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Leuchtstoff — overlay:eye candy-no function
Published: 2008-09-12 20:05:34 +0000 UTC; Views: 5414; Favourites: 15; Downloads: 325
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ooorainmeter desktop overlay: pure eye candy-no function
first of all it´s an idea...
An overlay for the complete screen.
to add some lighting ambience (or whatever) to your WHOLE desktop - including the windows.
It´s just for the atmosphere, like a wallpaper - that doesn´t have any real function - but in front of the desktop!
I think there can be a thousand interesting ways to use this idea, so do so!
This one is for rainy days, to get some sunshine on your screen - with a shadow...
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to install copy folder to your rainmeter/skins folder
- click refresh all
- choose skin from configs menu
- position: stay topmost (!)
- check: click through (very important),
- uncheck: hide on mouse over, draggable
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this version is for 1440x900
as I said right now just an idea, maybe other resolutions will follow...
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man oh man have i searched for precisely this for a very long time. thank you
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Rainmeter Update:
We've had some magic, and a host change
Rainmeter Forum, IRC, and Code Site
Can be found here: [link]
Apologies for the confusion from earlier posts.
Regards
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really cool idea, would be nice if it moved with the wind!
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i´m working on that (moving with the wind)
the wallpaper you find in my gallery!
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Actually I'm using the same thing now on Avedesk since i had it already running anyway for a taskbar shadow and it uses way less ram 500kb compared to rainmeter 15mb and yes the overlay was the only thing i was using in rainmeter
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never had a look at the ram for that, actually more than 10 mb! I never used Avedesk, if you want you can release it for Avedesk.
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Well there really no point releasing it in Avedesk cause its as simple and loading in the
overlay, setting in the size, position, etc.
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hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm,
.......................ok
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Cool idea! With rainmeter it's possible to do more dynamic-like wallpapers, once I did a similar one which over-layed the whole desktop, hardwood lights imitation - with a MAC switch to turn 'em on&off
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yes, rainmeter still has some potential...
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It is behind everything, but it's a PNG image made in photoshop on a empty hardwood wallpaper (the one w\o lights). And you can switch it off and on
PS DeviantArt shows hidden messages in the message center anyway
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lol, I hid it cause after some time I thought, hmm, maybe write it differently, and then, hmm, I think I misunderstood completely. Sorry
it´s just, I wondered what it really has to do with rainmeter, but now I understood what you ment
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thanks! isn´t yours a normal WP behind everything?
or did I get something wrong?
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Das ist voll cool, wenn man das als winskin machen könnte (das mit dem Schatten), wär das sicher ein Renner!
Mein Fav hast Du
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ah ok, damit geht´s nicht. dafür gibt´s ja dann rainmeter
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deswegen sagte ich ja, das es schade ist!
aber dafür siehts dennoch goil aus
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thanks buddy! If I would have more focussed on the ´important´ things the theme would be already finished
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its cool. would look better with autohide on the organise/view section tho
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yes that´s true- well this is raw unhacked vista
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just did the autohide-hack. Doesn´t work with windowblinds, only with VSs
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nah i should work if u do it with the original aero theme ive heard ^^ but u cant implant it in the wb theme. but u can make a custom shellstyle
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hmm, with the original aero it doesn´t, only with windows classic. And yes, I can´t get wb to do so...
but I WANT it, it´s really nice. well, maybe I try to make a custom shellstyle..
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