Scroll Reveal New
Images wipe in with a clip-path and settle from a slight zoom as they scroll into view.
Installation
01
Install with the shadcn CLI. The NiceUI theme comes along the first time.
$ npx shadcn@latest add https://niceui.dev/r/gallery-scroll-reveal-images.json02
Or copy the source below (2 files). Dependencies: none.
Source
components/niceui/gallery/ScrollReveal.tsx
import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
import { cn } from '@/lib/cn';
import { ARTWORKS, artwork } from './art';
export type RevealItem = { src: string; title: string; meta: string };
const reduced = () => typeof window !== 'undefined' && window.matchMedia('(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)').matches;
function RevealFigure({ item, root, align, index }: { item: RevealItem; root: React.RefObject<HTMLDivElement>; align: 'left' | 'right'; index: number }) {
const ref = useRef<HTMLElement>(null);
const [on, setOn] = useState(reduced());
useEffect(() => {
if (on || !ref.current) return;
const io = new IntersectionObserver(([e]) => e.isIntersecting && setOn(true), { root: root.current, threshold: 0.25 });
io.observe(ref.current);
return () => io.disconnect();
}, [on, root]);
return (
<figure ref={ref} className={cn('w-[86%] sm:w-[64%]', align === 'right' && 'ml-auto')}>
<div
className="overflow-hidden rounded-2xl transition-[clip-path] duration-[1200ms] ease-smooth"
style={{ clipPath: on ? 'inset(0% 0% 0% 0%)' : align === 'left' ? 'inset(0% 100% 0% 0%)' : 'inset(0% 0% 0% 100%)' }}
>
<img src={item.src} alt={item.title} className={cn('aspect-[4/3] w-full object-cover transition-transform duration-[1600ms] ease-smooth', on ? 'scale-100' : 'scale-125')} />
</div>
<figcaption className={cn('mt-3 flex items-baseline justify-between gap-3 transition-all delay-300 duration-700', on ? 'translate-y-0 opacity-100' : 'translate-y-3 opacity-0')}>
<span className="text-[15px] font-medium text-ink-50">
<span className="mr-2 font-mono text-[11px] text-brand-300">{String(index + 1).padStart(2, '0')}</span>
{item.title}
</span>
<span className="font-mono text-[11px] text-ink-500">{item.meta}</span>
</figcaption>
</figure>
);
}
export type ScrollRevealProps = { items: RevealItem[]; height?: number; className?: string };
/** Images wipe in with a clip-path and settle from a slight zoom as they scroll into view. Scrolls inside its own frame. */
export function ScrollReveal({ items, height = 480, className }: ScrollRevealProps) {
const root = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
return (
<div ref={root} className={cn('w-full overflow-y-auto overscroll-contain rounded-2xl bg-ink-950 shadow-card [scrollbar-width:thin]', className)} style={{ height }}>
<div className="space-y-16 px-5 py-10 sm:px-10">
<header className="max-w-md">
<p className="font-mono text-[11px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-ink-500">Selected work</p>
<h3 className="mt-2 text-3xl font-semibold tracking-tight text-ink-50">
Light, <em className="font-serif font-normal italic text-brand-300">land</em> and water.
</h3>
<p className="mt-2 text-sm text-ink-400">Scroll inside this frame.</p>
</header>
{items.map((it, i) => (
<RevealFigure key={it.title} item={it} root={root} align={i % 2 ? 'right' : 'left'} index={i} />
))}
</div>
</div>
);
}
export function ScrollRevealDemo() {
const items = ARTWORKS.slice(0, 6).map((a) => ({ src: artwork(a.id, 960, 720), title: a.title, meta: `${a.place} · ${a.year}` }));
return <ScrollReveal items={items} />;
}components/niceui/gallery/art.ts
/*
* Procedural artwork for the gallery demos: soft landscapes and abstract mesh
* gradients with film grain, rendered once to data URLs. Swap `src` for real
* photos in your app — every gallery component just takes image URLs.
