Making Videos with Claude: Opus 5.5 Animation and Finished-Film Examples

A developer says they made a video with Opus 5.5 and burned through their Claude Max weekly quota, sharing the result with a self-deprecating joke.

The author says Opus 5.5 produced video of this quality without relying on any MCP, using just 1% of the $20 weekly quota.

The author asked Opus 5.5 (max) to make a 15-second video on why the Fed should be abolished; the model used Remotion and took nearly two hours.

Given a few prompt cues and its own website to read, Opus 5.5 produced a motion-designed company update report in under 30 minutes using 3% of the weekly Max plan, and the author says less-than-great motion designers will struggle to find work.

Each section redesigns as it scrolls into view, 27 times in 40 seconds: JEV returns a typed layout, type and palette decision in about 0.1s, and Opus 5.5 writes each section.

The author gave Opus 5.5 a pen.dev file with their design and landing page and a simple launch-video prompt, then one round of blunt feedback, and says the model is underrated at copy and motion design.

The author says Opus 5.0 performed poorly, but trying Opus 5.5's video generator impressed them and they see it helping sales and support teams.

A Chinese researcher's paper proposes using Astra to pick topics, Opus 5.5 to write scripts and Picsart to produce one animated episode a day, earning over $20,000 a month.

The author shares a finished animation generated with Opus 5.5 to test the model's motion visuals.

The author used Opus 5.5 to make a short promo Reel for their laundromat almost in one shot and plans to spend more credits to see how far it can go.

A post consisting only of astonishment, sharing a video made with Opus 5.5 and asking people to confirm the model really produced it.

The author writes only that Opus 5.5 (high) one-shotted it and that they are in disbelief, attaching the finished video.