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CSS: Box Shadow Lifted Corners
This effect will add shadows to the bottom corners of the boxes to create a lifted corner look on the boxes. This effect uses both the :before and :after properties to create new elements used for the corners.
The HTML
<div class="box effect2">
<h3>Effect 2</h3>
</div>
The CSS
.box h3{
text-align:center;
position:relative;
top:80px;
}
.box {
width:70%;
height:200px;
background:#FFF;
margin:40px auto;
}
/*==================================================
* Effect 2
* ===============================================*/
.effect2
{
position: relative;
}
.effect2:before, .effect2:after
{
z-index: -1;
position: absolute;
content: "";
bottom: 15px;
left: 10px;
width: 50%;
top: 80%;
max-width:300px;
background: #777;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 15px 10px #777;
-moz-box-shadow: 0 15px 10px #777;
box-shadow: 0 15px 10px #777;
-webkit-transform: rotate(-3deg);
-moz-transform: rotate(-3deg);
-o-transform: rotate(-3deg);
-ms-transform: rotate(-3deg);
transform: rotate(-3deg);
}
.effect2:after
{
-webkit-transform: rotate(3deg);
-moz-transform: rotate(3deg);
-o-transform: rotate(3deg);
-ms-transform: rotate(3deg);
transform: rotate(3deg);
right: 10px;
left: auto;
}
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