Transparency in DVDSP

So I'm trying to get a 30 second clip (with moments of partial and complete transparency) to play as a dropzone on my DVD menu I exported the 30 second clip from FCP4 using the animation codec to maintain the alpha channel. This 30 second movie ended up being over 700 meg! Much too big for a DVD obviously. There must be a better and more simple way of doing this. Any thoughts? I'm using DVDSP3.
Cheers
AJ

But using drop zones and other tools in DVDSP does allow people who don't own After Effects or Final Cut Pro, etc, to do some neat effects. For our things we would make a motion menu loop using After Effects and then bring the MPEG-2 version of that into DVDSP. The source animation may well be 1 GB, but it only takes about 24 MB of disc space for a 30 seconds animated menu.

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Is it possible to alter button image transparency in a "Standard" menu?

Hello all,
A newbie to DVDSP 4.0 here. I've been given a project where I have to match a pre-existing menu and navigation design (the original files are not available for me to use). I have been able to recreate the design of the menus without any problems, but I've run into an issue with recreating button states. Each button includes both text and a still image.
This is what I'd like to accomplish:
Normal state: Text and image are semi-transparent
Selected state: Text is highlighted and the image is fully visible (the image no longer semi-transparent)
Activated state: Text is white and image is colorized in the highlight color
An example is posted here: http://www.viscominc.com/button/button.jpg
The normal state is straight forward, I have done this as part of my background. I have used an advanced overlay to get the results I need for the activated state.
Is it possible to reach my goal for the selected state without using a layered menu? I'd like stay away from layered menus if at all possible.
Thanks for any insight!
Jeff
Dual 2.7 GHz G5 Mac OS X (10.4.4)
Dual 2.7 GHz G5 Mac OS X (10.4.4)

Now I see what you are saying, sorry I just saw the orange more than the background. There is no way to change the opacity of an element in the background (since she is in the background at a certain opacity that was used.)
So to have her be a different opactity OVER the other portions of the background which she is already part of, you would need to use layered menus to effectively replace the section. (You could try using auto actions to string through menus - which what layered menus are, but you can run into issues, not 100% reliable)
I keep on looking at it though, the colors sort of look like a puzzle even though I know it will not work. And still I keep looking One way is if you did not need the colors as much in the back ground, you make the background fully opaque (the blue and the woman.) The overlay would be the text and then the circle area including the curves underneath it and map it out that way, but would not be quite the same

Video files with transparent edges needed for menu.

Hi,
I am making a DVD menu using a PSD as the main background. In this background is a television at an angle. I need to position a video clip so that it appears to be playing in the TV.
I have painstakingly angled the video footage in FCP to match the angle of the TV, but I am having problems with DVDSP recognising the transparency of the empty border area around the video.
If anybody can help it would be much appreciated. I have tried to read the manuals but they don't make enough sense for an amateur like me.
Thanks
JD

This certainly feels like it can be achieved, though you have to carefully follow the instructions on how your Photoshop layers are placed and named.
But I have a question, why not just put the Photoshop image on top of the video in FCP?

FCP-DVDSP sequence PAL footage transcoding

hello,
I write asking of help in order to
(a) make a proper transcoding workflow and sequence to edit MPG footage with FCP
(b) output and convert for DVDSP.
I dont know FCP compression and settings so well, and i think i made some mistakes...
I use mac 10.5.8 Leopard on POWERpc with FCPStudio 7 (in the past i was using FCS5).
I need to shrink 2 videos 50min duration each (100min total), in order to fit on DVDSP.
I get a disc meter error my footage is 5.8 GB and exceeded space limit.
this is the 2/2 DVD (1rst is burned ok- it is alsmost full).
My files m2v are about 1.6GB each and inside DVDSP seem that
occupy 2.5GB each (rendered ?)ps for SD.
I recently received some mpg files from a sony hdd camcorder Dsr Sr58.
It has split scenes saved as MPG files which i transcoded to various formats
and tried to import them in a prores444 sequence in FCP to edit.
footage is handheld and has shaky parts too for most of the time.
this does not seem to be an HD camcorder, and i assume, despite the fact
it has a 1:9 LCD records 4:3 and 16:9 anamorphic. I have attached an image
of the folder names i get when i plug the camera via usb on my mac.
I cannot also understand, what is the frame rate recorded by this camera.
i believe it is INTERLACED 25fps. I see evident lines on my mac @ playback.
I need to burn PAL SD DVD (50fps) at the end.
When i open a file in MPEG streamclip, shows 1024x576 frame size unscaled.
However, when i open it in QT shows 720x404.
I firstly used MPEG streamclip and exported to QT making 2 versions
(a) Photo JPG compressor codec @ 80 quality
(b) Prores444 @ 70 Quality.
I did not Deinterlaced in the transcoding stage at all.
I then opened (a) in FCP and i saw i needed to render all clips inc audio
I exported to mov but files are huge and when i make m2v files are 2GB each.
i tried (b) and saw i needed to render the clips again. The m2v files are about 2.2GB each
and there is NO way to bring the quality slider down in FC sequence settings. Seems locked to 100%.
So... I abandoned temporarily and ask for any help here.
Can anyone suggest me a procedure, on
(a) Make a proper project sequence that wont need
render the files each time i import them from transcoding
(b) Suggest how to use compressor and the variable bit rate setting to decrease size further ?
thanks

