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gsap-animation

SKILL.md

When to use

Use this skill when creating Remotion video compositions that need GSAP's advanced animation capabilities beyond Remotion's built-in interpolate() and spring().

Use GSAP when you need:

  • Complex timeline orchestration (nesting, labels, position parameters like "-=0.5")
  • Text splitting animation (SplitText: chars/words/lines with mask reveals)
  • SVG shape morphing (MorphSVG), stroke drawing (DrawSVG), path-following (MotionPath)
  • Advanced easing (CustomEase from SVG paths, RoughEase, SlowMo, CustomBounce, CustomWiggle)
  • Stagger with grid, center/edges distribution
  • Character scramble/decode effects (ScrambleText)
  • Reusable named effects via gsap.registerEffect()

Use Remotion native interpolate() when:

  • Simple single-property animations (fade, slide, scale) -- do NOT use GSAP for these
  • Numeric counters/progress bars -- pure math, no timeline needed
  • Standard easing curves
  • Spring physics (spring())

GSAP Licensing: All plugins are 100% free since Webflow's 2024 acquisition (SplitText, MorphSVG, DrawSVG, etc.).

Setup

# In a Remotion project
npm install gsap

// src/gsap-setup.ts -- import once at entry point
import gsap from 'gsap';
import { SplitText } from 'gsap/SplitText';
import { MorphSVGPlugin } from 'gsap/MorphSVGPlugin';
import { DrawSVGPlugin } from 'gsap/DrawSVGPlugin';
import { MotionPathPlugin } from 'gsap/MotionPathPlugin';
import { ScrambleTextPlugin } from 'gsap/ScrambleTextPlugin';
import { CustomEase } from 'gsap/CustomEase';
import { CustomBounce } from 'gsap/CustomBounce';
import { CustomWiggle } from 'gsap/CustomWiggle';

gsap.registerPlugin(
  SplitText, MorphSVGPlugin, DrawSVGPlugin, MotionPathPlugin,
  ScrambleTextPlugin, CustomEase, CustomBounce, CustomWiggle,
);

export { gsap };

Core Hook: useGSAPTimeline

The bridge between GSAP and Remotion. Creates a paused timeline, seeks it to frame / fps every frame.

import { useCurrentFrame, useVideoConfig } from 'remotion';
import gsap from 'gsap';
import { useRef, useEffect } from 'react';

function useGSAPTimeline(
  buildTimeline: (tl: gsap.core.Timeline, container: HTMLDivElement) => void
) {
  const frame = useCurrentFrame();
  const { fps } = useVideoConfig();
  const containerRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
  const tlRef = useRef<gsap.core.Timeline | null>(null);

  useEffect(() => {
    if (!containerRef.current) return;
    const ctx = gsap.context(() => {
      const tl = gsap.timeline({ paused: true });
      buildTimeline(tl, containerRef.current!);
      tlRef.current = tl;
    }, containerRef);
    return () => { ctx.revert(); tlRef.current = null; };
  }, []);

  useEffect(() => {
    if (tlRef.current) tlRef.current.seek(frame / fps);
  }, [frame, fps]);

  return containerRef;
}

For SplitText (needs font loading):

import { delayRender, continueRender } from 'remotion';

function useGSAPWithFonts(
  buildTimeline: (tl: gsap.core.Timeline, container: HTMLDivElement) => void
) {
  const frame = useCurrentFrame();
  const { fps } = useVideoConfig();
  const containerRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
  const tlRef = useRef<gsap.core.Timeline | null>(null);
  const [handle] = useState(() => delayRender());

  useEffect(() => {
    document.fonts.ready.then(() => {
      if (!containerRef.current) return;
      const ctx = gsap.context(() => {
        const tl = gsap.timeline({ paused: true });
        buildTimeline(tl, containerRef.current!);
        tlRef.current = tl;
      }, containerRef);
      continueRender(handle);
      return () => { ctx.revert(); };
    });
  }, []);

  useEffect(() => {
    if (tlRef.current) tlRef.current.seek(frame / fps);
  }, [frame, fps]);

  return containerRef;
}

1. Text Animations

SplitText Reveal (chars/words/lines)

const TextReveal: React.FC<{ text: string }> = ({ text }) => {
  const containerRef = useGSAPWithFonts((tl, container) => {
    const split = SplitText.create(container.querySelector('.heading')!, {
      type: 'chars,words,lines', mask: 'lines',
    });
    tl.from(split.chars, {
      y: 100, opacity: 0, duration: 0.6, stagger: 0.03, ease: 'power2.out',
    });
  });

  return (
    <AbsoluteFill style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'center' }}>
      <div ref={containerRef}>
        <h1 className="heading" style={{ fontSize: 80, fontWeight: 'bold' }}>{text}</h1>
      </div>
    </AbsoluteFill>
  );
};

