Paper Unfold Mesh

Paper that crumples, folds or rolls up, then opens frame by frame. Drawn entirely in code.
_{A skill that teaches your AI agent to make this effect for your videos, in endless variations.}

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_{Works with}
 Claude Code  ·   JavaScript  ·   GSAP

What it does

Your agent builds a sheet of paper from small triangles, crumples it into a ball, an accordion, a folded note or a scroll, and opens it again at a hand-made 8–12 frames per second.

• Every sheet is different: ball shapes, torn edges and colours are all adjustable.
• Text and doodles are printed on the paper, so they bend and crease with it.
• No image model needed: it runs in any browser canvas, HyperFrames or Remotion.

Note

This skill is still improving. When a project finds a better crumple or a new paper shape, the skill gets updated here.

Get started

1. Download paper-unfold-mesh.zip and unzip it into your agent's skills folder (for Claude Code: ~/.claude/skills/).

2. Ask your agent for it in plain words, for example:

   Show our three steps on an accordion strip of paper that unfolds one fold at a time.

Or install with git:

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/OpenRootdev/paper-unfold-mesh ~/.claude/skills/paper-unfold-mesh

What you need

• A video made from code that draws on a canvas (HyperFrames, Remotion or a web page).
• A paper texture and a desk photo for the background (any you like).
• Nothing else: no image model, no extra installs.

What's inside

• SKILL.md · The instructions your agent follows, including what went wrong and ideas to try.
• examples/paper-unfold-trials.html · The full source of the 9-scene demo reel.

_{Preview media lives on the assets branch and translations on translations, so main holds only the skill.}

Sister skill

Paper Unfold Frames
The photo-real version: an image model draws the unfold, so it looks like real paper photographed frame by frame.

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_{MIT licence · OpenRootdev}