hm... thanks for sugesting JES. it seems when i feed this movie file in JES and choose deinterlace, the program crashes when file gets about 100%.
yesterday i tried to burn the interlaced footage on DVDsp deleting clip1 to be able to burn it.
I made the m2v file using compressor and set BIT RATE to 3,7mbps average. max rate=6.4mbps
Motion estimation= good, and mode= one pass vbr best. i imported them in DVDSP...
burn was ok. i played the dvd on 2 different dvd players (no pc/mac), on PAL TV.
the first played image ok. i mean stady shots appeared clean with tiny interlaced lines sometimes.
The shots that had camera shake and fast PAN (amateur video) showed flickering on TV and during pan
they were leaving a semi-transparent trail behind peope. like a ghost shadow.
The second one, played a more smooth version of steady images without showing the interlaced lines. however, same shadows appeared when fast pan occured, with slow prosumer camera speeds i believe.
JES does not work for a reason on PPC DC 2ghz or i make wrong settings....
I tried deinterlacing (progressive) with MPEGstreamclip, and worked ok. the
Now, my question is.... if i make m2v files again, same bit rate, burn in DVDSP, will the dvd player, play them ok on PAL tv (which uses interlaced lines to display the image) ?

Transparent normal state button

I'm trying to use a logo as the selected state of my buttons. During the normal state I want this to be transparent. It seems like I'm missing something really easy here, but I just can't figure it out. I've tried making a custom shape with the 4 layers in photoshop, but all I could get was the logo to change colors. I don't want the logo to change colors, just to appear when the button is selected and go away when it's not. It's a three color logo and I'm using DVDSP 3. Thanks in advance.

There are two ways that you can do this without resorting to using a layer based shape or a layer based menu.
First, you need to decide if it is important for the logo to appear in full colour or if you can get away with a single colour instance of it appearing. If the answer to this is that a single colour is OK, then use a standard overlay menu. Otehrwise, try using a masked overlay menu (there are limitations...)
With a standard overlay, the background image is as you want it to appear without anything selected - all shapes and text, etc, should be in place as if no button is chosen.
You then create the overlay, which is a simple .pict file that is the size of the menu. On this you simply place as many instances of the logo as you need - create them in black or grayscale and don't add anything else. The overlay will be mostly white with the black or gray shapes on it.
Add this to your menu in DVDSP and drag out the button rectangles to cover the background text and the overlay shape. When the button is selected, the logo shape will show up, but will not show in the normal state.
You can get the logo to be whatever colour you need by using the colour mapping within the property inspector for the button.
If you definitley need a full colour logo to appear, you can either use a layer based photoshop menu, or use overlay masks:
http://www.editorsbin.com/authoring/mask_overlay.html
be aware that there are some limitations when using the masking technique - but all is explained in that tutorial.

Drop zone (transparent) over motion menu problem

Hello.
I've created a semi-transparent photoshop file that I would like to use as a dropzone. When I import the psd file, DVDSP lists it as a "quicktime picture". When I drag the asset over my motion menu the part that is supposed to be transparent is white and covers up the entire motion background. Any ideas of what I'm doing wrong here?
Has anyone had success using transparent graphics in DVDSP 4?
Thanks.

i dont believe you can mix photoshop files the way you are intending with motion menus. I know you can create custom drop zones and patches using photoshop, but this is a more involved process than just dropping a psd over motion. I have exported tga that maintains transparency information and used them to success as drop zones. you could try that.
It would be better to bring you psd into a compositing program like motion, after effects, or even final cut, and create the motion for your menu there. Export it, compress it to m2v and bring that into dvd sp.

How can I make a transparent animated gif?

I'm using CS2. I have an animated gif that I want to take the black background out of so that the animated part of it is all that remains.
Here is a link to the image:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v97/tragicmike/random/Tesseract.gif
I basically want to remove all of the black background from the image so that the animated tesseract is all that remains. I know how to open the gif to expose the layers using ImaegeReady, then edit them in PhotoShop. But when I made the black areas of each layer transparent (by selecting the RGB channel, inverting the selection, and hitting delete), saved a copy, and tried viewing it, it seems to just display all of the transparent layers constantly instead of cycling through them.
Can someone please help me figure out how to make an animated gif with a transparent background? If I lose some of the black areas of the animated part (since they seem to get deleted when I remove all of the black background) it's no big deal. I just need to know how to do this so that it plays correctly.
Thank you!!!
Mike

>
"I have to wonder why the black background was included on every frame of the moving shape."
 