Patterns:

Pattern SplitText Config Animation
Line reveal type: "lines", mask: "lines" from lines: { y: "100%" }
Char cascade type: "chars" from chars: { y: 50, opacity: 0, rotationX: -90 }
Word scale type: "words" from words: { scale: 0, opacity: 0 }
Char + color type: "chars" .from(chars, { y: 50 }).to(chars, { color: "#f00" })

ScrambleText (decode effect)

Determinism warning: ScrambleText uses internal random character selection. Use --concurrency=1 when rendering to guarantee frame-perfect reproducibility across renders.

const containerRef = useGSAPTimeline((tl, container) => {
  tl.to(container.querySelector('.text')!, {
    duration: 2,
    scrambleText: { text: 'DECODED', chars: '01', revealDelay: 0.5, speed: 0.3 },
  });
});

Char sets: "upperCase", "lowerCase", "upperAndLowerCase", "01", or custom string.

Text Highlight Box

Colored rectangles scale in behind specific words. Uses SplitText for word-level positioning, then absolutely-positioned <div> boxes at lower z-index.

const TextHighlightBox: React.FC<{
  text: string;
  highlights: Array<{ wordIndex: number; color: string }>;
  highlightDelay?: number;
  highlightStagger?: number;
}> = ({ text, highlights, highlightDelay = 0.5, highlightStagger = 0.3 }) => {
  const containerRef = useGSAPWithFonts((tl, container) => {
    const textEl = container.querySelector('.highlight-text')!;
    const split = SplitText.create(textEl, { type: 'words' });

    // Entrance: words fade in
    tl.from(split.words, {
      y: 20, opacity: 0, duration: 0.5, stagger: 0.05, ease: 'power2.out',
    });

    // Highlight boxes scale in behind target words
    highlights.forEach(({ wordIndex, color }, i) => {
      const word = split.words[wordIndex] as HTMLElement;
      if (!word) return;

      const box = document.createElement('div');
      Object.assign(box.style, {
        position: 'absolute',
        left: `${word.offsetLeft - 4}px`,
        top: `${word.offsetTop - 2}px`,
        width: `${word.offsetWidth + 8}px`,
        height: `${word.offsetHeight + 4}px`,
        background: color,
        borderRadius: '4px',
        zIndex: '-1',
        transformOrigin: 'left center',
        transform: 'scaleX(0)',
      });
      textEl.appendChild(box);

      tl.to(box, {
        scaleX: 1, duration: 0.3, ease: 'power2.out',
      }, highlightDelay + i * highlightStagger);
    });
  });

  return (
    <AbsoluteFill style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'center' }}>
      <div ref={containerRef}>
        <p className="highlight-text" style={{
          fontSize: 64, fontWeight: 'bold', color: '#fff',
          position: 'relative', maxWidth: '70%', lineHeight: 1.2,
        }}>{text}</p>
      </div>
    </AbsoluteFill>
  );
};

Props: highlights is an array of { wordIndex, color } targeting specific words (0-indexed from SplitText).

2. SVG Animations

MorphSVG (shape morphing)

const containerRef = useGSAPTimeline((tl, container) => {
  tl.to(container.querySelector('#path')!, {
    morphSVG: { shape: '#target-path', type: 'rotational', map: 'size' },
    duration: 1.5, ease: 'power2.inOut',
  });
});
Option Values
type "linear" (default), "rotational"
map "size", "position", "complexity"
shapeIndex Integer for point alignment offset

DrawSVG (stroke animation)

const containerRef = useGSAPTimeline((tl, container) => {
  const paths = container.querySelectorAll('.logo-path');
  tl.from(paths, { drawSVG: 0, duration: 1.5, stagger: 0.2, ease: 'power2.inOut' })
    .to(paths, { fill: '#ffffff', duration: 0.5 }, '-=0.3');
});
Pattern DrawSVG Value
Draw from nothing 0
Draw from center "50% 50%"
Show segment "20% 80%"
Erase "100% 100%"

MotionPath (path following)

const containerRef = useGSAPTimeline((tl, container) => {
  tl.to(container.querySelector('.element')!, {
    motionPath: {
      path: container.querySelector('#svg-path') as SVGPathElement,
      align: container.querySelector('#svg-path') as SVGPathElement,
      alignOrigin: [0.5, 0.5],
      autoRotate: true,
    },
    duration: 3, ease: 'power1.inOut',
  });
});

3. 3D Transform Patterns

Performance note: Limit to 3-4 simultaneous 3D containers per scene. Each preserve-3d container triggers GPU compositing layers.

