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Hi. I have one timeline(Max) and animating three elements sequentially. I want 2nd element to fade-in and also want it to animate(shake) endlessly with interval immediately after fade-in. I have an example code in codepen. If someone got some time please take a look. I thought repeatDelay property would work but it comes in every yoyo animation. What I want is 5 yoyo animations then 2 second break and so forth. Thanks

Greetings, I'm new at GreenSock ( first project ) and as you may guess, I do have some struggles, I want to group the tweens in the timeline, rather than going individually, first two goes at the same time and then the second two and so on... I really try to figure out by myself, I add a minus delay but it's not working properly with ScrollMagic or I can't make it work. Here is my code: let controllerPerspectiveFirst = new ScrollMagic.Controller(); perspectiveTimeline = new TimelineMax(); perspectiveTimeline .to( '#as-perspective-bg--mountain--01', .4, { autoAlpha: .72, scaleY: .8, scaleX: .8, ease: Power4.easeOut } ) .from( '#as-perspective-bg--mountain--02', .4, { scaleY: 1.4, scaleX: 1.4, autoAlpha: 0, ease: Power4.easeOut } ) .to( '#as-perspective-bg--mountain--01', .4, { autoAlpha: 0, scaleY: 0, scaleX: 0, ease: Power4.easeOut } ) .to( '#as-perspective-bg--mountain--02', .4, { width: '180vw', scaleY: .6, scaleX: .6, ease: Power4.easeOut } ) .from( '#as-perspective-bg--desert', .4, { scaleY: 1.4, scaleX: 1.4, autoAlpha: 0, ease: Power4.easeOut } ); Thanks much.

Hi, My issue is to do with triggering a nested timeline in reverse, using Greensock and ScrollMagic. I realise ScrollMagic is a separate library but the difference in behaviour I am experiencing is to do with creating timelines either inside a function, or directly on a scrollmagic scene, so I hope somebody can possibly help. I have created two codepens that sort-of replicate my issue. Unfortunately my actual issue is client work so I can't show the same code. But I've recreated the crux of the issue. Additionally my actual code has a pinned element rather than these elements being separate, but hopefully this is enough to explain my issue. Expected behaviour: Scroll down the page - section 1 animation staggers out, section 2 animation staggers in. Scroll down again, section 2 animation staggers out, section 3 animation staggers in. Scroll back up the page - section 3 animations staggers out, section 2 animation staggers in. Again, section 2 animation staggers out, section 1 animation staggers in. I have created a function for fadeIn and fadeOut, and I then create another function "section2Anim", "section3Anim" that is a timeline containing both fadeout and fadein, in order for these two to happen at exactly the same time. (It's not visible on my demo because I don't have the element pinned, but on my pinned version, doing them at the same time basically means one set of dots appear to transform into the next set of dots. Problem: So, I found that the smoothest way to do this, which worked super well for me, when scrolling down the page, is method one, creating section2Anim as a function, and then applying it to the scrollmagic scene. This is this bit of my code: var section2Anim = function () { var tl = new TimelineMax(); tl .add(fadeOutAnimation('#section1 svg circle'), 0) .add(fadeInAnimation('#section2 svg circle'), 0); return tl; }; new ScrollMagic.Scene({ triggerElement: '#section2' }) .setTween(section2Anim) .addTo(controller); You can see this working nicely scrolling down the page in my first codepen, however it does not work in reverse when scrolling up : I have found that the only way to make it work in reverse too, is to not use the function and instead directly assign section2Anim to be the new TimelineMax. like this : var section2Anim = new TimelineMax(); section2Anim .add(fadeOutAnimation('#section1 svg circle'), 0) .add(fadeInAnimation('#section2 svg circle'), 0); new ScrollMagic.Scene({ triggerElement: '#section2' }) .setTween(section2Anim) .addTo(controller); You can see this working both forwards and backwards in my second codepen : So why not just use the latter method, you ask? Well my problem is, as soon as I use this latter method instead in my client code, my animation starts not working properly from the outset, it leaves some of the dots behind (the SVG circles), and doesn't fully trigger the animation. It seems to get stuck and lag, even when just scrolling down. After a while of scrolling it may start to work smoothly. What I am confused about is that in my first method, assigning the function, the animation works really smoothly which is what I want! But I just need it to work in reverse... and because this is all fairly new to me and I am not the best at Javascript anyways (more of a CSS gal), I am confused about why one way reverses and the other way doesn't. I should mention I have also tried some other things with the second method, like pausing the timeline, then playing it on enter of the scroll magic scene, sadly it was still laggy. I appreciate my demo does not show the lagginess or leftover dots, because I had to cut them down for the demo, so maybe this seems fine. But I just can't wrap my head around why the first method, assigning the function of "section2Anim" to the scroll magic scene, works so nicely, but doesn't reverse, whilst the second does reverse, but doesn't work nicely in my actual code. Any help at all much appreciated, thanks so much. Panda

