Motion language

Personality: clean, minimal, calm — Apple-like restraint. Confident, fluid, unmistakable. Never janky, never default-linear, never abrupt, never showy. One clear move per moment.

This is the heart of Onda. The motion fingerprints below — applied consistently across every component — are what make an Onda animation recognizable before any logo appears.

Easing & motion

• Prefer spring() over linear interpolate for anything that moves position, scale, or rotation. Springs feel premium.

• House spring config (default unless documented otherwise):

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  spring({ frame, fps, config: { damping: 200, stiffness: 100, mass: 1 } })

  Smooth, settled, no overshoot. Restraint is the brand — avoid bouncy/overshooting springs. Never reduce damping for a "pop" unless a component explicitly documents why.

• For opacity/color fades, interpolate with an easing curve — never raw linear for anything the eye tracks. House curve: Easing.bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1) (a restrained ease-out).

• Always pass extrapolateLeft: 'clamp' and extrapolateRight: 'clamp' to interpolate unless intentionally continuing past the range.

Timing (at 30fps, the house default)

• Entrances: 18–28 frames (0.6–0.95s). Calm and deliberate, never rushed.
• Holds: let content breathe generously. Never cut a reveal the instant it lands.
• Staggered groups (words, lists, items): 3–5 frames between siblings. This restrained stagger is a core Onda fingerprint — present but never frantic.
• Exits: slightly faster than entrances (12–18 frames).
• Travel is small. Translate 12–24px, not 80px. The eye should feel the motion, not be dragged by it.

Composition

• One focal element per moment. If two things compete, stagger them.
• Compose timing with <Sequence>; never hardcode frame offsets inside a component to fake sequencing.

When in doubt

Make it calmer and more minimal, not flashier. A component that feels busy or bouncy is wrong even if technically correct. Onda's restraint IS the brand.

Unsure about a specific timing/easing value? Default to the house values above rather than inventing new ones — coherence beats novelty.