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Slack’s SVP joins Recraft. Google V0.3 layout ideas. Plus: a premium ergonomic desk hero animation built for VO3.

Happy Monday, creative family, and welcome to Logiaweb Weekly.
This week’s design intelligence briefing reveals:
🧪 What I'm Building: A huge announcement
🚨 Big News: Recraft Welcomes NVIDIA and Slack’s Design Lead as New Investors
🤖 Design Inspiration: Improved veo 3 video prompts (with audio + sfx)
🛠️ Tutorial of the Week: Transform a Static Hero Section with Google VO3
💡 Prompt of the Week: Cinematic Hero Video
🧪 What I'm Building

in the works…
This week, I dropped my new course walking you through the exact process I use to build websites clients gladly pay thousands for and how to finish them in just a few hours using AI and a streamlined workflow. I put a lot into this one, so here’s the link if you want to check it out.
Also, ChatGPT 5 just came out. I’ve been testing it nonstop to see how it can make my work easier and help me build sites faster than ever. You can watch my full review here.
🚨Big News: Recraft Welcomes NVIDIA and Slack’s Design Lead as New Investors

Recraft just leveled up.
Recraft is an AI-powered design tool that lets you instantly create brand assets, custom mockups, and scalable vector graphics. You can choose a style, describe what you need, and refine the results until they’re perfect from logos to print-ready graphics. It’s built for speed, accuracy, and one-click downloads, making it a go-to for designers who want professional visuals fast.
Last week, they announced a Series B extension and brought on two serious hitters:
NVIDIA (you know, the company powering basically every AI model)
Ethan Eismann, SVP of Design at Slack

Ethan Eismann SVP of Design at Slack
Here’s why this matters:
🧠 AI x Design Infrastructure
NVIDIA isn’t just money it’s muscle. Expect faster rendering, sharper fidelity, and smoother performance baked into Recraft’s engine.
🎨 Enterprise-Grade Product Thinking
Ethan built design systems at Slack, Adobe, and Uber. Now he’s helping Recraft serve real creative teams not just casual Canva swipers.
📈 Brand-Safe > Just Pretty
Recraft’s focus? Brand-consistent AI outputs you don’t need to touch twice. This isn’t just “make it look cool”it’s “make it on-brand, every time.”
💼 Why This Matters for AI-Powered Designers
We’re entering the era of professional AI design tools.
Tools that don’t just generate images, but ship assets the kind your team can actually use without manual cleanup.
Recraft’s already been growing fast (4M+ users). Now they’ve got infrastructure power and design vision behind the wheel.
If you're working with brand systems, style guides, or creative teams...
This is one to watch.
🤖 Design Inspiration: Improved veo 3 video prompts (with audio + sfx)



Tool Used: Google v0.3
create a 12-second cinematic product reveal for a fictional ai analytics platform “clarityOS.” start with a soft off-white gradient background fading from white to pale lavender, accompanied by faint glassy chime sfx. delicate fog drifts in as large, white, rounded dashboard cards float upward with feathered shadows. camera gently pans left to right, revealing live metric tickers, tabs (reports, growth, pulse) switching in sync with subtle “tap” sounds. top-left clarityOS logo fades in in soft navy with a minimal wave glyph; top-right navigation items glide in with light swooshes. hero headline “your ops. made clear.” types in using a clean sans-serif, followed by subheadline appearing with a soft “pop.” finish with two glowing lavender buttons sliding in while ambient synth pads fade out.
Tool Used: Relume.io
produce a 15-second technical, cinematic hero sequence for “runline,” a developer tool. start on a deep-gray (#121212) void with flickering neon blue motion trails forming 3D pill-shaped ui elements. background hum + low mechanical bass create tension. in top-left, “runline_ >” types in monospace cyan with a satisfying keystroke sound. animated grayscale logos (vercel, supabase, retool) sweep in above the headline with digital “ping” sfx. cut to a dark-mode terminal window where code scrolls rapidly, interspersed with tabs switching (logs, tests, preview) — each change punctuated by sharp ui click sounds. sparks and light flares fly off the terminal edges, timed to an electronic riser, ending on the glowing cta “spin up a workspace” as the music peaks.
Tool Used: Uizard
create a calm 10-second cinematic homepage hero for “lumina,” a personal knowledge app. open with pure white background slowly illuminated by circular pastel overlays in faint peach and light sky blue drifting in from corners, with soft wind-chime sfx. camera glides across a floating journal card, animated mood tracker, and “daily reflection” calendar. subtle ambient pad music plays with light typing clicks as text appears: “think clearly. live intentionally.” pastel avatar row gently scrolls into frame with a soft whoosh. cta buttons “create your ritual” (warm golden fill) and “see it in action” (golden outline) fade in as the overlays slowly rotate, ending with a faint bell sound.
🛠️ Tutorial of the week: Transform a Static Hero Section with Google VO3
Just for you this is your full video breakdon check it out here
This week, we’ll walk you through how to turn a basic web hero into a premium, animated experience using Google VO3, ChatGPT, and a free video editor.
You’ll get:
The exact tools
The optimized prompt workflow
A professional grade result in under 10 minutes
Let’s break it down:
Step 1: Start With a Static Hero Section
Open your existing design (Figma, Webflow, Framer, etc.) and choose the hero section you want to upgrade.
In this walkthrough, the example is a Dior Sauvage perfume site with a static background image.
Download that hero image to use in your video.

