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Carousel Effect Animation node

Updated June 21, 2026

Carousel Effect Animation node

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A whole seamlessPlayhead-driven carousel effect as one author node. Every slot element matched by `selector` runs the same channel template, phase-shifted by its document-order index times `slotStride`. Expands at load into a single `carouselFanout` runtime node — N is resolved at bind time from `selector`, so adding or removing cards requires no graph edits. If you need per-slot divergence, detach to individual `slideSlotAnimation` nodes.

Type carouselEffectAnimationCategory animationContext sharedDynamic ports noCompound yes

Inputs

PortTypeDescription
playheadfloatPlayhead

Outputs

PortTypeDescription
--No ports declared.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDefaultDescription
selectorelementSelector".carousel-slide"CSS selector matching every slot element. Document order = slot order. The runtime fan-out re-resolves the live element list at bind time, so adding or removing matching DOM nodes auto-rescales the carousel.
slotStridefloat0.1Playhead delta between consecutive slots. Slot i's window starts at `slotOffsetBase + i * slotStride`. step 0.01
slotWindowfloat1`slotEnd - slotStart` per slot — width of the window in playhead space within which one slot's channels evaluate from t=0 to t=1. step 0.05
slotOffsetBasefloat0Playhead offset of slot 0's window start. step 0.05
channelspropertyAnimationChannels{"opacity":{"cssUnit":"none","keyframes":[{"time":0,"value":0},{"time":1,"value":1}]}}Shared keyframe template applied to every slot. Optional per-channel `template: "blur({value}px)"` wraps float output into a CSS string — useful for `filter` / `clip-path` writes. Mutually exclusive with `cssUnit`. Composed shape `{ template, channels: { sub: { keyframes } } }` drives multi-input CSS strings.

Related nodes

Envelope

Use carouselEffectAnimation as the node type inside a graph node envelope. Add id, optional params, optional connections, and optional activeWhen based on the guide context.

Generated source

Registry faster-motion-docs/node-registry.jsonCategory page /help/faster-motion/faster-motion-node-category-animation/

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