damp() V4

A frame rate independent version of utils.lerp() to performs a linear interpolation between two values.

The closer the amount is to 1, the closer the result is to the end value.

const lerped = utils.lerp(start, end, deltaTime, amount);

Parameters

Name Accepts
start Number
end Number
deltaTime Number (ms)
amount Number [0-1]

Returns

Number

utils.damp(0, 100, 8, 0); // 0
utils.damp(0, 100, 8, 0.5); // 50
utils.damp(0, 100, 8, 1); // 100

damp() code example

import { animate, createTimer, utils } from 'animejs';

const [ $input ] = utils.$('.input');
const [ $lerped ] = utils.$('.lerped');
const [ $lerped15fps ] = utils.$('.lerped-15');

animate($input, {
  rotate: '1000turn',
  modifier: utils.snap(.25),
  duration: 4000000,
  loop: true,
  ease: 'linear',
});

const dampedLoop = createTimer({
  frameRate: 15,
  onUpdate: clock => {
    const sourceRotate = utils.get($input, 'rotate', false);
    const lerpedRotate = utils.get($lerped15fps, 'rotate', false);
    utils.set($lerped15fps, {
      rotate: utils.damp(lerpedRotate, sourceRotate, clock.deltaTime, .075) + 'turn'
    });
  }
});

const lerpedLoop = createTimer({
  frameRate: 15,
  onUpdate: () => {
    const sourceRotate = utils.get($input, 'rotate', false);
    const lerpedRotate = utils.get($lerped, 'rotate', false);
    utils.set($lerped, {
      rotate: utils.lerp(lerpedRotate, sourceRotate, .075) + 'turn'
    });
  }
});
<div class="x-large spaced-evenly row">
  <div class="col">
    <div class="clock input"></div>
    <div class="label">input</div>
  </div>
  <div class="col">
    <div class="clock lerped-15"></div>
    <div class="label">damped 15fps</div>
  </div>
  <div class="col">
    <div class="clock lerped"></div>
    <div class="label">lerped 15fps</div>
  </div>
</div>