Glass Effects in linux

[RokN]

Is there anyway to do the glass effects (vista) in gnome or kde or any wm for linux?

I have searched and found no way to do this in linux :no: .

Will a future version of gnome or kde be able to do this?

Thanks

[gdodson]

I've seen styles that look like they have glass, but I'm not sure how to do it.

edit: sorry, my "friend" has been on my computer and is making stupid posts, I finally logged out.

[Knight']

Yep, I've seen it done in certain builds of Metacity, way before Vista, (real) transparent window boarders and title bars. You can hunt around for that sort of thing.

[vassie]

Keep an eye on this

http://www.gnomelook.org/content/show.php?content=23232

Ben

[kingpunk]

i've done it before, ..ages ago ;)

most window managers support the Xcomposite and Xdamage extensions now.

but about a year ago, it was a rare sight.

its in the current X.org release, you might want to look into getting the patch for KDE that allows this..

or use a real mans window manager, like fluxbox (pictured), or the new and shiny e.17 which supports it natively as well i hear.

[RokN]

Yes I have seen that and wish it was real.

[dduardo]

fvwm has been able to do this for a long time. Here is an example:

http://fvwm-themes.sourceforge.net/screens...transparent.png

You can round off the edges like vista by adding corner images to the window like this:

http://oceanic.wsisiz.edu.pl/~slabosz/word...fvwmmilk2ny.jpg

[RokN]

king: I do not see the glass in that screenshot? I see the entire window transparent.

[RokN]

fvwm looks promising

[dduardo]

Here is a nice place to get fvwm themes:

http://oceanic.wsisiz.edu.pl/~slabosz/wordpress/?page_id=9

[Morgan]

Hrmm that's pretty slick.

[Arckon]

fvwm looks pretty neat. I've been using KDE for a while and was wondering how would I be able to get fvwm to have a taskbar at the bottom of the screen and have a menu for my programs. Some window managers have multiple bars for launching programs and currently running programs. I tried xfce4, and kinda liked it, but at the same time, couldn't stand all those bars on my screen.

[Ramble]

All of these look like simple transparencies, i'm sure he wanted some pixel-shaded effects like in Avalon.

[RokN]

All of these look like simple transparencies, i'm sure he wanted some pixel-shaded effects like in Avalon.

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Yes I do.

Anyone know about this screenshot, the post said he was using kde - look at the gimp...thats close to glass.

http://2sdw.com/images/8-03-dirty.jpg

[markwolfe Veteran]

^^^ All that most "glass" effects are, is a simple transparency with some light-colored highlighting to make it seem the surface is shiny and refelective.

A true glass effect would also shift pixel positions to simulate the refraction that real glass has.

But I have never been one for the eye-candy of transparent windows of any sort.

[dduardo]

If you really want to be picky about it and wanted a "true" glass effect modify the sourcecode and shift the pixels over like markjensen mentioned.

[icecaveman]

What markjensen mentioned is what Microsoft does with Vista, it's called Pixel Shaders... If someone would finish any of those promising OpenGL WMs.

[theotherdave]

FVWM looks nice, but I didn't get on with it / know where to start...

Anyone fancy doing a intro to it for the "Definitive Intro To Linux Window Managers" thread?

[Barney T. Administrators]

Tried FVWM2.... didn't get anything like what is pictured in this thread. I was also not able to modify it, despite downloading and installing the themes..............

Barney

[hornett]

How about this:

http://kdelook.org/content/show.php?content=18983

[markwolfe Veteran]

A true glass effect would also shift pixel positions to simulate the refraction that real glass has.

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How about this:

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Wow.

Yup. That uses OpenGL to do the nice refraction and other visual effects. (Y)

Looks like it uses faked transparency (only the wallpaper is used, not other desktop objects). :(

But nice hardware-rendered pixel-moves and shading!

[RokN]

Even tho it just grabs your background picture like a terminal window can.....its still pretty cool. :p

[theotherdave]

I can top that -

http://img312.imageshack.us/img312/4636/tr...arentkde1ci.jpg

Transparent konsole with transparent Window Decorations :D

It could almost tempt back to using KDE full time... ;)

-edit- DOH!! this was meant to be in the "Glass effects in linux" thread, could some nice mod please move it for me?

Must've hit reply in the wrong tab... :p:p

* Sorry, no "nice" mods online at the moment, so I moved your post for you. * ;)

Edited August 17, 2005 by markjensen

[RokN]

nice....

[n3urotic]

fvwm has been able to do this for a long time. Here is an example:

http://fvwm-themes.sourceforge.net/screens...transparent.png

You can round off the edges like vista by adding corner images to the window like this:

http://oceanic.wsisiz.edu.pl/~slabosz/word...fvwmmilk2ny.jpg

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Wow, your monitor runs at 60 MEGAhertz