 Well, George...the only reason I can think of is because it's an animated GIF, and GIFs only support one layer.
 
 Whatever application it was created in should have been able to render it out with a transparent BG. But I suppose the creator had his/her reasons for going with the black BG.
 
 (Full disclosure: I ran across
<s>that same</s> a similar animation back in December, and the version I grabbed only had the black showing through the inside of the tesseract. I opened it in ImageReady and

added
 a black BG so the edges didn't look jaggedy.)
 
 
<a href="http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1FgHXbj4UpXYtUVrbeah7sbqQXDR40" /></a>
<img alt="Picture hosted by Pixentral" src="http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1FgHXbj4UpXYtUVrbeah7sbqQXDR40_thumb.gif" border="0" />

Keynote 3: Transparent Animated GIF Problems

I've been trying to get an animated GIF with a transparent background to run in Keynote, but it's giving some disastrous results.
I produce the animation by rendering the frames as PNG (with alpha channel) in MegaPOV 1.2.1. Then I use the convert utility from ImageMagick 6.2.9 to make them into an animated GIF.
When I drop the animated GIF into Keynote 3.0.2, the first frame shows fine (with transparency and all). But when I animate it, the background goes red (the main color in this particular movie) and some trace of the previous frames stays. It seems like:
1. Rather than displaying the GIF frame-by-frame, each frame is getting layered onto the previous frames.
2. Keynote doesn't like the alpha channel for some reason.
Problem 1 is also present if I open the GIF in Preview (is that supposed to be the correct behavior of an animated GIF?). Problem 2 seems to be Keynote-specific.
Any suggestions for a work-around on this? The animated GIFs work fine if rendered without the alpha channel, but it'd look so much better with transparency!
iMac 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Mac OS X (10.4.9)

MegaPOV doesn't have a GIF output option. The choices are PNG, Targa, PPM, and hdr (not familiar with that last one). I don't know if PPM even has alpha-capability.
So in some way, I have to convert PNG to GIF. The tools I have to do this are ImageMagick and Gimp. I tried them both, then viewed the results using several programs. Results are tabulated below -- (1) means that problem 1 from above was apparent (ie, parts of the previous frames were visible under the current frame); (2) means that problem 2 was visible (ie, the transparent parts took on some background color).
If I didn't know how to change the default white background in the program, I couldn't tell whether problem (2) occurred, since the movie made with Gimp had a white background in Keynote.
Using ImageMagick 6.2.9 to convert PNG->GIF and animate GIF:
* viewing with Safari 2.0.4 : (1), can't tell for (2)
* viewing with Preview 3.0.9 : (1), can't tell for (2)
* viewing with Firefox 2.0.0.3 : (1)
* viewing with Keynote 3.0.2 : (1), (2) -- alpha goes red
Using Gimp 2.2.11 to convert PNG->GIF and animate GIF:
* viewing with Safari : (1), can't tell for (2)
* viewing with Preview : (1), can't tell for (2)
* viewing with Firefox : (1)
* viewing with Keynote : (1), (2) -- alpha goes white
I only converted the first few frames using Gimp, since I was doing it by hand.
All of this makes me wonder whether I'm dreaming the impossible, since problem (1) is universally present. It also makes me pretty sure that problem (2) is Keynote-specific.
If there are any other tools that will convert/animate GIFs on a modern Mac, I'd love to hear about them. My UNIX-y tools seem to be failing me here. The Mac tools I remember from "back in the day" -- GIFBuilder and GIFConverter -- seem to have been abandoned around the beginning of Mac OS X. GIFBuilder won't even load my files, and GIFConverter still lacks alpha support in PNG.

Is there a way to create a semi-transparency with Java?

I would like to be able to create a semi transparent form and I was does anyone know how to do this?

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.geom.*;
import java.awt.image.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
import javax.imageio.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
public class CompositeTest extends JPanel {
    private BufferedImage backImage, frontImage;
    private float alpha = 1;
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        backImage = ImageIO.read(new URL("http://today.java.net/jag/bio/JagHeadshot-small.jpg"));
        frontImage = ImageIO.read(new URL("http://today.java.net/jag/Image54-small.jpeg"));
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        this.alpha = alpha;
        repaint();
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        super.paintComponent(g);
        Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) g;
        int x = (getWidth() - backImage.getWidth())/2;
        int y = (getHeight()- backImage.getHeight())/2;
        g2.drawRenderedImage(backImage, AffineTransform.getTranslateInstance(x, y));
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        g2.setComposite(AlphaComposite.getInstance(AlphaComposite.SRC_OVER, alpha));
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        y = (getHeight()- frontImage.getHeight())/2;
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        g2.setComposite(old);
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        final CompositeTest app = new CompositeTest();
        JSlider slider = new JSlider();
        slider.addChangeListener(new ChangeListener(){
            public void stateChanged(ChangeEvent e) {
                JSlider source = (JSlider) e.getSource();
                app.setAlpha(source.getValue()/100f);
        slider.setValue(100);
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        f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        Container cp = f.getContentPane();
        cp.add(app);
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        f.pack();
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Can I change the background color of a video thumbnail to view a silhouettes transparancy in Bridge

