# Camera Drifts Across a Bento — effect skill for grids & carousels

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An oversized grid of screenshots fills the frame and the camera drifts diagonally across it.

- **Type:** [Effect](https://varg.ai/how-to/effects.md) · [Grids & carousels](https://varg.ai/how-to/browse/skills/galleries.md)
- **Slug:** `camera-drifts-bento`
- **Status:** live
- **Publisher:** Kapish Dima · remocn (community)
- **License:** MIT
- **Source:** https://remocn.dev/r/infinite-bento-pan.json
- **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 [Infinite Bento Pan](https://remocn.dev/r/infinite-bento-pan.json) by Kapish Dima (remocn), MIT. The write-up and recipes below are varg's.

Grid larger than the frame, slight tilt, vignette on edges; tiles may lift as the camera passes.

**When:** Montage of many outputs (templates, generated images, user projects) behind a headline.

**Watch out:** Do not drift too fast; at more than ~5% of frame width per second, nothing registers.

**Timing:** Constant drift 3–6 s, linear or sine.inOut; vignette 30–40% at the edges.

**Also called:** bento pan, infinite grid pan, 3D grid fly

### In HyperFrames

```bash
npx hyperframes add pan-stations
```
Or animate a large grid wrapper `x`/`y` with `ease:"none"` for the whole clip.

### In Remotion

```tsx
// npx shadcn@latest add @remocn/infinite-bento-pan
const x = interpolate(frame,[0,durationInFrames],[0,-400]);
const y = interpolate(frame,[0,durationInFrames],[0,-240]);
```

### In CapCut

Make a big grid image; keyframe Position diagonally over the clip; add a vignette effect.

### Ready-made components

- [Infinite Bento Pan](https://skills.varg.ai/component/remocn.infinite-bento-pan/) (remocn): npx shadcn@latest add @remocn/infinite-bento-pan
- [On-Scroll 3D Grid Animations](https://skills.varg.ai/component/codrops.scroll-3d-grid/) (codrops): git clone https://github.com/codrops/Scroll3DGrid
- [Pan Stations](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.pan-stations/) (hyperframes): npx hyperframes add pan-stations

### Where this comes from

- [SaaSFrame: understanding the bento layout trend](https://www.saasframe.io/blog/the-bento-layout-trend)

## Use when

- Montage of many outputs (templates, generated images, user projects) behind a headline.

## Not for

- Do not drift too fast; at more than ~5% of frame width per second, nothing registers.

## 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/cf9bd20c1ab9/lib-codrops-scroll-3d-grid.mp4 — Preview of the On-Scroll 3D Grid Animations component that builds this take (credit: From the library’s repo (Codrops — Manoela Ilic), https://tympanus.net/Development/Scroll3DGrid/)

## More grids & carousels skills

- [Bento Feature Grid](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/bento-feature-grid.md): Features land in a grid of differently sized rounded tiles — one hero tile, smaller supporting ones.
- [Tilted Screenshot Wall](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/tilted-screenshot-wall.md): A wall of screenshots seen at an isometric angle, columns scrolling up and down at different speeds.
- [Stacked Cards Fan Out](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/stacked-cards-fan.md): A pile of cards or photos shuffles, then fans or settles one forward into focus.
- [App Screens on a Rail](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/app-screens-on-rail.md): Two to five app screens ride a horizontal rail: one centered and sharp, neighbors smaller and receded.
- [Cards Orbit in a Ring](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/cards-orbit-ring.md): Image cards ride a circle, larger in front and smaller behind, sweeping fast-slow-fast.
- [Rapid Screenshot Burst](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/rapid-screenshot-burst.md): Full-screen images slam in one on top of another on the beat, landing on the final hero shot.

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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