Saw a 3D visualizer theme in another subreddit and wanted to try it myself
Posted Jun 12, 2015, 5:40 AM UTC
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Nice! I think the colors go well together.
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How do you make the visualizer contour or "3d" to the background? Havent figured this out yet. Thanks.
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Take your wallpaper and open it in paint.net, gimp, photoshop etc.
Erase the background of the wallpaper, and save it as a separate PNG.
Now turn that PNG into a skin and put it over your wallpaper. Right click the visualizer and go to settings, then to position. Make sure it is placed behind your new skin.
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Finally, something something with a task bar. I can't understand how people posting other stuff can live without task bar.. Nice job!
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Thanks! And yeah, while I do like the cleanness of a desktop without the taskbar, I can't go without the functionality and I just can't get used to the auto hide feature.
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I kinda took your idea as well but with a sunset background Sunset Elk!
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How do you get the visualizer behind different parts of the wallpaper? Is there some sort of layering system?
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Yeah, the part of the background in front of the visualizer is actually a Rainmeter skin. This video explains how it's done.
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Do you have a link to the cut out part of the wallpaper?
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https://www.dropbox.com/s/6yqkyn3x0msecil/lakeside_cut.png?dl=0
I didn't do a perfect job of making the cutout, especially around the trees, but I've found that it's not really noticeable.
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Thank you! The trees look kind of weird though (http://i.imgur.com/wFAeQLY.png). Could you send me a version with alpha channel?
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That's strange. I used the same image for mine, but it worked fine. Regardless, I'll send you a version with alpha channel, though I'll have to do it later as I'm out of town at the moment.
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Alright thanks :) EDIT: Found out I downloaded it in a different so everything was white instead of being clear! You don't need to send me the alpha channel version anymore :p EDIT2: Still looks weird :/ EDIT3: I just removed the blurry parts since I don't seem to need them for the 3D effect, it's working now!
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I saw this post in r/headphones and figured I'd give it a shot. I haven't used rainmeter in years, but I thought the visualizer idea was cool enough to try. Admittedly, I didn't change too much from the inspiration post.
Resources: Wallpaper, Clock, Visualizer, and Honeycomb.