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Unfold with Tranparent BG
Posted: May 15th, 2018, 5:15 pm
by En3S
Hey guys. Right now i am using unfold for my icons.
Rightnow it looks like that.
. The icons normally have a white background but i want them to be Transparent. Here with this Bavkground, i just can color the unfold Images in one color. But when i get a background with more colors, i cant use that method. I tried to just make the icons with transparent background but this does not work because when you hover over them, they start to bug around because they are just unfolding when u hit the icon itself.
Can i somehow give them an transparent background in the code?
Re: Unfold with Tranparent BG
Posted: May 15th, 2018, 5:20 pm
by balala
En3S wrote:Can i somehow give them an transparent background in the code?
Yep, you can, adding the following option:
SolidColor=0,0,0,1.
The magic here is the last 1, which means the transparency of the background is 1 from 255. This is practically invisible (transparent), but the meter (or skin) reacts to mouse hovering.
Re: Unfold with Tranparent BG
Posted: May 15th, 2018, 5:23 pm
by En3S
balala wrote:Yep, you can, adding the following option: SolidColor=0,0,0,1.
The magic here is the last 1, which means the transparency of the background is 1 from 255. This is practically invisible (transparent), but the meter (or skin) reacts to mouse hovering.
I love u man. Thanks for the fast answer.
Re: Unfold with Tranparent BG
Posted: May 15th, 2018, 5:24 pm
by balala
You're welcome, if I did help.
Re: Unfold with Tranparent BG
Posted: July 12th, 2018, 8:05 pm
by TheRealEboy
Where and how exactly would you put the "SolidColor=0,0,0,1" code into the notepad file?
Re: Unfold with Tranparent BG
Posted: July 12th, 2018, 8:15 pm
by balala
TheRealEboy wrote:Where and how exactly would you put the "SolidColor=0,0,0,1" code into the notepad file?
Open the file into your text editor, identify the [Rainmeter] section and add below it, along with a
BackgroundMode=2 option:
Code: Select all
[Rainmeter]
...
BackgroundMode=2
SolidColor=0,0,0,1
If in the [Rainmeter] section are some other options too, don't remove or change any of them. Just add these new ones.
Re: Unfold with Tranparent BG
Posted: July 12th, 2018, 9:41 pm
by TheRealEboy
I was unable to get the code to work but when I went into Photoshop I used the Color Range tool to select all of the black background and then deleted it. I created a new layer while still having the same selection and filled in with a white background and turned the opacity down to 1%. Similar to the code it doesn't make the entire background transparent but it's so minuscule you can barely tell.
Re: Unfold with Tranparent BG
Posted: July 13th, 2018, 6:13 am
by balala
TheRealEboy wrote:I was unable to get the code to work
What didn't work? The
SolidColor=0,0,0,1 option added to the [Rainmeter] section creates an almost transparent background (I suppose if you're using Photoshop, you know what the last 1 in the above color code means). For a more visible background, increase the last value. For example
SolidColor=0,0,0,100 gives an already visible background.
Re: Unfold with Tranparent BG
Posted: July 17th, 2018, 1:59 am
by roughhewnends
balala wrote:Open the file into your text editor, identify the [Rainmeter] section and add below it, along with a
BackgroundMode=2 option:
Code: Select all
[Rainmeter]
...
BackgroundMode=2
SolidColor=0,0,0,1
If in the [Rainmeter] section are some other options too, don't remove or change any of them. Just add these new ones.
This worked for me. I put the code right under the Update=1000 or whatever it said. Thanks!
Re: Unfold with Tranparent BG
Posted: July 17th, 2018, 10:11 am
by balala
roughhewnends wrote:This worked for me. I put the code right under the Update=1000 or whatever it said. Thanks!
In fact doesn't matter too much where under the [Rainmeter] section do you put it, immediately after the Update or before it or anywhere else (if you have more options in this section). Important is to be in the [Rainmeter] section.