Create slick effects with CSS3 box-shadow

Create slick effects with CSS3 box-shadow

Drop shadows and inner shadows are some of the effects I learned to apply using Photoshop’s Blending options. But now, since CSS3 “hit the charts”, you don’t need Adobe’s design tool to add a drop shadow or an inner shadow to a box. 


Nowadays, the cool thing is that you create beautiful CSS3 shadows without actually needing Photoshop anymore. 

Browser Support

  • Internet Explorer 9/10
  • Firefox (from 3.5)
  • Safari/Chrome
  • Opera (from 10.5)


Add below Style in Header section :  
<style>
    html, body
    {
        height: 100%;
        margin: 0;
        padding: 0;
    }
 
    body
    {
        background: #b3b4b7;
        text-align: center;
    }
 
    h1
    {
      font-family: 'Allan', serif;
      text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.5);
      margin: 20px 0;
    }


    /* --------------------------- */
 
    body:before
    {
      content: "";
      position: fixed;
      top: -10px;
      left: 0;
      width: 100%;
      height: 10px;
      z-index: 100;
      -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 0px 10px rgba(0,0,0,.8);
      -moz-box-shadow: 0px 0px 10px rgba(0,0,0,.8);
      box-shadow: 0px 0px 10px rgba(0,0,0,.8);            
    }


    /* --------------------------- */
 
    #box
    {
      position: relative;
      width: 60%;
      background: #ddd;
      -moz-border-radius: 4px;
      border-radius: 4px;
      padding: 2em 1.5em;
      color: rgba(0,0,0, .8);
      text-shadow: 0 1px 0 #fff;
      line-height: 1.5;
      margin: 60px auto;
    }


    #box:before, #box:after
    {
      z-index: -1;
      position: absolute;
      content: "";
      bottom: 15px;
      left: 10px;
      width: 50%;
      top: 80%;
      max-width:300px;
      background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7);
      -webkit-box-shadow: 0 15px 10px #000000(0,0,0, 0.7);
      -moz-box-shadow: 0 15px 10px 
      #000000 (0, 0, 0, 0.7);
      box-shadow: 0 15px 10px 
      #000000 (0, 0, 0, 0.7);
      -webkit-transform: rotate(-3deg); 
      -moz-transform: rotate(-3deg);
      -o-transform: rotate(-3deg);
      -ms-transform: rotate(-3deg);
      transform: rotate(-3deg);
    }
    #box:after
    {
      -webkit-transform: rotate(3deg);
      -moz-transform: rotate(3deg);
      -o-transform: rotate(3deg);
      -ms-transform: rotate(3deg);
      transform: rotate(3deg);
      right: 10px;
      left: auto;
    } 
</style>
 

Add below html in body section :
  

<div id="box">
<h1>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet</h1>
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed sapien elit, pulvinar a fermentum vel,
sagittis nec dolor. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus.</p>
</div> 

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