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Fisheye 90s

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{
  "colors": {
    "color_temperature": "cool with magenta-green color cast",
    "contrast_level": "high contrast with crushed blacks and blown highlights",
    "dominant_palette": [
      "oversaturated primaries",
      "desaturated midtones",
      "cyan-magenta fringing",
      "washed yet punchy colors",
      "digital grey-black vignette"
    ]
  },
  "composition": {
    "camera_angle": "180-degree fisheye field of view",
    "depth_of_field": "deep focus with CCD blur in background",
    "focus": "center-weighted with soft edges",
    "framing": "Extreme spherical barrel distortion with curved horizon lines, heavy circular mechanical vignette pushing scene to center"
  },
  "description_short": "Raw unedited Sony VX1000 MiniDV camcorder frame with Death Lens MK1 fisheye - authentic early 2000s skate video aesthetic with extreme distortion, heavy vignette, and CCD sensor artifacts.",
  "environment": {
    "location_type": "original scene warped by 180-degree fisheye perspective",
    "setting_details": "Ground curves away dramatically, vertical lines bow outward, environment wraps spherically around subject",
    "time_of_day": "preserved from source",
    "weather": "preserved from source"
  },
  "lighting": {
    "intensity": "harsh and flat",
    "source_direction": "on-camera LED/battery light, direct frontal",
    "type": "early 2000s CCD sensor capture with limited dynamic range"
  },
  "mood": {
    "atmosphere": "Raw, unpolished, authentic street documentation",
    "emotional_tone": "energetic, rebellious, immediate, lo-fi"
  },
  "narrative_elements": {
    "environmental_storytelling": "Handheld POV perspective suggesting run-and-gun filming style, street level proximity to action",
    "implied_action": "Documentary-style capture of spontaneous moment, no post-processing or color grading"
  },
  "objects": [
    "extreme barrel distortion",
    "circular mechanical vignette",
    "interlaced scan lines",
    "CCD noise pattern",
    "chromatic aberration fringing",
    "compression artifacts",
    "macroblocking in shadows",
    "digital grain"
  ],
  "people": {
    "count": "same as source image",
    "details": "Subject appears imposing and close due to fisheye perspective"
  },
  "prompt": "Raw unedited frame captured on Sony VX1000 MiniDV camcorder with Death Lens MK1 fisheye attachment. Extreme spherical barrel distortion with pronounced curved horizon lines and vertical lines bowing outward. Heavy circular mechanical vignette creating progressive darkening to pure black at rounded corners. Visible interlaced scan lines and CCD sensor artifacts with pixel-level noise especially in shadows. Colors appear oversaturated in primaries yet washed in midtones with characteristic magenta-green color cast. Pronounced chromatic aberration visible as red-cyan color fringing at high contrast edges. Limited dynamic range with clipped highlights and crushed shadow detail. Compression blocking and macroblocking artifacts. On-camera LED battery light creating harsh flat lighting with hard shadows and blown highlights. 4:3 DV aspect ratio. Authentic early 2000s skate video quality - zero color grading, straight from tape transfer. Handheld camera shake implied through slightly off-axis composition.",
  "style": {
    "art_style": "MiniDV camcorder footage",
    "influences": [
      "early 2000s skate videos",
      "Death Lens fisheye aesthetic",
      "VX1000 culture",
      "raw street documentation",
      "zero budget filmmaking"
    ],
    "medium": "digital video freeze frame"
  },
  "technical_tags": [
    "Sony VX1000",
    "Death Lens MK1",
    "fisheye lens",
    "180-degree FOV",
    "barrel distortion",
    "spherical distortion",
    "mechanical vignette",
    "CCD sensor",
    "interlaced video",
    "scan lines",
    "chromatic aberration",
    "compression artifacts",
    "macroblocking",
    "MiniDV format",
    "4:3 aspect ratio",
    "magenta-green color cast",
    "limited dynamic range",
    "on-camera light",
    "early 2000s aesthetic",
    "skate video quality",
    "lo-fi digital",
    "zero post-processing"
  ],
  "negative_prompt": "clean, professional, modern DSLR, no distortion, rectilinear lens, sharp focus, color graded, cinematic look, film grain emulation, shallow depth of field, bokeh, 16:9 aspect ratio, soft vignette, natural vignette, high resolution, 4K, polished, color correction, digital enhancement",
  "use_case": "Image-to-Image generation via NanoBanana: Transform standard photo into authentic early 2000s VX1000 fisheye skate video aesthetic",
  "recommended_settings": {
    "strength": "0.70-0.85",
    "aspect_ratio": "4:3 (768x1024 or 912x1216)",
    "model_type": "FLUX or SDXL",
    "controlnet": "Canny or Depth (optional)",
    "additional_lora": "VHS, 90s camcorder, or fisheye LoRA if available"
  }
}

Overview

Fisheye 90s is a free prompt on OpenRuna. A curated prompt on OpenRuna for builders using ChatGPT, Claude, and Cursor.

What this prompt does

"Fisheye 90s" is designed to help you get reliable results from AI assistants for real prompt tasks. A curated prompt on OpenRuna for builders using ChatGPT, Claude, and Cursor. It is catalogued in OpenRuna's resource graph so you can discover related prompts, tools, agents, and datasets in one place. Copy the content directly into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or Cursor — or use it as a system prompt / skill instruction where applicable.

Use cases

  • Use "Fisheye 90s" when you need a repeatable prompt for professional workflows without writing instructions from scratch each time.
  • Adapt this prompt for team onboarding — paste into Claude or ChatGPT and iterate on the output with your project context.
  • Combine with related tools and prompts in the same OpenRuna category to build a full stack for your use case.
  • Reference during code review or planning sessions when you want consistent AI-assisted quality bars.

Example output

When you run this prompt, expect structured output similar to:

{
  "colors": {
    "color_temperature": "cool with magenta-green color cast",
    "contrast_level": "high contrast with crushed blacks and blown highlights",
    "dominant_palette": [
      "oversaturated primaries",
      "desaturated midtones",
      "cyan-magenta fringing",
      "washed yet punchy colors",
      "digital grey-black vignette"
    ]
  },
  "composition": {
    "camera_angle": "180-degree fisheye field of view",
    "depth_of_field": "deep focus with CCD blur in background",
    "focus": "center-weighted with soft edges",
    "framing": "Extreme spherical barrel distortion w…

Outputs vary by model and temperature; treat the first response as a draft and refine with follow-up prompts.

Tips by platform

Claude

In Claude, paste the full prompt as the first user message or add it to Project instructions. Ask Claude to confirm assumptions before executing. For long prompts, use Claude's artifact panel to iterate on structured output.

ChatGPT

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Cursor

In Cursor, add key instructions from this prompt to .cursorrules or a SKILL.md file. Reference it in Agent mode with @ mentions. Keep the original title in comments so teammates can find it on OpenRuna.

Frequently asked questions

What is "Fisheye 90s"?
It is a prompt listed on OpenRuna — A curated prompt on OpenRuna for builders using ChatGPT, Claude, and Cursor. You can copy and adapt it for ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, or other AI tools.
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How do I get the best results?
Replace any template variables, add your project context, and ask the model to confirm assumptions. Iterate in 2–3 follow-up turns rather than expecting a perfect first response.
Can I use this with Claude and ChatGPT?
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Where can I find related resources?
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