An example of how to display an animated text over an image on hover using only CSS3

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Title of the document</title>
    <style>
      .example {
        position: relative;
        padding: 0;
        width: 300px;
        display: block;
        cursor: pointer;
        overflow: hidden;
      }
      .content {
        opacity: 0;
        font-size: 40px;
        position: absolute;
        top: 0;
        left: 0;
        color: #1c87c9;
        background-color: rgba(200, 200, 200, 0.5);
        width: 300px;
        height: 300px;
        -webkit-transition: all 400ms ease-out;
        -moz-transition: all 400ms ease-out;
        -o-transition: all 400ms ease-out;
        -ms-transition: all 400ms ease-out;
        transition: all 400ms ease-out;
        text-align: center;
      }
      .example .content:hover {
        opacity: 1;
      }
      .example .content .text {
        height: 0;
        opacity: 1;
        transition-delay: 0s;
        transition-duration: 0.4s;
      }
      .example .content:hover .text {
        opacity: 1;
        transform: translateY(250px);
        -webkit-transform: translateY(250px);
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h2>Animated Text Over a Faded Image on Hover</h2>
    <div class="example">
      <img src="/uploads/media/default/0001/01/b408569013c0bb32b2afb0f0d45e93e982347951.jpeg" width="300" height="300" alt="tree" />
      <div class="content">
        <div class="text">Tree</div>
      </div>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>