Tint2 opacity with panel_dock

Hi,
i've just installed openbox (again) to play around a little. I'm trying to get transparency working with no success.
I'm using pcmanfm to create my desktop and i've set a wallpaper with it - cairo-compmgr is doing the composite stuff right now.
Now i'd like to have a transparent tint2 panel and its working as long as i don't enable panel_dock. If i set it to true, my tint2 background
becomes black and the transparency is gone.
Any suggestions how to do it? Fake-transparency would be ok for me i guess, so i don't insist on cairo-compmgr.
Thank you
VR
EDIT: If i disable cair-compmgr i get transparency, but there is a 1px-line between tint2 and the desktop, is there a way to get rid of this border only? (osd.border.width will also remove general window borders)
EDIT2: Too simple, i've just had to uncheck the "window retain a border when undecorated" option in obconf/appearance. I think this is solved as long as i don't see any "annoying" things because of this - however, thanks
# Tint2 config file
# Generated by tintwizard (http://code.google.com/p/tintwizard/)
# For information on manually configuring tint2 see http://code.google.com/p/tint2/wiki/Configure
# Background definitions
# ID 1
rounded = 0
border_width = 0
background_color = #000000 0
border_color = #000000 0
# ID 2
rounded = 0
border_width = 0
background_color = #FFFFFF 40
border_color = #FFFFFF 48
# ID 3
rounded = 0
border_width = 0
background_color = #FFFFFF 16
border_color = #FFFFFF 68
# Panel
panel_monitor = all
panel_position = bottom center horizontal
panel_size = 100% 30
panel_margin = 0 0
panel_padding = 7 0 7
panel_dock = 1
wm_menu = 1
panel_layer = bottom
panel_background_id = 1
# Panel Autohide
autohide = 0
autohide_show_timeout = 0.3
autohide_hide_timeout = 2
autohide_height = 2
strut_policy = none
# Taskbar
taskbar_mode = single_desktop
taskbar_padding = 2 3 2
taskbar_background_id = 0
taskbar_active_background_id = 0
# Tasks
urgent_nb_of_blink = 8
task_icon = 1
task_text = 1
task_centered = 1
task_maximum_size = 140 35
task_padding = 6 2
task_background_id = 3
task_active_background_id = 2
task_urgent_background_id = 2
task_iconified_background_id = 3
# Task Icons
task_icon_asb = 70 0 0
task_active_icon_asb = 100 0 0
task_urgent_icon_asb = 100 0 0
task_iconified_icon_asb = 70 0 0
# Fonts
task_font = sans 7
task_font_color = #FFFFFF 68
task_active_font_color = #FFFFFF 83
task_urgent_font_color = #FFFFFF 83
task_iconified_font_color = #FFFFFF 68
font_shadow = 0
# System Tray
systray = 1
systray_padding = 0 4 5
systray_sort = ascending
systray_background_id = 0
systray_icon_size = 16
systray_icon_asb = 70 0 0
# Clock
time1_format = %H:%M
time1_font = sans 8
time2_format = %A %d %B
time2_font = sans 6
clock_font_color = #FFFFFF 74
clock_padding = 1 0
clock_background_id = 0
clock_rclick_command = orage
# Tooltips
tooltip = 0
tooltip_padding = 2 2
tooltip_show_timeout = 0.7
tooltip_hide_timeout = 0.3
tooltip_background_id = 1
tooltip_font = sans 10
tooltip_font_color = #000000 80
# Mouse
mouse_middle = none
mouse_right = close
mouse_scroll_up = none
mouse_scroll_down = none
# Battery
battery = 1
battery_low_status = 10
battery_low_cmd = notify-send "battery low"
battery_hide = 0
bat1_font = sans 8
bat2_font = sans 6
battery_font_color = #FFFFFF 74
battery_padding = 1 0
battery_background_id = 0
# End of config
Last edited by VirtualRider (2010-08-14 23:20:40)

Not really but i usually don't use compositing at all because i think it will consume my battery faster (is that true btw.?).
I chose cairo because the wiki said there could occur some issues with xcompmgr and that it's kinda deprecated.
Currently i've set osd.border.width to 0 which removes the border of the dock but also the border of the
"desktop-switch-notifier" - this makes it kinda ugly but i don't see it that often, so as a workaround it will be ok.
I'll leave the thread unsolved for a day or two just in case someone has an real solution.

