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Different CSS3 Box Shadows Effects

Different CSS3 Box Shadows Effects by PaulUnd. These effects were first designed in Photoshop and then implemented using CSS3. The main key here is the use of box-shadow property. To create multiple shadows, :after and :before pseudo elements are used. Feel free to use them in your projects. It supports all major browsers that supports box-shadow property:

• Internet Explorer 9.0 and higher
• Firefox 3.5 and higher
• Chrome 1 and higher
• Safari 3 and higher
• Opera 10.5 and higher

HTML

Code
<section class="container">
  <div class="box effect1">
  <h3>Effect 1</h3>
  </div>
  <div class="box effect2">
  <h3>Effect 2</h3>
  </div>
  <div class="box effect3">
  <h3>Effect 3</h3>
  </div>
  <div class="box effect4">
  <h3>Effect 4</h3>
  </div>
  <div class="box effect5">
  <h3>Effect 5</h3>
  </div>
  <div class="box effect6">
  <h3>Effect 6</h3>
  </div>
  <div class="box effect7">
  <h3>Effect 7</h3>
  </div>
  <div class="box effect8">
  <h3>Effect 8</h3>
  </div>
</section>


CSS

Code
body{
  background:url('http://www.cssdeck.com/uploads/media/items/0/0Rs78ic.gif');
  color:#888;
  padding:0;
  margin:0;
  font: 72.5% 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;  
}

/*Container*/
.container{
  width:820px;
  margin:30px auto;
  padding:25px;
  min-height:400px;
  height:auto;  
}
.container h2 { margin-top:30px;}

.box h3{
  text-align:center;
  position:relative;
  top:80px;
}
.box {
  width:70%;
  height:200px;
  background:#FFF;
  margin:40px auto;
}

/*==================================================
  * Effect 1
  * ===============================================*/
.effect1{
  -webkit-box-shadow: 0 10px 6px -6px #777;
  -moz-box-shadow: 0 10px 6px -6px #777;
  box-shadow: 0 10px 6px -6px #777;
}

/*==================================================
  * 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;
}

/*==================================================
  * Effect 3
  * ===============================================*/
.effect3
{
  position: relative;
}
.effect3:before
{
  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);
}

/*==================================================
  * Effect 4
  * ===============================================*/
.effect4
{
  position: relative;
}
.effect4:after
{
  z-index: -1;
  position: absolute;
  content: "";
  bottom: 15px;
  right: 10px;
  left: auto;
  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);
}  

/*==================================================
  * Effect 5
  * ===============================================*/
.effect5
{
  position: relative;
}
.effect5:before, .effect5:after
{
  z-index: -1;
  position: absolute;
  content: "";
  bottom: 25px;
  left: 10px;
  width: 50%;
  top: 80%;
  max-width:300px;
  background: #777;
  -webkit-box-shadow: 0 35px 20px #777;
  -moz-box-shadow: 0 35px 20px #777;
  box-shadow: 0 35px 20px #777;
  -webkit-transform: rotate(-8deg);
  -moz-transform: rotate(-8deg);
  -o-transform: rotate(-8deg);
  -ms-transform: rotate(-8deg);
  transform: rotate(-8deg);
}
.effect5:after
{
  -webkit-transform: rotate(8deg);
  -moz-transform: rotate(8deg);
  -o-transform: rotate(8deg);
  -ms-transform: rotate(8deg);
  transform: rotate(8deg);
  right: 10px;
  left: auto;
}

/*==================================================
  * Effect 6
  * ===============================================*/
.effect6
{
  position:relative;  
  -webkit-box-shadow:0 1px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3), 0 0 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) inset;
  -moz-box-shadow:0 1px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3), 0 0 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) inset;
  box-shadow:0 1px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3), 0 0 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) inset;
}
.effect6:before, .effect6:after
{
  content:"";
  position:absolute;  
  z-index:-1;
  -webkit-box-shadow:0 0 20px rgba(0,0,0,0.8);
  -moz-box-shadow:0 0 20px rgba(0,0,0,0.8);
  box-shadow:0 0 20px rgba(0,0,0,0.8);
  top:50%;
  bottom:0;
  left:10px;
  right:10px;
  -moz-border-radius:100px / 10px;
  border-radius:100px / 10px;
}  
.effect6:after
{
  right:10px;  
  left:auto;
  -webkit-transform:skew(8deg) rotate(3deg);  
  -moz-transform:skew(8deg) rotate(3deg);  
  -ms-transform:skew(8deg) rotate(3deg);  
  -o-transform:skew(8deg) rotate(3deg);  
  transform:skew(8deg) rotate(3deg);
}

/*==================================================
  * Effect 7
  * ===============================================*/
.effect7
{
  position:relative;  
  -webkit-box-shadow:0 1px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3), 0 0 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) inset;
  -moz-box-shadow:0 1px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3), 0 0 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) inset;
  box-shadow:0 1px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3), 0 0 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) inset;
}
.effect7:before, .effect7:after
{
  content:"";
  position:absolute;  
  z-index:-1;
  -webkit-box-shadow:0 0 20px rgba(0,0,0,0.8);
  -moz-box-shadow:0 0 20px rgba(0,0,0,0.8);
  box-shadow:0 0 20px rgba(0,0,0,0.8);
  top:0;
  bottom:0;
  left:10px;
  right:10px;
  -moz-border-radius:100px / 10px;
  border-radius:100px / 10px;
}  
.effect7:after
{
  right:10px;  
  left:auto;
  -webkit-transform:skew(8deg) rotate(3deg);  
  -moz-transform:skew(8deg) rotate(3deg);  
  -ms-transform:skew(8deg) rotate(3deg);  
  -o-transform:skew(8deg) rotate(3deg);  
  transform:skew(8deg) rotate(3deg);
}

/*==================================================
  * Effect 8
  * ===============================================*/
.effect8
{
  position:relative;  
  -webkit-box-shadow:0 1px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3), 0 0 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) inset;
  -moz-box-shadow:0 1px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3), 0 0 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) inset;
  box-shadow:0 1px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3), 0 0 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) inset;
}
.effect8:before, .effect8:after
{
  content:"";
  position:absolute;  
  z-index:-1;
  -webkit-box-shadow:0 0 20px rgba(0,0,0,0.8);
  -moz-box-shadow:0 0 20px rgba(0,0,0,0.8);
  box-shadow:0 0 20px rgba(0,0,0,0.8);
  top:10px;
  bottom:10px;
  left:0;
  right:0;
  -moz-border-radius:100px / 10px;
  border-radius:100px / 10px;
}  
.effect8:after
{
  right:10px;  
  left:auto;
  -webkit-transform:skew(8deg) rotate(3deg);  
  -moz-transform:skew(8deg) rotate(3deg);  
  -ms-transform:skew(8deg) rotate(3deg);  
  -o-transform:skew(8deg) rotate(3deg);  
  transform:skew(8deg) rotate(3deg);
}  

/*Headers*/
h1 , h1 a, h1 a:hover{ color:#FFF; font-family: Arial; margin:10px;}
article h1, article h1 a, article h1 a:hover, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 { line-height: 1.1em; color:#444;font-family: 'PT Sans Narrow', Calibri, 'Myriad Pro', Tahoma, Arial; padding: 10px 0; margin:0;}
article h1, article h1 a, h2 { font-size: 30px; letter-spacing: -1px;}
h3 { font-size: 30px; }
h4 { font-size: 22px; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 10px;}
h5 { font-size: 14px;}
h6 {}

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