Fade Through

A Material-style content transition: old fades out, new fades in with a soft delay.

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Usage

A Material-style content transition: old fades out, new fades in with a soft delay. Drop it in as a chapter card, hero opener, or as a beat between scenes — the same headline + subtitle props power the whole text-animation family, so swapping motions takes one field change.

Props

NameTypeDefault
headlinestring"Content transitions"
subtitlestring"Material-inspired motion"

Composition

ID
TextFadeThrough
Resolution
1920×1080
FPS
60
Duration
1.7s

Source

Copy or download the React source — drop it into your own Remotion project. The only runtime dependency is remotion.

"use client";
import { AbsoluteFill, Easing, interpolate } from "remotion";
import { useDesignFrame } from "../../use-design-frame";
import { useFontReady } from "../../use-font-ready";
import {
  getSubtitleColor,
  resolveTitleStyle,
  snap,
  snapNear,
  type TitleProps,
} from "../title-shared";

export type TextFadeThroughProps = TitleProps;

const APPLE_EASE = Easing.bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1);
const FADE_EASE = Easing.bezier(0.2, 0, 0, 1);

const HEADLINE_START = 8;
const HEADLINE_DURATION = 25;
const MAX_BLUR_PX = 6;

export const TextFadeThrough: React.FC<TextFadeThroughProps> = ({
  headline,
  subtitle,
  clipStyle,
}) => {
  const frame = useDesignFrame();
  const s = resolveTitleStyle(clipStyle);
  useFontReady(s.fontFamily);

  const headlineProgress = interpolate(
    frame,
    [HEADLINE_START, HEADLINE_START + HEADLINE_DURATION],
    [0, 1],
    { extrapolateLeft: "clamp", extrapolateRight: "clamp", easing: FADE_EASE },
  );
  const headlineBlurPx = Math.round((1 - headlineProgress) * MAX_BLUR_PX);

  const scale = snapNear(0.99 + headlineProgress * 0.01, 1);
  const y = 6 * (1 - headlineProgress);

  const subtitleStart = HEADLINE_START + HEADLINE_DURATION + 14;
  const subtitleProgress = interpolate(
    frame,
    [subtitleStart, subtitleStart + 26],
    [0, 1],
    { extrapolateLeft: "clamp", extrapolateRight: "clamp", easing: APPLE_EASE },
  );

  return (
    <AbsoluteFill
      style={{
        background: s.background,
        color: s.color,
        fontFamily: s.fontFamily,
        display: "flex",
        flexDirection: "column",
        alignItems: "center",
        justifyContent: "center",
        padding: "0 80px",
        textAlign: "center",
      }}
    >
      <h1
        style={{
          fontSize: 132,
          fontWeight: 700,
          letterSpacing: "-0.045em",
          lineHeight: 1.05,
          margin: 0,
          opacity: headlineProgress,
          transform: `translate3d(0, ${snap(y)}px, 0) scale(${scale})`,
          filter: headlineBlurPx > 0 ? `blur(${headlineBlurPx}px)` : undefined,
        }}
      >
        {headline}
      </h1>

      {subtitle.trim() && (
        <p
          style={{
            fontSize: 38,
            fontWeight: 400,
            letterSpacing: "-0.012em",
            margin: "32px 0 0",
            color: getSubtitleColor(s.color),
            opacity: subtitleProgress,
            transform: `translate3d(0, ${snap((1 - subtitleProgress) * 14)}px, 0)`,
          }}
        >
          {subtitle}
        </p>
      )}
    </AbsoluteFill>
  );
};
Save as TextFadeThrough/TextFadeThrough.tsx