diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/motion-signature.browser.chromium.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/motion-signature.browser.chromium.test.ts
index 40d1746453..54c8c4b9c0 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/motion-signature.browser.chromium.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/motion-signature.browser.chromium.test.ts
@@ -568,6 +568,23 @@ describe.skipIf(!RUNS_CHROMIUM)("motion-signature.browser in Chromium", () => {
     expect(after).toEqual(before);
   });
 
+  it("sees a small sprite move across a large canvas", async () => {
+    await load(
+      composition(
+        "#c { width: 640px; height: 360px; }",
+        '<canvas id="c" width="1080" height="1920"></canvas>',
+      ),
+    );
+    const draw = (x: number) =>
+      `{ const ctx = document.getElementById("c").getContext("2d"); ctx.clearRect(0, 0, 1080, 1920); ctx.fillStyle = "#fc8"; ctx.fillRect(${x}, 500, 24, 24); }`;
+    await mutate(draw(300));
+    const before = await sample();
+    await mutate(draw(308));
+    const after = await sample();
+
+    expect(after.liveness).not.toBe(before.liveness);
+  });
+
   it("ignores a repaint of a canvas whose contents are skipped by content-visibility:hidden", async () => {
     await load(
       composition(
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/motion-signature.browser.js b/packages/cli/src/commands/motion-signature.browser.js
index 29705291ac..c3922e7329 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/motion-signature.browser.js
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/motion-signature.browser.js
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 (function () {
   const IGNORE_TAGS = new Set(["SCRIPT", "STYLE", "TEMPLATE", "NOSCRIPT", "META", "LINK"]);
   const MEDIA_TAGS = new Set(["CANVAS", "VIDEO", "IMG"]);
+  const COARSE_MEDIA_SAMPLE_SIDE = 8;
+  const LIVENESS_MEDIA_SAMPLE_SIDE = 32;
   const FNV_OFFSET_BASIS = 2166136261;
   const FNV_PRIME = 16777619;
   const LIVENESS_POSITION_BUCKET_PX = 2;
@@ -221,9 +223,10 @@
   }
 
   // Pixel-only media motion (canvas repaint, playing video, same-size <img> swap) is invisible to DOM channels,
-  // so fold in an 8x8 downsample. Unreadable media hashes to a constant; iframe media is a separate document.
+  // so fold in a downsample: fine for liveness (a small sprite moving), coarse for the frozen-sweep guard,
+  // which a wall-clock repaint between seeks would fool. Unreadable media hashes to a constant.
   // fallow-ignore-next-line complexity
-  function mediaPixelChannel(element) {
+  function mediaPixelChannel(element, ctx) {
     if (!MEDIA_TAGS.has(element.tagName)) return "";
     try {
       const rect = element.getBoundingClientRect();
@@ -231,12 +234,14 @@
       const sourceHeight = element.videoHeight || element.height || rect.height;
       if (!sourceWidth || !sourceHeight) return "x";
       const off = document.createElement("canvas");
-      off.width = 8;
-      off.height = 8;
+      const side = ctx && ctx.quantize ? LIVENESS_MEDIA_SAMPLE_SIDE : COARSE_MEDIA_SAMPLE_SIDE;
+      off.width = side;
+      off.height = side;
       const ctx2d = off.getContext("2d");
       if (!ctx2d) return "x";
-      ctx2d.drawImage(element, 0, 0, 8, 8);
-      const data = ctx2d.getImageData(0, 0, 8, 8).data;
+      if (side === LIVENESS_MEDIA_SAMPLE_SIDE) ctx2d.imageSmoothingQuality = "high";
+      ctx2d.drawImage(element, 0, 0, side, side);
+      const data = ctx2d.getImageData(0, 0, side, side).data;
       let hash = 0;
       for (let i = 0; i < data.length; i++) hash = (hash * 31 + data[i]) >>> 0;
       return String(hash);
diff --git a/packages/lint/src/rules/gsap.test.ts b/packages/lint/src/rules/gsap.test.ts
index 17779e5435..efc9d00fe6 100644
--- a/packages/lint/src/rules/gsap.test.ts
+++ b/packages/lint/src/rules/gsap.test.ts
@@ -3721,6 +3721,61 @@ describe("SVG draw-on rules", () => {
     expect(finding).toBeUndefined();
   });
 
