Image Hover Overlay Effect CSS (Code Snippet)

<div class="image-card">
  <img src="https://placehold.co/600x400/8b5cf6/ffffff?text=Portfolio" alt="Project">
  <div class="overlay-content">
    <h3>Project Title</h3>
    <p>Web Design / Development</p>
  </div>
</div>

.image-card {
  font-family: system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol";
  position: relative;
  width: 300px;
  height: 200px;
  border-radius: 12px;
  overflow: hidden;
  cursor: pointer;
  box-shadow: 0 4px 15px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);
}
.image-card img {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  transition: transform 0.4s ease;
}
.image-card:hover img {
  transform: scale(1.1);
}
.overlay-content {
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  width: 100%;
  padding: 20px;
  background: linear-gradient(to top, rgba(0,0,0,0.8), transparent);
  color: white;
  transform: translateY(20px);
  opacity: 0;
  transition: all 0.3s ease;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}
.image-card:hover .overlay-content {
  transform: translateY(0);
  opacity: 1;
}
.overlay-content h3 {
  margin: 0 0 5px 0;
  font-size: 1.2rem;
}
.overlay-content p {
  margin: 0;
  font-size: 0.9rem;
  opacity: 0.9;
}

Image Hover Overlay Effect CSS

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