CSS Animation Creator

CSS Animation Creator

Build production-grade, accessible, GPU-efficient motion for web UIs using CSS, Tailwind, and Framer Motion.

Workflow

1. Identify the purpose of the motion: feedback, delight, guidance, or storytelling.
2. Choose the technique: CSS transitions for state changes, keyframes for looping or multi-step motion, Framer Motion or JS for orchestration and scroll-linked effects.
3. Set timing and easing to match the interaction. Apply the timing and easing tables in references/principles-and-timing.md.
4. Author the animation. Pull ready-made keyframes and patterns from the reference files below rather than writing from scratch.
5. Constrain animated properties to transform and opacity for GPU acceleration. Apply references/performance.md.
6. Honor reduced-motion preferences for every animation. Apply references/accessibility.md.
7. Verify on low-end devices and confirm no layout thrash before shipping.

Contents

• references/principles-and-timing.md — Disney 12 principles mapped to UI, duration and easing tables.
• references/transitions.md — Transition syntax, easing functions, cubic-bezier presets, Tailwind transitions.
• references/keyframe-library.md — Keyframe syntax plus fade, scale, bounce, rotate, slide, and attention-seeker keyframes.
• references/loading-animations.md — Spinners, dots, skeleton loaders, shimmer, progress bars.
• references/micro-interactions.md — Button, hover, icon, form, and success/error interactions.
• references/page-transitions.md — View Transitions API, Framer Motion page and shared-layout transitions, staggered lists.
• references/scroll-animations.md — Intersection Observer, Framer Motion scroll hooks, native CSS scroll-driven animations.
• references/accessibility.md — prefers-reduced-motion CSS, Tailwind motion-safe/reduce, React hook.
• references/tailwind-config.md — Drop-in tailwind.config.js animation and keyframe definitions.
• references/performance.md — GPU-accelerated properties, will-change, contain, performance checklist.