Hero224: Pixel Sort Hero

A full-bleed nightlife hero over the pixel-distort component: a concert photo sits on an invisible grid that drags along with the cursor like wet paint, breaking into coarser pixels with a slight color split before easing back. A bold headline, a short intro and 2 square Turn Arrow buttons sit above an oversized wordmark cropped by the bottom edge in difference blend.

Installation

Swap YOUR_EMAIL and YOUR_KEY for the email and license key on your account. Find your license key on your account page.

Radix flavor

npx shadcn add "https://ui.beste.co/r/hero224?email=YOUR_EMAIL&license_key=YOUR_KEY"

Base UI flavor

npx shadcn add "https://ui.beste.co/r-base/hero224?email=YOUR_EMAIL&license_key=YOUR_KEY"

This installs the block to components/beste/block/hero224.tsx plus the pixel-distort background and the button24 button it uses.

Quick start

The installed file exports hero224Demo alongside the block: the exact props behind the preview above. Spread it to get a working hero in one line.

import { Hero224, hero224Demo } from "@/components/beste/block/hero224";

export default function Page() {
  return <Hero224 {...hero224Demo} />;
}

Then replace the demo with your own props. Written out, a trimmed setup looks like this:

import { Hero224 } from "@/components/beste/block/hero224";

export default function Page() {
  return (
    <Hero224
      eyebrow="An independent club music label"
      heading="Louder after midnight."
      description="Twelve records a year, pressed on heavy vinyl, played first on our own sound system."
      buttons={[
        { label: "Hear the catalog", href: "/catalog" },
        { label: "Friday lineup", href: "/lineup" },
      ]}
      image={{
        src: "https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1697128951362-e704be45d3da?w=2000&q=80",
        alt: "Raised hands in silhouette against blue stage light at a concert",
      }}
      distort={{ grid: 36, strength: 0.6, pixelate: 0.6, intro: true }}
      wordmark="Ferro"
    />
  );
}

Props

type ActionButton = {
  label: string;
  href: string;
};

type Image = {
  src: string;
  alt: string;
};

Behavior notes

• PixelDistort only mounts when image is set; without it the section falls back to its near-black neutral-950 ground with the copy intact.
• With distort.intro on, the photo resolves from big pixel blocks on arrival; the canvas fades in once it is ready.
• If the WebGL program fails, the component shows the plain photograph as an img instead.
• PixelDistort pauses through an IntersectionObserver and on hidden tabs, and respects prefers-reduced-motion.
• A left-to-right and a bottom-up black gradient keep the white copy legible over any photograph. The photo ground is fixed, so the copy stays white in every theme.
• The wordmark is sized in viewport width (text-[31vw], md:text-[24vw]) and slides up from 40% to 18% of its height on load; bottom padding in vw keeps the copy above it. With reduced motion it starts in place.