Specular Sweep Title — effect skill for headlines & callouts

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A static title receives one clean light sweep through its glyphs, then rests.

What it does

Built on Text Shimmer by HeyGen (HyperFrames), Apache-2.0. The write-up and recipes below are varg's.

A narrow white gradient band passes diagonally through the letters once, like light catching a metal logo.

When: Mark a premium moment: price reveal, plan name, the product name in the end card.

Watch out: Do not loop the sweep; one pass is polish, a loop is a loading state.

Timing: One pass 0.8–1.2 s, power2.inOut, starting ~0.3 s after the title settles.

Also called: shimmer title, shine sweep, metal glint

In HyperFrames

npx hyperframes add shimmer-sweep

tl.fromTo(".title",{"--sweep":"-30%"},{"--sweep":"130%",duration:1,ease:"power2.inOut"},1.2);

In Remotion

// npx shadcn@latest add @remocn/shimmer-sweep
const x = interpolate(frame,[30,60],[-30,130],{extrapolateLeft:'clamp',extrapolateRight:'clamp'});
backgroundImage:`linear-gradient(110deg,#999 ${x-10}%,#fff ${x}%,#999 ${x+10}%)`, WebkitBackgroundClip:'text'

In CapCut

Effects → search "shine"/"light sweep" and apply only to the text layer for 1 s.

Ready-made components

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Example output

https://s3.varg.ai/how-to/previews/9c80da482e09/take-specular-sweep-title.mp4 — The Text Shimmer component rendered as installed (npx hyperframes add text-shimmer), defaults only (credit: Rendered by varg · HyperFrames Text Shimmer, https://hyperframes.heygen.com/catalog/components/text-shimmer)

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