This is a crash course of scrollable experiences with GSAP and WEBGi. WEBGi is a custom threejs renderer that enables you to create realistic results out-of-the-box with great performance. I’ll show you how to create interactive pages by embedding 3D models on a page with scroll-based animations.
We will do the entire process together, from creating the page design using Adobe XD and the WEBGi editor to get the images, to implementing the code using a boilerplate provided. We will create all the HTML and CSS together, step by step, until we learn how to install GSAP and configure the animations for each section and find the correct values for each camera position. Next, we’ll learn how to merge the 3D animations with the other animations on the page.
The course content is organized as follows:
- What are we going to create?
- Using the WEBGi editor to configure the 3D model and its integration into the design
- Installing the boilerplate to WEBGi and its dependencies
- Exporting the assets and creating the page with HTML and CSS
- Creating the other sections of the page and preparing for the animations
- Setting up the first animation
- Creating the update function and using the scroll to control the animation
- How to find the correct camera positions to animate
- Animating all sections of the page
- Merging the animations of the HTML elements with the 3D model
- Performance tweaks and other important tips
- Final thoughts and considerations
You’ll have access to the design created in Adobe XD format, as well as the project’s source code, so you can follow along and create your own pages after this course. In addition, you will also have access to ask me questions to help you develop your projects.
The course is suitable for those who already have some experience with Javascript and have Nodejs installed on their computer.
- For developers who have some prior knowledge of JavaScript and who want to evolve their knowledge in using Threejs to create Scroll experiences
- For Designers who want to know the possibilities of using 3D in the browser
- For people who are new to Threejs and want to better understand how to integrate 3D with a web page
