Atelier UI®

Read the docsGithub
Docs 0.7.0

Getting started

  • Browse Catalog
  • Installation
  • How to contribute
  • Code of conduct
  • Fluid Scene

Components (28)

  • Clip Reveal
  • Stripe Wipe
  • Sweep Exit
  • Dither Flow
    pro
  • Glowing Fog
    pro
  • Halftone Glow
    pro
  • Fluid Distortion
  • Image Trail
  • Lens Media
  • Liquid Media
  • Magnetic Dot Grid
  • Pixel Media
  • Pixel Trail
  • Pixelated Text
  • Text Bounce
  • Text Fluid
  • Text Roll
  • Text Scramble
  • Curve Media
  • Elastic Stick
    pro
  • Infinite Gallery
  • Infinite Parallax
  • Infinite Zoom
  • Scattered Scroll
  • Text Split
  • WebGL Image
  • WebGL Text
  • WebGL Video
Atelier UI 0.7.0 ©2026
Star on githubBuy me a coffeellms.txt
  1. Docs
  2. /
  3. Components
  4. /
  5. Pixel Media

Pixel Media

A WebGL image or video that breaks into pixel blocks under the cursor, then falls back when you stop

React Three Fiber
Drei
https://atelier-ui.com/pixel-media

Settings

grid-size
22
interaction-radius
4
strength
1.65
aberration
0.25
trail
0.93
webgl-enabled
See the documentation below for more options.

Install

npx atelier-ui add pixel-media
npm install three @react-three/fiber @react-three/drei
pixel-media.tsx
import { shaderMaterial } from "@react-three/drei"
import { extend, type ThreeElement, useFrame } from "@react-three/fiber"
import { useMemo, useRef } from "react"
import { DataTexture, FloatType, NearestFilter, RGBAFormat, Texture, Vector2 } from "three"
import { type Pointer, WebglImage } from "../webgl-image/webgl-image"
import { WebglVideo } from "../webgl-video/webgl-video"

declare module "@react-three/fiber" {
    interface ThreeElements {
        pixelMediaMat: ThreeElement<typeof PixelMediaMat>
    }
}

const vertexShader = /* glsl */ `
    precision highp float;
    varying vec2 vUv;

    void main() {
        vUv = uv;
        gl_Position = projectionMatrix * modelViewMatrix * vec4(position, 1.0);
    }
`

const fragmentShader = /* glsl */ `
    precision highp float;
    varying vec2 vUv;

    uniform sampler2D uMap;
    uniform sampler2D uGrid;
    uniform float uStrength;
    uniform float uAberration;

    void main() {
        vec2 offset = texture2D(uGrid, vUv).rg * uStrength;
        vec2 uv = vUv - offset;
        vec2 shift = offset * uAberration;

        gl_FragColor = vec4(
            texture2D(uMap, uv - shift).r,
            texture2D(uMap, uv).g,
            texture2D(uMap, uv + shift).b,
            1.0
        );
    }
`

const PixelMediaMat = shaderMaterial(
    {
        uMap: new Texture(),
        uGrid: new Texture(),
        uStrength: 0.5,
        uAberration: 0.5,
    },
    vertexShader,
    fragmentShader,
)

extend({ PixelMediaMat })

const REFERENCE_FPS = 60

type PixelMediaMaterialProps = {
    map: Texture
    pointer: Pointer
    gridSize: number
    interactionRadius: number
    strength: number
    aberration: number
    trail: number
}

// Effect props shared by both the image and video variants.
export type PixelEffectProps = {
    gridSize?: number
    interactionRadius?: number
    strength?: number
    aberration?: number
    trail?: number
    segments?: number
    webglEnabled?: boolean
}

type PixelMediaImageProps = PixelEffectProps & {
    type?: "image"
    src: string
    alt: string
} & Omit<React.ComponentPropsWithoutRef<"img">, "src" | "alt">

type PixelMediaVideoProps = PixelEffectProps & {
    type: "video"
    src: string
} & Omit<React.ComponentPropsWithoutRef<"video">, "src">

export type PixelMediaProps = PixelMediaImageProps | PixelMediaVideoProps

function PixelMediaMaterial({
    map,
    pointer,
    gridSize,
    interactionRadius,
    strength,
    aberration,
    trail,
}: PixelMediaMaterialProps) {
    const ref = useRef<InstanceType<typeof PixelMediaMat>>(null)
    const previous = useMemo(() => new Vector2(0.5, 0.5), [])

