Need Help with Blur !

[burnwell88]

i so in the rainmeter manual ive seen this commands

!HideBlur (Config)
Hides the blur behind skin.
!ShowBlur (Config)
Shows the blur behind skin if it was hidden.
!ToggleBlur (Config)
Toggles the visibility of the blur behind the skin.
!AddBlur [Region] (Config)
Adds blur region to existing blur area.
!RemoveBlur [Region] (Config)
Removes blur region from existing blur area.

OK so what i am trying to do is :

i have a BLACK CIRCLE image png file with a transparency off 50%

the meter is

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[MeterUnderBackground1]
Meter=Image
X=0
Y=0
W=710
H=710
Greyscale=1
ImageTint=#BckColor1#
ImageName=BG1.png
Hidden=0

is it possible to add a blur effect but not to the picture a blur effect that will blur EVERYTHING behind the round black circle like an AERO effect from windows 7

something like the background off this skin

http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=&section=&global=1&q=rainmeter+blur#/d4npy12

but remember i don want it to be a square i want to be a circle maybe a hexagon but if a png IMIGE applyes the effect maybe i will want other shapes

[jsmorley]

Did you check this page in the manual? http://rainmeter.net/cms/Skins-AeroBlur_beta

It might shed some more light.

[burnwell88]

Did you check this page in the manual? http://rainmeter.net/cms/Skins-AeroBlur_beta

It might shed some more light.

allright ive seen the manual ...
but it doest apply to a PNG file like a round circle or some other shapes

[jsmorley]

allright ive seen the manual ...
but it doest apply to a PNG file like a round circle or some other shapes

The blur effect is not "applied" to anything. It is sort of its own object, that you then put behind transparent or semi-transparent images in Rainmeter.

[burnwell88]

The blur effect is not "applied" to anything. It is sort of its own object, that you then put behind transparent or semi-transparent images in Rainmeter.

I understand now ... thank you for your help ... i will try to make a transparent imige for the background without blur effect

[jsmorley]

In my humble opinion, the blur effect is ugly and pointless. Microsoft is completely getting rid of it in Windows 8, which is fine by me...

[Seahorse]

..and making the PC users Windows 8 experience like using a phone which isn't fine by me...

[burnwell88]

YOU GUYS are right the BLUR effect is pointless ... but i got another ideea instead off the blur ... and its kind off looking good .. you will see it in my next release cheers