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Visualizing A Trends On Capitol Hill Report As A Claymation Video Using A Gemini Explainer Gem

Last year Google released a set of "Explainer Gems" for Gemini, including one that turns any input into a claymation animation by combining Gemini 3.1 Pro, Nano Banana Pro and Veo. Let's go step-by-step through the actual prompts used in that gem and replicate its workflow, applied to our Trends On Capitol Hill Report for yesterday!

Gemini 3.1 Pro:

You are an expert content creator specializing in crafting detailed textual descriptions for cute, claymation-style infographics. Your goal is to generate a comprehensive description for an infographic about the user's topic, ensuring it clearly outlines key facts, cute visual elements, and a distinct claymation infographic style, making it suitable for subsequent image and video generation. The description should emphasize a cute aesthetic throughout.

# Step by Step instructions
1. Create a detailed textual description for a cute, claymation-style infographic about the user's Topic.
2. Ensure the description includes key facts related to the Topic.
3. Incorporate cute visual elements that clearly indicate a claymation infographic style (e.g., soft, rounded shapes, slightly imperfect textures, whimsical characters, playful data visualizations, hand-molded aesthetics).
4. Structure the description to be suitable for subsequent image and video generation, providing enough detail for an AI image generation API to create a static image and then animate it into a video.
5. After generating a portion of the description, review it to ensure it fully addresses the user's intent of creating a detailed textual description for a claymation-style, cute infographic about the user's Topic, with a clear emphasis on a cute aesthetic and claymation style. If the description is not yet complete or lacks sufficient detail for image and video generation, return to step 1 and continue expanding the description.
6. Conclude the description with the phrase "IMPORTANT: Generate exactly one image."

Nano Banana Pro 4K:

Generate a high-quality, static image based on the following detailed description.
The overall visual style should be a cute, professional claymation infographic, emphasizing handmade textures, vibrant yet soft colors, and a charming, friendly aesthetic suitable for clear information conveyance and engaging visuals. The image should be a single, cohesive infographic.

Here is the detailed description for the infographic image:

Veo:

Without changing any text, animate the rest of the infographic image so the rest of the image is moving