How to Add Motion to Background Images on Scroll with Divi

With Divi and its new scroll effects, you can create any kind of design you want using Divi’s built-in options and add some beautiful scroll motion effects to take your design to the next level. In today’s tutorial, we’ll add a creative technique to your list which you can use for upcoming projects. More specifically, we’ll show you how to add motion to background images using Divi’s Image Module and the absolute position. You’ll be able to download the JSON file for free as well!

Let’s get to it.

Preview

Before we dive into the tutorial, let’s take a quick look at the outcome across different screen sizes.

Motion Background Image #1

Desktop

Mobile

Motion Background Image #2

Desktop

Mobile

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General Steps

Add New Section

Start by adding a new Divi section to the page you’re working on.

Add New Row

Column Structure

Continue by adding a new row to the section using the following column structure:

Sizing

Without adding any modules yet, open the row settings and allow the row to take up the entire section’s width.

• Use Custom Gutter Width: Yes
• Gutter Width: 1
• Width: 100%
• Max Width: 100%

Spacing

Remove all default top and bottom padding next.

• Top Padding: 0px
• Bottom Padding: 0px

Column 2 Spacing

Then, open the column 2 settings and add some custom padding values.

• Top Padding: 10vw
• Bottom Padding: 10vw
• Left Padding: 5vw
• Right Padding: 5vw

Add Image Module to Column 1

Leave Image Box Empty

Time to add modules! To add the background image to our first column, we’ll use an empty Image Module container. Placing the background image in a separate module container will help us add scroll effects to that element only. Later on the tutorial, we’ll place other modules on top by using Divi’s absolute position. Make sure you leave the Image Module’s image box empty.

Gradient Background

Add a gradient background instead.

• Color 1: rgba(255,255,255,0)
• Color 2: #000000
• Gradient Type: Linear
• Gradient Direction: 185deg
• Place Gradient Above Background Image: Yes

Background Image

Along with a background image of your choice.

Spacing

Increase the height of the module by adding some custom padding values next.

• Top Padding: 21vw
• Bottom Padding: 21vw

Add Divider Module to Column 1

Visibility

The next module we need in column 1 is a Divider Module. Make sure the ‘Show Divider’ option is enabled.

• Show Divider: Yes

Line

Change the module’s line color next.

• Line Color: #ffffff

Sizing

Modify the sizing settings too.

• Divider Weight: 6px
• Width: 100%

Spacing

Then, add some top margin across different screen sizes.

• Top Margin: 30px (Desktop), 20px (Tablet & Phone)

Position

And reposition the Divider Module using Divi’s absolute position.

• Position: Absolute
• Location: Center

Add Text Module to Column 1

Add H2 Content

The next module we need in the first column is a Text Module with some H2 content.

H2 Text Settings

Move on to the module’s design tab and change the H2 text settings accordingly:

• Heading 2 Font: Raleway
• Heading 2 Font Weight: Bold
• Heading 2 Text Color: #ffffff
• Heading 2 Text Size: 70px (Desktop), 50px (Tablet), 40px (Phone)

• Heading 2 Text Shadow Color: rgba(0,0,0,0.95)

Spacing

Add some custom top and bottom padding next.

• Top Padding: 150px
• Bottom Padding: 150px

Position

And reposition the module in advanced tab.

• Position: Absolute
• Location: Center

Add Text Module #1 to Column 2

Add H3 Content

On to the next column. Add a first Text Module with some H3 content of your choice.

H3 Text Settings

Move on to the module’s design tab and change the H3 text settings as follows:

• Heading 3 Font: Raleway
• Heading 3 Text Size: 50px (Desktop), 35px (Tablet), 30px (Phone)
• Heading 3 Line Height: 1.2em

Spacing

Add some bottom margin too.

• Bottom Margin: 50px

Add Text Module #2 to Column 2

Add Content

Add another Text Module right below the previous one with some description content of your choice.

Text Settings

Change the module’s text settings as follows:

• Text Font: Raleway
• Text Line Height: 2.5em

Add Button Module to Column 2

Add Copy

The next and last module we need in column 2 is a Button Module. Enter some copy of your choice.

Button Settings

Style the button next.

• Use Custom Styles For Button: Yes
• Button Text Size: 25px
• Button Text Color: #000000
• Button Border Width: 0px

• Button Font: Raleway
• Button Font Weight: Bold
• Show Button Icon: Yes
• Button Icon Color: #000000

Spacing

And complete the module settings by adding some top margin.

• Top Margin: 50px

Add Motion Background #1 to Image Module

Vertical Motion

Now, at this point, you can just add any kind of scroll effect of your choice to the Image Module in column 1. To recreate the first example that was shown in the preview of this post, open the Image Module and use the following vertical motion settings:

• Enable Vertical Motion: Yes
• Starting Offset: 0
• Mid Offset: 0 (at 69%)
• Ending Offset: -2

Horizontal Motion

Add some horizontal motion too.

• Enable Horizontal Motion: Yes
• Starting Offset: -2
• Mid Offset: 0
• Ending Offset: 0

Scaling Up and Down

Along with a scaling up and down scroll effect.

• Enable Scaling Up and Down: Yes
• Starting Scale: 70% (at 21%)
• Mid Scale: 80% (at 39%)
• Ending Scale: 100% (at 54%)

Add Motion Background #2 to Image Module

Horizontal Motion

If you’d rather recreate the second motion background image example instead, add the following horizontal motion effect:

• Enable Horizontal Motion: Yes
• Starting Offset: -10
• Mid Offset: -10 (at 40%)
• Ending Offset: 0 (at 50%)

Fading In and Out

Use the fading in and out effect too:

• Enable Fading In and Out: Yes
• Starting Opacity: 0%
• Mid Opacity: 0% (at 35%)
• Ending Opacity: 100% (at 45%)

Rotating

And complete the module’s scroll effect settings by adding a rotating effect:

• Enable Rotating: Yes
• Starting Rotation: 30°
• Mid Rotation: 0° (at 40%)
• Ending Rotation: 0° (at 50%)

Clone Row as Many Times as Wanted

Once you’ve completed the row with all its modules, you can clone the entire row as many times as you want.

Change Background Image

Change the Image Module’s background image for each duplicate.

Change Content

Along with the content and you’re done!

Preview

Now that we’ve gone through all the steps, let’s take a final look at the outcome across different screen sizes.

Motion Background Image #1

Desktop

Mobile

Motion Background Image #2

Desktop

Mobile

Final Thoughts

In this tutorial, we’ve shown you how to get creative with Divi’s scroll effects. We’ve recreated a beautiful example from scratch where we’ve added scroll effects to a background image. We’ve used Divi’s built-in absolute position settings to get there and you were able to download the JSON file for free as well! If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to leave a comment in the comment section below.

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