Are there more effective methods for determining the precise CSS values needed for a 3D transformation, rather than relying solely on trial and error?

Having a 3D iPhone vector, I am looking to create a sprite animation of screens on top of it. To achieve this, I am using a div as a mask over the iPhone, with the sprite background animating through transition and background-position.

The iPhone is already correctly positioned in 3D, but in order to utilize a 3D sprite image with a mask, the div also needs to be rotated in 3D. However, I am struggling to find the correct values to position the div accurately on top of the iPhone after spending over an hour on it.

Currently, I am experimenting with values such as: perspective, skew, rotateX, rotateY, and rotateZ.

It would have been easier if Photoshop (CC) provided perspective and XYZ-axis values during a perspective transformation. Does anyone know a better way to determine the correct values without relying solely on trial and error?

Note: Simply applying 3D values to both a regular iPhone image and its mask afterwards would result in a flat 3D object.

Thank you!

Current status, with 

perspective(1000px) rotate(-72deg) rotateX(0deg) rotateY(40deg) rotateZ(11deg) skew(0deg, 20deg);
derived from a standard 16:9 portrait image.

css3dtransform

Answer №1

If you're looking to achieve a specific effect, consider the following CSS code:

-webkit-transform: rotateX(60deg) rotateY(20deg) rotateZ(-60deg);
-moz-transform: rotateX(60deg) rotateY(20deg) rotateZ(-60deg);
-o-transform: rotateX(60deg) rotateY(20deg) rotateZ(-60deg);
-ms-transform: rotateX(60deg) rotateY(20deg) rotateZ(-60deg);
transform: rotateX(60deg) rotateY(20deg) rotateZ(-60deg);

Since the x and y axes remain constant across all points on the screen, you can achieve this without needing skew and likely with a zero perspective.

Once the element is correctly transformed in 3D space, you can adjust its position on the x and y axes using the transform origin property, like so:

-webkit-transform-origin: 20px 50%;
-moz-transform-origin: 20px 50%;
-o-transform-origin: 20px 50%;
-ms-transform-origin: 20px 50%;
transform-origin: 20px 50%;

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