Hi,
I wanted to know if there is any way to modify the appearance of the rounded-corners in Windows to make them look all nice and non-jaggedy like OS X? There's got to be some program that can probably replace the corners with pngs...you think?
Bye,
Nando
you should be able to edit the images yourself. maybe add a little blur or something to smoothen it out a bit. that should work.
Window borders on OSX have a 32-bit mask which anti-aliases the borders. Windows won't have this until longhorn, blurring the edges would just blend pixels into the nasty pink that tells windows that a pixel is transparent causing pink dots to show up.
The reason why it's like this is because on windows transparency is done on a per window basis and on OSX (and longhorn when it comes out) does it on a per item basis. What this basically means is that in windows you can't have a 32-bit or transparent titlebar seperate from the window. Things like deskopX and samurize use seperate window classes to achieve their effects.
edit the images yourself
What do you mean? WindowBlinds or StyleXP won't accept smooth transparency for the top corners...it jaggies them.
-Nando
The icons in Windows XP look really nice and smooth...there's gotta be a way to modify those corners. Man...if I only knew how to do applications like that!
-Nando
Originally posted by Aladdin610@Feb 5 2004, 11:21 PMThe icons in Windows XP look really nice and smooth...there's gotta be a way to modify those corners. Man...if I only knew how to do applications like that!
-Nando
Icons are a different story, I explained to you why it can't be done in titlebars above. Icons are a single item, they don't have any independent parts.
it uses magic pink for transparency. it might be hard, but you can add gray pixels to create a smoother look.
Originally posted by dreamz@Feb 6 2004, 01:22 AMit uses magic pink for transparency. it might be hard, but you can add gray pixels to create a smoother look.
you could make it appear smooth if you limited the user on his/her choice of wallpaper..
but to make it look smooth regardless of background is not possible in XP.
if png's could be used in the titlebars, we'd have semi-transparent inactive titlebars, just like in OS X.
*eagerly waits for longhorn*
Originally posted by smoke@Feb 6 2004, 06:17 AMWindow borders on OSX have a 32-bit mask which anti-aliases the borders. Windows won't have this until longhorn, blurring the edges would just blend pixels into the nasty pink that tells windows that a pixel is transparent causing pink dots to show up.
The reason why it's like this is because on windows transparency is done on a per window basis and on OSX (and longhorn when it comes out) does it on a per item basis. What this basically means is that in windows you can't have a 32-bit or transparent titlebar seperate from the window. Things like deskopX and samurize use seperate window classes to achieve their effects.
thanks for that info, didnt know that.
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