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# Adding a Scene to a Chapter or a Section Header

Add a scene to your article to create special effects.

## Discussion

Apple News Format provides animations (see <doc://com.apple.applenews/documentation/AppleNews/about-component-animations>) and behaviors (see <doc://com.apple.applenews/documentation/AppleNews/about-component-behaviors>) to use with individual components in your article, but you can also use a *scene* — a combination of animations and behaviors — to control how a section or chapter of your article comes into view.

A scene combines animations and behaviors to create special effects that you can use with the headers in `section` and `chapter` components. Apple News Format has two scenes you can use to add interest to your article:

- [`FadingStickyHeader`](/documentation/AppleNewsFormat/FadingStickyHeader). Causes the header to briefly “stick” to the top of the screen and then fade to a defined color.
- [`ParallaxScaleHeader`](/documentation/AppleNewsFormat/ParallaxScaleHeader). Causes the header to zoom out and scroll more slowly than the user is scrolling, giving the impression of a parallax effect.

To add a scene, do the following:

1. In  the components array of your [`Section`](/documentation/AppleNewsFormat/Section) or [`Chapter`](/documentation/AppleNewsFormat/Chapter), add a [`Header`](/documentation/AppleNewsFormat/Header).
2. In the `scene` property of the section or chapter component, specify which scene you want to use (`fading_sticky_header` or `parallax_scale`). See the example code in [`FadingStickyHeader`](/documentation/AppleNewsFormat/FadingStickyHeader).

## Topics

### Scene Types

[`object Scene`](/documentation/AppleNewsFormat/Scene)

A combination of animations and behaviors to use in sections and chapters that have headers.

[`object FadingStickyHeader`](/documentation/AppleNewsFormat/FadingStickyHeader)

The scene that briefly keeps a header at the top of the screen as the person scrolls through the article.

[`object ParallaxScaleHeader`](/documentation/AppleNewsFormat/ParallaxScaleHeader)

The scene that gives the impression of a parallax effect by zooming out and scrolling slightly more slowly than the person’s action.


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