(I am trying to use two separate timelines for open and close animations. I have two tests set up which have the same error.) I pass references to timelines to my callback functions. When I pass them as timeline instances, the callback function reports that they are undefined. I can work around it by passing the names of the timelines as strings but that is clumsy. What am I missing? You'll need to have the console open to see the errors. They also manifest themselves after a few toggle actions as timelines don't get reset properly.

Hi guys first time asking help here ?, I'm doing some stuff with timelinemax and trying to make animation without make another starting while the first is active, i've discovered the isActive property but even by trying it and reading some other post i didn't get any solution for my method, does anyone can help me thank you if (!tl.isActive()) { tl .add('move') .set(this.$refs.mask, { clearProps: 'all' }) .set(this.$refs.tabs, { clearProps: 'all' }) .set(icons, { clearProps: 'all' }) .set(mask, { x, y, scale, }) .to(this.$refs.picture, 0.8, { x, y, scale, ease: Power4.easeOut, }, 'move') .to(this.$refs.triggers, 0.1, { opacity: 0, ease: Power4.easeOut, }, 'move') .to(mask, 0.3, { autoAlpha: 1, }, 'move+=0.4') .to(tab, 0.3, { backgroundColor: '#F4F0E9', ease: Power4.easeOut, }, 'move+=0.2'); }

I'm looking to reverse the TimelineMax onComplete but I can't seem to get it to work. I'm new to this library, there are probably better ways to achieve what I want here. I'll list out the goals: Auto play a tween of the blocks from left to right (working in this Codepen) On mouseover and eventually on touchover reverse the animation with reduced speed and continue to move (working in this Codepen) When the animation goes fully out of the window reverse and come back across the other way (not working) I've tried a few different ways/options but no luck so far. Any help would be appreciated.

Hi, I'm doing a simple morph that repeats between two shapes (with a rotation on as well). When the animation runs, it morphs, then seems to pause for 3 seconds, then seems to do a fluid repeat morph between the two states (which is what I want), and then starts again? How do I get a morph to fluidly go from one shape to another on repeat with out the pause. I'm using yoyo: true as well and thought this would solve it? I'm flummoxed. var tl = new TimelineMax({repeat: -1, yoyo: true}); tl .to("#shape-1", 3, {morphSVG:"#shape-2", rotation: 180, ease: Power1.easeIn}) .to("#shape-2", 3, {morphSVG:"#shape-1", rotation: 180,ease: Power1.easeOut}) Many thanks,

Hi all! I'm working on finding the "best way" to approach animating the width of an object using the current implementation of GSAP TimelineMax paired with ScrollMagic: https://gist.github.com/jodriscoll/bda71b0245776294779cc1f9573186cd As most of you may know, animating the width of an element does not leverage the GPU, causing a reflow of the DOM, which is bad for performance, can break with bad JavaScript, reduces the 60hz/fps target, etc., etc. Unfortunately, I noticed the way the TimelineMax animates an object's property is through transform: matrix3d(). Which in turn, prevents the explicit usage/designation of transform: scaleX() to alter the width to/from through the TimelineMax().to properties. A summarized snippet of where I'm managing this configuration can be seen below: // ... const ScrollLines = new TimelineMax() .to( animate.down, 1, { x: animate.neg, y: animate.pos, width: 0, repeat: 1.25, ease: Sine.easeOut, yoyoEase: true }, "together" ) .to( animate.up, 1, { x: animate.pos, y: animate.neg, width: 0, repeat: 1.25, ease: Sine.easeOut, yoyoEase: true }, "together"); // ... Actual question: Is there a way to alter the width of an element while still utilizing the core matrix3d calculation in TimelineMax? You can see the current implementation of this animation on youcanwa.org, or view the demonstration here. Any suggestions or help would be much appreciated!

