# Specular Sweep Title — effect skill for headlines & callouts

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A static title receives one clean light sweep through its glyphs, then rests.

- **Type:** [Effect](https://varg.ai/how-to/effects.md) · [Headlines & callouts](https://varg.ai/how-to/browse/skills/titles.md)
- **Slug:** `specular-sweep-title`
- **Status:** live
- **Publisher:** HeyGen (community)
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source:** https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/tree/main/registry/components/text-shimmer
- **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 [Text Shimmer](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/tree/main/registry/components/text-shimmer) by HeyGen (HyperFrames), Apache-2.0. The write-up and recipes below are varg's.

A narrow white gradient band passes diagonally through the letters once, like light catching a metal logo.

**When:** Mark a premium moment: price reveal, plan name, the product name in the end card.

**Watch out:** Do not loop the sweep; one pass is polish, a loop is a loading state.

**Timing:** One pass 0.8–1.2 s, power2.inOut, starting ~0.3 s after the title settles.

**Also called:** shimmer title, shine sweep, metal glint

### In HyperFrames

```bash
npx hyperframes add shimmer-sweep
```
```js
tl.fromTo(".title",{"--sweep":"-30%"},{"--sweep":"130%",duration:1,ease:"power2.inOut"},1.2);
```

### In Remotion

```tsx
// npx shadcn@latest add @remocn/shimmer-sweep
const x = interpolate(frame,[30,60],[-30,130],{extrapolateLeft:'clamp',extrapolateRight:'clamp'});
backgroundImage:`linear-gradient(110deg,#999 ${x-10}%,#fff ${x}%,#999 ${x+10}%)`, WebkitBackgroundClip:'text'
```

### In CapCut

Effects → search "shine"/"light sweep" and apply only to the text layer for 1 s.

### Ready-made components

- [Text Shimmer](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.text-shimmer/) (hyperframes): npx hyperframes add text-shimmer
- [Shimmer Sweep](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.shimmer-sweep/) (hyperframes): npx hyperframes add shimmer-sweep
- [Shimmering Text](https://skills.varg.ai/component/animateui.shimmering-text/) (animate-ui): npm install @animate-ui/react motion
- [Shimmer Sweep](https://skills.varg.ai/component/remocn.shimmer-sweep/) (remocn): npx shadcn@latest add @remocn/shimmer-sweep

### Where this comes from

- [NewscastStudio: Apple brings its aesthetic to a sports graphics package](https://www.newscaststudio.com/2022/04/11/apple-tv-friday-night-baseball/)
- [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

- Mark a premium moment: price reveal, plan name, the product name in the end card.

## Not for

- Do not loop the sweep; one pass is polish, a loop is a loading state.

## 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/9c80da482e09/take-specular-sweep-title.mp4 — The Text Shimmer component rendered as installed (npx hyperframes add text-shimmer), defaults only (credit: Rendered by varg · HyperFrames Text Shimmer, https://hyperframes.heygen.com/catalog/components/text-shimmer)

## More headlines & callouts skills

- [Kicker Over Rising Headline](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/kicker-headline-rise.md): A small mono kicker fades in, then the headline rises word by word from a soft blur.
- [Rotating Benefit Word](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/rotating-benefit-word.md): A fixed phrase holds while one word in it cycles through benefits, uses or audiences.
- [Masked Line Reveal](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/masked-line-reveal.md): Each line slides up out of an invisible slot, so the type looks cut from the frame.
- [Marker on the Key Phrase](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/marker-highlight-phrase.md): A marker band draws behind the one phrase that matters while the rest of the line stays calm.
- [Strike Old, Write New](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/strike-and-replace.md): A line strikes through the old way, then the new word takes its place.
- [Clean Lower Third](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/clean-lower-third.md): Name and role slide in at the lower left on a quiet bar, hold 3–5 s, then wipe out.

## Run the generation on varg

varg is one API key for the models these skills drive — Seedance 2.5, Kling 4, Veo 3.1, Wan 3, Nano Banana 2.1, GPT Image 2.5, ElevenLabs v4 and 200+ more — billed in credits, with a cost estimate before anything runs.

- 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