This prototype shows a subtle animation of avatars flying in, and subtle background tint changes.
See how it was created step-by-step:
http://docs.proto.io/videos/prototyping-subtle-animation/
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Enjoy...
If you need to get the Y position of a vertically scrolling container, create a text box. Then on the container scroll trigger, set a variable that evaluates the numerical callback value from the event (Y position). Then add a callback that changes the text property of the text box by reading from the variable.