I see this question asked a ton on here, and never EVER am I finding an answer. I know in the past (Adobe CS 5) in Bridge you could view the transparency of a black silhouette image against a medium grey so you could see the content of the clip. Adobe changed that with CS 5.5 & on, and never seems to want to answer question when we members ask. PLEASE ADOBE ANSWER!!
How can I view a black silhouette image in Bridge when Adobe had decided to make the transparency black instead of grey? (Ideally the transparency of a video file should show as a grid as it does in ALL OTHER Adobe products.
PLEASE HELP. We use bridge heavily in production to organize our assets, and this change not being addressed kills our asset searching time because we have to open each clip to view it, rather than being able to preview it, which is what the Bridge is for.
Thanks.
P.S. Do not tell me how to change the programs background color as this is not the question. The question is how do I change the color of the transparency display for video clips.

Hi Peter
The associated FCM file provides us a clue as to Captivate's
pedigree. What we know today as Captivate is a product that was
born into the world and dubbed "FlashCam". This file contains
information about margins. So FCM means, FlashCam Margins.
If all you are doing is adjusting the colors a bit, you may
copy the associated files to new names. Then modify the colors as
desired and all should be well.
Cheers... Rick

HD edited footage in FCP 5.1 to DVDSP 4 to "build and format" to where now?

97 minute movie shot with Sony's HDV-FX1, edited in FCP 5.1, exported to QuickTime movie, full quality, current settings. Imported into DVDSP 4.1, parsed, no problem, authored with HD settings, and built project. DSP produced a proper HDDVD_TS folder. With Apple DVD Player 4.6.5 on my duel 1.8 G5, this plays just fine.
With Toast 8 and a NU Technology Blu-ray burner (Matshita BD-MLT SW 5528), DVD-ROM (UDF), new disc, named and imported the HD file. Clicked record, selected 1x DB write speed to be on the safe side, used both a Panasonic BD-RW and a TDK BD-RW single layer disc and burned successfully. Neither disc now, to my ultimate frustration, will play in our Samsung Blu-ray DVD player or play with Apple's DVD Player. Both report a message about not supporting the media type, although the disc does mount on my G5 via the Blu-ray drive.
Thoughts on where to go from here? Our movie plays fine downconverted to 480i, but we would love to see it play in High def at 1080i.
Any thoughts would be much appreciated.
Larry
G5 Dual 1.8 Mac OS X (10.4.9) FCP 5.1 DVDSP 4.1

David,
That is the answer to why I am unable to use the "build and format" option in DSP? Seems crazy that the option is there, but the function isn't.
Did the Toast product manager give any hint as to when this option may be available? I knew were we sailing into unchartered waters, but we had hoped that by the time we were done with post that the path had already been navigated
Thanks,
Larry

Premiere Pro is not interpreting transparency correctly with the Adobe Creative Cloud 1.8.0.447 update

Yesterday, I updated to Adobe Creative Cloud 1.8.0.447. I found that after the update, both Premiere Pro CC (2014) and Premiere Pro CC are not ready transparency layers and alpha layers correctly. I have some lower third logos that I use on multiple projects and they are showing up more opaque than they should. Additionally, I have an export preset that uses a watermark. This watermark is showing up more opaque than it should too. I have checked both graphics in After Effects with the new Creative Cloud update and all graphics look fine. It seems to be an issue that is isolated in Premiere. The issue only happens when there is a video layer underneath the graphics. When the graphics are viewed with no video layer underneath, the transparency looks as it should. I have attached a few images showing the problems. They show graphics with and without video layers beneath.

I was able to resolve the issue by going into File>Project Settings>General and changing the Render from GPU Acceleration (OpenCL) to Software Only. It appears there is an issue with the AMD FirePro D500 graphics card. I was told by a call tech at Adobe that there are issues with the D300, D500, and D700 Graphics cards. However, I have an Intel Iris graphics card on my MacBook Pro and was having the same transparency issue. So, I'm skeptical that the issue is just with the graphics card. The transparency issue did not start on BOTH computers until the latest CC upgrade. For now, the Software Only renderer option fixes the issue. I hope to see a fix in the next CC update. FYI: The Renderer needs to be changed to Software Only in both Premiere Pro Project Settings and Media Encoder Preferences.

