Puff In

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/bundles/anime.umd.min.js"></script>
<script>
  (function () {
    // Puff In: the element condenses out of a big, soft blur, shrinking and
    // sharpening into place like a puff of smoke played backwards.
    // Usage: <div data-puff-in>…</div>
    // Optional: data-scale (the size it starts at, default 2), data-blur (how
    // blurred it starts, in px, default 16), data-duration (ms, default 800),
    // data-delay (ms before the first entrance), data-loop (hold, fade away
    // and puff in again), data-hold (ms to stay when looping, default 1400).
    var DEFAULTS = { scale: 2, blur: 16, duration: 800, delay: 0, hold: 1400 };

    function reduced() {
      return window.matchMedia('(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)').matches;
    }

    function enter(el, done) {
      var d = el.dataset;
      var t = +d.duration || DEFAULTS.duration;
      var b = d.blur === undefined ? DEFAULTS.blur : +d.blur || 0;
      anime.utils.set(el, { scale: +d.scale || DEFAULTS.scale, opacity: 0, filter: 'blur(' + b + 'px)' });
      anime.animate(el, {
        scale: { to: 1, ease: 'out(3)' },
        filter: { to: 'blur(0px)', ease: 'out(2)' },
        opacity: { to: 1, duration: t * 0.7, ease: 'out(2)' },
        duration: t,
        onComplete: function () {
          el.style.filter = '';   // drop the finished filter so text stays crisp
          done();
        }
      });
    }

    function cycle(el) {
      var d = el.dataset;
      var s = el._pfi;
      enter(el, function () {
        if (d.loop === undefined || d.loop === 'false') return;
        setTimeout(function () {
          anime.animate(el, {
            opacity: 0,
            duration: 400,
            ease: 'out(2)',
            onComplete: function () {
              // Wait until it's back on screen before the next entrance.
              setTimeout(function () {
                if (s.visible) cycle(el);
                else s.waiting = true;
              }, 500);
            }
          });
        }, +d.hold || DEFAULTS.hold);
      });
    }

    function init() {
      var io = new IntersectionObserver(function (entries) {
        entries.forEach(function (e) {
          var s = e.target._pfi;
          s.visible = e.isIntersecting;
          if (!e.isIntersecting) return;
          if (!s.started) {
            s.started = true;
            setTimeout(function () { cycle(e.target); }, +e.target.dataset.delay || DEFAULTS.delay);
          } else if (s.waiting) {
            s.waiting = false;
            cycle(e.target);
          }
        });
      }, { threshold: 0.2 });
      document.querySelectorAll('[data-puff-in]').forEach(function (el) {
        if (el._pfi) return;
        el._pfi = {};
        if (reduced()) return;
        anime.utils.set(el, { opacity: 0 });
        io.observe(el);
      });
    }

    if (document.readyState === 'loading') document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', init);
    else init();
  })();
</script>

<div class="card" data-puff-in>Magic link sent</div>

<!-- or a bigger, smokier puff: -->
<div class="card" data-puff-in data-scale="3" data-blur="24">Magic link sent</div>