    const grid = useMemo(() => {
        const data = new Float32Array(gridSize * gridSize * 4)
        const texture = new DataTexture(data, gridSize, gridSize, RGBAFormat, FloatType)
        texture.magFilter = NearestFilter
        texture.minFilter = NearestFilter
        texture.needsUpdate = true
        return { texture, data }
    }, [gridSize])

    useFrame((_, delta) => {
        const material = ref.current
        if (!material) return

        const { data } = grid
        const velocityX = (pointer.uv.x - previous.x) * pointer.hover
        const velocityY = (pointer.uv.y - previous.y) * pointer.hover
        previous.copy(pointer.uv)

        const fade = trail ** (delta * REFERENCE_FPS)
        const cursorColumn = pointer.uv.x * gridSize
        const cursorRow = pointer.uv.y * gridSize

        for (let row = 0; row < gridSize; row++) {
            for (let column = 0; column < gridSize; column++) {
                const index = (row * gridSize + column) * 4
                const distance = Math.hypot(column - cursorColumn, row - cursorRow)
                const falloff = Math.max(0, 1 - distance / interactionRadius)
                data[index] = data[index] * fade + velocityX * falloff
                data[index + 1] = data[index + 1] * fade + velocityY * falloff
            }
        }

        grid.texture.needsUpdate = true
        material.uMap = map
        material.uGrid = grid.texture
        material.uStrength = strength
        material.uAberration = aberration
    })

    return (
        <pixelMediaMat
            ref={ref}
            key={PixelMediaMat.key}
            uMap={map}
            uGrid={grid.texture}
            transparent
        />
    )
}

export function PixelMedia(props: PixelMediaProps) {
    const {
        gridSize = 22,
        interactionRadius = 4,
        strength = 1.65,
        aberration = 0.25,
        trail = 0.93,
        segments = 1,
        webglEnabled = true,
        ...rest
    } = props

    // The pixel displacement is a fragment-only shader, so the same material
    // runs on both the image and video primitives (they share the WebGL plane).
    const material = (map: Texture, pointer: Pointer) => (
        <PixelMediaMaterial
            map={map}
            pointer={pointer}
            gridSize={gridSize}
            interactionRadius={interactionRadius}
            strength={strength}
            aberration={aberration}
            trail={trail}
        />
    )

    if (rest.type === "video") {
        const { type: _type, ...videoProps } = rest
        return (
            <WebglVideo
                segments={segments}
                webglEnabled={webglEnabled}
                material={material}
                {...videoProps}
            />
        )
    }

    const { type: _type, ...imageProps } = rest
    return (
        <WebglImage
            segments={segments}
            webglEnabled={webglEnabled}
            material={material}
            {...imageProps}
        />
    )
}
webgl-image.tsx
import { useTexture } from "@react-three/drei"
import { useFrame, useThree } from "@react-three/fiber"
import {
    type ComponentRef,
    type RefObject,
    useEffect,
    useLayoutEffect,
    useMemo,
    useRef,
} from "react"
import { type Mesh, type Texture, Vector2 } from "three"
import { webglTeleport } from "../webgl-portal/webgl-portal"

export type Pointer = {
    uv: Vector2
    hover: number
}

type WebglImageProps = {
    src: string
    alt: string
    material?: (map: Texture, pointer: Pointer) => React.ReactNode
    webglEnabled?: boolean
    segments?: number
    zIndex?: number
    /**
     * Re-measures the DOM rect every frame so the plane follows animated parents (motion, parallax).
     * Costs one layout read per frame, so only enable it when needed.
     */
    autoReflow?: boolean
} & Omit<React.ComponentPropsWithoutRef<"img">, "children" | "src" | "alt">

type PlaneProps = {
    el: RefObject<HTMLImageElement | null>
    src: string
    segments: number
    material?: (map: Texture, pointer: Pointer) => React.ReactNode
    pointer: Pointer
    zIndex: number
    autoReflow: boolean
}

function Plane({ el, src, segments, material, pointer, zIndex, autoReflow }: PlaneProps) {
    const mesh = useRef<Mesh>(null)
    const texture = useTexture(src)
    const size = useThree((s) => s.size)
    const viewport = useThree((s) => s.viewport)
    const fitScale = useRef({ x: 1, y: 1 })
    const bounds = useRef({ x: 0, y: 0, width: 0, height: 0 })

    useLayoutEffect(() => {
        const target = el.current
        if (!target) return

        const measure = () => {
            const m = mesh.current
            if (!m) return

            // Rect in document coords (top/left offset by current scroll at measure time),
            // so we can later derive viewport position with just `window.scrollX/Y`,
            // instead of recalculating bounds on every render
            const rect = target.getBoundingClientRect()
            bounds.current.x = rect.left + window.scrollX
            bounds.current.y = rect.top + window.scrollY
            bounds.current.width = rect.width
            bounds.current.height = rect.height

