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Hover Scrim

A frosted scrim caption slides up from the bottom on hover, blurring the image behind it.

Green natural landscape — Mountain Ridge
Nature series · 04

Hover or focus the preview to slide the scrim caption up.

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Blur10px

Scrim tint

Slide22px

Duration450ms

Easing

Metadata

interaction: Hover · static fallback
browser: Enhanced — backdrop-filter
reduced motion: included
touch fallback: Static on touch

/* Hover Scrim — made with Image FX · https://cssimagelab.com/effects/hover-scrim */
.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--hover-scrim {
  --ifx-blur: 10px;
  --ifx-scrim: #101014;
  --ifx-slide: 22px;
  --ifx-duration: 450ms;
  --ifx-ease: cubic-bezier(.2,.6,.2,1);
}

.ifx-card--hover-scrim .ifx-card__caption {
  left: 0; right: 0; bottom: 0; padding: 16px 18px;
  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ifx-scrim, #101014) 55%, transparent);
  -webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(var(--ifx-blur, 10px));
  backdrop-filter: blur(var(--ifx-blur, 10px));
  transform: translateY(var(--ifx-slide, 22px)); opacity: 0;
  transition: transform var(--ifx-duration, 450ms) var(--ifx-ease, cubic-bezier(.2,.6,.2,1)), opacity var(--ifx-duration, 450ms) ease;
}
@media (hover: hover) and (pointer: fine) {
  .ifx-card--hover-scrim:hover .ifx-card__caption,
  .ifx-card--hover-scrim:focus-within .ifx-card__caption {
    transform: translateY(0); opacity: 1;
  }
}

@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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Hover Scrim

Mountain Ridge

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