# Layers (`.sds-card-layers`)

Children bob at staggered amplitudes (5 px → 13 px) for a parallax depth illusion. Requires child elements. Cards animation in SDS Motion Forge v5.0.0. It loops continuously as soon as the class is applied.

- Page: https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/card-layers/
- Category: Cards (https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/categories/cards/)
- Animated properties: transform
- Compositor-only: yes
- Needs child elements: yes
- Needs per-character spans: no
- JavaScript: none required

## Use it

```html
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@salkomdesignstudio/sds-motion-forge/dist/categories/cards.min.css" />

<div class="sds-card-layers">
  <div>One</div>
  <div>Two</div>
  <div>Three</div>
</div>
```

## How it works

Plays as soon as the class is applied, looping continuously. It animates movement and scale (transform) — compositor-only, so it never causes page reflow. Timing is fixed for this effect, but you can still override animation-duration/timing-function on the element. The animation runs on the element's direct children — it needs child elements to be visible.

## Related

- [Ink](https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/card-ink/)
- [Iris](https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/card-iris/)
- [Iris Bloom](https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/card-iris-bloom/)
- [Lens Bulge](https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/card-lens-bulge/)
- [Letterbox](https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/card-letterbox/)
- [Levitate](https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/card-levitate/)