

- Stylize text with fully customizable outlines, drop shadows, and other effects
- Create, position, and resize background images on the fly
- Spice up static web pages with event-driven transitions and animations
- Apply 2D and 3D transformations to text and images
- Use linear and radial gradients to create smooth color transitions
- Tailor a website's appearance to smartphones and other devices
"The Book of CSS3 "is a book you more than likely should have, even if you think you already have a pretty good handle on everything CSS." —456 Berea Street "I use a lot of CSS3 to control backgrounds and box elements, but there are entire sections of the CSS3 spec that I never really appreciated until I read this book." —Designorati "This book is an absolutely fantastic resource for developers and serious designers and I would recommend a full read of the content." —Visual Swirl Design Resources How to participate: Simply leave a comment below. Only one entry per person. Duplicate entries will be voided. The results will be announced here on WDD and via email to the winners on September 28th, 2011. Good luck to everyone! [UPDATE] The winners are: #44 - Jorge Salitre
#387 - Peter McGrath
#103 - David Westbrooks
#24 - Bredhis
#385 - Jason Blancas
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