CardFlip3D

const CardFlip3D: React.FC<{
  frontContent: React.ReactNode;
  backContent: React.ReactNode;
  flipDelay?: number;
  flipDuration?: number;
}> = ({ frontContent, backContent, flipDelay = 0.5, flipDuration = 1.2 }) => {
  const containerRef = useGSAPTimeline((tl, container) => {
    const card = container.querySelector('.card-3d')!;
    tl.to(card, {
      rotateY: 180, duration: flipDuration, ease: 'power2.inOut',
    }, flipDelay);
  });

  return (
    <AbsoluteFill style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'center' }}>
      <div ref={containerRef} style={{ perspective: 800 }}>
        <div className="card-3d" style={{
          width: 500, height: 320, position: 'relative', transformStyle: 'preserve-3d',
        }}>
          {/* Front face */}
          <div style={{
            position: 'absolute', inset: 0, backfaceVisibility: 'hidden',
            background: '#1e293b', borderRadius: 16, display: 'flex',
            alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'center', padding: 32,
          }}>{frontContent}</div>
          {/* Back face (pre-rotated 180deg) */}
          <div style={{
            position: 'absolute', inset: 0, backfaceVisibility: 'hidden',
            background: '#3b82f6', borderRadius: 16, transform: 'rotateY(180deg)',
            display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'center', padding: 32,
          }}>{backContent}</div>
        </div>
      </div>
    </AbsoluteFill>
  );
};

PerspectiveEntrance

Two elements enter from opposite sides with rotateY, converging to center.

const PerspectiveEntrance: React.FC<{
  leftContent: React.ReactNode;
  rightContent: React.ReactNode;
}> = ({ leftContent, rightContent }) => {
  const containerRef = useGSAPTimeline((tl, container) => {
    const left = container.querySelector('.pe-left')!;
    const right = container.querySelector('.pe-right')!;

    tl.from(left, { x: -600, rotateY: 60, opacity: 0, duration: 0.8, ease: 'power3.out' })
      .from(right, { x: 600, rotateY: -60, opacity: 0, duration: 0.8, ease: 'power3.out' }, '-=0.5')
      .to(left, { rotateY: 0, duration: 0.4, ease: 'power2.out' }, '-=0.3')
      .to(right, { rotateY: 0, duration: 0.4, ease: 'power2.out' }, '-=0.3');
  });

  return (
    <AbsoluteFill style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'center', perspective: 800 }}>
      <div ref={containerRef} style={{ display: 'flex', gap: 40, alignItems: 'center' }}>
        <div className="pe-left">{leftContent}</div>
        <div className="pe-right">{rightContent}</div>
      </div>
    </AbsoluteFill>
  );
};

RotateXTextSwap

Outgoing text tilts backward, incoming text falls forward. Uses transformOrigin to pivot from the correct edge.

const RotateXTextSwap: React.FC<{
  textOut: string;
  textIn: string;
  swapDelay?: number;
}> = ({ textOut, textIn, swapDelay = 1.0 }) => {
  const containerRef = useGSAPWithFonts((tl, container) => {
    const outEl = container.querySelector('.swap-out')!;
    const inEl = container.querySelector('.swap-in')!;

    // Out: tilt backward
    tl.to(outEl, {
      rotateX: 90, opacity: 0, duration: 0.5,
      transformOrigin: 'center bottom', ease: 'power2.in',
    }, swapDelay);

    // In: fall forward
    tl.fromTo(inEl,
      { rotateX: -90, opacity: 0, transformOrigin: 'center top' },
      { rotateX: 0, opacity: 1, duration: 0.6, ease: 'power2.out' },
      `>${-0.15}`
    );
  });

  return (
    <AbsoluteFill style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'center', perspective: 600 }}>
      <div ref={containerRef} style={{ position: 'relative', textAlign: 'center' }}>
        <h1 className="swap-out" style={{ fontSize: 80, fontWeight: 'bold', color: '#fff' }}>{textOut}</h1>
        <h1 className="swap-in" style={{
          fontSize: 80, fontWeight: 'bold', color: '#3b82f6',
          position: 'absolute', inset: 0,
        }}>{textIn}</h1>
      </div>
    </AbsoluteFill>
  );
};