The difference between VTP server and transparent mode on Catalyst Switch.

Hello
I have a question about the difference between VTP server mode and VTP transparent mode on general catalyst switch.
Basically VTP server mode can create and modify VLAN configuration but actually there is not any VLAN configuration through running-config, is it true? When I checked it on Cat3550, certainly there is not VLAN configuration on VTP server mode. But VTP transparent can create VLAN and configuration but does not synchronize with other switch VLAN status. I appreciate any related information and reason of the VTP server mode specification, thank you very much.
[VTP Transparent mode]
3550#sh vtp status
VTP Version : 2
Configuration Revision : 0
Maximum VLANs supported locally : 1005
Number of existing VLANs : 27
VTP Operating Mode : Transparent
VTP Domain Name :
VTP Pruning Mode : Disabled
VTP V2 Mode : Disabled
VTP Traps Generation : Disabled
*omit
3550#
3550#sh run
Building configuration...
*omit
vlan 99
name TEST-VLAN
[VTP Server mode]
3550#sh vtp status
VTP Version : 2
Configuration Revision : 0
Maximum VLANs supported locally : 1005
Number of existing VLANs : 27
VTP Operating Mode : Server
VTP Domain Name :
VTP Pruning Mode : Disabled
VTP V2 Mode : Disabled
VTP Traps Generation : Disabled
*omit
3550#
3550#sh run
Building configuration...
*no VLAN like above configuration on VTP transparent mode.
Best Regards,
Masanobu Hiyoshi

Hi mhiyoshi,
3550#sh vtp status
VTP Version : 2
Configuration Revision : 0
Maximum VLANs supported locally : 1005
Number of existing VLANs : 27
VTP Operating Mode : Transparent
VTP Domain Name :
VTP Pruning Mode : Disabled
VTP V2 Mode : Disabled
VTP Traps Generation : Disabled
*omit
3550#
3550#sh run
Building configuration...
*omit
vlan 99
name TEST-VLAN
The above out put indicates that Vlan is created and then mode changed to transparent. i.e why revision no is 0.
3550#sh vtp status
VTP Version : 2
Configuration Revision : 0
Maximum VLANs supported locally : 1005
Number of existing VLANs : 27
VTP Operating Mode : Server
VTP Domain Name :
VTP Pruning Mode : Disabled
VTP V2 Mode : Disabled
VTP Traps Generation : Disabled
*omit
3550#
3550#sh run
Building configuration...
*no VLAN like above configuration on VTP transparent mode.
This indicates that vlan never created in server mode nor learnt from another switch as revision no is 0

How to activate the transparent table along with append structure

Hi,
I add the new fields in existing append structure on tale VBAP.
Initially i provide them the data type as Char with length 20.
Similarly i added the fields in user exit on scree 8459 to add fields on screen.
Until this eveything was working fine.
Then my functional consultant ask me to delete one field from structure and change the length of other data types to 40 characters.
I done this changes but when i go to activate that append structure its giving me error that certan structures in which it is been used are not adjusted and activated.
The table is not adjusted through SE14 - Database Utlity.
Its showing me that Runtime Object and Transparent table are different and not consistent.
Can i delete the runtime object?
The domains which i ave changed are also not geing activated.
Suggest me the node of problem and solution also.
What should be the problem.
What should i do to solve the problem.
Suggest me the solution if any.

Give a trail that instead of activating all together, activate low-level objects (domains, data elements etc)first and then high levels (structures, tables) individually. With this approach you could find the errors easily and can resolve quickly.
Regards,
Prasanth

Urxvt in the background is not transparent

Hello everyone,
I'm using Openbox and urxvt terminal and I was experimenting with running one urxvt pseudo-transparent in the background like in http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ope … background. So I created new name "RootURxvt" in my .Xdefaults file:
RootURxvt.scrollBar: false
RootURxvt.transparent: true
RootURxvt.geometry: 80x24
the rest of my .Xdefaults reagarding urxvt:
URxvt.buffered: true
URxvt.geometry: 85x24
URxvt.transparent: false
URxvt.background: black
URxvt.foreground: gray90
URxvt.cursorColor: green
URxvt.underlineColor: yellow
URxvt.scrollstyle: plain
URxvt.secondaryScroll: true
URxvt.font: -*-fixed-medium-*-*-*-18-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-2
URxvt.boldFont: -*-fixed-bold-*-*-*-18-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-2
URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,tabbed
Then I put the appropriate entry to the .config/openbox/rc.xml
<application name="RootURxvt">
<decor>no</decor>
<focus>yes</focus>
<position>
<x>0</x>
<y>0</y>
</position>
<desktop>all</desktop>
<maximized>false</maximized>
<skip_taskbar>true</skip_taskbar>
<layer>below</layer>
</application>
This is the rest of my rc.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<openbox_config xmlns="http://openbox.org/3.4/rc">
<resistance>
<strength>10</strength>
<screen_edge_strength>20</screen_edge_strength>
</resistance>
<focus>
<focusNew>no</focusNew>

