Blur the background when opening a folder

This tutorial is in German. It explains how to create a blur background when opening a folder, with a fade animation.

Thanks to Sascha Roehrbein for writing and sharing this nice tutorial.

Download as a single file (scripts, instructions as a PDF): LLX-blu-BG-Tutorial.rar


As part of the tutorial, you need to create two scripts:

blur an

var editor = LL.getVariables().edit();
editor.setInteger("myalpha", 255);
editor.commit();

blur aus

var editor = LL.getVariables().edit();
editor.setInteger("myalpha", 0);
editor.commit();


Step by step instructions

Tutorial - Blur - 1

Tutorial - Blur - 2

Tutorial - Blur - 3

Tutorial - Blur - 4

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