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you paste it into.
Variables
Every one of these has a default, so the piece works untouched. Set the ones you want to change on the element:| Variable | Default | Accepts | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|
text | BOOM | string | Word or short label emphasized by the beat hit. |
flashColor | accent | accent, soft, bright | Token-backed accent tone used by the radial flash. |
intensity | 1 | 0.5 to 2, step 0.1 | Strength of the scale pulse, flash, and shake. |
data-variable-values on the element that mounts it. These are the
defaults, so this behaves exactly like the preview above until you change one:
<div
data-composition-id="beat-accent"
data-composition-src="compositions/components/beat-accent.html"
data-variable-values='{"text":"BOOM","flashColor":"accent","intensity":1}'
></div>
Source
beat-accent.html
beat-accent.html
<!doctype html>
<!--
beat-accent: HyperFrames video primitive (effects / burst / emphasize)
Concept: a single music-hit sting. A centered word snaps up in scale as a
radial impact flash erupts behind it, shakes by a small amount, then settles
immediately. One mechanic, one job: visual punctuation on one beat during IN.
This burst fires once and never loops. HOLD stays deliberately calm and still
after the decay.
Compiled-from evidence: Video Primitives v1 GAP C1, "sting: impact
flash/scale on a music hit." The candidates catalog describes a C1 gap:
music-driven films need visual punctuation on the downbeat and had nothing
atomic to reach for. A declared sync point makes the primitive weldable to
any audio hit. Catalog shelf: effects / burst / emphasize. The impact uses
the easing vocabulary's --ease-slam, GSAP expo.out, with the CSS mirror
cubic-bezier(0.19, 1, 0.22, 1), kept brief per taste rule 3.
Use when: one downbeat, edit point, reveal, or hard musical hit needs a short
visual accent. Mount it over the subject or use its centered word as the
subject. Do not use it as an ambient loop or a repeated visualizer.
Variables (declared in data-composition-variables below):
- text (string, default "BOOM"): the word or label that receives the hit.
- flashColor (enum, default "accent"): accent, soft accent, or bright
accent. Every option is derived from var(--accent), so theme changes
always repaint the flash.
- intensity (number, 0.5 to 2, default 1, step 0.1): scales subject pulse,
flash opacity and spread, and shake distance as one legible control.
Envelope (fixed IN/OUT, elastic HOLD only, never gsap.timeScale()):
IN_BASE = 0.90s, calm lead, impact snap, flash, shake, and full decay
HOLD = elastic = max(0, D - (IN_BASE + OUT_BASE)), deliberately still
OUT_BASE = 0.40s, clean release fade
If D < IN_BASE + OUT_BASE, IN and OUT scale down together so IN + OUT == D
and HOLD == 0. All fixed offsets and motion durations use the same scale.
Sync point: impact-hard lands at IMPACT_AT = 0.25s into an unscaled IN. It
scales proportionally only when the full envelope is compressed. ADR-0007
requires declared sync points to remain in a fixed phase, never inside the
elastic HOLD, so audio and visual timing cannot drift as duration changes.
Sound cue: the primitive never plays audio. At IMPACT_AT it dispatches a
bubbling `hf:sfx` CustomEvent with detail { id: "impact-hard", t: IMPACT_AT }.
A host mix stage may catch that event and route the id to its chosen asset.
Mount contract: this file is a MOUNTABLE SUB-COMPOSITION, not a standalone
composition. A host loads it via data-composition-src; the runtime clones
only <template> contents, while everything outside <template>, including
<head>, is discarded on mount. #root has no data-width or data-height. It is
styled by id, never by class, and fills the host box with position:absolute,
inset:0, container-type:size. Variables are read through
window.__hyperframes.getVariables(), never by parsing document.documentElement,
because the mounted document element belongs to the host composition.
