Creative Blockchain
🎬 Filmmaking & Animation · color study curation

ChromaGate · x402

A pay-per-lookup library of provable color palettes extracted from world-class cinematography. Users pay 0.01 USDC to 'Capture' a frame's LUT (Look Up Table) data and color metadata via IPFS. Animators and colorists meter their inspiration, paying only for the specific palettes they export into their workspace. Facilitators settle high-fidelity color telemetry on Hedera, ensuring the original curator gets a micro-royalty for every style 'forked' by another artist.

Hedera testnet + x402 paywall· x402 native
Section · Onchain

The primitive.

full primer →

Access to the color study curation engine is metered with x402: 0.01 HBAR or 0.01 HTS USDC per call, paid from the embedded wallet, so filmmakers — or the agents working for them — pay per query and get a HashScan receipt every time.

Why this primitiveShifts the model from a static 'board' to an active 'extraction' tool. By charging per palette unlock, it monetizes the curator's eye and treats cinematic data as a metered asset for professional pipelines.

Kernel
an x402 v2 paywall metering access at 0.01 HBAR or 0.01 HTS USDC (token 0.0.429274) per call, paid from the embedded wallet through the relay and verified by a self-hosted facilitator against the Hedera mirror node
Drives the UI as
a 'pay 0.01 HBAR or USDC to unlock' button with a live flow log and a HashScan link for every settlement
Appendix · Secrets

Required keys.

HEDERA_OPERATOR_ID
Hedera testnet account id (0.0.xxxxxx). Create and fund it free.
open ↗
HEDERA_OPERATOR_KEY
ECDSA private key for that account, from the Hedera portal dashboard.
open ↗
REOWN_PROJECT_ID
Free project id powering the HashPack pairing modal.
open ↗
HEDERA_RPC_URL
Optional. JSON-RPC relay, defaults to the public Hashio endpoint.
open ↗
PINATA_JWT
Pins images / JSON / manifests to IPFS.
open ↗

Add these in your Lovable project under Settings → Secrets before pasting the prompt below.

Appendix · Mega-prompt

The build prompt.

Paste into a fresh Lovable project. Make sure all five secrets above are set first. read the build strategy →

Loading the mega-prompt…
Hedera testnet HashScan ↗
Appendix · Market

Market sizing.

TAM
$45B
The global animation and VFX software market, increasingly moving toward granular, cloud-based asset libraries.
SAM
$1.2B
Indie filmmakers, motion designers, and freelance colorists using digital grading suites (Resolve/Adobe).
SOM
$15M
Early adopters in the Base and Zora ecosystems seeking on-chain provenance for visual aesthetics.

Indicative figures for hackathon pitches — refine with your own research before raising.

See also

Adjacent entries.

color study curation
MoodboardChain
Create decentralized moodboards pinned to IPFS for collaborative color grading projects.
frame provenance
IMPRINT · x402
A frame-by-frame provenance layer where animators pay-per-seal to cryptographically anchor work-in-progress frames to Base. Studios and agencies pay-per-verify (0.01 USDC) to audit the derivation path of any asset, ensuring zero unauthorized AI-injection or frame-snatching. Proof of authorship is now a metered utility.
script rights tracking
ScriptMint · x402
Turn screenplays into metered assets. Producers pay $0.01 per page-read via HTS transfer, with instant USDC settlement to the writer. Unlock high-resolution downloads or character bibles for a micro-fee. Every access event is an on-chain receipt, creating an immutable paper trail of who has read the script and when—eliminating 'idea theft' disputes while providing writers with instant, granular revenue.
crowd animation funding
DirectorSign · x402
Turn animation production into a real-time meritocracy. Animators upload character design variants or storyboard beats behind x402 gates. Supporters don't just 'vote'; they pay 0.01 USDC to unlock and sign off on specific creative directions. Each micropayment is a granular vote of confidence that instantly streams to the production wallet, enabling frame-by-frame funding where every creative pivot is validated by the crowd's capital.