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Started by rgutm October 30, 2009 12:36 PM

2 comments, last by dwahler 14 years, 5 months ago

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October 30, 2009 12:36 PM

Hello, I was wondering if anyone knew if it would be possible to create a program that would act like a transparent window, behind which one could use the computer as they normally would, but you would have the option of blurring the window so that whatever you were seeing/doing on the computer would be blurry. Thanks in advance for your help.

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October 30, 2009 02:32 PM

Depending on what you're using, I suspect some sort of blur shader would do the trick.

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October 30, 2009 03:09 PM

You may be able to do something with DWM Blur Behind. Not sure, but worth a look!

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October 31, 2009 01:41 AM

This is definitely possible in Linux using Compiz. e.g. http://www.toosweettobesour.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/screenshot1.png

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