*/
export type Artwork = { id: number; title: string; artist: string; place: string; year: number; tone: 'warm' | 'cool' | 'dusk' | 'mono' };
const PALETTES: string[][] = [
['#0b1d3a', '#1f4e79', '#f2a65a', '#f7d9a8'],
['#120c26', '#4b2a77', '#e66b9d', '#ffd1b3'],
['#06222b', '#0f5f6b', '#7fd1c7', '#e8f6f1'],
['#1b1410', '#5b3a26', '#d98c4a', '#f6e1c3'],
['#0e0f13', '#2b2f3a', '#8a93a6', '#e6e8ee'],
['#0a1a12', '#1f5134', '#9cc98a', '#f1f7da'],
['#1a0f14', '#6b1f3a', '#ef6f5e', '#ffd8a8'],
['#071426', '#123f73', '#5aa9e6', '#d6ecff'],
['#191325', '#3b2d5c', '#b39ddb', '#f3e9ff'],
['#201608', '#6e4a12', '#e0b34a', '#fff1c4'],
['#0b1216', '#29424f', '#6fa3b8', '#f0e6d2'],
['#170b0b', '#4a1414', '#c84b31', '#f5c26b'],
];
export const ARTWORKS: Artwork[] = [
{ id: 0, title: 'Low Tide, Dawn', artist: 'Mira Okafor', place: 'Comporta', year: 2025, tone: 'warm' },
{ id: 1, title: 'Neon Bloom', artist: 'Ilya Varga', place: 'Kyoto', year: 2024, tone: 'dusk' },
{ id: 2, title: 'Glass Lagoon', artist: 'Sana Iqbal', place: 'Faroe Islands', year: 2025, tone: 'cool' },
{ id: 3, title: 'Copper Dunes', artist: 'Teo Marchetti', place: 'Merzouga', year: 2023, tone: 'warm' },
{ id: 4, title: 'Fog Study No. 4', artist: 'Lena Brandt', place: 'Dolomites', year: 2024, tone: 'mono' },
{ id: 5, title: 'Green Hour', artist: 'Ravi Menon', place: 'Munnar', year: 2025, tone: 'cool' },
{ id: 6, title: 'Ember Coast', artist: 'Noor Haddad', place: 'Big Sur', year: 2024, tone: 'warm' },
{ id: 7, title: 'Blue Hour Harbour', artist: 'Jonas Weber', place: 'Bergen', year: 2025, tone: 'cool' },
{ id: 8, title: 'Lavender Field', artist: 'Camille Roy', place: 'Valensole', year: 2023, tone: 'dusk' },
{ id: 9, title: 'Golden Ridge', artist: 'Aiko Tanaka', place: 'Hokkaido', year: 2025, tone: 'warm' },
{ id: 10, title: 'Salt Flats', artist: 'Diego Alvarez', place: 'Uyuni', year: 2024, tone: 'mono' },
{ id: 11, title: 'Red Canyon', artist: 'Hana Kobayashi', place: 'Arizona', year: 2025, tone: 'warm' },
];
let seedState = 1;
const rand = () => {
seedState = (seedState * 1664525 + 1013904223) >>> 0;
return seedState / 4294967296;
};
const cache = new Map<string, string>();
/** A deterministic artwork as a data URL. `kind` picks a landscape or an abstract mesh. */
export function artwork(id: number, w = 960, h = 640, kind: 'landscape' | 'mesh' = id % 3 === 1 ? 'mesh' : 'landscape'): string {
const key = `${id}-${w}-${h}-${kind}`;
const hit = cache.get(key);
if (hit) return hit;
if (typeof document === 'undefined') return '';
const c = document.createElement('canvas');
c.width = w;
c.height = h;
const g = c.getContext('2d');
if (!g) return '';
seedState = (id + 1) * 9973;
const [deep, mid, hot, light] = PALETTES[id % PALETTES.length];
const sky = g.createLinearGradient(0, 0, 0, h);
sky.addColorStop(0, deep);
sky.addColorStop(0.55, mid);
sky.addColorStop(1, kind === 'mesh' ? deep : hot);
g.fillStyle = sky;
g.fillRect(0, 0, w, h);