Hello, I have been using GreenSock tools for a few months now, but I am hitting a bit of a wall with timelines that I don't know how to overcome. I have successfully created 4 animated timelines that individually run when I call a start() function, e.g. TL1.start(), TL2.start(), etc. I now want to create a conditional timeline that plays one to four of the other timelines depending on an argument in the super-timeline's function, e.g. : function superTimeline() { this.superTL = new TimeLineMax(); // code code code this.start( number) { var number = number this.superTL.add(TL1.start, 0); if ( number > 1 ) { this.superTL.add(TL2.start, 2); } if ( number > 2 ) { this.superTL.add(TL3.start, 4); } etc... this.superTL.restart(true, false); } } My problem is that the super timeline is not even calling the first, non-conditional timeline function (TL1.start). Can someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong? Cheers, GR

Hi, I´m new to this but i love it so far....except for this problem. I made several timelines for my animations, but i can´t get them to loop/repeat. One works fine, but ill guess I´ll have to nest them some way? Or have I got it all wrong?? var t1 = new TimelineMax(); t1.to(txt1_1, 0.5, {opacity:1, ease: Power2.easeOut}).to(txt1_1, 11, {opacity:1}).to(txt1_1, 0.5, {opacity:0, left: -300}); var t2 = new TimelineMax(); t2.to(txt1_2, 0.5, {opacity:1, ease: Power2.easeOut, top:0}).to(txt1_2, 2, {opacity:1}).to(txt1_2, 0.5, {opacity:0, top:30}); var t3 = new TimelineMax(); t3.to(txt1_3, 0.5, {opacity:1, ease: Power2.easeOut, top:0, delay:3}).to(txt1_3, 2, {opacity:1}).to(txt1_3, 0.5, {opacity:0, top:30}); var t4 = new TimelineMax(); t4.to(txt1_4, 0.5, {opacity:1, ease: Power2.easeOut, top:0, delay:6}).to(txt1_4, 2, {opacity:1}).to(txt1_4, 0.5, {opacity:0, top:30}); var t5 = new TimelineMax(); t5.to(txt1_5, 0.5, {opacity:1, ease: Power2.easeOut, top:0, delay:9}).to(txt1_5, 2, {opacity:1}).to(txt1_5, 0.5, {opacity:0, left: -300}) ; var tlp1 = new TimelineMax(); tlp1.to(panel1, 0.5, {opacity:1, ease: Power2.easeIn, left:0, delay:12}).to(panel1, 5, {opacity:1}).to(panel1, 0.5, {opacity:0}); var tlp2 = new TimelineMax(); tlp2.to(panel2, 0.5, {opacity:1, left: 680, ease: Back.easeOut.config(1.2), delay:11.5}).to(panel2, 5.5, {opacity:1}).to(panel2, 0.5, {opacity:0});

Hi all, Im having trouble triggering my 'slideshow', i got the basics working with the timeline, but whenever i restart it, the 'x : ''-='' doenst add the amount, but starts from the previous x value. I have a 'activeCount' variable running, which disables the buttons when the max amount of slides is reached. This part works fine in the console, but ofcourse not really visible when the timeline isn't working correctly. Can someone help me with this? Cheers.

I have a timeline consisting of tweens that change an SVG text element. The text element begins with a value of 400. The first tween will change the text content to 300, the second tween to 200, and the third and final tween to 100. When the page is finished loading, instead of showing the initial value the text element is set to (in this case 400), it shows the value the element will be set to by the FIRST tween (300). Not the final tween, (100) nor the middle tween (200), but the first one. How do I ensure that when the page is loaded, the target elements to be tweened are set to it's initial values BEFORE playing the timeline, and not any of it's future values to be set later?

I am using a draggable knob along an svg path. The path is a quadratic bezier curve which has the y coordinates going up and then down. How should I progress the draggable instance so that I am able to fill the path while dragging the knob on the path? To simply put it, I want the path to be filled while dragging the knob and the portion of the path to be filled should be only upto the knob. Also the mouse pointer should be in sync with the draggable knob. Any suggestions or leads are appreciated.

Hi! Here is my issue. I have an animation with a TimelineLite. This TimelineLite contains others nested timelines. Basically the main one is just tl.add(t1).add(t2).add(t3).add(t4).add(t5); So here is my problem now. I want to play either of theses timelines through a global one. Depending of the button click, I'll add one of theses timelines. ... master.add(tl); master.add(t1); master.add(t2); At the beginning, when I play the master with main one, it works well and the WHOLE animations is played, as soon as I play one of the nested timeline alone, and I play the master one again, the nested ones I played are removed and don't occurs in the whole animation anymore. Just to remind you: tl: main tX: nested timelines master: timeline containing either of the timelines above I assume as soon as you add a timeline into another one, the reference to this one into the main one is removed, is it right? How to deal with that? Thanks! Codepen here: https://codepen.io/anon/pen/NzWqpy