-->
<html
lang="en"
data-composition-variables='[
{ "id": "text", "type": "string", "role": "content", "label": "Accent text", "description": "Word or short label emphasized by the beat hit.", "default": "BOOM" },
{ "id": "flashColor", "type": "enum", "role": "style", "label": "Flash color", "description": "Token-backed accent tone used by the radial flash.", "default": "accent", "options": [{ "value": "accent", "label": "Accent" }, { "value": "soft", "label": "Soft accent" }, { "value": "bright", "label": "Bright accent" }] },
{ "id": "intensity", "type": "number", "role": "timing", "label": "Intensity", "description": "Strength of the scale pulse, flash, and shake.", "default": 1, "min": 0.5, "max": 2, "step": 0.1 }
]'
>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<title>Beat Accent</title>
</head>
<body>
<template>
<div id="root" data-composition-id="beat-accent" data-duration="4" data-fps="30">
<style>
*,
*::before,
*::after {
box-sizing: border-box;
}
#root {
--ease-slam: cubic-bezier(0.19, 1, 0.22, 1);
--ba-flash-color: var(--accent, #ff4f8b);
position: absolute;
inset: 0;
container-type: size;
isolation: isolate;
overflow: hidden;
background: var(--bg, #0b1120);
color: var(--fg, #f8fafc);
font-family: var(--font-body, system-ui, sans-serif);
pointer-events: none;
}
.ba-clip {
position: absolute;
inset: 0;
display: grid;
place-items: center;
overflow: hidden;
}
.ba-stage {
position: relative;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
display: grid;
place-items: center;
will-change: transform, opacity;
}
.ba-flash {
position: absolute;
width: 62cqw;
aspect-ratio: 1;
border-radius: 50%;
background: radial-gradient(
circle,
color-mix(in srgb, var(--ba-flash-color) 92%, transparent) 0%,
color-mix(in srgb, var(--ba-flash-color) 54%, transparent) 24%,
color-mix(in srgb, var(--ba-flash-color) 16%, transparent) 48%,
transparent 72%
);
opacity: 0;
will-change: transform, opacity;
}
.ba-flash::after {
content: "";
position: absolute;
inset: 22%;
border: 0.45cqmin solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--ba-flash-color) 78%, transparent);
border-radius: 50%;
}
.ba-subject {
position: relative;
z-index: 1;
display: block;
width: 86cqw;
color: var(--fg, #f8fafc);
font-family: var(--font-display, var(--font-body, system-ui, sans-serif));
font-size: 20cqmin;
font-weight: 900;
line-height: 0.9;
letter-spacing: -0.055em;
text-align: center;
text-transform: uppercase;
white-space: nowrap;
overflow: hidden;
text-overflow: ellipsis;
text-shadow:
0 0 2cqmin color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent, #ff4f8b) 46%, transparent),
0 1.2cqh 3.8cqh color-mix(in srgb, var(--bg, #0b1120) 68%, transparent);
transform-origin: 50% 50%;
will-change: transform;
}
</style>
<div
id="beat-accent-clip"
class="ba-clip clip"
data-start="0"
data-duration="4"
data-track-index="0"
>
<div class="ba-stage">
<div class="ba-flash" aria-hidden="true"></div>
<div class="ba-subject"></div>
</div>
</div>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/gsap@3.14.2/dist/gsap.min.js"></script>
<script>
(function () {
"use strict";
var root = document.getElementById("root");
var stage = root.querySelector(".ba-stage");
var flash = root.querySelector(".ba-flash");
var subject = root.querySelector(".ba-subject");
var vars =
window.__hyperframes && window.__hyperframes.getVariables
? window.__hyperframes.getVariables()
: {};
