# Cards Orbit in a Ring — effect skill for grids & carousels

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Image cards ride a circle, larger in front and smaller behind, sweeping fast-slow-fast.

- **Type:** [Effect](https://varg.ai/how-to/effects.md) · [Grids & carousels](https://varg.ai/how-to/browse/skills/galleries.md)
- **Slug:** `cards-orbit-ring`
- **Status:** live
- **Publisher:** Daniel Petho (community)
- **License:** MIT
- **Source:** https://github.com/danielpetho/fancy/blob/main/src/fancy/components/blocks/circling-elements.tsx
- **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 [Circling Elements](https://github.com/danielpetho/fancy/blob/main/src/fancy/components/blocks/circling-elements.tsx) by fancy, MIT. The write-up and recipes below are varg's.

Cards upright on an elliptical path with depth scaling and fade; the front card pauses briefly at center.

**When:** Showcase outputs, templates or styles in a playful but tidy way.

**Watch out:** Do not use more than ~10 cards; the back of the ring becomes noise.

**Timing:** One sweep 2–4 s with a slow-in at the front; depth scale 0.6–1.0.

**Also called:** circle carousel, ring gallery, orbit carousel

### In HyperFrames

```bash
npx hyperframes add carousel-circle-1
```

### In Remotion

```tsx
const a = interpolate(frame,[0,90],[0,Math.PI*2]);
cards.map((c,i)=>{const t=a+i*2*Math.PI/cards.length; const z=(Math.cos(t)+1)/2; return <Img src={c} style={{transform:`translateX(${Math.sin(t)*500}px) scale(${0.6+z*0.4})`, zIndex:Math.round(z*100), opacity:0.4+z*0.6}}/>})
```

### In CapCut

Hard natively; render in Remotion/HyperFrames, or use a "3D carousel" template from Templates.

### Ready-made components

- [Circling Elements](https://skills.varg.ai/component/fancy.circling-elements/) (fancy): npx shadcn add @fancy/circling-elements
- [Circle Carousel 1](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.carousel-circle-1/) (hyperframes): npx hyperframes add carousel-circle-1
- [Box Carousel](https://skills.varg.ai/component/fancy.box-carousel/) (fancy): npx shadcn add @fancy/box-carousel

### Where this comes from

- [Rotato: 14 video mockup ideas and examples](https://rotato.app/blog/mockup-video-examples)

## Use when

- Showcase outputs, templates or styles in a playful but tidy way.

## Not for

- Do not use more than ~10 cards; the back of the ring becomes noise.

## 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/5101dbbde2da/lib-fancy-circling-elements.mp4 — Preview of the Circling Elements component that builds this take (credit: Captured from the library’s own demo page (Fancy Components), https://www.fancycomponents.dev/docs/components/blocks/circling-elements)

## 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.
- [Camera Drifts Across a Bento](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/camera-drifts-bento.md): An oversized grid of screenshots fills the frame and the camera drifts diagonally across it.
- [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.
- [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