Filmstrip on a Curve — effect skill for grids & carousels

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A ribbon of thumbnails snakes along a curved path across the frame.

What it does

Built on Marquee Along SVG Path by fancy, MIT. The write-up and recipes below are varg's.

Tiles follow an S or arc path, rotating to its tangent, with depth scaling where the curve comes forward.

When: Playful brand moments, creative tools, galleries of styles.

Watch out: Do not make the path cross the headline; route it behind or around text.

Timing: Travel 30–60 px/s along the path; 4–8 s visible.

Also called: marquee along path, curved carousel, ribbon of tiles

In HyperFrames

npx hyperframes add carousel-path-1

Or GSAP MotionPath on each tile with staggered start offsets (seek-safe on the paused timeline).

In Remotion

const pt = path.getPointAtLength(((frame*3 + i*gap) % len));
<Img src={tile} style={{transform:`translate(${pt.x}px,${pt.y}px)`}}/>

In CapCut

Not native; render the ribbon in code and import, or use a curved "film strip" sticker.

Ready-made components

Where this comes from

Use when

Not for

Install

Example output

https://s3.varg.ai/how-to/previews/a0bcad40e8fa/lib-fancy-marquee-along-svg-path.mp4 — Preview of the Marquee Along SVG Path component that builds this take (credit: Captured from the library’s own demo page (Fancy Components), https://www.fancycomponents.dev/docs/components/blocks/marquee-along-svg-path)

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