How to Create a Beautiful Column-Colliding Hero Section on Scroll with Divi

Divi and its scroll effects bring a ton of new design possibilities to the websites you create. The subtle interactions you choose to add can really help elevate the overall look and feel of your website. It all gets even better as soon as you synchronize scroll effects. In this tutorial, we’ll specifically handle creating a beautiful column-colliding hero section on scroll. The hero section design merges two different columns on scroll, which in turn helps emphasize the copy. You’ll be able to download the JSON file for free as well!

Let’s get to it.

Preview

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

Desktop

Mobile

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Recreate Hero Section Section Layout

Add New Section

Background Color

Start by adding a new section to the page you’re working on. Open the section settings and change the background color.

• Background Color: #f4f2f7

Spacing

Remove all section’s default top and bottom padding too.

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

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 modify the sizing settings accordingly:

• Use Custom Gutter Width: Yes
• Gutter Width: 1
• Equalize Column Heights: Yes
• Width: 100%
• Max Width: 100%

Spacing

Remove all default top and bottom padding next.

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

Overflows

And hide the row’s overflows.

• Horizontal Overflow: Hidden
• Vertical Overflow: Hidden

Column 1 Settings

Spacing

Then, open the column 1 settings and add some custom padding values.

• Top Padding: 15vw
• Bottom Padding: 10vw
• Left Padding: 5vw
• Right Padding: 5vw

Z Index

Increase the column’s z index too.

• Z Index: 12

Column 2 Settings

Background Image

Continue by opening the column 2 settings and upload a background image of your choice.

• Background Image Size: Cover
• Background Image Position: Center
• Background Image Repeat: No Repeat
• Background Image Blend: Normal

Add Text Module #1 to Column 1

Add H1 Content

Time to add modules, starting with a first Text Module in column 1. Add some H1 content of your choice.

H1 Text Settings

Move on to the module’s design tab and change the H1 text settings accordingly:

• Heading Font: Shadows Into Light
• Heading Font Weight: Bold
• Heading Text Color: #000000
• Heading Text Size: 6vw (Desktop), 11vw (Tablet), 13vw (Phone)
• Heading Letter Spacing: -2px
• Heading Line Height: 1.2em

Spacing

Add some top margin too.

• Top Margin: 10vw

Add Text Module #2 to Column 1

Add Content

Insert another Text Module with some description content of your choice.

Text Settings

Modify the module’s text settings as follows:

• Text Font: Open Sans
• Text Color: #1e1e1e
• Text Size: 0.9vw (Desktop), 1.9vw (Tablet), 3vw (Phone)
• Text Line Height: 2.4em

Spacing

And add some custom margin values across different screen sizes.

• Top Margin: 4vw (Desktop), 8vw (Tablet), 12vw (Phone)
• Bottom Margin: 4vw (Desktop), 8vw (Tablet), 12vw (Phone)

Add Button Module to Column 1

Add Copy

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

Button Settings

Modify the module’s button settings as follows:

• Use Custom Styles For Button: Yes
• Button Text Size: 1vw (Desktop), 2vw (Tablet), 3vw (Phone)
• Button Text Color: #ffffff
• Button Background Color: #000000
• Button Border Width: 0px
• Button Border Radius: 100px

• Button Font: Open Sans

Spacing

And complete the button settings by adding some custom padding values across different screen sizes.

• Top Padding: 1vw (Desktop), 2vw (Tablet), 3vw (Phone)
• Bottom Padding: 1vw (Desktop), 2vw (Tablet), 3vw (Phone)
• Left Padding: 3vw (Desktop), 5vw (Tablet), 7vw (Phone)
• Right Padding: 3vw (Desktop), 5vw (Tablet), 7vw (Phone)

Add Text Module to Column 2

Add Content

In the second column, the only module we’ll need is a Text Module. Enter some content of your choice.

Text Settings

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

• Text Font: Shadows Into Light
• Text Color: rgba(0,0,0,0.25)
• Text Size: 9vw (Desktop), 14vw (Tablet & Phone)
• Text Letter Spacing: -3px
• Text Line Height: 1em
• Text Alignment: Center (Desktop), Left (Tablet & Phone)

Spacing

Add some custom padding values too.

• Top Padding: 5vw (Desktop),
• Bottom Padding: 60vw (Tablet & Phone)
• Left Padding: 5vw (Tablet & Phone)

Apply Scroll Animations

Section

Scaling Up and Down

Once all your modules are in place, it’s time to apply the scroll effects! Open the section settings first and use the following scaling up and down effect:

• Enable Sclaing Up and Down
• Starting Scale: 100% (at 49%)
• Mid Scale:
  • Desktop: 70% (at 100%)
  • Tablet & Phone: 100% (at 100%)
• Ending Scale:
  • Desktop: 70%
  • Tablet & Phone: 100%

Column 1

Horizontal Motion

Continue by opening the column 1 settings and use the following horizontal motion effect:

• Enable Horizontal Motion: Yes
• Starting Offset: 0
• Mid Offset:
  • Desktop: 0 (at 65%)
  • Tablet & Phone: 0 (at 93%)
• Ending Offset:
  • Desktop: 6
  • Tablet & Phone: 0

Scaling Up and Down

Apply a scaling up and down effect to the column too.

• Enable Scaling Up and Down: Yes
• Starting Scale:
  • Desktop: 10%
  • Tablet & Phone: 100%
• Mid Scale:
  • Desktop: 90%
  • Tablet & Phone: 100%
• Ending Scale: 100%

Column 2

Horizontal Motion

Next, open the column 2 settings and use the following horizontal motion settings:

• Enable Horizontal Motion: Yes
• Starting Offset: 0
• Mid Offset:
  • Desktop: 0 (at 53%)
  • Tablet & Phone: 0 (at 56%)
• Ending Offset:
  • Desktop: -6 (at 53%)
  • Tablet & Phone: 0 (at 100%)

Fading In and Out

Complete the column settings by adding a fading in and out effect.

• Enable Fading In and Out: Yes
• Starting Opacity: 100% (at 47%)
• Mid Opacity:
  • Desktop: 0% (at 47%)
  • Tablet & Phone: 100% (at 47%)
• Ending Opacity:
  • Desktop: 0%
  • Tablet & Phone: 100%

Preview

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

Desktop

Mobile

Final Thoughts

In this post, we’ve shown you how to creatively use Divi’s scroll effects to create a column-colliding hero section. As soon as visitors scroll, the two different columns and their elements will start to merge. This, in turn, will allow you to emphasize the copy even more. 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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