10+ JavaScript Preloaders
Smooth the wait with these JavaScript preloaders. Whether you’re showing a loading spinner, an animated splash screen, or prepping assets before view, this collection highlights creative techniques to improve perceived performance and guide users during load time.
Examples
Full Screen Slider
A cinematic landing page powered by GSAP ScrollSmoother and Observer plugins. It features a complex preloader sequence transitioning into a full-screen slider where images are revealed via intricate clip-path polygon animations triggered by scroll gestures.
See the Pen Full Screen Slider.
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Loading Animation
A hypnotic, kaleidoscopic pattern that continuously transforms, pulses, and rotates, distracting the user while content loads.
See the Pen Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Loading Animation.
Blurry Loading
As the counter reaches 100%, the blurry image sharpens into focus, while the counter itself dissolves and fades away, revealing the content.
See the Pen Blurry Loading.
WebGL Liquid Texture Loader
A visually striking WebGL texture transition that employs displacement maps and custom fragment shaders to achieve a fluid, liquid-like morphing effect. The logic synchronizes JavaScript state management with GSAP animations to seamlessly blend a sequence of images through coordinate distortion, suitable for creative loaders, slideshows, or interactive galleries.
See the Pen WebGL Liquid Texture Loader.
Blurry Loading Page Animation
The use of a pure JavaScript timer for step-by-step update of the loading state, with synchronized inverse change of opacity for the counter and filter: blur for the background element.
See the Pen Blurry Loading Page Animation.
GSAP Preloader and Hero Animation Sequence
This is a polished landing page intro sequence utilizing the GSAP ecosystem (Timeline, CustomEase, SplitText) to deliver high-performance, staggered entrance animations, focusing on modern preloader transitions and dramatic typographic reveals.
See the Pen GSAP Preloader and Hero Animation Sequence.
Liquid Morphology Slideshow (Three.js/WebGL)
This is a WebGL-powered image slider utilizing custom fragment shaders to create complex transition effects, structured with a comprehensive JavaScript configuration object and Tweakpane integration for real-time control over numerous uniform parameters.
See the Pen Liquid Morphology Slideshow (Three.js/WebGL).
GSAP Layout and Animation Explorations N°2
A showcase of professional animation control: gsap.config({ force3D: true }) for performance optimization, CustomEase for refined acceleration, and a master timeline for precise preloader-to-Hero synchronization.
See the Pen GSAP Layout and Animation Explorations N°2.