4. Interaction Simulation

CursorClick

Simulates a cursor navigating to a target and clicking. Cursor slides in, target depresses, ripple expands.

const CursorClick: React.FC<{
  targetSelector: string;
  cursorDelay?: number;
  clickDelay?: number;
  children: React.ReactNode;
}> = ({ targetSelector, cursorDelay = 0.3, clickDelay = 0.8, children }) => {
  const containerRef = useGSAPTimeline((tl, container) => {
    const target = container.querySelector(targetSelector)!;
    const cursor = container.querySelector('.sim-cursor')!;
    const ripple = container.querySelector('.sim-ripple')!;

    const rect = target.getBoundingClientRect();
    const containerRect = container.getBoundingClientRect();
    const targetX = rect.left - containerRect.left + rect.width / 2;
    const targetY = rect.top - containerRect.top + rect.height / 2;

    // Cursor travels to target
    tl.fromTo(cursor,
      { x: containerRect.width + 40, y: targetY - 20 },
      { x: targetX, y: targetY, duration: clickDelay, ease: 'power2.inOut' },
      cursorDelay
    );

    // Click: target depresses and releases
    tl.to(target, { scale: 0.95, duration: 0.1, ease: 'power2.in' })
      .to(target, { scale: 1, duration: 0.15, ease: 'power2.out' });

    // Ripple expands (overlaps with click release)
    tl.fromTo(ripple,
      { x: targetX, y: targetY, scale: 0, opacity: 1 },
      { scale: 3, opacity: 0, duration: 0.6, ease: 'power2.out' },
      '<-0.1'
    );
  });

  return (
    <AbsoluteFill>
      <div ref={containerRef} style={{ position: 'relative', width: '100%', height: '100%' }}>
        {children}
        {/* Cursor */}
        <svg className="sim-cursor" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24"
          style={{ position: 'absolute', top: 0, left: 0, zIndex: 100, pointerEvents: 'none' }}>
          <path d="M5 3l14 8-6 2-4 6z" fill="#fff" stroke="#000" strokeWidth="1.5" />
        </svg>
        {/* Ripple */}
        <div className="sim-ripple" style={{
          position: 'absolute', top: 0, left: 0, width: 40, height: 40,
          borderRadius: '50%', border: '2px solid rgba(59,130,246,0.6)',
          transform: 'translate(-50%, -50%) scale(0)', pointerEvents: 'none',
        }} />
      </div>
    </AbsoluteFill>
  );
};

Props: targetSelector is a CSS selector for the element to "click" within the container. Cursor enters from off-screen right.

5. Transitions

Clip-Path Transitions

Performance note: Complex clip-path animations (especially polygon) can slow down frame generation in Remotion's headless Chrome. If render times are high, consider replacing with opacity/transform-based alternatives or simplify to circle/inset shapes.

const containerRef = useGSAPTimeline((tl, container) => {
  const scene = container.querySelector('.scene')!;

  // Circle reveal
  tl.fromTo(scene,
    { clipPath: 'circle(0% at 50% 50%)' },
    { clipPath: 'circle(75% at 50% 50%)', duration: 1, ease: 'power2.out' }
  );
});
Transition From To
Circle reveal circle(0% at 50% 50%) circle(75% at 50% 50%)
Wipe left polygon(0 0, 0 0, 0 100%, 0 100%) polygon(0 0, 100% 0, 100% 100%, 0 100%)
Iris polygon(50% 50%, 50% 50%, 50% 50%, 50% 50%) polygon(50% 0%, 100% 50%, 50% 100%, 0% 50%)
Blinds inset(0 0 100% 0) inset(0 0 0% 0)

Slide / Crossfade

// Slide transition
tl.to(outgoing, { x: '-100%', duration: 0.6, ease: 'power2.inOut' })
  .fromTo(incoming, { x: '100%' }, { x: '0%', duration: 0.6, ease: 'power2.inOut' }, 0);

// Crossfade
tl.to(outgoing, { opacity: 0, duration: 1 })
  .fromTo(incoming, { opacity: 0 }, { opacity: 1, duration: 1 }, 0);

6. Templates

Lower Third

const LowerThird: React.FC<{ name: string; title: string; hold?: number }> = ({
  name, title, hold = 4,
}) => {
  const containerRef = useGSAPTimeline((tl, container) => {
    const bar = container.querySelector('.lt-bar')!;
    const nameEl = container.querySelector('.lt-name')!;
    const titleEl = container.querySelector('.lt-title')!;