Hello GSAP'ers I'm using Vue-Cli / Webpack template and I already managed to import ScrollMagic, but when running TimelineMax with setTween I get this error: "(ScrollMagic.Scene) -> ERROR calling setTween() due to missing Plugin 'animation.gsap'. Please make sure to include plugins/animation.gsap.js" My webpack.base.config.js is configured like this: var $ = require("jquery"); var ScrollMagic = require("scrollmagic"); var ScrollGsap = require('scrollmagic/scrollmagic/uncompressed/plugins/animation.gsap'); var gsap = require("gsap"); module.exports = { ... resolve: { extensions: ['.js', '.vue', '.json'], alias: { "TweenLite": Path.resolve('node_modules', 'gsap/src/uncompressed/TweenLite.js'), "TweenMax": Path.resolve('node_modules', 'gsap/src/uncompressed/TweenMax.js'), "TimelineLite": Path.resolve('node_modules', 'gsap/src/uncompressed/TimelineLite.js'), "TimelineMax": Path.resolve('node_modules', 'gsap/src/uncompressed/TimelineMax.js'), "ScrollMagic": Path.resolve('node_modules', 'scrollmagic/scrollmagic/uncompressed/ScrollMagic.js'), "animation.gsap": Path.resolve('node_modules', 'scrollmagic/scrollmagic/uncompressed/plugins/animation.gsap.js'), "debug.addIndicators": Path.resolve('node_modules', 'scrollmagic/scrollmagic/uncompressed/plugins/debug.addIndicators.js') } And my Component.vue is like this: <script> import { TweenMax, TimelineMax } from 'gsap' import $ from 'jquery' import ScrollMagic from 'scrollmagic' import gsap from 'scrollmagic' export default { mounted () { TweenMax.from('#red', 5, {width: 0}); const tlVueGsap = new TimelineMax() .from('#blue', 5, {width: 0}) .to('#blue', 5, {x: 400}) const controller = new ScrollMagic.Controller(); const scene = new ScrollMagic.Scene({ triggerElement: "#red" }) .setTween(tlVueGsap) .addTo(controller); } //Close Mounted } //Close Export Defautl </script> ScrollMagic is working, just the gsap.animation plugin that is not being imported Any idea how to solve it? Link of Github Project: https://github.com/Efetivos/vue_init/blob/master/src/components/GsapTest.vue Thanks Folk

Hi! I am taking Diaco's SVG path range slider as a reference and implementing it for some other types of SVG paths like curve and smooth curve. In Diaco's case, he has given the value 'bezier' and the type as 'quadratic' for the SVG path type quadratic bezier curve. What value should be given for a curve and for a smooth curve?

Hi everyone, this is more of an ask-for-help and guidance rather than actually coding help, but I came across a very nice website page transition, which include its website logo transitioning between 2 pages. I was wondering if its possible to apply with GSAP? Here's the animation I am referring to: https://cl.ly/rXmT It would be great if someone could forward me to somewhere where I can learn to replicate the aforementioned effect. Thanks!

I am working on some sort of animation so I have prepared a demo which relates exactly to the task. I am inter-changing the classes after the first timeline completes and running another timeline when the user clicks the second time. The problem is when the second timeline is played, the tween adds the previous tween values to the element which I am tweening on the second click. If you look at the codepen example, when running second timeline i.e home_slide_2, the block_1 element is taking x value from the previous tween making animte both x and y values. Can anyone guide me on this that what I am doing wrong here.

Hi All, Hoping someone can help with this issue I'm facing. I am controlling the TimelineMax progress based on scroll position. Pretty simple, however I noticed that my tweens are running for the entire length of the page. This is because I am currently calculating the percentage with age-old `window.scrollY / (document.body.clientHeight - window.innerHeight)` What I need help with, is figuring out how to start & finish the animation when the `.tweener` div in my Codepen example enters the viewport, to when it reaches the bottom of the viewport. I also don't want to use the behemoth that is ScrollMagic Any help would be greatly appreciated! Cheers

Hi guys, I'm running into an issue on Safari with a function I've created that uses the _next, and _prev properties on a tween object. Here's the code: const copy = new SplitText('.copy-' + i, {type:'chars, words', charsClass:'chars'}) tl.staggerTo(copy.chars, staggerDuration, {onStart: caretForward, onStartParams: ['{self}']}, staggerDuration, label) function caretForward(tween) { if (tween._prev) { TweenMax.set(tween._prev.target, { borderRight: 'none' }) // this removes the caret for the previous character // tween._prev is always null when called in Safari } TweenMax.set(tween.target, { autoAlpha: 1, borderRight: borderStyle }) // this adds the caret for the current character if (tween._next === null) { // tween._next is also always null when called in Safari blink(tween.target) } } I'm creating a typewriter effect whereby the caret is created (by adding a borderRight to the character) in the onStart callback, and subsequently removed using the _prev property in the following tween. This works in every browser (including IE), however the _prev property seems to be always 'null' in Safari. Does anyone have any ideas on what could be causing this? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Ryan

