Blowtorch on salmon macro physics test (Veo 3.1)

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What they did

A locked-off macro prompt that tests whether a blowtorch flame hits and spreads across food realistically, with lighting and film stock spelled out.

How it went

The creator reports Veo 3.1 got the smoke and surface tone right but didn't get the flame to collide and spread across the fish.

Copy prompt

Prompt by @va1enti_ai on X, quoted with credit; the example clip lives on their post.

Worth knowing

• Price: unknown
• Status: sourced. We have not run this ourselves yet (no "Tested" badge).
• Quality bar (computed by code): 4/5 (primary source ✓, reproducible ✓, new ✓, example output ✗, safe ✓)

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