+  describe("gsap_fullscreen_overlay_starts_visible — a scene child hidden through a scoped query", () => {
+    const scene = (hide: string) => `
+<html><body>
+  <div data-composition-id="scene" data-width="1920" data-height="1080">
+    <div class="ov" style="position:absolute;inset:0;background:#fff"></div>
+  </div>
+  <script>
+    window.__timelines = window.__timelines || {};
+    const root = document.querySelector('[data-composition-id="scene"]');
+    ${hide}
+    const tl = gsap.timeline({ paused: true });
+    tl.to(".ov", { opacity: 1, duration: 0.5 }, 1).to(".ov", { opacity: 0, duration: 0.5 }, 3);
+    window.__timelines["scene"] = tl;
+  </script>
+</body></html>`;
+    const flagged = async (html: string) =>
+      (await lintHyperframeHtml(html)).findings.some(
+        (f) => f.code === "gsap_fullscreen_overlay_starts_visible",
+      );
+
+    it("accepts gsap.set on a querySelector call with a literal selector", async () => {
+      expect(await flagged(scene('gsap.set(root.querySelector(".ov"), { opacity: 0 });'))).toBe(
+        false,
+      );
+    });
+
+    it("accepts gsap.set on a variable bound to a querySelector call", async () => {
+      expect(
+        await flagged(scene('const ov = root.querySelector(".ov"); gsap.set(ov, { opacity: 0 });')),
+      ).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it("accepts a descendant selector inside the query", async () => {
+      expect(
+        await flagged(
+          scene(
+            'gsap.set(document.querySelector("[data-composition-id=scene] .ov"), { opacity: 0 });',
+          ),
+        ),
+      ).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it("accepts a querySelector variable written without semicolons", async () => {
+      expect(
+        await flagged(
+          scene('const ov = root.querySelector(".ov")\n    gsap.set(ov, { opacity: 0 })'),
+        ),
+      ).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it("still flags an overlay nothing hides at zero", async () => {
+      expect(await flagged(scene(""))).toBe(true);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe("gsap_fullscreen_overlay_starts_visible — the from() shape is not a defect", () => {
     const overlay = (style: string, script: string) => `
 <html><body>
diff --git a/packages/lint/src/rules/gsap.ts b/packages/lint/src/rules/gsap.ts
index d0611c9413..fef7ced7b2 100644
--- a/packages/lint/src/rules/gsap.ts
+++ b/packages/lint/src/rules/gsap.ts
@@ -253,7 +253,10 @@ function hiddenSetTargetSelectors(target: string, aliases: Map<string, string>):
   return parts
     .flatMap((part) => {
       const trimmed = part.trim();
-      const resolved = /^(["'`])([^"'`]+)\1$/.exec(trimmed)?.[2] ?? aliases.get(trimmed);
+      const resolved =
+        /^(["'`])([^"'`]+)\1$/.exec(trimmed)?.[2] ??
+        /^[\w$.]+\.querySelector(?:All)?\(\s*(["'`])([^"'`]+)\1\s*\)$/.exec(trimmed)?.[2] ??
+        aliases.get(trimmed);
       return resolved === undefined ? [] : resolved.split(",");
     })
     .map((selector) => selector.trim())
@@ -270,8 +273,13 @@ function extractStandaloneHiddenSelectors(script: string): Set<string> {
   )) {
     aliases.set(match[1] ?? "", match[3] ?? "");
   }
+  for (const match of source.matchAll(
+    /(?:const|let|var)\s+([A-Za-z_$][\w$]*)\s*=\s*[\w$.]+\.querySelector(?:All)?\(\s*(["'`])([^"'`]+)\2\s*\)/g,
+  )) {
+    aliases.set(match[1] ?? "", match[3] ?? "");
+  }
   const pattern =
-    /gsap\.set\s*\(\s*(\[[^[\]]*\]|"[^"]*"|'[^']*'|`[^`]*`|[^,()[\]]+?)\s*,\s*\{([\s\S]*?)\}\s*\)/g;
+    /gsap\.set\s*\(\s*(\[[^[\]]*\]|"[^"]*"|'[^']*'|`[^`]*`|[\w$.]+\.querySelector(?:All)?\(\s*(?:"[^"]*"|'[^']*'|`[^`]*`)\s*\)|[^,()[\]]+?)\s*,\s*\{([\s\S]*?)\}\s*\)/g;
   let match: RegExpExecArray | null;
   while ((match = pattern.exec(source)) !== null) {
     // Skip callback/handler bodies; keep IIFEs (they run at parse time).
@@ -1194,7 +1202,14 @@ export const gsapRules: LintRule<LintContext>[] = [
               (win.fromPropertyValues !== undefined && isHiddenGsapState(win.fromPropertyValues))),
         );
         if (startsHiddenAtZero) continue;
-        if (selectors.some((selector) => authoredHiddenSelectors.has(selector))) continue;
+        if (
+          selectors.some((selector) =>
+            [...authoredHiddenSelectors].some(
+              (hidden) => hidden === selector || targetedSelectorTokens(hidden).has(selector),
+            ),
+          )
+        )
+          continue;
         const firstVisible = visibilityWindows.find((win) => makesOverlayVisible(win));
         if (!firstVisible) continue;
         const selector =