Smoothly blurs the wallpaper when windows are opened.
Project description
BlurWal
A background application that smoothly blurs your wallpaper when a given number of windows is opened.
Example
dotfiles used in this example
| Wallpaper by Ian Valerio
Feature(s)
BlurWal will first generate transition frames for the current wallpaper, with each of them being an increasingly blurred version. When you then open a given number of windows, these frames will be set as your wallpaper in quick succession, giving the effect of a smooth blur transition. When the number of open windows goes below the threshold again, the transition will run in reverse and consequently unblur the wallpaper.
tl;dr: A sleek-looking blur effect for your minimal desktop's wallpaper.
Installation
Requirements
Python 3.6+
ImageMagick
(for generating transition frames)feh
(for setting the wallpaper)
From PyPI repository
pip install --user blurwal
Manually via Git clone
git clone https://gitlab.com/BVollmerhaus/blurwal
cd blurwal
pip install --user .
Usage
Simply run blurwal
and it will regenerate its transition frames and blur
on the appropriate window events.
Options
This list includes only the interesting options – run blurwal -h
for a
complete list and further information.
Option | Description |
---|---|
-m , --min |
The minimum number of windows to blur the wallpaper (default: 2) |
-s , --steps |
The number of steps in a blur transition (default: 10, minimum: 2) |
-b , --blur |
The blur strength (sigma) to use when fully blurred (default: 10) |
-i , --ignore |
A space-separated list of window classes to exclude |
Additional thanks to
- Matthias Bräuer (Testing and Feedback)
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