            // Replicate CSS object-fit: cover crops via UV repeat/offset; contain shrinks the mesh scale
            // because UVs alone can't letterbox: the plane would still fill the element.
            const image = texture.image as HTMLImageElement
            const objectFit = getComputedStyle(target).objectFit
            const planeAspect = rect.width / rect.height
            const imageAspect = image.width / image.height

            let repeatU = 1
            let repeatV = 1

            fitScale.current.x = 1
            fitScale.current.y = 1

            if (objectFit === "cover") {
                if (planeAspect > imageAspect) {
                    repeatV = imageAspect / planeAspect
                } else {
                    repeatU = planeAspect / imageAspect
                }
            } else if (objectFit === "contain") {
                if (planeAspect > imageAspect) {
                    fitScale.current.x = imageAspect / planeAspect
                } else {
                    fitScale.current.y = planeAspect / imageAspect
                }
            }

            const offsetU = (1 - repeatU) / 2
            const offsetV = (1 - repeatV) / 2

            const uvAttribute = m.geometry.attributes.uv

            for (let iy = 0; iy <= segments; iy++) {
                for (let ix = 0; ix <= segments; ix++) {
                    const idx = iy * (segments + 1) + ix
                    const u = ix / segments
                    const v = 1 - iy / segments
                    uvAttribute.setXY(idx, u * repeatU + offsetU, v * repeatV + offsetV)
                }
            }

            uvAttribute.needsUpdate = true
        }

        measure()

        const ro = new ResizeObserver(measure)
        ro.observe(target)
        ro.observe(document.body)
        return () => ro.disconnect()
    }, [el, texture, segments])

    useFrame(() => {
        const m = mesh.current
        if (!m) return
        const pxToWorld = viewport.height / size.height

        // autoReflow re-reads the rect each frame so the mesh follows parent
        // CSS transforms (e.g. parallax). One layout read per frame.
        if (autoReflow && el.current) {
            const rect = el.current.getBoundingClientRect()
            m.position.x = (rect.left + rect.width / 2 - size.width / 2) * pxToWorld
            m.position.y = -(rect.top + rect.height / 2 - size.height / 2) * pxToWorld
            m.scale.x = rect.width * pxToWorld * fitScale.current.x
            m.scale.y = rect.height * pxToWorld * fitScale.current.y
            return
        }

        const { x, y, width, height } = bounds.current
        m.position.x = (x + width / 2 - window.scrollX - size.width / 2) * pxToWorld
        m.position.y = -(y + height / 2 - window.scrollY - size.height / 2) * pxToWorld
        m.scale.x = width * pxToWorld * fitScale.current.x
        m.scale.y = height * pxToWorld * fitScale.current.y
    })

    return (
        <mesh ref={mesh} renderOrder={zIndex}>
            <planeGeometry args={[1, 1, segments, segments]} />
            {material ? (
                material(texture, pointer)
            ) : (
                <meshBasicMaterial map={texture} transparent />
            )}
        </mesh>
    )
}

export function WebglImage({
    src,
    alt,
    className,
    style,
    material,
    webglEnabled = true,
    segments = 1,
    zIndex = 0,
    autoReflow = false,
    ...rest
}: WebglImageProps) {
    const el = useRef<ComponentRef<"img">>(null)
    const pointer = useMemo<Pointer>(() => {
        return {
            uv: new Vector2(0.5, 0.5),
            hover: 0,
        }
    }, [])

    useEffect(() => {
        if (!webglEnabled) return
        const target = el.current
        if (!target) return

        // Pointer events still fire on the DOM element through opacity:0,
        // so the browser tells us when the cursor is over it.
        const onMove = (e: PointerEvent) => {
            const { width, left, top, height } = target.getBoundingClientRect()
            const x = (e.clientX - left) / width
            const y = 1 - (e.clientY - top) / height
            pointer.uv.set(x, y)
        }

        const onEnter = () => (pointer.hover = 1)
        const onLeave = () => (pointer.hover = 0)

        target.addEventListener("pointermove", onMove)
        target.addEventListener("pointerenter", onEnter)
        target.addEventListener("pointerleave", onLeave)
        return () => {
            target.removeEventListener("pointermove", onMove)
            target.removeEventListener("pointerenter", onEnter)
            target.removeEventListener("pointerleave", onLeave)
        }
    }, [webglEnabled, pointer])

    return (
        <>
            <img
                ref={el}
                src={src}
                alt={alt}
                className={className}
                style={webglEnabled ? { ...style, opacity: 0 } : style}
                {...rest}
            />

