--- title: Let’s Create an Image Pop-Out Effect With SVG Clip Path description: A cool pop-out effect by Mikael Ainalem showcases the clip-path: path() in CSS. The effect looks cool, but there are some issues with the path value. We’re... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/let-s-create-an-image-pop-out-effect-with-svg-clip-path-avixf-xqz twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Let’s Create an Image Pop-Out Effect With SVG Clip Path | daily.dev og:description: A cool pop-out effect by Mikael Ainalem showcases the clip-path: path() in CSS. The effect looks cool, but there are some issues with the path value. We’re... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/let-s-create-an-image-pop-out-effect-with-svg-clip-path-avixf-xqz og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Avixf_xQZ.png og:image:alt: Let’s Create an Image Pop-Out Effect With SVG Clip Path og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Let’s Create an Image Pop-Out Effect With SVG Clip Path **[CSS-Tricks](https://daily.dev/sources/css_tricks)** · [@code_adrian](https://daily.dev/code_adrian) · 6 min read · 48 upvotes · 5 comments ## Summary A cool pop-out effect by Mikael Ainalem showcases the clip-path: path() in CSS. The effect looks cool, but there are some issues with the path value. We’re going to re-create this effect using standard, widely-supported CSS techniques so that it not only works, but is truly responsive. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@caleb** · 4 upvotes > Awesome effect! **@dailydevtips** · 1 upvotes > Love it! Such a cool effect. > Seems to have it's little bugs still, but very cool to see 💥 **@idoshamun** · 0 upvotes > Dope! Thanks for the detailed explanation 🤩 **@emmanuel2022** · 0 upvotes > Very awesome but how can it be used in a react app, react does not seem to understand the href ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#css](https://daily.dev/tags/css) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/let-s-create-an-image-pop-out-effect-with-svg-clip-path-avixf-xqz) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Let’s Create an Image Pop-Out Effect With SVG Clip Path","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/let-s-create-an-image-pop-out-effect-with-svg-clip-path-avixf-xqz","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/let-s-create-an-image-pop-out-effect-with-svg-clip-path-avixf-xqz"},"datePublished":"2021-04-02T15:10:06.983Z","dateModified":"2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z","description":"A cool pop-out effect by Mikael Ainalem showcases the clip-path: path() in CSS. 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Such a cool effect.\nSeems to have it’s little bugs still, but very cool to see 💥","datePublished":"2021-10-18T06:55:59.657Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/Avixf_xQZ#c-bvInBSsoR","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Chris Bongers","url":"https://daily.dev/dailydevtips","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--9gxFz1e7--/f_auto/v1705902590/avatars/avatar_JUNiIGCV-?_a=BAMAMiZW0"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Dope! 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