How do I make every thing semi transparent, like in this screenshot?
Friday, February 28, 2003 by Gadwin Enishi | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
https://www.wincustomize.com/download.asp?LibID=13&file=TransParent.jpg&SkinID=451
I would really like to know...
I would really like to know...
moshi
Reply #2 Friday, February 28, 2003 9:06 AM
Reply #2 Friday, February 28, 2003 9:06 AM
you can also save the money and use Glass2K http://www.chime.tv/gui.shtml or Trans2K http://www.545studios.com/f/software.php . both are free and work on 2K and XP. 
paxx
Reply #3 Friday, February 28, 2003 9:26 AM
Reply #3 Friday, February 28, 2003 9:26 AM
I fail to understand the interest though.
It slows down your system to a crawl, and makes everything less legible. Go figure.
It slows down your system to a crawl, and makes everything less legible. Go figure.
pjpowell
Reply #4 Friday, February 28, 2003 9:46 AM
Reply #4 Friday, February 28, 2003 9:46 AM
If you have a decent graphics card (ATI) with good drivers you can set things to semi transparent without much of a speed hit if any.
paxx
Reply #5 Friday, February 28, 2003 9:53 AM
Reply #5 Friday, February 28, 2003 9:53 AM
Even when you drag the window around, resize it, etc.?
I have an excellent gfx card at work (spent some 400$ on it) and I still don't get the interest of translucency. At least in Windows.
At home, I got Linux, and my IRC software has the chat window semi-transparent, and it runs smooth like a kitten. And that computer is 5 years old!!
I have an excellent gfx card at work (spent some 400$ on it) and I still don't get the interest of translucency. At least in Windows.
At home, I got Linux, and my IRC software has the chat window semi-transparent, and it runs smooth like a kitten. And that computer is 5 years old!!
pjpowell
Reply #6 Friday, February 28, 2003 1:41 PM
Reply #6 Friday, February 28, 2003 1:41 PM
What Gfx card is it? I have a Geforce 4 ti4600 and a Radeon 8500. The radeon is smooth as can be. The Geforce has issues (at least the drivers do).
paxx
Reply #7 Friday, February 28, 2003 1:48 PM
Reply #7 Friday, February 28, 2003 1:48 PM
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Full-suite video editing
High-quality DVD and video playback
Web friendly MPEG-2 capture and playback
Matrox DualHead TV Out
S-video and composite video input and output
Timeshifting with picture-in-picture
TV tuner with Personal Video Recorder
Closed captioning (North America)
Teletext browsing (Europe)
Matrox G450 256-bit DualBus graphics chip
32 MB DDR memory
Industry-defining 3D, 2D and DVD image quality
DX7 Environment-Mapped Bump Mapping
32-bit color VCQ² rendering
Matrox DualHead gaming
http://www.matrox.com/mga/products/marv_g450_etv/home.cfm
da_zman20
Reply #8 Friday, February 28, 2003 1:52 PM
Reply #8 Friday, February 28, 2003 1:52 PM
I can do the the transperency fine... with Gforce 2 Mx 400.... so the lag probably doesn't come from the graphics card... ... i haven't had problems with that... but I do take care of my system... always have the latest drivers... and such...
... i haven't had problems with that... but I do take care of my system... always have the latest drivers... and such...
paxx
Reply #9 Friday, February 28, 2003 2:17 PM
Reply #9 Friday, February 28, 2003 2:17 PM
But anyway, regardless of the lag, I don't understand the interest. It makes it harder to make up anything.
moshi
Reply #10 Friday, February 28, 2003 2:19 PM
Reply #10 Friday, February 28, 2003 2:19 PM
paxx: XChat is transparent to the desktop. that´s a lot faster than real transparency.
The DJ
Reply #11 Friday, February 28, 2003 2:26 PM
Reply #11 Friday, February 28, 2003 2:26 PM
WinFX sounds good. I was afraid to hear that paxx.
I'm using a GeForce 2 and will see how it goes.
I'm using a GeForce 2 and will see how it goes.
da_zman20
Reply #12 Friday, February 28, 2003 2:27 PM
Reply #12 Friday, February 28, 2003 2:27 PM
I like to use it with my chat windows... I don't do much transperency... but It makes it easier to talk with multiple people at once...
HuronJoe
Reply #13 Friday, February 28, 2003 2:59 PM
Reply #13 Friday, February 28, 2003 2:59 PM
pipowell......I have the Geforce 4 ti4600 from Gateway and I haven't had any problems or "issues" yet with FX (that I know of or are readily apparent). What issues are you talking of?
My driver version: 6.13.10.3082 (30.82)
Are those the latest drivers and if not would I update from Gateway or NVIDA?
I have a 700XL with 1 gig of memory and WindowsXP Pro on a 2.4 mz cpu.
My driver version: 6.13.10.3082 (30.82)
Are those the latest drivers and if not would I update from Gateway or NVIDA?
I have a 700XL with 1 gig of memory and WindowsXP Pro on a 2.4 mz cpu.
DavidK
Reply #14 Friday, February 28, 2003 3:39 PM
Reply #14 Friday, February 28, 2003 3:39 PM
With WinFX you can choose to make only certain apps transparent. I agree, if the whole system is transparent it's more of an irritant than it is cool looking... 
paxx
Reply #15 Friday, February 28, 2003 3:43 PM
Reply #15 Friday, February 28, 2003 3:43 PM
Yes, for chat, I agree, it's cool. Cause I can control the color of the text so that it has a neat contrast with my wallpaper behind and remain legible. But for folders I would never use it.
pjpowell
Reply #16 Friday, February 28, 2003 3:48 PM
Reply #16 Friday, February 28, 2003 3:48 PM
HuronJoe: Transitions mainly. Turn on shadows and try and do a transition. Major pause or ugliness. Also doesn't like shadows and transparency at the same time. Nvidias drivers are the main reason the launch of WinFX 2 was delayed so long. Stardock had to write a routine to get around it (hence the fallback mode).
Paxx: It's useful for windows that refuse to move and you still need to see what's below them. Also for windows where you need to see what's going on but don't necessarily need to click them or interact with them in any other way. Just set it to click through and Bob's your uncle. Also a small amount of transparency just makes it look cool and doesn't affect the legibility that much.
Paxx: It's useful for windows that refuse to move and you still need to see what's below them. Also for windows where you need to see what's going on but don't necessarily need to click them or interact with them in any other way. Just set it to click through and Bob's your uncle. Also a small amount of transparency just makes it look cool and doesn't affect the legibility that much.
moshi
Reply #17 Friday, February 28, 2003 3:54 PM
Reply #17 Friday, February 28, 2003 3:54 PM
raxx: btw.: you can run XChat on Windows also http://www.xchat.org/
Shakey (the Original)
Reply #18 Friday, February 28, 2003 5:06 PM
Reply #18 Friday, February 28, 2003 5:06 PM
The only thing that I would like to see capable of handling transparency is my Command Prompt. The reason being that I often work from the prompt and use Notepad to keep track of things. It would be easier if I could have my prompt in the foreground be transparent enough that I could see Notepad behind it.
da_zman20
Reply #19 Friday, February 28, 2003 5:12 PM
Reply #19 Friday, February 28, 2003 5:12 PM
Virtual Plastic has an app listed called Console 2... that is a transparent command prompt... I use it... it's super cool
it's super cool
Shakey (the Original)
Reply #20 Saturday, March 1, 2003 8:54 AM
Reply #20 Saturday, March 1, 2003 8:54 AM
I'll check that out. Thanks, da_zman.
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Reply #1 Friday, February 28, 2003 8:59 AM