var text = vars.text == null ? "BOOM" : String(vars.text);
var flashChoice =
vars.flashColor === "soft" || vars.flashColor === "bright"
? vars.flashColor
: "accent";
var intensityValue = Number(vars.intensity);
var intensity = Number.isFinite(intensityValue)
? Math.max(0.5, Math.min(2, intensityValue))
: 1;
var flashColors = {
accent: "var(--accent, #ff4f8b)",
soft: "color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent, #ff4f8b) 70%, var(--bg, #0b1120))",
bright: "color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent, #ff4f8b) 72%, var(--fg, #f8fafc))",
};
subject.textContent = text;
root.style.setProperty("--ba-flash-color", flashColors[flashChoice]);
var IN_BASE = 0.9;
var OUT_BASE = 0.4;
var IMPACT_AT_BASE = 0.25;
var SNAP_BASE = 0.12;
var SETTLE_BASE = 0.28;
var FLASH_IN_BASE = 0.08;
var FLASH_OUT_BASE = 0.28;
var duration = Math.max(0.001, parseFloat(root.dataset.duration || "4"));
var totalBase = IN_BASE + OUT_BASE;
var envelopeScale = duration < totalBase ? duration / totalBase : 1;
var IN = IN_BASE * envelopeScale;
var OUT = OUT_BASE * envelopeScale;
var IMPACT_AT = IMPACT_AT_BASE * envelopeScale;
var SNAP = SNAP_BASE * envelopeScale;
var SETTLE = SETTLE_BASE * envelopeScale;
var FLASH_IN = FLASH_IN_BASE * envelopeScale;
var FLASH_OUT = FLASH_OUT_BASE * envelopeScale;
var HOLD = Math.max(0, duration - (IN + OUT));
var OUT_START = IN + HOLD;
var restScale = 1 - 0.06 * intensity;
var peakScale = 1 + 0.18 * intensity;
var flashPeakScale = 0.78 + 0.3 * intensity;
var flashEndScale = 1.08 + 0.32 * intensity;
var flashPeakOpacity = Math.min(0.96, 0.5 + 0.23 * intensity);
var shakeX = 0.9 * intensity;
var shakeY = 0.34 * intensity;
gsap.set(stage, { x: 0, y: 0, opacity: 1 });
gsap.set(subject, { scale: restScale });
gsap.set(flash, { scale: 0.25, opacity: 0 });
var tl = gsap.timeline({ paused: true });
tl.to(subject, { scale: peakScale, duration: SNAP, ease: "expo.out" }, IMPACT_AT);
tl.to(subject, { scale: 1, duration: SETTLE, ease: "power3.out" }, IMPACT_AT + SNAP);
tl.to(
flash,
{
scale: flashPeakScale,
opacity: flashPeakOpacity,
duration: FLASH_IN,
ease: "expo.out",
},
IMPACT_AT,
);
tl.to(
flash,
{ scale: flashEndScale, opacity: 0, duration: FLASH_OUT, ease: "power3.out" },
IMPACT_AT + FLASH_IN,
);
tl.to(
stage,
{
x: shakeX + "cqw",
y: -shakeY + "cqh",
duration: 0.04 * envelopeScale,
ease: "none",
},
IMPACT_AT,
);
tl.to(
stage,
{
x: -shakeX * 0.7 + "cqw",
y: shakeY * 0.75 + "cqh",
duration: 0.05 * envelopeScale,
ease: "none",
},
IMPACT_AT + 0.04 * envelopeScale,
);
tl.to(
stage,
{
x: shakeX * 0.3 + "cqw",
y: -shakeY * 0.35 + "cqh",
duration: 0.05 * envelopeScale,
ease: "none",
},
IMPACT_AT + 0.09 * envelopeScale,
);
tl.to(
stage,
{
x: 0,
y: 0,
duration: 0.12 * envelopeScale,
ease: "power3.out",
},
IMPACT_AT + 0.14 * envelopeScale,
);
tl.call(
function () {
root.dispatchEvent(
new CustomEvent("hf:sfx", {
detail: { id: "impact-hard", t: IMPACT_AT },
bubbles: true,
}),
);
},
[],
IMPACT_AT,
);
tl.to(stage, { opacity: 0, duration: OUT, ease: "power2.out" }, OUT_START);
tl.seek(0);
window.__timelines = window.__timelines || {};
// Literal id is required. Mount flattening strips data-composition-id
// from this inner root, so reading the id from root would register
// under null and leave the host unable to find this timeline.
window.__timelines["beat-accent"] = tl;
})();
</script>
</div>
</template>
</body>
</html>
motion-primitive effects burst sting emphasize impact.