<followMouse>no</followMouse>

<focusLast>yes</focusLast>

<underMouse>no</underMouse>

<focusDelay>200</focusDelay>

<raiseOnFocus>no</raiseOnFocus>

</focus>
<placement>
<policy>Smart</policy>

<center>yes</center>

<monitor>Active</monitor>

</placement>
<theme>
<name>Carbon</name>
<titleLayout>NLIMC</titleLayout>

<keepBorder>no</keepBorder>
<animateIconify>no</animateIconify>

<name>sans</name>
<size>8</size>

<weight>bold</weight>

<slant>normal</slant>



<name>sans</name>
<size>8</size>

<weight>bold</weight>

<slant>normal</slant>



<name>sans</name>
<size>9</size>

<weight>normal</weight>

<slant>normal</slant>



<name>sans</name>
<size>9</size>

<weight>normal</weight>

<slant>normal</slant>



<name>sans</name>
<size>9</size>

<weight>bold</weight>

<slant>normal</slant>


</theme>
<desktops>

<number>4</number>
<firstdesk>1</firstdesk>
<names>
<name>1</name>
<name>2</name>
<name>3</name>
<name>4</name>
</names>
<popupTime>875</popupTime>

</desktops>
<resize>
<drawContents>yes</drawContents>
<popupShow>Always</popupShow>

<popupPosition>Center</popupPosition>

<popupFixedPosition>

<x>10</x>

<y>10</y>

</popupFixedPosition>
</resize>

<margins>
<top>0</top>
<bottom>0</bottom>
<left>0</left>
<right>0</right>
</margins>
<dock>
<position>TopRight</position>

<floatingX>0</floatingX>
<floatingY>0</floatingY>
<noStrut>yes</noStrut>
<stacking>Above</stacking>

<direction>Vertical</direction>

<autoHide>no</autoHide>
<hideDelay>300</hideDelay>

<showDelay>300</showDelay>

<moveButton>Middle</moveButton>

</dock>
<keyboard>
<chainQuitKey>C-g</chainQuitKey>

<keybind key="C-W-Left">
<action name="DesktopLeft">
<dialog>no</dialog>
<wrap>no</wrap>
</action>
</keybind>
<keybind key="C-W-Right">
<action name="DesktopRight">
<dialog>no</dialog>
<wrap>no</wrap>
</action>
</keybind>
<keybind key="C-W-Up">
<action name="DesktopUp">
<dialog>no</dialog>
<wrap>no</wrap>
</action>
</keybind>
<keybind key="C-W-Down">
<action name="DesktopDown">
<dialog>no</dialog>
<wrap>no</wrap>
</action>
</keybind>
<keybind key="S-W-Left">
<action name="SendToDesktopLeft">
<dialog>no</dialog>
<wrap>no</wrap>
</action>
</keybind>
<keybind key="S-W-Right">
<action name="SendToDesktopRight">
<dialog>no</dialog>
<wrap>no</wrap>
</action>
</keybind>
<keybind key="S-W-Up">
<action name="SendToDesktopUp">
<dialog>no</dialog>
<wrap>no</wrap>
</action>
</keybind>
<keybind key="S-W-Down">
<action name="SendToDesktopDown">
<dialog>no</dialog>
<wrap>no</wrap>
</action>
</keybind>
<keybind key="W-F1">
<action name="Desktop">
<desktop>1</desktop>
</action>
</keybind>
<keybind key="W-F2">
<action name="Desktop">
<desktop>2</desktop>
</action>
</keybind>
<keybind key="W-F3">
<action name="Desktop">
<desktop>3</desktop>
</action>
</keybind>
<keybind key="W-F4">
<action name="Desktop">
<desktop>4</desktop>
</action>
</keybind>
<keybind key="W-d">
<action name="ToggleShowDesktop"/>
</keybind>

<keybind key="W-c">
<action name="Close"/>
</keybind>
<keybind key="A-Escape">
<action name="Lower"/>
<action name="FocusToBottom"/>
<action name="Unfocus"/>
</keybind>
<keybind key="W-space">
<action name="ShowMenu">
<menu>client-menu</menu>
</action>
</keybind>

<keybind key="A-Tab">
<action name="NextWindow"/>
</keybind>
<keybind key="A-S-Tab">
<action name="PreviousWindow"/>
</keybind>
<keybind key="C-A-Tab">
<action name="NextWindow">
<panels>yes</panels>
<desktop>yes</desktop>
</action>
</keybind>

