# Brand-Color Silk Waves — effect skill for backdrops

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Smooth silk-like folds or wave bands in brand colors flow slowly behind the content.

- **Type:** [Effect](https://varg.ai/how-to/effects.md) · [Backdrops](https://varg.ai/how-to/browse/skills/backdrops.md)
- **Slug:** `brand-silk-waves`
- **Status:** live
- **Publisher:** David Haz (community)
- **License:** MIT + Commons Clause
- **Source:** https://github.com/DavidHDev/react-bits/blob/main/src/content/Backgrounds/Silk/Silk.jsx
- **Works in:** Claude Code, Claude.ai, Codex, Cursor, OpenClaw, Gemini CLI, Any MCP client, varg Studio
- **Requires:** HyperFrames (npx hyperframes), Remotion, CapCut (by hand)
- **Cost:** Free — the take renders locally; generated footage, if any, bills by the model

## What it does

Built on [Silk](https://github.com/DavidHDev/react-bits/blob/main/src/content/Backgrounds/Silk/Silk.jsx) by react-bits, MIT + Commons Clause. The write-up and recipes below are varg's.

Soft satin folds or broad blurred waves; one hue family, subtle highlights, slow motion.

**When:** Consumer and creative brands; music, audio and design tools.

**Watch out:** Do not pick more than two hues; rainbow silk reads as a screensaver.

**Timing:** Flow speed low (one fold crossing per 4–6 s).

**Also called:** silk background, wavy gradient, flowing bands

### In HyperFrames

```bash
npx hyperframes add flowing-gradient
```
WebGPU shader; set the two brand colors as variables.

### In Remotion

```tsx
// npx shadcn@latest add @aceternity/wavy-background  (seed its noise with frame for seek-safety)
```

### In CapCut

Search Media → Library "silk"/"waves background"; apply Adjust → HSL to shift to brand hue.

### Ready-made components

- [Silk](https://skills.varg.ai/component/reactbits.silk/) (react-bits): npx shadcn@latest add @react-bits/Silk-JS-CSS
- [Wavy Background](https://skills.varg.ai/component/aceternity.wavy-background/) (aceternity): npx shadcn@latest add @aceternity/wavy-background
- [Flowing Gradient](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.flowing-gradient/) (hyperframes): npx hyperframes add flowing-gradient

### Where this comes from

- [DEV: how to make animated gradients like Stripe](https://dev.to/jordienr/how-to-make-animated-gradients-like-stripe-56nh)

## Use when

- Consumer and creative brands; music, audio and design tools.

## Not for

- Do not pick more than two hues; rainbow silk reads as a screensaver.

## Install

- Claude Code: `claude plugin marketplace add vargHQ/skills && claude plugin install varg@varg`
- Codex: `npx skills add vargHQ/skills --skill varg-video-edit-library -a codex -y`
- Cursor: `npx skills add vargHQ/skills --skill varg-video-edit-library -a cursor -y`

## Example output

https://s3.varg.ai/how-to/previews/0c9046598c5a/lib-react-bits-silk.mp4 — Preview of the Silk component that builds this take (credit: Captured from the library’s own demo page (React Bits), https://reactbits.dev/backgrounds/silk)

## More backdrops skills

- [Slow Mesh Gradient](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/slow-mesh-gradient.md): Soft brand-colored fields blend and drift slowly behind titles and UI.
- [Aurora Behind the Title](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/aurora-behind-title.md): Blurred light streaks drift sideways across a dark frame behind a centered title.
- [Faint Grid or Dot Field](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/faint-grid-field.md): A very faint line grid or dot field gives structure behind UI and code, with a soft radial fade.
- [Spotlight From Above](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/spotlight-from-above.md): Soft light cones fall from the top of a dark frame onto the product or title.
- [Film Grain Over Gradient](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/film-grain-over-gradient.md): A fine animated grain sits over the gradient so it feels printed, removes banding and looks less digital.
- [Blurred Product Behind Text](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/blurred-product-behind.md): The product UI itself, heavily blurred and dimmed, becomes the backdrop for a title or quote.

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- Claude Code: `claude plugin marketplace add vargHQ/skills && claude plugin install varg@varg` (skill + hosted MCP)
- Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, OpenClaw: `npx skills add vargHQ/skills --skill varg-ai -a <agent> -y`
- Grok and any agent that reads SKILL.md: `npx skills add vargHQ/skills --skill varg-ai`, or point it at the skill's SKILL.md
- Claude.ai, ChatGPT, any MCP client: connect `https://mcp.varg.ai/mcp`
- API key: https://varg.ai/dashboard/api · Model specs: https://varg.ai/models/llms.txt