Animated CSS3 Hover Caption with Image Zoom Effect

An animated image caption with a subtle image zoom effect on hover, based on CSS3 transitions and transforms.

How to use it:

Insert an image into your document.

<img src="1.jpg">

Create a mask with text captions on the image.

<div class="mask">
  <h2>...</h2>
  <p>...</p>
</div>

The whole Html markup should be like this.

<div class="box"> <img src="1.jpg">
  <div class="mask">
    <h2>...</h2>
    <p>...</p>
  </div>
</div>

The core CSS  styles.

.mask {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  position: absolute;
  overflow: hidden;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
}
h2,
p {
  margin: 20px 0 0 250px;
  position: relative;
  text-align: center;
  color: #333;
}
h2 {
  font-weight: normal !important;
  font-family: 'Nova Square', cursive;
  font-size: 22px;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8);
  background: transparent;
  -webkit-transform: scale(0);
  -moz-transform: scale(0);
  -o-transform: scale(0);
  -ms-transform: scale(0);
  transform: scale(0);
  -webkit-transition: all 0.5s linear;
  -moz-transition: all 0.5s linear;
  -o-transition: all 0.5s linear;
  -ms-transition: all 0.5s linear;
  transition: all 0.5s linear;
  -ms-filter: "progid: DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(Opacity=0)";
  filter: alpha(opacity=0);
  opacity: 0;
}
p {
  font-weight: normal !important;
  font-family: verdana, sans-serif;
  font-size: 18px;
  text-align: center;
  -ms-filter: "progid: DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(Opacity=0)";
  filter: alpha(opacity=0);
  opacity: 0;
  -webkit-transform: scale(0);
  -moz-transform: scale(0);
  -o-transform: scale(0);
  -ms-transform: scale(0);
  transform: scale(0);
  -webkit-transition: all 0.5s linear;
  -moz-transition: all 0.5s linear;
  -o-transition: all 0.5s linear;
  -ms-transition: all 0.5s linear;
  transition: all 0.5s linear;
}
.box {
  z-index: 9;
  cursor: default;
  overflow: hidden;
  text-align: center;
  position: relative;
}
img {
  display: block;
  left: 10px;
  margin-left: -10px;
  position: relative;
  -webkit-transition: all 0.6s ease-in-out;
  -moz-transition: all 0.6s ease-in-out;
  -o-transition: all 0.6s ease-in-out;
  -ms-transition: all 0.6s ease-in-out;
  transition: all 0.6s ease-in-out;
  width: 600px;
  height: 350px;
}

Animate the image and text captions on mouse hover.

.box:hover > img {
  -webkit-transform: scale(8);
  -moz-transform: scale(8);
  -o-transform: scale(8);
  -ms-transform: scale(8);
  transform: scale(8);
  -ms-filter: "progid: DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(Opacity=30)";
  filter: alpha(opacity=30);
  opacity: 0.3;
}
.box:hover h2,
.box:hover p {
  -webkit-transform: scale(1);
  -moz-transform: scale(1);
  -o-transform: scale(1);
  -ms-transform: scale(1);
  transform: scale(1);
  -ms-filter: "progid: DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(Opacity=100)";
  filter: alpha(opacity=100);
  opacity: 1;
}