hyperframes-animation

**Plugin installs:** Before setup or freshness commands, follow [plugin execution rules](../hyperframes/references/plugin-installation.md) when this skill is inside a HyperFrames plugin. Standalone installs keep the update instructions below. # HyperFrames Animation All motion knowledge in one skill: **rules** (atomic recipes), **blueprints** (multi-phase scene templates), **transitions** (scene-to-scene), **techniques** (broader motion-design patterns), and **adapters** (per-runtime APIs). For the composition contract (data attributes, sub-compositions, determinism) see `hyperframes-core`. ## Default: compose atomic rules Pick 2-4 rules from `rules-index.md`, glue them together with a single paused GSAP timeline, done. This is faster and produces less code than starting from a blueprint. ## Load a blueprint when - The scene matches an existing pre-designed multi-phase template (brand-reveal, social-proof, etc.) and reusing its phase pipeline saves real authoring time - You want runnable ground-truth code for a complex 4-5 phase choreography Blueprints live in `blueprints-index.md`. Each entry points to `blueprints/<id>.md` (recipe). Do not read it speculatively; load it when you've already decided you need scene-level orchestration. ## Routing | Want to… | Read | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------- | | Pick an atomic motion pattern by trigger / tag | `rules-index.md` | | Read one rule's full HTML / CSS / GSAP recipe | `rules/<name>.md` | | Pick a multi-phase scene template | `blueprints-index.md` | | Read one blueprint's full recipe | `blueprints/<id>.md` | | Author a scene transition (CSS-driven, between two clips) | `transitions/overview.md`, `transitions/catalog.md` | | Look up a broader motion-design technique | `techniques.md` | | Motion blur — shutter smear on an element, and when not to use it | `references/motion-blur.md` | | Analyze an existing composition's animation map | `scripts/animation-map.mjs` | | GSAP API — timeline / tweens / position parameters | `adapters/gsap.md` | | GSAP — drop-in effect recipes | `rules/gsap-effects.md` | | GSAP — transforms / perf | `adapters/gsap-transforms-and-perf.md` | | GSAP — eases / stagger | `adapters/gsap-easing-and-stagger.md` | | GSAP — timeline / labels | `adapters/gsap-timeline-and-labels.md` | | Lottie / dotLottie (After Effects exports, `window.__hfLottie`) | `adapters/lottie.md` | | Character animation (walk cycle, mascot, jointed puppet, gestures) | `adapters/lottie.md` → Characters | | Three.js / WebGL (3D scenes, `AnimationMixer`, `hf-seek`) | `adapters/three.md` | | Anime.js (`window.__hfAnime`) | `adapters/animejs.md` | | CSS keyframes (`animation-delay` / `play-state` / `fill-mode`) | `adapters/css-animations.md` | | Web Animations API (`element.animate()`, `currentTime` seek) | `adapters/waapi.md` | | TypeGPU / WebGPU (`navigator.gpu`, WGSL, compute pipelines) | `adapters/typegpu.md` | | HTML-as-texture + WebGL/GLSL post-fx (capture live DOM via `drawElementImage`) | `adapters/html-in-canvas-patterns.md` | | Named text-animation effects (24 IDs via external `animate-text` skill) | `adapters/animate-text.md` | ## Picking a runtime - **GSAP** is the default for 95% of motion work — covers timeline orchestration, transforms, easing, stagger. All atomic rules in this skill are GSAP-based. - **Lottie** when an asset has its own pre-baked timeline (typically After Effects exports), including characters that walk, gesture or react. - **Three.js** for 3D scenes, camera motion, shader-driven visuals. - **Anime.js** for lightweight tweening when GSAP is overkill. - **CSS** for simple repeated motifs, decoration, shimmer — no JavaScript animation cost. - **WAAPI** for native browser keyframes without a GSAP dependency. - **TypeGPU / WebGPU** for GPU-rendered canvases (particles, liquid glass, custom shaders). Multiple runtimes can coexist in one composition. Each registers its instances on the runtime-specific global so HyperFrames can seek all of them in one pass. ## Critical Constraints **Prerequisite: `hyperframes-core` → One paused timeline + Non-negotiable rules** (single paused timeline, `data-duration` governs length, no `Math.random` / `Date.now` / `performance.now`, no `repeat: -1` without a finite root `data-duration`, no page-load `gsap.set` on later-scene clips, no `display` or raw `visibility` tweens, and register the timeline only after it is fully built, including when the build runs inside an async callback such as `document.fonts.ready`). GSAP `autoAlpha` and zero-duration visibility sets at explicit timeline boundaries remain allowed by core. Use those exceptions only on non-clip elements or wrappers inside a clip; the framework owns `.clip` lifecycle. Don't restate the full contract here. Animation-craft additions on top of core's contract: - **Pre-calculated layout constants** — never derive positions from `getBoundingClientRect()` at tween time. Tween-time DOM measurements desync because the renderer samples in parallel; compute coordinates once at composition setup and reuse. - **Spatial motion uses GSAP transform aliases only** (`x`, `y`, `scale`, `rotation`). Core's allowlist also permits `opacity` / `color` / `backgroundColor` / `borderRadius` for non-spatial property tweens — but never `width` / `height` / `top` / `left` for layout changes. ## Scripts ```bash node <SKILL_DIR>/scripts/animation-map.mjs <composition-dir> \ --out <composition-dir>/.hyperframes/anim-map ``` Reads every GSAP timeline registered on `window.__timelines`, enumerates tweens, samples bboxes, computes flags, outputs `animation-map.json`. Use it to audit choreography (dead zones, stagger consistency, lifecycle warnings) after authoring. `animation-map.mjs` resolves helper packages from the current project first, then can bootstrap the bundled HyperFrames package version. Set `HYPERFRAMES_SKILL_PKG_VERSION=<version>` only when running the skill outside the bundled CLI/skill install and you need to pin that bootstrap version explicitly. ## See Also - `hyperframes-core` — composition structure, data attributes, sub-compositions, deterministic render contract - `hyperframes-creative` — palettes, typography, narration, beat planning (non-animation creative direction) - `hyperframes-cli` — `npx hyperframes lint / check / snapshot / preview / render`