Install
That writescompositions/hw-text-cloud.html, plus 1 supporting file under assets/fonts/.
Add it to your video
It runs for 6 seconds at 1920×1080. Paste this into your composition:index.html
<div
data-composition-id="hw-text-cloud"
data-composition-src="compositions/hw-text-cloud.html"
data-start="0"
data-duration="6"
data-track-index="1"
data-width="1920"
data-height="1080"
></div>
data-start. Put it on a different timeline row with
data-track-index. See data attributes for the rest.
Source
hw-text-cloud.html
hw-text-cloud.html
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/gsap@3.14.2/dist/gsap.min.js"></script>
<style>
@font-face {
font-family: "Caveat";
src: url("assets/fonts/Caveat-700-latin.woff2") format("woff2");
font-weight: 700;
font-display: block;
}
*,
*::before,
*::after {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
box-sizing: border-box;
}
body {
background: transparent;
overflow: hidden;
}
#hw-tc-root {
/* ---- hw tokens ---- */
--hw-font-print: "Caveat", cursive;
--hw-font-script: "Caveat", cursive;
--hw-ink: #f4f2ec;
--hw-ink-dark: #26241f;
position: relative;
width: 1920px;
height: 1080px;
overflow: hidden;
background: transparent; /* overlays footage */
font-family: var(--hw-font-print, "Caveat", cursive);
}
#hw-tc-wrap {
position: absolute;
pointer-events: none;
}
#hw-tc-wrap svg {
position: absolute;
inset: 0;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
overflow: visible;
}
#hw-tc-fill {
fill: var(--hw-ink);
opacity: 0;
}
#hw-tc-stroke {
fill: none;
stroke: var(--hw-ink-dark);
stroke-width: 4;
stroke-linecap: round;
stroke-linejoin: round;
}
#hw-tc-text {
position: absolute;
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
text-align: center;
font-weight: 700;
color: var(--hw-ink-dark);
line-height: 1.05;
}
#hw-tc-text .ch {
opacity: 0;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div
id="hw-tc-root"
data-composition-id="hw-text-cloud"
data-start="0"
data-duration="6"
data-width="1920"
data-height="1080"
>
<div id="hw-tc-wrap">
<svg id="hw-tc-svg">
<path id="hw-tc-fill"></path>
<path id="hw-tc-stroke"></path>
</svg>
<div id="hw-tc-text"></div>
</div>
<div
id="hw-tc-drv"
class="clip"
data-start="0"
data-duration="6"
data-track-index="0"
style="position: absolute; width: 1px; height: 1px; opacity: 0; pointer-events: none"
></div>
</div>
<script>
(function () {
window.__timelines = window.__timelines || {};
/* ---- published parameters ----
Speech bubble with a movable tip (pointable at any subject): wobbled
cloud, draw-on outline, paper fill, per-char handwritten text. */
var CONFIG = {
text: "what are you looking at?",
x: 620, // wrapper left
y: 180, // wrapper top
w: 560,
h: 300,
fontSize: 58,
tip: { side: "bottom-left", len: 90 }, // "bottom-left"|"bottom-right"
seed: 6,
boil: { enabled: true, amp: 1.6, rot: 0.4, frameDrop: 3 },
typeCharDelay: 0.03,
animationIn: true,
animationOut: true,
};
var DUR = 6;
function clamp(v, lo, hi) {
return Math.min(hi, Math.max(lo, v));
}
var OUT = clamp(DUR * 0.06, 0.25, 0.6);
/* hw family runtime */
window.hwOnUpdate = function (tl, fn) {
if (!tl.__hwRenders) {
tl.__hwRenders = [];
tl.eventCallback("onUpdate", function () {
for (var i = 0; i < tl.__hwRenders.length; i++) tl.__hwRenders[i]();
});
}
tl.__hwRenders.push(fn);
fn();
};
window.hwHash = function (n, seed) {
var x = Math.sin(n * 127.1 + (seed || 1) * 311.7) * 43758.5453;
return (x - Math.floor(x)) * 2 - 1;
};
window.hwBoil = function (tl, target, opts) {
opts = opts || {};
var amp = opts.amp !== undefined ? opts.amp : 1.6;
var rot = opts.rot !== undefined ? opts.rot : 0.5;
var fps = opts.fps || 30;
var drop = opts.frameDrop || 3;
var seed = opts.seed || 1;
var els = gsap.utils.toArray(target);
window.hwOnUpdate(tl, function () {
