Le samedi 14 juillet 2007 à 12:08 -0400, Timothy Normand Miller a
écrit :
> On 7/14/07, luc marschall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
snip
> > > So, the first thing I'd like is some kind of flashy desktop wallpaper
> > > to use in lieu of a title slide.  I'll be using KDE with the big bar
> > > at the bottom, and most projectors are 1024x768 (although it could be
> > > 1280x1024, so it would be good to have options).
> > By having an option, you mean to have two wallpapers?
> > Though, I wonder if Impress can manage slides of different size res.
> > For your needs, a screen capture with the kde's bar seems necessary to
> > make this slide.
> 
> Impress will scale the images just fine (I'm pretty sure).  But I want
> my "title slide" to be the desktop.  In other words, I won't start out
> in Impress but rather start out with a KDE desktop and switch to
> Impress once I've introduced myself.
> 
> I think KDE scan scale the wallpaper image, but I just want to make
> sure that it looks as good as it can by going with the native res.
So, I've misunderstood your wish (see below)
> 
> > >
> > > What I'm imaging is a big OGP or perhaps the OGP window logo at the
> > > top with some kind of warp effect like it zoomed from the distance to
> > > the screen.  Below that, in appropriately-sized letters, "Open
> > > Graphics Project", and visible but not overly emphasized, my name
> > > "Timothy Miller" like in the lower right.  Be sure that that fits
> > > above the KDE bar at the bottom.
> > I can try something, but I don't use KDE, though I can found a
> > screenshot on the web.
> > However, I fear that it would be a big payload for OGD1
Ok, but effect that you want is just static, it's a visual effect not an
animation, right?
(otherwise I can do nothing)
I can refine the slide previously sent, and export it as jpg (without
the kde's bar of course)
Or make a gimp file.
> 
> KDE defaults to an image on the root window, and it works just fine.
> You only notice any slowness when scrolling or moving windows.  Other
> repaints don't seem so slow.
> 
> Technically, the main problem is with framebuffer reads.  They're much
> slower than writes (over PCI).  If x.org were to keep a shadow image
> of the screen in host RAM and do only writes over PCI, it would
> actually feel quite a bit more zippy.  Another thing is that in order
> to keep reads and writes coherent, the PCI controller must be sure
> that writes are flushed before servicing reads.  When switching back
> and forth (like when doing a bitblt on the screen), the impact is
> quite noticable.
> 


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