Strata

Layers of cut paper in one ink, each a tint of it and each casting a soft shadow on the one behind, shifting in depth as the phone tilts.

isomer.sh/effects/strata

Knobs

Continue on iPhone
Preset
#68BFAE
5.00
18.0
0.30
Colour1
2.20
Light2
0.42
0.50
Shape1
0.15
Texture1
0.10
Interaction1
8.0
Follow the pointer

Drives tiltX and tiltY.

Still frame

What reduced motion shows: 2 s.

Install

Code

components/isomer/strata.tsx
'use client';
// Generated by isomer. Do not edit by hand; run `isomer add` again to update. (from packages/react/src/Strata.tsx)
// generated by packages/react/scripts/gen-components.mjs, do not edit
import type { CSSProperties } from 'react';
import { useIsomerCanvas, type Mount } from './useIsomerCanvas';
// @ts-ignore: the runtime is plain JS with no type declarations
import * as runtime from './strata.js';

const { DEFAULTS, mount } = runtime as { DEFAULTS: StrataKnobs; mount: Mount };

export interface StrataKnobs {
  tiltX: number;
  tiltY: number;
  ink: string;
  layerCount: number;
  shadowSoftness: number;
  depth: number;
  driftSpeed: number;
  tintFalloff: number;
  shadowLean: number;
  backGlow: number;
  ridgeHeight: number;
  grain: number;
}

export interface StrataProps extends Partial<StrataKnobs> {
  className?: string;
  style?: CSSProperties;
  /** Render this one frame (seconds) and run no clock. Used by the parity tests. */
  time?: number;
  paused?: boolean;
  /** Draw t = 0 once when the user prefers reduced motion. Default true. */
  respectReducedMotion?: boolean;
  /** Keep each frame readable after it is shown, for canvas.toDataURL or readPixels. Read at mount. Default false. */
  preserveDrawingBuffer?: boolean;
}

export const strataDefaults: Readonly<StrataKnobs> = DEFAULTS;

export function Strata({ className, style, time, paused, respectReducedMotion, preserveDrawingBuffer, ...props }: StrataProps) {
  const knobs = { ...DEFAULTS };
  for (const k of Object.keys(DEFAULTS) as (keyof StrataKnobs)[]) {
    const v = props[k];
    if (v !== undefined) (knobs as Record<string, unknown>)[k] = v;
  }
  const ref = useIsomerCanvas({ mount, knobs, time, paused, respectReducedMotion, preserveDrawingBuffer });
  return <canvas ref={ref} className={className} style={{ display: 'block', width: '100%', height: '100%', ...style }} />;
}

Parity

iPhone 17 Pro simulator, iOS 26.3.1 against Chromium headless + SwiftShader, 15 October 2026.