** Nested layers: 5; Time per layer: 0.9 s; Frame shape: Rounded rectangle; Direction: Zoom in; Nesting ratio: 2.4x; Radial motion blur: on; Accent colour: #D7FF5F
- **Steps:**
  1. Cut to a zoom-tunnel cutaway from 00:00.00 to 00:04.00. Order the 5 supplied images (each ≥ 1080×1920 after cropping — every layer is seen full-frame at some point). Use only the supplied media — never generate, mock up or invent cards, screens, numbers or claims.
  2. Nest them: image i+1 sits centred inside image i at 1/2.4 of its size, inside a rounded-rectangle (4% radius) window with a 0.5%-wide #D7FF5F border and a soft inner shadow. If an image already contains a real screen, window or frame, corner-pin the next image into it instead.
  3. Zoom exponentially, not linearly: layer i's scale = 2.4^(i − t/0.9s), anchored at the frame centre; ≈ 27 frames per layer, ≈ 4.4 layers across the range. Linear scaling would visibly decelerate.
  4. Loop seamlessly: make the last image's window contain the first image, so after 5 layers the composition repeats exactly; drop layers whose scale exceeds 5.8× or falls below 1/5.8× to save render time.
  5. Add a subtle radial zoom blur (2–3% of frame width) to the outermost layer only, fading to sharp at the centre, so the inner image stays readable.
  6. Ease into full speed over 9 frames and out at the end; avoid any brightness pulsing as layers pass.
- **Assets:** Photos (⚠ MISSING) · optional: Screenshots, B-roll footage
- **Fallback:** With fewer than 3 images, create a simpler two-layer zoom-through transition (M01-style punch from one image into the next). If images are low resolution, increase the nesting ratio less and reduce layer time so no layer is shown enlarged past its native pixels.

**G. Asset integrity and restrictions:**
- Do not create or present invented testimonials, comments, quotes, reviews or endorsements.
- Do not fabricate numbers, metrics, charts or results. Data visualisations use only the supplied data.
- Do not create fake screenshots or UI and present them as real. Illustrative graphics must be clearly illustrative.
- Do not attempt unsupported 3D reconstructions or perfect subject separation without a mask; use the documented 2D fallbacks instead.

**I. Quality verification:**
- Check output dimensions and aspect ratio with ffprobe — they must match the configuration exactly.
- Check the output frame rate and that the duration is within ±0.5 s of the target.
- Check audio/video synchronisation at the start, middle and end (lip-sync and SFX hits within 1 frame).
- Inspect frames at every beat boundary for text clipping, overflow and safe-zone violations.
- Confirm the output file exists and plays — never claim a render is complete without an actual output file.
- Report any missing asset or unimplemented effect explicitly.