    // In
    tl.fromTo(bar, { scaleX: 0, transformOrigin: 'left' }, { scaleX: 1, duration: 0.4, ease: 'power2.out' })
      .from(nameEl, { x: -30, opacity: 0, duration: 0.3 }, '-=0.1')
      .from(titleEl, { x: -20, opacity: 0, duration: 0.3 }, '-=0.1')
    // Hold
      .to({}, { duration: hold })
    // Out
      .to([bar, nameEl, titleEl], { x: -50, opacity: 0, duration: 0.3, stagger: 0.05, ease: 'power2.in' });
  });

  return (
    <AbsoluteFill>
      <div ref={containerRef} style={{ position: 'absolute', bottom: 80, left: 60 }}>
        <div className="lt-bar" style={{ background: '#3b82f6', padding: '12px 24px', borderRadius: 4 }}>
          <div className="lt-name" style={{ fontSize: 28, fontWeight: 'bold', color: '#fff' }}>{name}</div>
          <div className="lt-title" style={{ fontSize: 18, color: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.8)' }}>{title}</div>
        </div>
      </div>
    </AbsoluteFill>
  );
};

Title Card

const TitleCard: React.FC<{ mainTitle: string; subtitle?: string }> = ({ mainTitle, subtitle }) => {
  const containerRef = useGSAPWithFonts((tl, container) => {
    const bgShape = container.querySelector('.bg-shape')!;
    const titleEl = container.querySelector('.main-title')!;
    const divider = container.querySelector('.divider')!;

    tl.from(bgShape, { scale: 0, rotation: -45, duration: 0.8, ease: 'back.out(1.7)' });

    const split = SplitText.create(titleEl, { type: 'chars', mask: 'chars' });
    tl.from(split.chars, { y: '100%', duration: 0.5, stagger: 0.03, ease: 'power3.out' }, '-=0.3')
      .from('.subtitle', { y: 20, opacity: 0, duration: 0.6 }, '-=0.2')
      .from(divider, { scaleX: 0, duration: 0.4, ease: 'power2.out' }, '-=0.3');
  });

  return (
    <AbsoluteFill style={{ background: '#0f172a', display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'center' }}>
      <div ref={containerRef} style={{ textAlign: 'center', color: '#fff' }}>
        <div className="bg-shape" style={{ position: 'absolute', width: 200, height: 200, borderRadius: '50%', background: 'rgba(59,130,246,0.2)', top: '30%', left: '45%' }} />
        <h1 className="main-title" style={{ fontSize: 80, fontWeight: 'bold', position: 'relative' }}>{mainTitle}</h1>
        <div className="divider" style={{ width: 80, height: 3, background: '#3b82f6', margin: '20px auto' }} />
        {subtitle && <p className="subtitle" style={{ fontSize: 32, opacity: 0.8 }}>{subtitle}</p>}
      </div>
    </AbsoluteFill>
  );
};

Logo Reveal (DrawSVG)

const LogoReveal: React.FC<{ svgContent: React.ReactNode; text?: string }> = ({ svgContent, text }) => {
  const containerRef = useGSAPTimeline((tl, container) => {
    const paths = container.querySelectorAll('.logo-path');
    tl.from(paths, { drawSVG: 0, duration: 1.5, stagger: 0.1, ease: 'power2.inOut' })
      .to(paths, { fill: '#fff', duration: 0.5 }, '-=0.3');
    if (text) {
      tl.from(container.querySelector('.logo-text')!, { opacity: 0, x: -20, duration: 0.5 }, '-=0.2');
    }
  });

  return (
    <AbsoluteFill style={{ background: '#000', display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'center' }}>
      <div ref={containerRef} style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 24 }}>
        <svg viewBox="0 0 100 100" width={120} height={120}>{svgContent}</svg>
        {text && <span className="logo-text" style={{ fontSize: 48, color: '#fff', fontWeight: 'bold' }}>{text}</span>}
      </div>
    </AbsoluteFill>
  );
};

Animated Counter

Uses Remotion's interpolate() for deterministic frame-by-frame calculation. No GSAP needed — counters are pure math.

