# Stacked Cards Fan Out — effect skill for grids & carousels

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A pile of cards or photos shuffles, then fans or settles one forward into focus.

- **Type:** [Effect](https://varg.ai/how-to/effects.md) · [Grids & carousels](https://varg.ai/how-to/browse/skills/galleries.md)
- **Slug:** `stacked-cards-fan`
- **Status:** live
- **Publisher:** Codrops (community)
- **License:** MIT (per demo repo)
- **Source:** https://github.com/codrops/ImageStackGrid
- **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 [Image Stack Intro Animation](https://github.com/codrops/ImageStackGrid) by codrops, MIT (per demo repo). The write-up and recipes below are varg's.

Slightly rotated stacked cards with shadows; the top card lifts, others fan behind it, then one lands framed.

**When:** Show several examples or customers, then pick one to explore.

**Watch out:** Do not rotate cards more than ±8°; heavy rotation looks messy, not playful.

**Timing:** Shuffle 0.6–1 s, fan 0.5 s with 50 ms stagger, settle 0.4 s back.out(1.3).

**Also called:** card stack, image stack, shuffle

### In HyperFrames

```bash
npx hyperframes add keyframe-scrub-stack
```

### In Remotion

```tsx
// npx shadcn@latest add @remocn/reel
cards.map((c,i)=>{const p=spring({frame:frame-i*2,fps,config:{damping:16}}); return <Img src={c} style={{transform:`rotate(${(i-2)*4*p}deg) translateY(${-i*6}px)`}}/>})
```

### In CapCut

Stack image overlays with small rotations; keyframe Position/Rotation outward with offsets.

### Ready-made components

- [Image Stack Intro Animation](https://skills.varg.ai/component/codrops.image-stack-intro/) (codrops): git clone https://github.com/codrops/ImageStackGrid
- [Keyframe Scrub Stack](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.keyframe-scrub-stack/) (hyperframes): npx hyperframes add keyframe-scrub-stack
- [Reel](https://skills.varg.ai/component/remocn.reel/) (remocn): npx shadcn@latest add @remocn/reel

### Where this comes from

- [Jitter template: The Edit, product launch](https://jitter.video/template/the-edit-product-launch/)

## Use when

- Show several examples or customers, then pick one to explore.

## Not for

- Do not rotate cards more than ±8°; heavy rotation looks messy, not playful.

## 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/8076b8d8b942/lib-codrops-image-stack-intro.mp4 — Preview of the Image Stack Intro Animation component that builds this take (credit: From the library’s repo (Codrops — Manoela Ilic), https://tympanus.net/Development/ImageStackGrid/)

## 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.
- [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