Cards Orbit in a Ring — effect skill for grids & carousels

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Image cards ride a circle, larger in front and smaller behind, sweeping fast-slow-fast.

What it does

Built on Circling Elements by fancy, MIT. The write-up and recipes below are varg's.

Cards upright on an elliptical path with depth scaling and fade; the front card pauses briefly at center.

When: Showcase outputs, templates or styles in a playful but tidy way.

Watch out: Do not use more than ~10 cards; the back of the ring becomes noise.

Timing: One sweep 2–4 s with a slow-in at the front; depth scale 0.6–1.0.

Also called: circle carousel, ring gallery, orbit carousel

In HyperFrames

npx hyperframes add carousel-circle-1

In Remotion

const a = interpolate(frame,[0,90],[0,Math.PI*2]);
cards.map((c,i)=>{const t=a+i*2*Math.PI/cards.length; const z=(Math.cos(t)+1)/2; return <Img src={c} style={{transform:`translateX(${Math.sin(t)*500}px) scale(${0.6+z*0.4})`, zIndex:Math.round(z*100), opacity:0.4+z*0.6}}/>})

In CapCut

Hard natively; render in Remotion/HyperFrames, or use a "3D carousel" template from Templates.

Ready-made components

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Example output

https://s3.varg.ai/how-to/previews/5101dbbde2da/lib-fancy-circling-elements.mp4 — Preview of the Circling Elements component that builds this take (credit: Captured from the library’s own demo page (Fancy Components), https://www.fancycomponents.dev/docs/components/blocks/circling-elements)

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