Hi guys, just a bit of fun - I had a play around with animating some svg elements recently, but in some browsers the frame detaches from the wheels when you click to wheelie. I just wondered whether anyone had any ideas around this really..? Cheers, J

Hey all, I'm getting an issue in Chrome when all my page animations stick part way through for a few milliseconds causing a jittery moment. It's during the animation of an SVG logo where I'm staggering the animation of letters of 2 words into view at the same time. I've attached the screenshot of the issue in Devtools where I believe a grey and striped area means unidentified/unknown (to DevTools) activity that is not occurring in the main thread. If I take out the second stagger the issue disappears. Has anyone come across this before or have I done anything funky below? I can't share a Codepen here unfortunately as it's very brand sensitive at the moment. Thanks in advance! hltl.set('.home-logo', { autoAlpha: 1 }) .set('.home-logo__tm', { opacity: 0 }) .set('.home-logo__plus-horz', { opacity: 0 }) .from('.home-logo__plus-vert', 0.5, { scaleY: 0, ease: Power4.easeIn, transformOrigin: "center center" }) .set('.home-logo__plus-horz', { opacity: 1, immediateRender: false }) .from('.home-logo__boys-border', 1.0, { drawSVG: '0% 0%', ease: Power4.easeOut}, 0.5) .from('.home-logo__girls-border', 1.0, { drawSVG: '0% 0%', ease: Power4.easeOut}, 0.5) .from('.home-logo__plus-horz', 0.5, { rotation: -90, ease: Elastic.easeOut.config(1.0, 0.5), transformOrigin: "center center" }, "-=0.35") .staggerFrom('.home-logo__boys-letter', 0.4, { y: 150, ease: Power2.easeOut }, 0.07, "-=0.4") .staggerFrom('.home-logo__girls-letter', 0.3, { y: -150, ease: Power2.easeOut }, 0.07, "-=0.9") .set('.home-logo__tm', { opacity: 1, immediateRender: false }) .from('.home-logo__tm', 0.5, { x: -50, ease: Power2.easeOut }); hltl.timeScale( 0.7 );

Hi, I'm wondering if it would be possible to randomise number AND pass it to the animation on update: $('.dot').each(function(e){ var floatingThis = new TimelineMax({repeat:-1, yoyo: true, onUpdate: update}); var timing = Math.floor(Math.random() * 10) + 8, posY = Math.floor(Math.random() * 90) + 0, posX = Math.floor(Math.random() * 100) + 0; function update(){ timing = Math.floor(Math.random() * 10) + 1, posY = Math.floor(Math.random() * 90) + -90, posX = Math.floor(Math.random() * 6) + 1; // console.log(timing, posY, posX); // floatingThis .to($(this), 1, {x: posX + 'vw', y: posY + 'vh'}); // floatingThis.play(); } console.log(timing, posY, posX); floatingThis .to($(this), 1, {x: posX + 'vw', y: posY + 'vh', ease: Power0.easeNone}); }); I'm pretty sure it is , I think I saw something on the web and probably an answer here on the forum, but I can't find it anymore. I'd like my dots to float randomly (at least on the y axis, on the x axis as well bu not that far) on the page, not sure if it can be done using onUpdate tho. Another question/issue, vh and vw are not working at all, I'm randomising number between 90 and 0, so let say that it's 80, my dot should go out of the screen, but it's not the case, all my dots are staying almost on the same line without going further. So either I can't use vh and vh and than the animation shouldn't work at all or it should respect vh and vw value (that's my understanding). Thank you

Hi GSAP enthusiasts, I am searching for the best way to propagate state changes on timeline level (e.g. "timeline was paused", "timeline started playing again"). There are event callbacks: "onComplete", "onUpdate", "onStart", "onReverseComplete" or "onRepeat". But none of them is working for me... I am looking for something like "onStateChange" that I can listen for, to properly propagate state changes. e.g. tl..eventCallback('onStateChange', function(evt) { if (tl.paused()) { /*...*/ } else { /*...*/ } }) Is there any recommended way to achieve this? Any hint appreciated. Happy animating!

Hey people! I'm working with a TimelineMax timeline. I want to run an animation first. After the first animation I want to resolve a promise. Then later in a separate function I want to reverse this timeline animation After this animation I want to resolve a different promise. I'm not sure how to do this. Any advice?