Card Fan
A tight stack of image cards that fans open into a slight arc when you hover it, then feathers back to rest when you leave. Hovering an individual card blooms the whole fan a little wider - most from the outer cards, least from the center - while the one you're on lifts to the front.
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How it's built.
The first version spaced the cards out evenly as they fanned and it looked wrong, more like a shallow V than a real arc. The fix was to let the cards further from the middle drop a lot more than the ones near it, so the tops actually trace a curve. I also rotate each card around its own bottom edge instead of its center, so the tops splay wide while the bases stay tucked together, the way a hand of cards sits. At rest the bases line up flat, and the cards only fall into the arc as the fan opens.
Hover a card and the whole fan blooms open wider - every card leans and spreads a touch further while keeping its place, and the one you're on lifts to the front. How much it blooms depends on which card you're over: the ones near the edge open the fan most, the centre barely at all. Everything springs a hair past its spot and settles, which feels physical rather than mechanical. Past that it's yours: swap in your own images, use any odd number of cards, and dial how far it opens, curves, and blooms.
What you'll need.
Install
- GSAP
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Frequently asked
- Does Card Fan work with React and Vue?
- Card Fan ships as React (Next.js included), Vue 3 (Nuxt included), plain HTML/CSS/JS - the same animation in each format. The React version uses the official useGSAP hook with cleanup handled; the Vue version is a real single-file component with <script setup>.
- Do I need GSAP to use Card Fan?
- Yes. Card Fan is built on GSAP directly, and GSAP has been 100% free for commercial use, including every plugin, since version 3.13. The component page lists exactly what to install.
- Can I customize Card Fan without editing code?
- Card Fan exposes 13 tunable controls in the Customize panel on this page - drag the values, watch the live preview respond, and the code you copy carries your exact settings.
- Is Card Fan free?
- Card Fan is part of the Annnimate Library, a paid subscription (from EUR 249/year). The live preview and customization run free on this page; the paste-ready code is for members.
- Can I use Card Fan in client projects?
- Yes. The Annnimate license covers commercial and client work - ship Card Fan on as many projects as you build, with no attribution required.
- Does Card Fan respect prefers-reduced-motion?
- Yes. Every Annnimate component handles prefers-reduced-motion via gsap.matchMedia, so users who opt out of motion get an effectively instant, readable state.
