Practical Uses of Desktop Effects

http://fusioncast.blogspot.com/2007/12/video-practical-uses-of-desktop-effect... for more info.

****NOTE: if anyone wants to enjoy the song in its original potency, they'll have to start up "Throw Away Your Television" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers while watching this. The song was muted by the music rights nazis.

Here's a cute little video I did parodying Compiz Fusion's effects. Enjoy!

This version has the correct link to the Ubuntu web site, and should end up better quality than the other. Sorry if I confused you by deleting the first version.

Order of plugins:

Freewins (2)
Opacity
Atlantis2
Gears
Freescale
Firepaint
Water
ADD Helper
Group and Tab
Expo (compiz too)
Color Filter
Animation (burn)
Scale

Video made with kdenlive, and all open source software!

Side note: you *can* make all your windows invisible with my method. Don't set the opacity to 0% though since that causes compiz to run very slowly and crash. Use 1% instead. :)

And... Don't open 60 windows at once. It crashed my computer...

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• computer
• linux
• ubuntu
• compiz
• fusion
• fusioncast
• effects
• desktop

[osmorphyus666]

this video was made in at LEAST winxp with windows movie maker.

linux still has no proper video editing software.

we're still waiting. and the one thats out there - no text overlays or transitions - so its merely a splitter/joiner.

stfu or gtfo if you dont agree.

[puttabutta]

@osmorphyus666 No, this video was made in Kdenlive in Linux, without Windows. In fact, I didn't have a copy of Windows at the time. When I made this video kdenlive was relatively buggy but it has improved. There are much better options out there now. The text was done in Kdenlive as well (I didn't splice GIMP images or anything).

[puttabutta]

@osmorphyus666 Also, given that the title font is not an MS font, but rather the defautlt font in Ubuntu, Sans, which is not installed in Windows, it's pretty obvious the titles were made in Linux.

[khlymore]

great great great we have all to learn linux put in our head those crazy commands o my god after 15 years fooling with the damn dos now we have to do this well at least this is pro like mac and not a stupid operating system like windows crap ultimate the ultimate crap lmao

[puttabutta]

With ubuntu, you don't really need too many commands. They've tried to make it as easy as possible for the new user.

[acempdc]

Being a total Linux newbie, I installed Ubuntu after seeing what you can do with it. Not only the eye-candy (which is superior to vista and runs in my old 1 GHz 512 RAM notebook!!!!)

I have the feeling that it is all more logical and structured, I realized Microsoft software was a pile of fossilized code with new code on top released to cope with the sales targets of Microsoft!!

[MJGrindboy]

But sadly it can't help you spell.

[M5000thesdgversion]

@osmorphyus666 VLMC will be out soon, it's more than legit. Just as good as any professional wares.

[destillegast]

download link ???

[alesbythepint]

thanks for the video, BUT how do you do any of it? there ae too many show off videos not enough walkthrough.

[JeyPeyy]

Scale

[rekcaHrepyH]

Compiz is very useful for things besides fancy effects if you configure it properly. Desktop Wall and Expo are great for managing multiple workspaces. It's certainly not all eye candy.

Also, WMG can eat me.

[albinapa]

which effect is used to see all 60 widows at once?

[stayelusive]

spinnan' cubez