// soft light blobs
const blobs = kind === 'mesh' ? 6 : 3;
for (let i = 0; i < blobs; i++) {
const x = rand() * w;
const y = rand() * h * (kind === 'mesh' ? 1 : 0.6);
const r = (0.25 + rand() * 0.45) * Math.max(w, h);
const rg = g.createRadialGradient(x, y, 0, x, y, r);
rg.addColorStop(0, [hot, light, mid][i % 3] + 'cc');
rg.addColorStop(1, 'transparent');
g.globalCompositeOperation = 'screen';
g.fillStyle = rg;
g.fillRect(0, 0, w, h);
}
g.globalCompositeOperation = 'source-over';
if (kind === 'landscape') {
// sun
const sx = (0.25 + rand() * 0.5) * w;
const sy = h * (0.38 + rand() * 0.12);
const sr = Math.min(w, h) * (0.07 + rand() * 0.05);
const glow = g.createRadialGradient(sx, sy, 0, sx, sy, sr * 5);
glow.addColorStop(0, light + 'aa');
glow.addColorStop(1, 'transparent');
g.fillStyle = glow;
g.fillRect(0, 0, w, h);
g.fillStyle = light;
g.beginPath();
g.arc(sx, sy, sr, 0, Math.PI * 2);
g.fill();
// ridges, back to front
for (let layer = 0; layer < 4; layer++) {
const base = h * (0.5 + layer * 0.12);
const amp = h * (0.12 - layer * 0.02);
const f1 = 1.5 + rand() * 2;
const f2 = 4 + rand() * 4;
const ph = rand() * 10;
g.beginPath();
g.moveTo(0, h);
for (let x = 0; x <= w; x += 4) {
const u = x / w;
const y = base - amp * (0.6 * Math.sin(u * f1 * Math.PI + ph) + 0.3 * Math.sin(u * f2 * Math.PI + ph * 2) + 0.1 * Math.sin(u * 23 + ph));
g.lineTo(x, y);
}
g.lineTo(w, h);
g.closePath();
const t = layer / 3;
const lg = g.createLinearGradient(0, base - amp, 0, h);
lg.addColorStop(0, mix(mid, deep, 0.25 + t * 0.6));
lg.addColorStop(1, mix(deep, '#000000', t * 0.5));
g.fillStyle = lg;
g.globalAlpha = 0.92;
g.fill();
g.globalAlpha = 1;
}
} else {
// flowing ribbons
for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
g.beginPath();
const y0 = h * (0.2 + rand() * 0.6);
g.moveTo(-50, y0);
g.bezierCurveTo(w * 0.3, y0 - h * (rand() - 0.5), w * 0.7, y0 + h * (rand() - 0.5), w + 50, y0 + h * (rand() - 0.5) * 0.6);
g.lineWidth = Math.min(w, h) * (0.08 + rand() * 0.12);
g.strokeStyle = [light, hot, mid][i] + '55';
g.filter = `blur(${Math.round(Math.min(w, h) * 0.04)}px)`;
g.stroke();
g.filter = 'none';
}
}
// vignette
const vg = g.createRadialGradient(w / 2, h / 2, Math.min(w, h) * 0.3, w / 2, h / 2, Math.max(w, h) * 0.75);
vg.addColorStop(0, 'transparent');
vg.addColorStop(1, 'rgba(0,0,0,0.45)');
g.fillStyle = vg;
g.fillRect(0, 0, w, h);
// film grain
const img = g.getImageData(0, 0, w, h);
const d = img.data;
for (let i = 0; i < d.length; i += 4) {
const n = (rand() - 0.5) * 18;
d[i] += n;
d[i + 1] += n;
d[i + 2] += n;
}
g.putImageData(img, 0, 0);
const url = c.toDataURL('image/jpeg', 0.86);
cache.set(key, url);
return url;
}
function mix(a: string, b: string, t: number) {
const pa = parseInt(a.slice(1), 16);
const pb = parseInt(b.slice(1), 16);
const ch = (s: number) => Math.round(((pa >> s) & 255) * (1 - t) + ((pb >> s) & 255) * t);
return `rgb(${ch(16)},${ch(8)},${ch(0)})`;
}