<keybind key="W-u">
<action name="Execute">
<startupnotify>
<enabled>true</enabled>
<name>urxvt</name>
</startupnotify>
<command>urxvt</command>
</action>
</keybind>
<keybind key="W-o">
<action name="Execute">
<startupnotify>
<enabled>true</enabled>
<name>opera</name>
</startupnotify>
<command>opera</command>
</action>
</keybind>
<keybind key="C-W-l">
<action name="Execute">
<startupnotify>
<enabled>true</enabled>
<name>lock</name>
</startupnotify>
<command>xscreensaver-command -lock</command>
</action>
</keybind>
</keyboard>
<mouse>
<dragThreshold>8</dragThreshold>

<doubleClickTime>200</doubleClickTime>

<screenEdgeWarpTime>400</screenEdgeWarpTime>

<context name="Frame">
<mousebind button="A-Left" action="Press">
<action name="Focus"/>
<action name="Raise"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="A-Left" action="Click">
<action name="Unshade"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="A-Left" action="Drag">
<action name="Move"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="A-Right" action="Press">
<action name="Focus"/>
<action name="Raise"/>
<action name="Unshade"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="A-Right" action="Drag">
<action name="Resize"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="A-Middle" action="Press">
<action name="Lower"/>
<action name="FocusToBottom"/>
<action name="Unfocus"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="A-Up" action="Click">
<action name="DesktopPrevious"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="A-Down" action="Click">
<action name="DesktopNext"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="C-A-Up" action="Click">
<action name="DesktopPrevious"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="C-A-Down" action="Click">
<action name="DesktopNext"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="A-S-Up" action="Click">
<action name="SendToDesktopPrevious"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="A-S-Down" action="Click">
<action name="SendToDesktopNext"/>
</mousebind>
</context>
<context name="Titlebar">
<mousebind button="Left" action="Press">
<action name="Focus"/>
<action name="Raise"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="Left" action="Drag">
<action name="Move"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="Left" action="DoubleClick">
<action name="ToggleMaximizeFull"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="Middle" action="Press">
<action name="Lower"/>
<action name="FocusToBottom"/>
<action name="Unfocus"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="Up" action="Click">
<action name="Shade"/>
<action name="FocusToBottom"/>
<action name="Unfocus"/>
<action name="Lower"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="Down" action="Click">
<action name="Unshade"/>
<action name="Raise"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="Right" action="Press">
<action name="Focus"/>
<action name="Raise"/>
<action name="ShowMenu">
<menu>client-menu</menu>
</action>
</mousebind>
</context>
<context name="Top">
<mousebind button="Left" action="Press">
<action name="Focus"/>
<action name="Raise"/>
<action name="Unshade"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="Left" action="Drag">
<action name="Resize">
<edge>top</edge>
</action>
</mousebind>
</context>
<context name="Left">
<mousebind button="Left" action="Press">
<action name="Focus"/>
<action name="Raise"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="Left" action="Drag">
<action name="Resize">
<edge>left</edge>
</action>
</mousebind>
</context>
<context name="Right">
<mousebind button="Left" action="Press">
<action name="Focus"/>
<action name="Raise"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="Left" action="Drag">
<action name="Resize">
<edge>right</edge>
</action>
</mousebind>
</context>
<context name="Bottom">
<mousebind button="Left" action="Press">
<action name="Focus"/>
<action name="Raise"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="Left" action="Drag">
<action name="Resize">
<edge>bottom</edge>
</action>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="Middle" action="Press">
<action name="Lower"/>
<action name="FocusToBottom"/>
<action name="Unfocus"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="Right" action="Press">
<action name="Focus"/>
<action name="Raise"/>
<action name="ShowMenu">
<menu>client-menu</menu>
</action>
</mousebind>
</context>
<context name="BLCorner">
<mousebind button="Left" action="Press">
<action name="Focus"/>
<action name="Raise"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="Left" action="Drag">
<action name="Resize"/>
</mousebind>
</context>
<context name="BRCorner">
<mousebind button="Left" action="Press">
<action name="Focus"/>
<action name="Raise"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="Left" action="Drag">
<action name="Resize"/>
</mousebind>
</context>
<context name="TLCorner">
<mousebind button="Left" action="Press">
<action name="Focus"/>
<action name="Raise"/>
<action name="Unshade"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="Left" action="Drag">
<action name="Resize"/>
</mousebind>
</context>
<context name="TRCorner">
<mousebind button="Left" action="Press">
<action name="Focus"/>
<action name="Raise"/>
<action name="Unshade"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="Left" action="Drag">
<action name="Resize"/>
</mousebind>
</context>
<context name="Client">
<mousebind button="Left" action="Press">
<action name="Focus"/>
<action name="Raise"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="Middle" action="Press">
<action name="Focus"/>
<action name="Raise"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="Right" action="Press">
<action name="Focus"/>
<action name="Raise"/>
</mousebind>
</context>
<context name="Icon">
<mousebind button="Left" action="Press">
<action name="Focus"/>
<action name="Raise"/>
<action name="Unshade"/>
<action name="ShowMenu">
<menu>client-menu</menu>
</action>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="Right" action="Press">
<action name="Focus"/>
<action name="Raise"/>
<action name="ShowMenu">
<menu>client-menu</menu>
</action>
</mousebind>
</context>
<context name="AllDesktops">
<mousebind button="Left" action="Press">
<action name="Focus"/>
<action name="Raise"/>
<action name="Unshade"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="Left" action="Click">
<action name="ToggleOmnipresent"/>
</mousebind>
</context>
<context name="Shade">
<mousebind button="Left" action="Press">
<action name="Focus"/>
<action name="Raise"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="Left" action="Click">
<action name="ToggleShade"/>
</mousebind>
</context>
<context name="Iconify">
<mousebind button="Left" action="Press">
<action name="Focus"/>
<action name="Raise"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="Left" action="Click">
<action name="Iconify"/>
</mousebind>
</context>
<context name="Maximize">
<mousebind button="Left" action="Press">
<action name="Focus"/>
<action name="Raise"/>
<action name="Unshade"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="Middle" action="Press">
<action name="Focus"/>
<action name="Raise"/>
<action name="Unshade"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="Right" action="Press">
<action name="Focus"/>
<action name="Raise"/>
<action name="Unshade"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="Left" action="Click">
<action name="ToggleMaximizeFull"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="Middle" action="Click">
<action name="ToggleMaximizeVert"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="Right" action="Click">
<action name="ToggleMaximizeHorz"/>
</mousebind>
</context>
<context name="Close">
<mousebind button="Left" action="Press">
<action name="Focus"/>
<action name="Raise"/>
<action name="Unshade"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="Left" action="Click">
<action name="Close"/>
</mousebind>
</context>
<context name="Desktop">
<mousebind button="Up" action="Click">
<action name="DesktopPrevious"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="Down" action="Click">
<action name="DesktopNext"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="A-Up" action="Click">
<action name="DesktopPrevious"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="A-Down" action="Click">
<action name="DesktopNext"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="C-A-Up" action="Click">
<action name="DesktopPrevious"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="C-A-Down" action="Click">
<action name="DesktopNext"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="Left" action="Press">
<action name="Focus"/>
<action name="Raise"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="Right" action="Press">
<action name="Focus"/>
<action name="Raise"/>
</mousebind>
</context>
<context name="Root">

