Ribbon CuttingOpen your site with a ribbon and scissors.
Ribbon Cutting is a Chrome extension that adds a ribbon cutting animation to any website. Press a button and a ribbon stretches across whatever page you have open. Click it, the scissors snip, both halves fall like cloth and confetti follows. Made for the opening shot of a launch video.
Chrome 111 or newer. Collects nothing.
What you get
- The ribbon
- A flat ribbon runs edge to edge with a bow traced by hand and a hard offset shadow, so it reads clearly on video.
- The scissors
- Steel blades that snip on every click. One blade passes behind the ribbon, the way it does in a photo of the real thing.
- The fall
- After the cut, both halves drop, bend and settle like soft fabric instead of a stiff bar.
- Confetti and sound
- Party poppers, a snip, a pop and a banner message. Turn any of it down or off.
- Your wording
- Set the ribbon text, colour, font, size and spacing, plus the line that appears after the cut.
- Nothing leaves
- No accounts, no tracking, no network requests. It runs only on the tab you start it on.
How it goes
Set it up
Open the page you are launching, click the extension and type your ribbon text.
Start recording, then start the ribbon
Use your usual screen recorder. When you are ready, press the start button and the ribbon appears over the page.
Cut
Click the ribbon. Snip, fall, confetti, your message.
Where it fits
Product launches. A shop going live. The first frame of a reel. The start of a demo, a talk or a webinar.
Questions
Does it work on every website?
On normal web pages, yes. Chrome blocks extensions on its own pages (chrome:// addresses and the Chrome Web Store), so the ribbon cannot run there.
Does it record my screen?
No. Start any screen recorder first, then run the ceremony.
What data does it collect?
None. Your choices are saved in Chrome so they are there next time, and nothing is sent anywhere. The privacy policy has the detail.
Which browsers work?
Chrome 111 or newer, and other Chromium browsers that run Chrome extensions.
Why does it wait for the button?
It asks for as little access as it can. It touches only the tab you are on, and only after you press "Start ribbon cutting".