New Shadow InlineSetting Added
Posted: July 12th, 2016, 3:51 pm
We have added a new Shadow InlineSetting option to the String meter. This can be used to create a drop shadow effect on all or part of the string.
https://docs.rainmeter.net/manual-beta/meters/string/inline/#InlineShadow
Click to animate:
This is far and away better than the old StringEffect=Shadow option on the String meter. That simply creates a second copy of the string, and automatically offsets it down and right a few pixels. It also has no "blur" effect at all, and can't really be used if the string is not fully opaque.
This new InlineSetting is a true drop-shadow, which can be fully controlled and used with any kind of transparency you need.
Notes:
The transparency on the shadow color is in a sense added to the transparency on the string. So the shadow color will always have at least the same transparency as the string, but can be made more transparent by using the alpha component of the shadow color.
While small, there is an incremental increase in the amount of CPU resources used when the meter is drawn with a shadow effect. Some care should be take in a large complicated skin not to go nuts with shadow effects on tons of meters...
https://docs.rainmeter.net/manual-beta/meters/string/inline/#InlineShadow
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[Rainmeter]
Update=1000
DynamicWindowSize=1
AccurateText=1
[MeterString1]
Meter=String
FontSize=55
FontColor=255,255,255,255
Padding=5,5,5,5
SolidColor=0,0,0,1
InlineSetting=Shadow | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0,0,0,255
AntiAlias=1
Text=CLICK ME
LeftMouseDownAction=[!SetOption #CURRENTSECTION# InlinePattern "^$"][!SetOption #CURRENTSECTION# X "2"][!SetOption #CURRENTSECTION# Y "2"][!UpdateMeter *][!Redraw]
LeftMouseUpAction=[!SetOption #CURRENTSECTION# InlinePattern ""][!SetOption #CURRENTSECTION# X ""][!SetOption #CURRENTSECTION# Y ""][!UpdateMeter *][!Redraw]
MouseLeaveAction=[!SetOption #CURRENTSECTION# InlinePattern ""][!SetOption #CURRENTSECTION# X ""][!SetOption #CURRENTSECTION# Y ""][!UpdateMeter *][!Redraw]
[MeterString2]
Meter=String
Y=80
FontSize=20
FontColor=255,255,255,255
Padding=5,5,5,5
SolidColor=0,0,0,1
InlineSetting=Shadow | -4 | -4 | 2.0 | 0,0,0,255
AntiAlias=1
Text=Left and Up
[MeterString3]
Meter=String
Y=-2r
X=20R
FontSize=20
FontColor=255,255,255,255
Padding=5,5,5,5
SolidColor=0,0,0,1
InlineSetting=Shadow | 4 | 4 | 2.0 | 0,0,0,255
AntiAlias=1
Text=Right and Down
[MeterString4]
Meter=String
Y=110
X=20
FontSize=40
FontColor=255,255,255,255
Padding=7,7,7,7
SolidColor=0,0,0,1
InlineSetting=Shadow | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 254,255,214,255
AntiAlias=1
Text=Glowing Text
This new InlineSetting is a true drop-shadow, which can be fully controlled and used with any kind of transparency you need.
Notes:
The transparency on the shadow color is in a sense added to the transparency on the string. So the shadow color will always have at least the same transparency as the string, but can be made more transparent by using the alpha component of the shadow color.
While small, there is an incremental increase in the amount of CPU resources used when the meter is drawn with a shadow effect. Some care should be take in a large complicated skin not to go nuts with shadow effects on tons of meters...