            {webglEnabled && (
                <webglTeleport.In>
                    <Plane
                        el={el}
                        src={src}
                        segments={segments}
                        material={material}
                        pointer={pointer}
                        zIndex={zIndex}
                        autoReflow={autoReflow}
                    />
                </webglTeleport.In>
            )}
        </>
    )
}
webgl-video.tsx
import { useFrame, useThree } from "@react-three/fiber"
import {
    type ComponentRef,
    type RefObject,
    useEffect,
    useLayoutEffect,
    useMemo,
    useRef,
    useState,
} from "react"
import { type Mesh, SRGBColorSpace, type Texture, Vector2, VideoTexture } from "three"
import { webglTeleport } from "../webgl-portal/webgl-portal"

export type Pointer = {
    uv: Vector2
    hover: number
}

type WebglVideoProps = {
    src: string
    material?: (map: Texture, pointer: Pointer) => React.ReactNode
    webglEnabled?: boolean
    segments?: number
    zIndex?: number
    /**
     * Re-measures the DOM rect every frame so the plane follows animated parents (motion, parallax).
     * Costs one layout read per frame, so only enable it when needed.
     */
    autoReflow?: boolean
} & Omit<React.ComponentPropsWithoutRef<"video">, "children" | "src">

type PlaneProps = {
    el: RefObject<HTMLVideoElement | null>
    segments: number
    material?: (map: Texture, pointer: Pointer) => React.ReactNode
    pointer: Pointer
    zIndex: number
    autoReflow: boolean
}

function Plane({ el, segments, material, pointer, zIndex, autoReflow }: PlaneProps) {
    const mesh = useRef<Mesh>(null)
    const [texture, setTexture] = useState<VideoTexture | null>(null)
    const size = useThree((state) => state.size)
    const viewport = useThree((state) => state.viewport)
    const fitScale = useRef({ x: 1, y: 1 })
    const bounds = useRef({ x: 0, y: 0, width: 0, height: 0 })

    useLayoutEffect(() => {
        const video = el.current
        if (!video) return

        // Build the texture from the DOM <video> itself so a single element
        // decodes once; VideoTexture pulls each new frame from it.
        const videoTexture = new VideoTexture(video)
        videoTexture.colorSpace = SRGBColorSpace
        setTexture(videoTexture)
        return () => videoTexture.dispose()
    }, [el])

    useLayoutEffect(() => {
        const target = el.current
        if (!target || !texture) return

        const measure = () => {
            const m = mesh.current
            if (!m) return

            // Rect in document coords (top/left offset by current scroll at measure time),
            // so we can later derive viewport position with just `window.scrollX/Y`,
            // instead of recalculating bounds on every render
            const rect = target.getBoundingClientRect()
            bounds.current.x = rect.left + window.scrollX
            bounds.current.y = rect.top + window.scrollY
            bounds.current.width = rect.width
            bounds.current.height = rect.height

            // Replicate CSS object-fit: cover crops via UV repeat/offset; contain shrinks the mesh scale
            // because UVs alone can't letterbox: the plane would still fill the element.
            const video = texture.image as HTMLVideoElement
            const objectFit = getComputedStyle(target).objectFit
            const planeAspect = rect.width / rect.height
            const videoAspect = video.videoWidth / video.videoHeight

            let repeatU = 1
            let repeatV = 1

            fitScale.current.x = 1
            fitScale.current.y = 1

            // videoWidth/Height are 0 until metadata loads; skip cropping until then.
            if (video.videoWidth > 0) {
                if (objectFit === "cover") {
                    if (planeAspect > videoAspect) {
                        repeatV = videoAspect / planeAspect
                    } else {
                        repeatU = planeAspect / videoAspect
                    }
                } else if (objectFit === "contain") {
                    if (planeAspect > videoAspect) {
                        fitScale.current.x = videoAspect / planeAspect
                    } else {
                        fitScale.current.y = planeAspect / videoAspect
                    }
                }
            }

            const offsetU = (1 - repeatU) / 2
            const offsetV = (1 - repeatV) / 2

            const uvAttribute = m.geometry.attributes.uv

            for (let iy = 0; iy <= segments; iy++) {
                for (let ix = 0; ix <= segments; ix++) {
                    const idx = iy * (segments + 1) + ix
                    const u = ix / segments
                    const v = 1 - iy / segments
                    uvAttribute.setXY(idx, u * repeatU + offsetU, v * repeatV + offsetV)
                }
            }

            uvAttribute.needsUpdate = true
        }

        measure()