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Todd, thanks for the reference to the tutorials. They helped me understand a little more how the animators work.
Mylenium, I'm still a little confused on your approach. I've got the base text layer and added an animator for opacity. I set it for random and that works fine, the letters randomly appear and complete the phrase. For the 'pouring in' part, I added a second text layer and animated the position property, but the text still originates from its original place in the phrase. I can't get it to originate from a single point. Also, I'm not even sure I understood about using multiple selectors for the 1st layer. Just using the animator for opacity with a random setting seems to provide the correct 'ending' of the animation.
Thanks Again,
CJ

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The top level track on my project contains an alpha channel. However, being the top level track the tracks below it are invisible.
I have read the "Compositing, alpha channels, and adjusting clip opacity" page. It tells me that I "can choose how to interpret the alpha channel in a file in the Interpret Footage dialog box. Choose Invert Alpha Channel to swap areas of opacity with areas of transparency, or choose Ignore Alpha Channel to not use the alpha channel information at all."
However, when I do this (ie. inverse the alpha channel in the asset) I get the following before and after results:
Summary of goal: I want to adjust the transparency of the top track so that the lower tracks appear.
Help.

If you want to adjust the transparency of a clip, you modify its Opacity property.
Changing the alpha channel properties in the Interpret Footage settings is for when the alpha channel of an asset is not being interpreted/used correctly by the application.

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How can I create drop shadows with PSE10 & PE10?

Layer styles let you quickly apply effects to an entire layer. In the Effects panel, you can view a variety of predefined layer styles and apply a style with just a click of the mouse.
Three different layer styles applied to text
The boundaries of the effect are automatically updated when you edit that layer. For example, if you apply a drop shadow style to a text layer, the shadow changes automatically when you edit the text.
Layer styles are cumulative, which means that you can create a complex effect by applying multiple styles to a layer. You can apply one style from each style library per layer. You can also change a layer’s style settings to adjust the final result.
When you apply a style to a layer, a style icon appears to the right of the layer’s name in the Layers panel. Layer styles are linked to the layer contents. When you move or edit the contents of the layer, the effects are modified correspondingly.
Once you choose Layer > Layer Style > Style Settings, you can edit the settings of a layer’s style or apply other style settings or attributes available in the dialog box.
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Drop Shadow
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Inner Glow Size Specifies the size of a glow that emanates from the inside edges of the layer’s content. You can also set the opacity with the slider.
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Bevel Direction Specifies the direction of the bevel, either up or down.
Stroke Size Specifies the size of the stroke.
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I'm one of the users experiencing the hangs in Photoshop CS5. Im curious if this is standard (new) behavior or a symptom of the other issues on my system.
When I adjust something, for example layer opacity, with the slider, the document doesn't update until after I let go of the slider. This forces me to move, release, move, release, move, release, etc. In CS4 is see a live update as I drag a slider, no need to release to see how it looks.
Common or just me?
Thanks!

Well I quit CS4. Launched CS5 - System hang. Managed to Force Quit CS5. Relaunched CS5, started testing with shape layers.. system hang. Eventually hard rebooted.
Launched CS5, hid all panels except the Layers and Tools panel. In addition, I moved Layers panel to main monitor. Wow.. what a difference. It's snappier than ever. Hit the Type tool.. waited ~5 minutes then everything was back to normal.. But I know the story behind that. I'm also getting live updates with sliders now, but they aren't smooth. Sort of a bit of a jerk before the update happens, but I don't need to release to see the update, just wait half a second.
I think you're on the right track. Hiding all the other panels seems to have helped immensely. I'll test more with panels, seeing what I can get away with and what I can't.

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Is anyone aware of a method to have a four virtual desktops side by side horizontally in the tool bar for easy access to all desktops? Something like this [ ][ ][ ][ ] as I've seen on xfce4 and such.

Search the wiki (and/or pacman) for a utility called a "pager." Tint2 comes with something built-in iirc but I don't recall if it's an actual pager or just a tray utility. Check the wiki for that.
There are a lot of pagers so look at screenshots and the wiki for information. Alternatively, look at the screenshot thread for pagers people are using.

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