# Floating UI Panels in Depth — effect skill for UI walkthroughs

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The interface splits into its panels, which float apart in depth with parallax, then snap back.

- **Type:** [Effect](https://varg.ai/how-to/effects.md) · [UI walkthroughs](https://varg.ai/how-to/browse/skills/ui.md)
- **Slug:** `floating-ui-panels`
- **Status:** live
- **Publisher:** HeyGen (community)
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source:** https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/tree/main/registry/components/camera-rig-depth-stack
- **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 [Camera Rig Depth Stack](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/tree/main/registry/components/camera-rig-depth-stack) by HeyGen (HyperFrames), Apache-2.0. The write-up and recipes below are varg's.

Sidebar, main view and modal separate on the z-axis at different depths; the camera drifts so near panels move faster.

**When:** Explain how a product is built (layers, modules) or make a static screen feel alive.

**Watch out:** Do not separate more than 3–5 layers; more becomes a cloud of rectangles.

**Timing:** Separate 0.8 s, drift 2–3 s linear, re-stack 0.6 s power3.inOut.

**Also called:** exploded UI, layered panels, depth stack

### In HyperFrames

```bash
npx hyperframes add camera-rig-depth-stack
```
Or `exploded-stack` for isometric plates with labels beside each layer.

### In Remotion

```tsx
layers.map((l,i)=>{const z=interpolate(frame,[0,24],[0,i*120],{extrapolateRight:'clamp'}); return <Img src={l} style={{position:'absolute', transform:`translateZ(${z}px)`}}/>})
// parent: perspective:1800, transformStyle:'preserve-3d', rotateY drift
```

### In CapCut

Cut the screenshot into layers (one PNG per panel), stack as Overlays, keyframe each Position/Scale differently for parallax.

### Ready-made components

- [Camera Rig Depth Stack](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.camera-rig-depth-stack/) (hyperframes): npx hyperframes add camera-rig-depth-stack
- [Exploded Stack](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.exploded-stack/) (hyperframes): npx hyperframes add exploded-stack
- [Keyframe Scrub Stack](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.keyframe-scrub-stack/) (hyperframes): npx hyperframes add keyframe-scrub-stack

### Where this comes from

- [Steve Lemuel: Raycast kinetic product motion (Figma + Jitter)](https://contra.com/p/llNMeeMX-raycast-kinetic-product-motion)
- [Rotato: 14 video mockup ideas and examples](https://rotato.app/blog/mockup-video-examples)

## Use when

- Explain how a product is built (layers, modules) or make a static screen feel alive.

## Not for

- Do not separate more than 3–5 layers; more becomes a cloud of rectangles.

## 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/0da4198313d6/take-floating-ui-panels.mp4 — The Camera Rig Depth Stack component used as its header comment describes, with demo copy (credit: Rendered by varg · HyperFrames Camera Rig Depth Stack, https://hyperframes.heygen.com/catalog/components/camera-rig-depth-stack)

## More UI walkthroughs skills

- [Zoom to the Action](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/zoom-to-the-action.md): The full app establishes, then the camera pushes 1.5–2× into the part being used and eases back out.
- [3D Tilted Dashboard Reveal](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/tilted-dashboard-reveal.md): The dashboard rises from a steep 3D tilt to flat, like a screen lifting toward the viewer.
- [UI Builds Itself Piece by Piece](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/ui-builds-itself.md): Grey skeleton blocks pulse once, then real cards, charts and text fill in with a stagger.
- [Before/After UI Wipe](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/before-after-ui-wipe.md): A divider sweeps across one screen, turning the old version into the new one underneath.
- [Card Expands Into Detail](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/card-expands-to-detail.md): A small card grows into a full detail panel in one continuous shape change.
- [Filmed Off a Monitor](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/filmed-off-a-monitor.md): The UI looks filmed on a real display: slight perspective, focus falloff and glare.

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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