Re: FVWM: crazy idea

From: William E. Roadcap <roadcapw_at_cfw.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 12:31:36 -0400 (EDT)

On Thu, 3 Oct 1996, James_Kingdon wrote:

> The interesting bit
> is that instead of the usual window manager borders and handles,
> the artist had dropped in graduated shadows on the bottom and
> right hand edges, giving the windows that "floating" appearance.

Another "similar" illusion is to take a texture background like marble and
use xv to blur it a bit. This creates a depth-of-field which tends to
make the windows appear to be floating. It's sort of like when you see a
picture of a flower that is in very clear focus, but the background
foliage is blured.

Your mileage may vary...

PS. In case you're interested. The photographic effect is achieved by
setting your camera's lens aperture to a very wide opening and reducing
shutter speed. (off topic, sorry...)
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TITUS Software ftp://titus.cfw.com/pub
Waynesboro, Va (USA) http://www.cfw.com/~roadcapw

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