import { interpolate, useCurrentFrame, useVideoConfig } from 'remotion';

const AnimatedCounter: React.FC<{
  endValue: number; prefix?: string; suffix?: string; durationInSeconds?: number;
}> = ({ endValue, prefix = '', suffix = '', durationInSeconds = 2 }) => {
  const frame = useCurrentFrame();
  const { fps } = useVideoConfig();

  const value = interpolate(frame, [0, durationInSeconds * fps], [0, endValue], {
    extrapolateRight: 'clamp',
    easing: (t) => 1 - Math.pow(1 - t, 2), // power1.out equivalent
  });

  return (
    <div style={{ fontSize: 96, fontWeight: 'bold', fontVariantNumeric: 'tabular-nums' }}>
      {prefix}{Math.round(value).toLocaleString()}{suffix}
    </div>
  );
};

Outro (closing scene)

const Outro: React.FC<{ headline: string; tagline?: string; logoSvg?: React.ReactNode }> = ({
  headline, tagline, logoSvg,
}) => {
  const containerRef = useGSAPWithFonts((tl, container) => {
    const headlineEl = container.querySelector('.outro-headline')!;
    const split = SplitText.create(headlineEl, { type: 'chars', mask: 'chars' });

    tl.from(split.chars, { y: '100%', duration: 0.5, stagger: 0.03, ease: 'power3.out' });
    if (tagline) {
      tl.from('.outro-tagline', { opacity: 0, y: 15, duration: 0.5, ease: 'power2.out' }, '-=0.2');
    }
    if (logoSvg) {
      const paths = container.querySelectorAll('.outro-logo path');
      tl.from(paths, { drawSVG: 0, duration: 1.2, stagger: 0.08, ease: 'power2.inOut' }, '-=0.3')
        .to(paths, { fill: '#fff', duration: 0.4 }, '-=0.2');
    }
  });

  return (
    <AbsoluteFill style={{ background: '#0f172a', display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'center' }}>
      <div ref={containerRef} style={{ textAlign: 'center', color: '#fff' }}>
        <h1 className="outro-headline" style={{ fontSize: 72, fontWeight: 'bold' }}>{headline}</h1>
        {tagline && <p className="outro-tagline" style={{ fontSize: 28, opacity: 0.7, marginTop: 16 }}>{tagline}</p>}
        {logoSvg && <div className="outro-logo" style={{ marginTop: 40 }}>{logoSvg}</div>}
      </div>
    </AbsoluteFill>
  );
};

SplitScreenComparison

Two panels side-by-side with staggered entrance, optional center badge, and left-panel dim effect.

const SplitScreenComparison: React.FC<{
  leftPanel: React.ReactNode;
  rightPanel: React.ReactNode;
  leftLabel?: string;
  rightLabel?: string;
  centerElement?: React.ReactNode;
  dimLeft?: boolean;
  hold?: number;
}> = ({ leftPanel, rightPanel, leftLabel, rightLabel, centerElement, dimLeft = false, hold = 2 }) => {
  const containerRef = useGSAPTimeline((tl, container) => {
    const left = container.querySelector('.ssc-left')!;
    const right = container.querySelector('.ssc-right')!;
    const badge = container.querySelector('.ssc-badge');

    // Staggered entrance
    tl.from(left, { x: -80, opacity: 0, duration: 0.6, ease: 'power2.out' })
      .from(right, { x: 80, opacity: 0, duration: 0.6, ease: 'power2.out' }, '-=0.4');

    // Center badge pop
    if (badge) {
      tl.from(badge, { scale: 0, duration: 0.4, ease: 'back.out(2)' }, '-=0.2');
    }

    // Hold
    tl.to({}, { duration: hold });

    // Dim left, pop right (comparison effect)
    if (dimLeft) {
      tl.to(left, { opacity: 0.5, filter: 'blur(4px)', duration: 0.5, ease: 'power2.inOut' })
        .to(right, { scale: 1.02, duration: 0.5, ease: 'power2.out' }, '<');
    }
  });

  return (
    <AbsoluteFill style={{ display: 'flex' }}>
      <div ref={containerRef} style={{ display: 'flex', width: '100%', height: '100%' }}>
        <div className="ssc-left" style={{
          flex: 1, background: '#1e1e2e', display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column',
          alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'center', padding: 40, position: 'relative',
        }}>
          {leftLabel && <div style={{ fontSize: 24, opacity: 0.6, marginBottom: 16, color: '#fff' }}>{leftLabel}</div>}
          {leftPanel}
        </div>
        {centerElement && (
          <div className="ssc-badge" style={{
            position: 'absolute', left: '50%', top: '50%', transform: 'translate(-50%, -50%)',
            zIndex: 10, background: '#3b82f6', borderRadius: '50%', width: 60, height: 60,
            display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'center',
            fontSize: 20, fontWeight: 'bold', color: '#fff',
          }}>{centerElement}</div>
        )}
        <div className="ssc-right" style={{
          flex: 1, background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.06)', backdropFilter: 'blur(20px)',
          display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', alignItems: 'center',
          justifyContent: 'center', padding: 40,
        }}>
          {rightLabel && <div style={{ fontSize: 24, opacity: 0.6, marginBottom: 16, color: '#fff' }}>{rightLabel}</div>}
          {rightPanel}
        </div>
      </div>
    </AbsoluteFill>
  );
};

Props: Set dimLeft: true for comparison scenes where right panel should "win". Left panel uses dark background (#1e1e2e), right panel uses glassmorphism (backdropFilter: blur(20px)).

