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| Author: | Rod [ Sun Dec 15, 2013 5:39 am ] |
| Post subject: | My feeble atempt at a transparent splash screen. |
 This splash should open over the desktop wallpaper exactly aligned as to look like only the green 3D Gimp-2.8 is loading.   A test... I am a little off but i can live with that. The rest i can fix with the clone tool. If you have this wallpaper on XP feel free to use the splash if you want. 
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| Author: | ofnuts [ Sun Dec 15, 2013 6:15 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My feeble atempt at a transparent splash screen. |
Cool idea.. |
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| Author: | Rod [ Sun Dec 15, 2013 6:21 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My feeble atempt at a transparent splash screen. |
ofnuts wrote: Cool idea.. Thanks Ofnuts. I think i can probably use the Iwarp tool to fix the discrepancies.
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| Author: | Rod [ Sun Dec 15, 2013 7:05 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My feeble atempt at a transparent splash screen. |
Now i just need a transparent Windows XP theme. 
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| Author: | GnuTux [ Sun Dec 15, 2013 8:01 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My feeble atempt at a transparent splash screen. |
Nice!
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| Author: | AnMal [ Sun Dec 15, 2013 8:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My feeble atempt at a transparent splash screen. |
rod: that's a really cool idea ! i change wallpaper all the time, but maybe i could make a neutral sort of transparent gimp splash screen that would go with all of them? it's worth a try!
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| Author: | Odinbc [ Sun Dec 15, 2013 11:53 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My feeble atempt at a transparent splash screen. |
Great idea Rod! |
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| Author: | Rod [ Sun Dec 15, 2013 12:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My feeble atempt at a transparent splash screen. |
The tricky part is getting the correct area to copy on your screen.
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| Author: | Wallace [ Sun Dec 15, 2013 1:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My feeble atempt at a transparent splash screen. |
 I thought that Gimp didn't support transparent backgrounds on it's splash screens. I've tried this before, and Gimp has always filled in the transparent areas with black. I must be wrong about this , because obviously you've made it happen.  How did you manage to get the background to remain transparent when opening Gimp? I've been wanting to do this for ages. There's something fishy going on here... 
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| Author: | he4rty [ Sun Dec 15, 2013 1:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My feeble atempt at a transparent splash screen. |
Great Idea Rod. |
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| Author: | Wallace [ Sun Dec 15, 2013 3:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My feeble atempt at a transparent splash screen. |
I know how you did it Rod...   Attachment: Gimp Splash Psychobilly.png [ 132.82 KiB | Viewed 1783 times ] |
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| Author: | Odinbc [ Sun Dec 15, 2013 4:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My feeble atempt at a transparent splash screen. |
Wallace wrote: I know how you did it... Opacity of the background layer?
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| Author: | Wallace [ Sun Dec 15, 2013 7:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My feeble atempt at a transparent splash screen. |
Odinbc wrote: Wallace wrote: I know how you did it... Opacity of the background layer?Like I mentioned... Gimp doesn't support the transparency of PNG images used as a splash. Gimp will turn any transparent areas in a PNG splash image to, #000000. So how do you think it was done?
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| Author: | Erisian [ Sun Dec 15, 2013 8:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My feeble atempt at a transparent splash screen. |
Does it involve a masking colour? |
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| Author: | Wallace [ Sun Dec 15, 2013 8:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My feeble atempt at a transparent splash screen. |
Erisian wrote: Does it involve a masking colour? In a way yes, but not really. 
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| Author: | Odinbc [ Sun Dec 15, 2013 8:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My feeble atempt at a transparent splash screen. |
1. Take a screenshot of the desktop background. 2. Take a screenshot of the Gimp splashscreen loading, for reference. 3. Make Gimp splash screen using hidden desktop area. |
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| Author: | Graechan [ Sun Dec 15, 2013 8:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My feeble atempt at a transparent splash screen. |
I think you would have to amend the GTK file as well
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| Author: | Wallace [ Sun Dec 15, 2013 8:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My feeble atempt at a transparent splash screen. |
Graechan wrote: I think you would have to amend the GTK file as well Nope... Odinbc wrote: 1. Take a screenshot of the desktop background. 2. Take a screenshot of the Gimp splashscreen loading, for reference. 3. Make Gimp splash screen using hidden desktop area. Exactly!
Your the big wiener, I mean winner Odin! PS... There really wasn't anything to be won. |
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| Author: | Rod [ Sun Dec 15, 2013 9:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My feeble atempt at a transparent splash screen. |
Wallace and Odin figured it out. But i did it the hard way.  I used folders on my desktop as corner references for a snapshot area. Using FastStone capture i selected that area and created the splash screen then added the 3D with "The GrassyVine PhotoFont" and 3D-Extrude. Of course i had to fix mine a wee bit to match but it works. I was really surprised my area was that close when it opened on my desktop the first time. Pretty cool. |
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| Author: | Odinbc [ Sun Dec 15, 2013 9:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My feeble atempt at a transparent splash screen. |
 No, it's not my dog. 
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