# Filmstrip on a Curve — effect skill for grids & carousels

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A ribbon of thumbnails snakes along a curved path across the frame.

- **Type:** [Effect](https://varg.ai/how-to/effects.md) · [Grids & carousels](https://varg.ai/how-to/browse/skills/galleries.md)
- **Slug:** `filmstrip-on-curve`
- **Status:** live
- **Publisher:** Daniel Petho (community)
- **License:** MIT
- **Source:** https://github.com/danielpetho/fancy/blob/main/src/fancy/components/blocks/marquee-along-svg-path.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 [Marquee Along SVG Path](https://github.com/danielpetho/fancy/blob/main/src/fancy/components/blocks/marquee-along-svg-path.tsx) by fancy, MIT. The write-up and recipes below are varg's.

Tiles follow an S or arc path, rotating to its tangent, with depth scaling where the curve comes forward.

**When:** Playful brand moments, creative tools, galleries of styles.

**Watch out:** Do not make the path cross the headline; route it behind or around text.

**Timing:** Travel 30–60 px/s along the path; 4–8 s visible.

**Also called:** marquee along path, curved carousel, ribbon of tiles

### In HyperFrames

```bash
npx hyperframes add carousel-path-1
```
Or GSAP MotionPath on each tile with staggered `start` offsets (seek-safe on the paused timeline).

### In Remotion

```tsx
const pt = path.getPointAtLength(((frame*3 + i*gap) % len));
<Img src={tile} style={{transform:`translate(${pt.x}px,${pt.y}px)`}}/>
```

### In CapCut

Not native; render the ribbon in code and import, or use a curved "film strip" sticker.

### Ready-made components

- [Marquee Along SVG Path](https://skills.varg.ai/component/fancy.marquee-along-svg-path/) (fancy): npx shadcn add @fancy/marquee-along-svg-path
- [Path Carousel 1](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.carousel-path-1/) (hyperframes): npx hyperframes add carousel-path-1

### Where this comes from

- [Codrops: 7 must-know GSAP animation tips](https://tympanus.net/codrops/2025/09/03/7-must-know-gsap-animation-tips-for-creative-developers/)

## Use when

- Playful brand moments, creative tools, galleries of styles.

## Not for

- Do not make the path cross the headline; route it behind or around text.

## 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/a0bcad40e8fa/lib-fancy-marquee-along-svg-path.mp4 — Preview of the Marquee Along SVG Path component that builds this take (credit: Captured from the library’s own demo page (Fancy Components), https://www.fancycomponents.dev/docs/components/blocks/marquee-along-svg-path)

## 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.
- [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.

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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