<mousebind button="Middle" action="Press">
<action name="ShowMenu">
<menu>client-list-combined-menu</menu>
</action>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="Right" action="Press">
<action name="ShowMenu">
<menu>root-menu</menu>
</action>
</mousebind>
</context>
<context name="MoveResize">
<mousebind button="Up" action="Click">
<action name="DesktopPrevious"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="Down" action="Click">
<action name="DesktopNext"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="A-Up" action="Click">
<action name="DesktopPrevious"/>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="A-Down" action="Click">
<action name="DesktopNext"/>
</mousebind>
</context>
</mouse>
<menu>


<file>menu.xml</file>
<hideDelay>200</hideDelay>

<middle>no</middle>

<submenuShowDelay>100</submenuShowDelay>

<applicationIcons>yes</applicationIcons>

<manageDesktops>yes</manageDesktops>

</menu>
<applications>
<application name="RootURxvt">
<decor>no</decor>
<focus>yes</focus>
<position>
<x>0</x>
<y>0</y>
</position>
<desktop>all</desktop>
<maximized>false</maximized>
<skip_taskbar>true</skip_taskbar>
<layer>below</layer>
</application>
</applications>
</openbox_config>
Finally I added this to the .config/openbox/autostart.sh:
urxvt -name RootURxvt &
and hoped that on restart I will have nice pseudo-transparent urxvt on the background...It worked for a while but after another fiddling with rc.xml and .Xdefaults and restarting X it simply stopped working and the "RootURxvt" simply looks like normal urxvt without decor. I browsed the forums, tried "xrdb -merge" and restaring X and looked on the .Xdefaults and rc.xml files million times but I can't find what's wrong.
I could appreciate any help, I'm new to all this X resource stuff, maybe I just made some braindead mistake
Thanks in advance!
Last edited by martbab (2009-10-03 17:09:36)

Well, I didn't consider it, because I thought that for my application (borderless urxvt terminal embedded in background below all other app windows) the pseudo-transparency aka. "Inherit Pixmap" function implemented in urxvt (I hope I got that right ) could be sufficient.
I also thought that creating a new name "RootURxvt" in the class "URxvt" in the .Xdefaults file would allow me to have two types of urxvt terms running (terminal in the root window and normal "opaque" windowed terminals).
the similar thing is in the post #12 of this thread http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=45382 but only with geometry settings.

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