7. Registered Effects

Pre-register effects for fluent timeline API. Import once at entry point.

// lib/gsap-effects.ts
gsap.registerEffect({
  name: 'textReveal',
  effect: (targets, config) => {
    const split = SplitText.create(targets, { type: 'lines', mask: 'lines' });
    return gsap.from(split.lines, { y: '100%', duration: config.duration, stagger: config.stagger, ease: config.ease });
  },
  defaults: { duration: 0.6, stagger: 0.15, ease: 'power3.out' },
  extendTimeline: true,
});

gsap.registerEffect({
  name: 'charCascade',
  effect: (targets, config) => {
    const split = SplitText.create(targets, { type: 'chars' });
    return gsap.from(split.chars, { y: 50, opacity: 0, rotationX: -90, duration: config.duration, stagger: config.stagger, ease: config.ease });
  },
  defaults: { duration: 0.5, stagger: 0.02, ease: 'back.out(1.7)' },
  extendTimeline: true,
});

gsap.registerEffect({
  name: 'circleReveal',
  effect: (targets, config) => gsap.fromTo(targets,
    { clipPath: 'circle(0% at 50% 50%)' },
    { clipPath: 'circle(75% at 50% 50%)', duration: config.duration, ease: config.ease }),
  defaults: { duration: 1, ease: 'power2.out' },
  extendTimeline: true,
});

gsap.registerEffect({
  name: 'wipeIn',
  effect: (targets, config) => gsap.fromTo(targets,
    { clipPath: 'inset(0 100% 0 0)' },
    { clipPath: 'inset(0 0% 0 0)', duration: config.duration, ease: config.ease }),
  defaults: { duration: 0.8, ease: 'power2.inOut' },
  extendTimeline: true,
});

gsap.registerEffect({
  name: 'drawIn',
  effect: (targets, config) => gsap.from(targets, { drawSVG: 0, duration: config.duration, stagger: config.stagger, ease: config.ease }),
  defaults: { duration: 1.5, stagger: 0.1, ease: 'power2.inOut' },
  extendTimeline: true,
});

gsap.registerEffect({
  name: 'flipCard',
  effect: (targets, config) => gsap.to(targets,
    { rotateY: 180, duration: config.duration, ease: config.ease }),
  defaults: { duration: 1.2, ease: 'power2.inOut' },
  extendTimeline: true,
});

gsap.registerEffect({
  name: 'perspectiveIn',
  effect: (targets, config) => {
    const fromX = config.fromRight ? 600 : -600;
    const fromRotateY = config.fromRight ? -60 : 60;
    return gsap.from(targets, {
      x: fromX, rotateY: fromRotateY, opacity: 0,
      duration: config.duration, ease: config.ease,
    });
  },
  defaults: { duration: 0.8, ease: 'power3.out', fromRight: false },
  extendTimeline: true,
});

gsap.registerEffect({
  name: 'textHighlight',
  effect: (targets, config) => gsap.from(targets, {
    scaleX: 0, transformOrigin: 'left center',
    duration: config.duration, stagger: config.stagger, ease: config.ease,
  }),
  defaults: { duration: 0.3, stagger: 0.3, ease: 'power2.out' },
  extendTimeline: true,
});

gsap.registerEffect({
  name: 'cursorClick',
  effect: (targets, config) => {
    const tl = gsap.timeline();
    tl.to(targets, { scale: 0.95, duration: 0.1, ease: 'power2.in' })
      .to(targets, { scale: 1, duration: 0.15, ease: 'power2.out' });
    return tl;
  },
  defaults: {},
  extendTimeline: true,
});

// Simple property animations (fade, slide, scale) should use Remotion's
// interpolate() directly — GSAP registered effects are reserved for
// operations that Remotion cannot do natively (SplitText, DrawSVG, etc.).

