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Glass Caption

A frosted glass caption bar that floats above the image.

Green natural landscape — Mountain Ridge
Nature series · 04

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Blur12px

Panel opacity0.42

Panel radius12px

Text color

Metadata

interaction: Always on
browser: Enhanced — backdrop-filter
reduced motion: static
touch fallback: Caption always visible

/* Glass Caption — made with Image FX · https://cssimagelab.com/effects/glass-caption */
.ifx-card {
  position: relative; display: block; overflow: hidden;
  border-radius: var(--ifx-radius, 4px);
  aspect-ratio: var(--ifx-ar, 4 / 3); isolation: isolate;
}
@supports (corner-shape: squircle) { .ifx-card { corner-shape: squircle; } }
.ifx-card__img {
  position: absolute; inset: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover;
  transition: transform var(--ifx-duration, 500ms) var(--ifx-ease, cubic-bezier(.2,.6,.2,1)),
              filter var(--ifx-duration, 500ms) var(--ifx-ease, ease);
}
.ifx-card__caption {
  position: absolute; z-index: 3; margin: 0; color: var(--ifx-text, #fff);
}
.ifx-card__caption h3 { margin: 0; font-size: 1.05rem; font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.2; }
.ifx-card__caption p { margin: 0.3rem 0 0; font-size: 0.78rem; opacity: 0.82; }

.ifx-card--glass-caption {
  --ifx-blur: 12px;
  --ifx-opacity: 0.42;
  --ifx-radius2: 12px;
  --ifx-text: #ffffff;
}

.ifx-card--glass-caption .ifx-card__caption {
  left: 1rem; right: 1rem; bottom: 1rem; padding: .85rem 1.05rem;
  background: rgba(18,18,22, var(--ifx-opacity, .42));
  -webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(var(--ifx-blur, 12px));
  backdrop-filter: blur(var(--ifx-blur, 12px));
  border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.16);
  border-radius: var(--ifx-radius2, 12px);
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .ifx-card, .ifx-card *, .ifx-card::before, .ifx-card::after {
    transition-duration: 0.01ms !important;
    animation-duration: 0.01ms !important;
    animation-iteration-count: 1 !important;
  }
}

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Glass Caption

Mountain Ridge

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