Re: Cinnamon effects and visual transparency
Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 11:39 pm
I never said that old = bad, I said that blurry = boring, but I admit that it could also be blurry = classy (so sometimes classy = boring ).Mauldred wrote:Thanks a lot, esteban1uy.
I find the first bumbmap style interesting, but sometimes I agree with bimsebasse, "old" doesn't always mean "bad" - it's especially true for music and wine, and some video games too.
So it's good to have the choice ! I am interested if you can propose us a patch with those effects, and I'll keep you informed of the results on my machine. My GPU isn't among the newest ones (Nvdia 9600M GT), but I can have a try.
Ok, here we go.
Please ensure you have the correct deb-src repositories for your distribution in /etc/apt/sources.list (as explained here), then open a terminal and execute the following code:
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apt update
apt install dpkg-dev devscripts
apt build-dep cinnamon
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git clone --branch=esteban1uy-background-effects git://github.com/autarkper/Cinnamon.git
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cd Cinnamon
./autogen.sh
dpkg-buildpackage
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cd ..
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
Because both the blurry backgrounds and the bumpmaps are defined as css properties in the stylesheet of a theme (they are intented for theme designers), you have to include them in the theme of your choice.
Let's say you want to add blurry backgrounds to the menus of the Cinnamon theme "Minty".
So you open Minty's css stylesheet:
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sudo gedit /usr/share/themes/Minty/cinnamon/cinnamon.css
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.popup-menu {
min-width: 100px;
}
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.popup-menu {
min-width: 100px;
background-blur: 2.5;
}
The same can by applied to the panels, Looking Glass, notifications and modal dialogs. Just remember to not mix blurry backgrounds with box-shadow, it tends to look a little weird.
About the bumpmaps thing, each bumpmap effect is controlled by a little image file (the bumpmap itself) that a theme designer could add to his theme, so if a designer wants to add something that looks, let's say, like water waves, he can create that little file (for example: "water.png") using Photoshop or Gimp and define it for an element in the stylesheet by adding background-bumpmap: url("water.png"); :
So the possibilities are endless.
I think the problem is that I'm not very good at graphic design (I'm only 13 y/o) or maybe my taste is not very good, so I wasn't able to provide good examples of how it can be used.