Sexy Image Hover Effects using CSS3

by nikesh on 11/05/10 at 6:20 pm

First of all thanks to giving me a great response on Ajax Style Loading Animation in CSS3 ( no Images ) .
In this post I am going to show to How to create a sexy css effect on image hover.This kinda effect you have seen before in Flash or in javascript as well.But why use Flash or js when CSS can do the same work.So lets do it …
Below I have attached the snapshot , to view the original output please visit DEMO.

Now let go through the code.

HTML

<div class='img' id='img-1'>
	<div class='mask'></div>
	<img src='http://www.nikesh.me/image/01.jpg' />
</div>
<div class='img' id='img-2'>
	<div class='mask'></div>
	<img src='http://www.nikesh.me/image/07.jpg' />
</div>
<div class='img' id='img-3'>
	<div class='mask' id='mask-1'></div>
	<div class='mask' id='mask-2'></div>
	<img src='http://www.nikesh.me/image/05.jpg' />
</div>
<div class='img' id='img-4'>
	<div class='mask'></div>
	<img src='http://www.nikesh.me/image/04.jpg' />
</div>
<div class='img' id='img-5'>
	<div class='mask'></div>
	<mg src='http://www.nikesh.me/image/06.jpg' />
</div>
<div class='img' id='img-6'>
	<div class='mask'></div>
	<img src='http://www.nikesh.me/image/08.jpg' />
</div>

CSS

.img{
	float:left;
	-webkit-transition-duration: 0.5s;
	}
.img img{
	padding:10px;
	border:1px solid #fff;
}
.img:hover{
	-webkit-transform:scale(0.8);
	-webkit-box-shadow:0px 0px 30px #ccc;
}
.img .mask{
	width: 100%;
	background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
	position: absolute;
	height: 100%;
	opacity:0.6;
	cursor:pointer;
	-webkit-transition-duration: 0.5s;
}
#img-1:hover .mask{
	height:0%;
}
#img-2:hover .mask{
	height:0%;
	margin-top:130px;
}
#img-3 #mask-1 {
	width:50%;
}
#img-3 #mask-2{
	width:50%;
	margin-left:211px;
}
#img-3:hover #mask-1{
	width:0%;
}
#img-3:hover #mask-2{
	margin-left:430px;
	width:0%;
}
#img-4:hover .mask{
	margin-left:219px;
	margin-top:135px;
	height:0%;
	width:0%;
}
#img-5:hover .mask{
	margin-left:219px;
	margin-top:135px;
	height:0%;
	width:0%;
	-webkit-transform: rotateX(360deg);
}
#img-6:hover .mask{
	margin-left:219px;
	margin-top:135px;
	height:0%;
	width:0%;
	-webkit-transform: rotateZ(750deg);
}

To view the original output please visit DEMO.
Hope you guys like these effects.Please don’t forget to drop your comments.