OpenAI · AI · Sep 2026
Introducing Perplexity Pages
Perplexity · May 2024 · 0:54 · AI-annotated
The video opens on a black title card naming Perplexity Pages, then settles into a steady alternation between centered black tagline cards and clean UI or 3D mockup demos, each card announcing one use case before the screen recording illustrates it. Its look is high-contrast black and off-white with light sans-serif type, smooth camera zooms and 3D tilts, and word-by-word text builds that keep the pace calm and precise.
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Introducing Perplexity Pages, scene by scene
· 23 scenes as text
01 · Product intro · 0:00–0:03
A near-black frame with faint geometric lines holds a centered title lockup. Small letter-spaced INTRODUCING sits above large Perplexity Pages, which fades from dim gray to bright white while the camera stays locked.
On-screen text: “INTRODUCING”, “Perplexity Pages”
Camera: Static
02 · Product intro · 0:03–0:03
A white band wipes across a dark card holding the title Perplexity Pages, filling the frame to reveal the Perplexity home screen with its sidebar and Ask anything box.
On-screen text: “INTRODUCING”, “Perplexity Pages”
Techniques: Masking
Camera: Static
03 · Product intro · 0:03–0:09
Screen recording of the Perplexity web app in a browser window. The view zooms into the left sidebar, a hand cursor clicks the plus icon beside Library, and a small menu with Thread, Page, Collection pops up as the cursor moves to Page.
Techniques: UI zoom, Cursor demo
Camera: Push in
04 · Feature reveal · 0:09–0:12
On a black background, a single white sentence builds word by word from left to right, holds for a beat, then fades out. The frame stays locked off throughout.
On-screen text: “A new way to create and share knowledge.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
05 · Feature reveal · 0:12–0:13
A Perplexity browser window fills the black frame, showing the Home page with a 'What's your Page about?' prompt and a row of topic suggestion cards. A pointing-hand cursor rests at the left of the input field, and a static tagline holds in view.
On-screen text: “A new way to create and share knowledge.”
Camera: Pull out
06 · Feature reveal · 0:13–0:18
A tilted 3D mockup of the Perplexity page zooms out from a close-up of the title being typed to the full browser window, as the article image and body text fill in, then cut to black.
Techniques: 3D mockup, UI zoom
Camera: Static
07 · Feature reveal · 0:18–0:19
A black frame holds the centered gray tagline, then cuts to a document editor. A Vancouver hiking article fills the page with a cursor at mid-text and an Add Section button below; a list panel lines the right edge.
On-screen text: “We'll help with the rest.”
Camera: Static
08 · Feature reveal · 0:19–0:22
A document editor view of a hiking article; a hand cursor clicks the Add Media button, a Finding Media spinner loads, then Change and delete controls appear. The frame reframes tighter on the heading. A static tagline caption is overlaid.
On-screen text: “We'll help with the rest.”
Techniques: Cursor demo, UI zoom
Camera: Push in
09 · Feature reveal · 0:22–0:24
Close-up on a document section: a headline, a mountain river photo with two hikers, and a teal Add Section pill. The view zooms out to the full editor with sidebars as a cursor hovers the Change button on the photo.
Techniques: UI zoom, Cursor demo
Camera: Pull out
10 · Feature reveal · 0:24–0:26
A Perplexity document shows a hiking article on the left while a Set Section Media panel opens on the right with a grid of trail photos. A cursor hand moves down the grid, and the article's hero image updates to match the selection.
Techniques: Cursor demo
Camera: Pull out
11 · Feature reveal · 0:26–0:29
A Perplexity document editor sits on a black background, showing a hiking article with a turquoise lake hero image. A hand cursor hovers at the right edge while a small menu of image options slides in beside it.
Techniques: Cursor demo
Camera: Static
12 · Feature reveal · 0:29–0:30
A black screen holds, then a single line of white text appears centered and remains still for the rest of the clip.
On-screen text: “Make your research stand out.”
Camera: Static
13 · Feature reveal · 0:30–0:31
Locked-off view of the research tool's answer page: a question about Nikola Tesla's experiments, Pro Search rows, source cards, and a black-and-white photo grid in the right rail. A mouse cursor drifts toward the Convert to Page button.
On-screen text: “Make your research stand out.”
Techniques: Cursor demo
Camera: Static
14 · Feature reveal · 0:31–0:32
A close-up of a page editor toolbar. A hand cursor rises to the Convert to Page button and clicks it, the icon turning into a loading spinner. Below, a post shows black-and-white photos of electrical experiments.
Techniques: Cursor demo
Camera: Static
15 · Feature reveal · 0:32–0:33
A document editor displays a black-and-white cockpit photo above the title 'Eccentric World-Changing Inventors' and a right-side table of contents. A cursor travels down the body paragraph while the page scrolls to bring the next section heading into view.
Techniques: Cursor demo
Camera: Static
16 · Feature reveal · 0:33–0:36
A plain black screen holds a single centered line that fades in from dim to full white, then stays static for the rest of the clip.
On-screen text: “Help people learn with guides.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
17 · Feature reveal · 0:36–0:39
A tilted 3D view of a guide editor straightens as the document scrolls down past a hero photo of a hand writing in a notebook, the title, and a dark YAML code block.
On-screen text: “Help people learn with guides.”
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Pan
18 · Feature reveal · 0:39–0:41
A black screen holds, then a single line of white text fades in at the center and stays locked in place for the rest of the clip.
On-screen text: “Start new hobbies with how-tos.”
Camera: Static
19 · Feature reveal · 0:41–0:43
A white document editor on a black background scrolls through an AeroPress how-to page, then zooms into a paragraph as a cursor hovers over a dark pill labeled Custom Instructions.
On-screen text: “Start new hobbies with how-tos.”
Techniques: Cursor demo, UI zoom
Camera: Pan
20 · Feature reveal · 0:43–0:47
A document editor shows a paragraph highlighted in teal under the heading Optimizing Brew Time. A dark pill button labeled Rewriting this section hovers over the text with a cursor. The paragraph then regenerates, condensing into a two-column table of brew time ranges.
Techniques: Cursor demo
Camera: Static
21 · CTA · 0:47–0:49
A black frame holds a single centered line that fades in from dim gray to white, then remains static.
On-screen text: “What will you create?”
Camera: Static
22 · Outro · 0:49–0:52
A thin white line-art star mark assembles at center on black, its fanned strokes folding into the final symbol. The wordmark perplexity fades in below, then the frame fades to black, where the tagline What will you create? appears.
On-screen text: “perplexity”, “What will you create?”
Techniques: Morph
Camera: Static
23 · Outro · 0:52–0:54
A solid black screen holds for the entire clip, with no content, text, or movement visible.
Camera: Static






