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The Anatomy of a Second

A 14-second abstract study that freezes one tick of a clock and dissects it into 60 frames, then lets time snap back.

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The prompt behind it

Claude made this from the prompt below, working directly in Layerz Canvas through its MCP server. Paste it into Claude (Claude Code or Claude Desktop) with the Layerz Canvas MCP connected and it builds a new take on the same canvas — then you take over. Connect the MCP server

Prompt

Build this in Layerz Canvas using the layerz-canvas MCP.

Create a 14-second, 1920×1080 abstract motion study called "The Anatomy of a Second". One tick of a second hand is slowed down, sliced into frames and reassembled.

Look: ink-black #0B0B0E background, chalk white #ECECEC lines, one signal colour, electric coral #FF5A4E, used for the second hand and the current frame only. Type in SF Pro Display (Ultralight for numbers, Semibold for labels) with wide tracking; SF Mono 16 pt for small frame counters. Subtle grain, gentle vignette, glow only on the coral elements.

Beats:
- 0.0–1.5s: a minimal clock face draws itself on (60 tick marks staggered clockwise in 0.8s). The coral second hand ticks once with a hard spring and overshoot.
- 1.5–3.5s: on the next tick everything freezes. The text "1 s" scales in centre, then splits horizontally into 60 thin vertical slices.
- 3.5–7.5s: the slices fan out into a timeline strip across the frame; the camera tracks along it left to right. A counter reads 01/60 → 60/60 while each slice briefly lights coral as the camera passes. Above the strip, the second hand's arc is shown as 60 ghost positions at 15% opacity.
- 7.5–10.0s: the camera stops on frame 30. Zoom in 3×: the hand is caught mid-motion with a motion-blur trail; three labels annotate it in turn: "accelerate", "overshoot", "settle", each with a thin leader line drawing on.
- 10.0–12.0s: zoom back out; the 60 slices collapse inward into a single coral line with an ease-in snap.
- 12.0–14.0s: the line becomes the second hand again and the clock resumes ticking at real speed; final frame holds the clock with "1 s" in small type beneath. Loopable to the first frame.

Craft notes: keep every move on one axis; no element moves while the camera moves; coral appears on at most two things at once; no dead holds longer than 0.6s except the final frame.

Edit it yourself

  • Change colours, text and type in the inspector.
  • Drag keyframes, reshape easing curves and retime any move.
  • Ask Claude for changes through the MCP, then fine-tune by hand.
  • Export it as an image, a video, Lottie or a web page like this one.