Step 2: Create an Optimized VO3 Prompt
Don’t rush into VO3 just yet. First, optimize your prompt.
Use a curated prompt library (AI Video Prompt Library).
Pick one that fits your vibe then head to your LLM (ChatGPT or Claude) and paste:
{
"prompt_name": "Dior Sauvage: Call of the Wild",
"version": 1.0,
"target_ai_model": "V3 or similar text-to-video AI",
"core_concept": "In the vast wilderness, under a primal desert moon, the earth cracks open, summoning raw elemental forces that manifest as Dior Sauvage — an untamed spirit forged from fire, stone, and wind.",
"details": {
"scene_environment": {
"setting": "A vast, open desert under a midnight-blue sky. Moonlight spills across jagged rocks and cracked earth. Occasional bursts of firelight flicker on the horizon.",
"features": "Wind-carved stone spires, dry earth fissures, a distant wolf howl. Mirage-like shimmer on the horizon.",
"mood": "Primal, mysterious, seductive, wild."
},
"action_sequence": [
{
"step": 1,
"description": "Opening Shot: The camera glides low over cracked earth. A deep rumble is heard. A lone wolf stands silhouetted against the moon, then disappears into the darkness."
},
{
"step": 2,
"description": "Main Action: The earth splits open in slow motion. From the fracture, glowing sapphire-blue light emerges, spiraling upward like smoke and fire. Wind kicks up sand and sparks."
},
{
"step": 3,
"description": "Solidification: Within the elemental vortex, fragments of obsidian and glowing particles swirl and fuse, forming the iconic Dior Sauvage bottle — sleek, black, radiant. The silver 'Sauvage' typeface materiali
Your AI will rewrite the prompt to fit your site + style.
Step 3: Generate the Video With Google VO3
Go to flow.com and click "Create with Flow".
Sign up for a Google AI Pro account to unlock 1,000 free credits. Cancel after the trial if you want.
Choose your mode:
Fast Mode: 20 credits
Quality Mode: 100 credits
Start with Fast. If it looks good, reuse the prompt in Quality Mode.
Click "Frames to Video", upload your hero image, paste your optimized prompt, and let it generate.

Step 4: Refine the Video (Optional)
Didn’t love the output?
Just tweak the prompt in ChatGPT. Ask it to remove or adjust elements ("remove final frame transition").
Upload a revised prompt back into VO3 and re-render in Quality Mode.

Step 5: Edit the Final Video in CapCut
Once the video is generated:
Download the full HD video (VO3 doesn’t support 4K yet)
Open it in CapCut (or any free editor)
Trim any awkward transitions or frames

Step 6: Remove the VO3 Watermark
Use Vmake or a similar watermark remover:
Upload your video
Remove VO3 watermark with 1 click
Download your clean file

Step 7: Insert Into Your Web Builder
In Framer/Webflow/etc.:
Add a video block
Set position: absolute, size: 100% width + height
Adjust z-index so your headline appears above the video
Upload your final video, hit preview, and boom animated luxury.

💡 Prompt of the week: Forme Ergonomics – Cinematic Hero Video
How to use this prompt
best tool: Runway Gen-3 Alpha (for cinematic animation) or Spline + Framer (for interactive hero).
paste the prompt as-is into your chosen tool, break into scenes for animation tools.
for video, export in 4K; for web, export as WebM/Lottie for fast load times.
tweak lighting/motion keywords to match your brand style.

Design a cinematic, high-fidelity animated video hero section for a futuristic ergonomic desk brand called “Forme.” The experience should blend motion design with tactile realism and next-gen hardware vibes.
The scene opens in low-light with a dark, reflective gradient background (deep graphite to obsidian), layered with slow-moving fog, abstract gridlines, and ambient glows that reflect the feel of an intelligent workspace awakening.
Top-left:
Fade in the Forme logo — a sleek, lowercase white wordmark with a glowing circular icon that subtly rotates (symbolizing movement, posture, and precision).
Top-right navigation:
Gently animate in: Desks, Accessories, Configurator, Journal, and a floating CTA button: “Build Your Setup” — styled in a sleek silver-to-electric-indigo gradient with a diffused glow and magnetic hover pull effect.
Center frame:
Reveal the main hero headline using kinetic reveal motion (split text from center):
“Your Work. Reimagined.” — set in an oversized modern sans-serif like Söhne or GT America, glowing softly in pure white.
Above it, introduce a social proof line:
“Trusted by 50,000+ creators, founders, and engineers”
→ With dynamic profile photo glows that fade in and orbit gently.
Subheadline rises slowly with a soft blur-to-sharp effect:
“Forme desks adapt to your body, optimize your posture, and elevate your workspace — from deep work to recovery.”
→ Text in cool steel-gray.
Then animate two CTA buttons below:
“Customize Now” — electric blue fill with light-glow ripple effect
“See It in Action” — transparent black glass with silver outline and motion blur on hover
In the lower third, briefly reveal a 3D render of the desk rotating slowly in space, showing modular components (cable tray, control panel, curved edge, height motor) and a UI card overlay with features like:
Adaptive Height Sensing
Pressure-Relief Zones
Climate Smart Surface
AI-Powered Focus Light
The final moment: a low-angle cinematic shot of the Forme desk illuminated in a dark room, ambient lights breathing in sync — positioned as a product of the future, built for the present.
Wrapping Up
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— Adrien