I wanted my next framer template's portfolio showcase to have a standout interaction, not another flat slider. That idea is now the hero: a carousel where every image bends on a cylinder as it moves. Perspective, velocity skew, a touch of chromatic distortion on the edges. It's raw WebGL with the cylinder math written from scratch, no libraries. I didn't write any of it. I described the motion to Framer's agent, one prompt with my art direction, and it built the code component, wired it into the canvas, and exposed the motion as sliders: tilt, curve, skew strength, distortion, chroma, parallax. My part was tuning those sliders until the motion felt right for the template, which took longer than the build itself. The gap between an effect I can imagine and a component I can ship used to be "someday". Now it's an afternoon. What's an effect you've wanted on your site but never built?

The cylinder skew looks great in motion. The effect I keep wanting is a weight-aware drag: a project grid that carries inertia and settles with a little overshoot, so it feels physical rather than snapped. And your point lands, the taste to tune the sliders is the actual skill now, not the build.

We kept running into the same problem with Framer:

What if you need a page to be private?

Client work, case studies, unreleased projects, internal pages, sometimes you just need a simple password gate without building an overcomplicated system around it.

So we built Secure Gate.

Enter a password → unlock the page → done.

And the response has been pretty interesting. These are just some of the recent purchases.

It reminded us of something we really believe in: small, highly specific components can be incredibly valuable when they solve a problem people actually have.

That’s exactly what we’re trying to build at our studio, useful tools that solve real problems, not components made just for the sake of having another component.

Absolutely stunning work! Your creativity shines through every detail. Love it