Ambient Scene Glitch.

01 / Overview

Break the Hero or About artwork into random displaced bands and scanlines. Adapted from the portfolio implementation listed below, with manual playback for inspection.

Portfolio implementation

• src/components/hero/GlitchBackground.jsx
• src/styles/hero-about.css

02 / How it works

A base ghost and three clipped copies of the same scene jitter in opposing directions with changing contrast and sepia. A scanline layer accompanies the burst. Hero and About share this mechanism with different artwork. The portfolio schedules random idle bursts and occasional aftershocks; this study isolates one manually triggered burst.

Actual React demo source. Import this component with the archive stylesheet and pass variant (ambientGlitch), values, playing, replay and reduced props. The image demos use /images/resources-bg.png.

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04 / Parameters

05 / Usage & accessibility

This is a contained portfolio-derived study, not the full page controller. Play starts one transition; Replay resets it. Pause freezes active timelines. Scroll Camera Glitch requires scrolling inside its focusable preview after Play. Reduced motion shows a stable composition. Frames, timelines and local listeners are released on unmount.

Requires a current browser with Web Animations, requestAnimationFrame and Pointer Events. Background imagery is decorative; essential labels remain in the document. The magnetic target supports tap and keyboard activation.