"Rotate-on-Hover" 3D Gallery using CSS3 transforms

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"Rotate-on-Hover" 3D Gallery using CSS3 transforms

This is a simple CSS3 3D experiment showing the conversion of an image into a realistic 3D cuboid when hovering over it. The CSS includes a shadow effect to make this action more realistic.

A Pen by Iván Melgrati on CodePen.

License.

index.html

<div class="gallery-container">
	<div class="gallery-picture"> 
		<div class="thumb"> 
			<a href="#" class="pic1"> 
			<span>3D - Picture 1</span> </a> </div>
	</div>
	<div class="gallery-picture"> 
		<div class="thumb"> 
			<a href="#" class="pic2"> 
			<span>3D - Picture 2</span> </a> </div>
	</div>
	<div class="gallery-picture"> 
		<div class="thumb"> 
			<a href="#" class="pic3"> 
			<span>3D - Picture 3</span> </a> </div>
	</div>
	<div class="gallery-picture"> 
		<div class="thumb"> 
			<a href="#" class="pic4"> 
			<span>3D - Picture 4</span> </a> </div>
	</div>
</div>

style.css

@charset "utf-8";
/* Delete all margins and paddings from Gallery items */
.gallery-container * {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
}
/* Picture container */
.gallery-picture {
	box-sizing: border-box;
	display: inline-block;
	margin-bottom: 75px;
	min-width: 300px;
	width: 24%;
}
/* Picture size and layout */
.thumb {
	width: 100%;
	height: 225px;
	margin: 0 auto;
	perspective: 1000px;
}
.thumb a {
	display: block;
	width: 100%;
	height: 100%;
	background-size: 0, cover;
	transform-style: preserve-3d;
	transition: all 0.5s;
	transform: rotateX(80deg);
	transform-origin: bottom;
	border: none;
	outline: none;
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: center center;
}
.thumb a.pic1 {
	background: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4)), url("http://imelgrat.me/demo/images/3d-reveal-picture-1.jpg");
}
.thumb a.pic2 {
	background: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4)), url("http://imelgrat.me/demo/images/3d-reveal-picture-2.jpg");
}
.thumb a.pic3 {
	background: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4)), url("http://imelgrat.me/demo/images/3d-reveal-picture-3.jpg");
}
.thumb a.pic4 {
	background: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4)), url("http://imelgrat.me/demo/images/3d-reveal-picture-4.jpg");
}
.thumb:hover a,.thumb:focus a,.thumb:active a {
	transform: rotateX(0deg);
	transform-origin: bottom;
}
/* Bottom side */
.thumb a:after {
	content: '';
	position: absolute;
	left: 0;
	bottom: 0;
	width: 100%;
	height: 30px;
	background: inherit;
	background-size: cover, cover;
	background-position: bottom;
	transform: rotateX(90deg);
	transform-origin: bottom;
}
/* Picture caption  style*/
.thumb a span {
	color: white;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	position: absolute;
	top: 100%;
	left: 0;
	width: 100%;
	font: bold 12px/30px Ubuntu;
	text-align: center;
	transform: rotateX(-89.99deg);
	transform-origin: top;
	z-index: 1;
}

/* Picture shadow */
.thumb a:before {
	content: '';
	position: absolute;
	top: 0;
	left: 0;
	width: 100%;
	height: 100%;
	background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
	box-shadow: 0 0 100px 50px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
	transition: all 0.5s;
	opacity: 0.15;
	transform: rotateX(95deg) translateZ(-80px) scale(0.75);
	transform-origin: bottom;
	opacity: 1;
	box-shadow: 0 0 25px 25px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
	transform: rotateX(0) translateZ(-60px) scale(0.85);
}