HELP! Rolling Text Animation

[Yuvraj Chavan]

Hello everyone! I'm new to gsap or code but I have decided to get started with gsap animations. I just made a rolling text animation like the video below in after effects and I would love to explore how can I implement this using gsap or code to use in webflow.

Please have a look at the video and let me know how can I make rolling text animation like this. Thank you!
 

 

[GSAP Helper]

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[Rodrigo]

Hi,

 

This codepen example by @PointC can provide a good starting point:

See the Pen bGKqKGo by PointC (@PointC) on CodePen

 

Happy Tweening!

[PointC]

I'd recommend investing in a Club GreenSock membership so you have access to SplitText. Makes this animation fairly easy.

 

1. Split into chars.
2. Grab the innerText and place it into 2 identical divs in each char div
3. Set parent char div overflow to hidden
4. Move the clone yPercent -100 or 100 depending on odd/even in the array
5. Animate the 2 child divs yPercent +=100 or -=100 again depending on odd/even in the array
6. Set tween repeat to your liking
7. Place the tweens on a parent timeline (optional) and animate the progress

Each column is its own tween so you can randomize or offset the times a bit if you need a more organic feel. Always lots of options with GSAP. 

 

See the Pen ZEmOKvP by PointC (@PointC) on CodePen

 

Happy tweening.

 

[Carl]

I was so impressed by this technique I created a simplified demo to illustrate how just one letter's animation works.

I thought for sure each character would have been duplicated multiple times.

 

 

 

See the Pen dyQXqJr?editors=0010 by snorkltv (@snorkltv) on CodePen

 

Great job @PointC!

[GreenSock]

Beautiful! Very nice work, @Carl and @PointC 💚

[AntonioNB4]

On 6/21/2023 at 7:21 PM, Carl said:

I was so impressed by this technique I created a simplified demo to illustrate how just one letter's animation works.

I thought for sure each character would have been duplicated multiple times.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great job @PointC!

@PointC If i want to do this , but infinite without an end ?

[GSAP Helper]

Without a minimal demo, it's very difficult to troubleshoot; the issue could be caused by CSS, markup, a third party library, a 3rd party script, etc. Would you please provide a very simple CodePen or Stackblitz that illustrates the issue? 

 

Please don't include your whole project. Just some colored <div> elements and the GSAP code is best. See if you can recreate the issue with as few dependencies as possible. Start minimal and then incrementally add code bit by bit until it breaks. Usually people solve their own issues during this process! If not, at least we have a reduced test case which greatly increases your chances of getting a relevant answer.

 

See the Pen aYYOdN by GreenSock (@GreenSock) on CodePen

that loads all the plugins. Just click "fork" at the bottom right and make your minimal demo: 

 

Using a framework/library like React, Vue, Next, etc.? 

CodePen isn't always ideal for these tools, so here are some Stackblitz starter templates that you can fork and import the gsap-trial NPM package for using any of the bonus plugins: 

• React (please read this article!)
• Next
• Svelte
• Sveltekit
• Vue
• Nuxt

 

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[Rodrigo]

5 hours ago, AntonioNB4 said:

If i want to do this , but infinite without an end ?

Something like this:

const tween = gsap.to(boxes, {yPercent:-50, repeat:-1, ease:"none"});
tween.timeScale(0);

const eased = gsap.to(tween, {timeScale:1.5, duration:4, ease:"power4.in"});

Happy Tweening!