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hyperframes/registry/components/facet-morph/README.md
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facet-morph

A faceted low-poly mass (36 triangles, one SVG) continuously reshapes between three authored silhouettes (blob, mark, badge) with per-facet flat shading that recomputes as the vertices move. Light reads from the upper left: facets turned toward it lift toward a pale accent-tinted tone, facets turned away fall toward near-black. One calm continuous morph in the quiet register, then a settled hold (or a slow breath when hold_last is false).

Reference: the ordinaryfolk reshaping-mass beat (motion-reference ordinaryfolkco/2001090228958752945, sheet 02).

Files

  • facet-morph.html: the mountable sub-composition (install target: compositions/components/facet-morph.html).
  • registry-item.json: registry metadata and the variables block.
  • demo.html: a full-bleed 1920x1080 LIGHT host that mounts the primitive with non-default variables (QA gallery input).

Variables

id type default notes
forms string blob,mark,badge comma-separated silhouette sequence; valid names blob, mark, badge
hold_last boolean true true settles dead still on the final form; false breathes through hold
accent enum green green maps to --brand, blue to --accent, violet to --accent-2
exit enum none none holds the settled mass; fade and up release the stage

Envelope: IN = 0.55s entrance + one 1.45s morph leg per silhouette step (0.35s dwell between legs) + 0.55s wobble decay; OUT = 0.45s only when exit is fade or up; HOLD is the sole elastic phase. The form-lock sync point (hf:sfx id facet-settle-soft) fires when the mass reaches its final silhouette, 3.95s at the 3-form default.

How it works (and how to restyle it)

  • Vertex positions are authored keyframe tables (per-silhouette radius, jitter, and center rows over fixed angular spokes), interpolated as a pure function of timeline time by one linear driver tween. Forward, backward, and shuffled seeks land identical frames.
  • Facet fills are computed in JS on every update and written as fill / stroke ATTRIBUTES with literal rgb() strings. Contract tokens (--fg, --surface, and the accent token) are resolved to concrete rgb once at mount, so a host theme restyles the mass without any var() color ever reaching a tween.
  • The mass tone is fg-heavy (--fg mixed toward --surface), so it reads dark on light hosts and light on dark hosts, always contrasting --bg.
  • To add a silhouette, add one row to the FORMS table in your installed copy (18 outer radii, 18 outer jitters, 9 inner radii, 9 inner jitters, center, rotation) and name it in forms.

Worked example

npx hyperframes add facet-morph

Mount it from a host composition like any sub-composition:

<div
  class="clip"
  data-composition-id="facet-morph"
  data-composition-src="./components/facet-morph.html"
  data-variable-values='{"forms":"badge,blob,mark","hold_last":false,"accent":"violet"}'
  data-start="0"
  data-duration="5"
  data-track-index="0"
></div>

The mass enters over 0.55s, reshapes badge to blob to mark, and keeps a slow breath between the last two silhouettes until the frame cuts (exit defaults to none; frame roots own scene transitions).