Split Overlay
The hero image is almost obligatory for a website page header. With so many websites using this feature it pays to grab the visitor's attention by using a unique design feature.
Grid
This hero image has three layers - the image, a transparent grid overlay and a split overlay with variable color and opacity.
The grid has 3 columns and three rows and has an h1 heading, a text block and an optional CTA style link.
Images
The images are inserted using the HTML5 <picture> element in two sizes - the larger one for browser/device screen widths above the break point and the other for smaller screens. Since the image is covered by a semi transparent layer, the quality doesn't have to be that great. The images used in the demo were reduced to 1200px and 800px wide before importing into EverWeb.
Overlay
The grid overlay has three columns. Each of the three items in it have controls for column start, column span and vertical align. All the items become horizontally centered and the image becomes full height to fill the viewport on mobile phones in portrait mode.
Polygons
The left and right polygon overlay divs are created using a clip path. The angle where they meet can be adjusted from zero to 50. A value of 50 creates a vertical line and zero sets it to run from the top left to the bottom right of the image.