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.
13 JavaScript Preloaders
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.