        // Re-measure once the video reports its intrinsic size.
        target.addEventListener("loadedmetadata", measure)
        target.addEventListener("resize", measure)

        const ro = new ResizeObserver(measure)
        ro.observe(target)
        ro.observe(document.body)
        return () => {
            ro.disconnect()
            target.removeEventListener("loadedmetadata", measure)
            target.removeEventListener("resize", measure)
        }
    }, [el, texture, segments])

    useFrame(() => {
        const m = mesh.current
        if (!m) return

        // Browsers without requestVideoFrameCallback need an explicit pull.
        texture?.update()

        const pxToWorld = viewport.height / size.height

        // autoReflow re-reads the rect each frame so the mesh follows parent
        // CSS transforms (e.g. parallax). One layout read per frame.
        if (autoReflow && el.current) {
            const rect = el.current.getBoundingClientRect()
            m.position.x = (rect.left + rect.width / 2 - size.width / 2) * pxToWorld
            m.position.y = -(rect.top + rect.height / 2 - size.height / 2) * pxToWorld
            m.scale.x = rect.width * pxToWorld * fitScale.current.x
            m.scale.y = rect.height * pxToWorld * fitScale.current.y
            return
        }

        const { x, y, width, height } = bounds.current
        m.position.x = (x + width / 2 - window.scrollX - size.width / 2) * pxToWorld
        m.position.y = -(y + height / 2 - window.scrollY - size.height / 2) * pxToWorld
        m.scale.x = width * pxToWorld * fitScale.current.x
        m.scale.y = height * pxToWorld * fitScale.current.y
    })

    if (!texture) return null

    return (
        <mesh ref={mesh} renderOrder={zIndex}>
            <planeGeometry args={[1, 1, segments, segments]} />
            {material ? (
                material(texture, pointer)
            ) : (
                <meshBasicMaterial map={texture} transparent />
            )}
        </mesh>
    )
}

export function WebglVideo({
    src,
    className,
    style,
    material,
    webglEnabled = true,
    segments = 1,
    zIndex = 0,
    autoReflow = false,
    autoPlay = true,
    muted = true,
    loop = true,
    playsInline = true,
    ...rest
}: WebglVideoProps) {
    const el = useRef<ComponentRef<"video">>(null)
    const pointer = useMemo<Pointer>(() => {
        return {
            uv: new Vector2(0.5, 0.5),
            hover: 0,
        }
    }, [])

    useEffect(() => {
        if (!webglEnabled) return
        const target = el.current
        if (!target) return

        // Pointer events still fire on the DOM element through opacity:0,
        // so the browser tells us when the cursor is over it.
        const onMove = (event: PointerEvent) => {
            const { width, left, top, height } = target.getBoundingClientRect()
            const x = (event.clientX - left) / width
            const y = 1 - (event.clientY - top) / height
            pointer.uv.set(x, y)
        }

        const onEnter = () => (pointer.hover = 1)
        const onLeave = () => (pointer.hover = 0)

        target.addEventListener("pointermove", onMove)
        target.addEventListener("pointerenter", onEnter)
        target.addEventListener("pointerleave", onLeave)
        return () => {
            target.removeEventListener("pointermove", onMove)
            target.removeEventListener("pointerenter", onEnter)
            target.removeEventListener("pointerleave", onLeave)
        }
    }, [webglEnabled, pointer])

    return (
        <>
            <video
                ref={el}
                src={src}
                className={className}
                style={webglEnabled ? { ...style, opacity: 0 } : style}
                autoPlay={autoPlay}
                muted={muted}
                loop={loop}
                playsInline={playsInline}
                {...rest}
            />

            {webglEnabled && (
                <webglTeleport.In>
                    <Plane
                        el={el}
                        segments={segments}
                        material={material}
                        pointer={pointer}
                        zIndex={zIndex}
                        autoReflow={autoReflow}
                    />
                </webglTeleport.In>
            )}
        </>
    )
}

API

NameTypeDefaultDescription
type"image" | "video""image"Render the effect on a still image or a video.
srcstring—Media source.
altstring—Image alt text. Required (and only used) when type is "image".
gridSizenumber22Pixel blocks per axis.
interactionRadiusnumber4Cursor push radius.
strengthnumber1.65Drag strength.
aberrationnumber0.25RGB channel split.
trailnumber0.93Trail persistence.
segmentsnumber1Plane geometry subdivisions.
webglEnabledbooleantrueToggle WebGL effect on/off.
...propsImgHTMLAttributes | VideoHTMLAttributes—Other <img> or <video> attributes forwarded to the underlying element.

Credits

React Three Fiber
React renderer for Three.js.

Drei
React Three Fiber utilities.

  • Install
  • API
  • Credits
Star on githubBuy me a coffeellms.txt