Usage:

const containerRef = useGSAPTimeline((tl, container) => {
  tl.textReveal('.title')
    .charCascade('.subtitle', {}, '-=0.3')
    .circleReveal('.scene-2', {}, '+=0.5')
    .flipCard('.card-3d')
    .perspectiveIn('.panel-left')
    .perspectiveIn('.panel-right', { fromRight: true }, '-=0.5')
    .textHighlight('.highlight-box')
    .cursorClick('.cta-button', {}, '+=0.3')
    .drawIn('.logo-path');
});

8. Easing Reference

Motion Feel GSAP Ease Use Case
Smooth deceleration power2.out Standard entrance
Strong deceleration power3.out / expo.out Dramatic entrance
Gentle acceleration power2.in Standard exit
Smooth both power1.inOut Scene transitions
Slight overshoot back.out(1.7) Attention, bounce-in
Elastic spring elastic.out(1, 0.5) Logo, playful
Bounce CustomBounce Impact, landing
Shake/vibrate CustomWiggle Attention, error
Organic/jagged RoughEase Tension, glitch
Custom curve CustomEase.create("id", "M0,0 C...") Brand-specific
Slow in middle slow(0.7, 0.7, false) Cinematic speed ramp

GSAP-only eases (no Remotion equivalent): CustomEase, RoughEase, SlowMo, CustomBounce, CustomWiggle, ExpoScaleEase.

9. Combining with react-animation Skill

const CombinedScene: React.FC = () => (
  <AbsoluteFill>
    {/* react-animation: visual atmosphere */}
    <Aurora colorStops={['#3A29FF', '#FF94B4']} />

    {/* gsap-animation: text + motion */}
    <GSAPTextReveal text="Beautiful Motion" />
    <GSAPLogoReveal svgContent={...} />

    {/* react-animation: film grain overlay */}
    <NoiseOverlay opacity={0.05} />
  </AbsoluteFill>
);
Skill Best For
react-animation Visual backgrounds (Aurora, Silk, Particles), shader effects, WebGL
gsap-animation Text animation, SVG motion, timeline orchestration, transitions, templates

10. Composition Registration

export const RemotionRoot: React.FC = () => (
  <>
    <Composition id="TitleCard" component={TitleCard}
      durationInFrames={120} fps={30} width={1920} height={1080}
      defaultProps={{ mainTitle: 'HELLO WORLD', subtitle: 'A GSAP Motion Story' }} />
    <Composition id="LowerThird" component={LowerThird}
      durationInFrames={210} fps={30} width={1920} height={1080}
      defaultProps={{ name: 'Jane Smith', title: 'Creative Director' }} />
    <Composition id="LogoReveal" component={LogoReveal}
      durationInFrames={90} fps={30} width={1920} height={1080}
      defaultProps={{ svgContent: <circle className="logo-path" cx={50} cy={50} r={40} fill="none" stroke="#fff" strokeWidth={2} />, text: 'BRAND' }} />
    <Composition id="Outro" component={Outro}
      durationInFrames={120} fps={30} width={1920} height={1080}
      defaultProps={{ headline: 'THANK YOU', tagline: 'See you next time' }} />
    {/* Social media variants */}
    <Composition id="IGStory-TitleCard" component={TitleCard}
      durationInFrames={150} fps={30} width={1080} height={1920}
      defaultProps={{ mainTitle: 'SWIPE UP' }} />
  </>
);

11. Rendering

# Default MP4
npx remotion render src/index.ts TitleCard --output out/title.mp4

# High quality
npx remotion render src/index.ts TitleCard --codec h264 --crf 15

# GIF
npx remotion render src/index.ts TitleCard --codec gif --every-nth-frame 2

# ProRes for editing
npx remotion render src/index.ts TitleCard --codec prores --prores-profile 4444

# With audio
# Use <Audio src={staticFile('bgm.mp3')} /> in composition

# Transparent background (alpha channel)
npx remotion render src/index.ts Overlay --codec prores --prores-profile 4444 --output out/overlay.mov
npx remotion render src/index.ts Overlay --codec vp9 --output out/overlay.webm

Transparent Background Formats

Format Alpha Support Quality File Size Compatibility
ProRes 4444 (.mov) Yes Lossless Large Final Cut, Premiere, DaVinci
WebM VP9 (.webm) Yes Lossy Small Web, Chrome, After Effects
MP4 H.264 (.mp4) No Lossy Small Universal playback
GIF (.gif) 1-bit only Low Medium Web, social

Use ProRes 4444 for professional compositing. Use WebM VP9 for web overlays. MP4/H.264 does not support alpha channels.

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