var step = Math.floor((tl.time() * fps) / drop);
for (var i = 0; i < els.length; i++) {
gsap.set(els[i], {
x: window.hwHash(step * 3 + i * 97, seed) * amp,
y: window.hwHash(step * 3 + 1 + i * 97, seed) * amp,
rotation: (opts.baseRot || 0) + window.hwHash(step * 3 + 2 + i * 97, seed) * rot,
});
}
});
};
/* wobbled cloud with a tail tip */
function cloudPath(W, H, tip, seed) {
var cx = W / 2,
cy = H / 2 - 14,
rx = W / 2 - 12,
ry = H / 2 - 34;
var N = 16,
pts = [];
for (var i = 0; i < N; i++) {
var a = (i / N) * Math.PI * 2;
var wr = 1 + window.hwHash(i * 11 + 3, seed) * 0.06;
pts.push([cx + Math.cos(a) * rx * wr, cy + Math.sin(a) * ry * wr]);
}
var mx = (pts[0][0] + pts[N - 1][0]) / 2,
my = (pts[0][1] + pts[N - 1][1]) / 2;
var d = "M" + mx.toFixed(1) + " " + my.toFixed(1);
for (var j = 0; j < N; j++) {
var p = pts[j],
q = pts[(j + 1) % N];
d +=
" Q" +
p[0].toFixed(1) +
" " +
p[1].toFixed(1) +
" " +
((p[0] + q[0]) / 2).toFixed(1) +
" " +
((p[1] + q[1]) / 2).toFixed(1);
}
d += "Z";
/* tail */
var left = tip.side !== "bottom-right";
var bx = cx + (left ? -rx * 0.45 : rx * 0.45),
by = cy + ry * 0.92;
var tx = bx + (left ? -tip.len * 0.5 : tip.len * 0.5),
ty = by + tip.len;
d +=
" M " +
(bx - 26).toFixed(1) +
" " +
(by - 6).toFixed(1) +
" Q " +
(bx - 8 + window.hwHash(31, seed) * 6).toFixed(1) +
" " +
((by + ty) / 2).toFixed(1) +
" " +
tx.toFixed(1) +
" " +
ty.toFixed(1) +
" Q " +
(bx + 18).toFixed(1) +
" " +
((by + ty) / 2).toFixed(1) +
" " +
(bx + 30).toFixed(1) +
" " +
(by - 2).toFixed(1);
return d;
}
var wrap = document.getElementById("hw-tc-wrap");
wrap.style.left = CONFIG.x + "px";
wrap.style.top = CONFIG.y + "px";
wrap.style.width = CONFIG.w + "px";
wrap.style.height = CONFIG.h + "px";
var svg = document.getElementById("hw-tc-svg");
svg.setAttribute("viewBox", "0 0 " + CONFIG.w + " " + CONFIG.h);
var d = cloudPath(CONFIG.w, CONFIG.h, CONFIG.tip, CONFIG.seed);
document.getElementById("hw-tc-fill").setAttribute("d", d);
document.getElementById("hw-tc-stroke").setAttribute("d", d);
var text = document.getElementById("hw-tc-text");
text.style.left = CONFIG.w * 0.12 + "px";
text.style.top = CONFIG.h * 0.1 + "px";
text.style.width = CONFIG.w * 0.76 + "px";
text.style.height = CONFIG.h * 0.62 + "px";
text.style.fontSize = CONFIG.fontSize + "px";
var inner = document.createElement("div");
Array.from(CONFIG.text).forEach(function (ch) {
var s = document.createElement("span");
s.className = "ch";
s.textContent = ch;
inner.appendChild(s);
});
text.appendChild(inner);
var tl = gsap.timeline({ paused: true });
/* draw outline, fade fill, type text */
var stroke = document.getElementById("hw-tc-stroke");
var len = stroke.getTotalLength();
gsap.set(stroke, { strokeDasharray: len, strokeDashoffset: len });
var t0 = CONFIG.animationIn ? 0.3 : 0;
if (CONFIG.animationIn) {
tl.to(stroke, { strokeDashoffset: 0, duration: 0.8, ease: "power2.inOut" }, t0);
tl.to("#hw-tc-fill", { opacity: 0.94, duration: 0.4, ease: "power2.out" }, t0 + 0.55);
} else {
gsap.set(stroke, { strokeDashoffset: 0 });
gsap.set("#hw-tc-fill", { opacity: 0.94 });
}
var chars = text.querySelectorAll(".ch");
var delay = Math.min(CONFIG.typeCharDelay, 1.8 / Math.max(1, chars.length));
tl.to(chars, { opacity: 1, duration: 0.02, stagger: delay, ease: "none" }, t0 + 0.9);
if (CONFIG.boil.enabled) {
window.hwBoil(tl, "#hw-tc-wrap", {
amp: CONFIG.boil.amp,
rot: CONFIG.boil.rot,
frameDrop: CONFIG.boil.frameDrop,
seed: CONFIG.seed,
});
}
if (CONFIG.animationOut) {
tl.to(wrap, { opacity: 0, duration: OUT, ease: "power2.in" }, DUR - OUT - 0.05);
}
tl.set("#hw-tc-root", { visibility: "hidden" }, DUR - 0.02);
window.__timelines["hw-text-cloud"] = tl;
})();
</script>
</body>
</html>
handwritten speech-bubble overlay.