Slam

Slam is weight and impact. Coming in, the object hangs above its spot, winds up by rising a little and slowing to a stop, then slams down, accelerating all the way to the floor and stretched by the speed. The impact squashes it flat at its base, it rebounds in a small hop and rattles until it is exactly at rest.

How it works

The drop is fastest at the moment of contact, which is what gives the hit its weight. Squash and stretch keep the object's volume, so it bulges out sideways as it flattens. The rattle is a quick shake that dies away. Leaving is the same idea in the other direction: it lifts and winds up, slams down into the floor, and is driven through it, rattling, until it is gone.

Settings

• Height: how high it hangs before the slam, measured in its own heights.
• Squash: how flat the impact makes it.
• Rattle: the angle of the shake after the hit.
• Duration: the length of the entrance, and of the exit.

Use it for

Bold product entrances, titles and 3D text that land with a thump, game rewards and comic timing. Use it as the object's entrance and exit when it is shown or hidden, on click or hover (clicking again sends it through the floor), or inside an action. For a softer arrival that springs up instead, try Pop; for a spring without leaving, Jelly.