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Some Cool 3D effects in Ubuntu with Compiz

admin — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 08:33:55 +0000

I had written a tutorial about how to install Compiz Fusion and enable different wallpapars,snowing desktop,desktop fishbowl.
Here I will share some more cool effects such as burning,blasting,dodging,folding when minimizing and un-minimizing a window,and writing on desktop with mouse,paint fire on the screen,water wave on screen,etc.

Fist of all,install graphics driver and Compiz Fusion on your ubuntu

effects when minimizing and un-minimizing a window

Go to System->Preferences->CompizConfig Setting Manager.Select Effects in left,tick Animations and single-click to go into its configuration window.
In Effect Settings tab,tick “Random Animations For All Events”

Then navigate to Focus Animations tab,choose the only line and click Edit.Set “Focus Effect” to “Dodge” and “Duration” to “500″

Now,minimize and un-minimize a window and repeat to see effect!

Writing on desktop
Go to System->Preferences->CompizConfig Setting Manager.Select Extras in left and tick “Annotate” in right.

Now,press down Super+Alt key combination,and use your left-mouse-key to write something.
press down Super+Alt key combination(Super key is the key between left-Ctrl and left-Alt),and use right-mouse-key as eraser.
press Super+Alt+k key combination to clean up the screen.

By the way,tick “Snow” in previous picture and press Super+F3 key combination to snow on the screen.Super+F3 again to stop.
Paint fire on the screen
Go to System->Preferences->CompizConfig Setting Manager.Select Effects in left and tick “Paint fire on the screen” in right.

Now,press down Super+Shift key combination and use left-mouse-key to paint fire on the screen.
press Super+Shift+c key combination to clean up the screen.

Water wave on the screen
Go to System->Preferences->CompizConfig Setting Manager.Select Effects in left and tick “Water Effect” in right.(see the previous picture.)
Press Shift+F9 key combination to enable water wave and press this key combination again to disable.

Rotate ubuntu 3D desktop workspace using mouse middle-wheel

admin — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:29:10 +0000

As we know,use Ctrl+Alt+Left/Right arrow key combination can switch between 3D desktop workspaces.This tutorial shows how to do this using mouse middle-wheel which is more convenient.
First,make sure you have installed compiz fusion and enabled 3D desktop.
Then,open CompizConfig Settings Manager in System->Preferences menu.
Select Desktop tab,and check Viewport Switcher.

Then,click on it and go into its configuration window.Click buttons after Move Next,Move Prev.Enable them and set to Button 5 and Button 4

Now,move the cursor to desktop and try the mouse-middle-wheel.When you move the cursor in windows,mouse-middle-wheel still do the function that scrolling down/up the scroll-bar.

Enable Snow on ubuntu desktop using compiz fusion

admin — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:25:34 +0000

This tutorial shows how to enable snow on your ubuntu desktop using compiz fusion plugin.It is tested in ubuntu 9.10(karmic).
First,make sure you have compiz installed and enabled 3D effect.You can click here for this information.
Download following plugin:
for amd64 user:
compiz-fusion-plugins-unsupported_083git20090911-1ubuntu1_amd64
for i386 user:
compiz-fusion-plugins-unsupported_083git20090911-1ubuntu1_i386
double click to install,or use this in terminal(Applications/Accessories/Terminal):

sudo dpkg -i package_name

After this,open System->Preferences->CompizConfig-Settings-Manager.Tick Snow in Extra tab.

Now,press win(Windows super key)+F3 key combination and see effect!

Different snowscape in each wallspace:

Enable VirtualBox ubuntu guest 3D Acceleration

admin — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:44:09 +0000

VirtualBox has the feature that supports 3D acceleration for Linux guest since 2.2 released.To enable this in your Linux guest,first you need to install guest additions from machine->Install guest additions in the guest window.Then open settings of your Linux virtual machine and check the 3D acceleration option.

Make sure you have installed graphics drive in host machine.

And now click install compiz and enable 3D effects in the virtual machine.

Simple settings to make your Compiz run smoothly

admin — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 02:07:48 +0000

After installed compiz and enable 3D effect in my ubuntu,I found that it not running smoothly especially in moving windows around the screen.

Following settings make this smoother:

Open CompizConfig Setting Manager from System->Preferences->CompizConfig SettingManager.

Select to General->General Options->Display Settings tab.

Un-tick Detect Refresh Rate,set Refresh Rate to match the vertical refresh rate of your display.And tick Sync to VBlank.

Put fishbowl on ubuntu desktop by installing Compiz Plugins

admin — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 07:33:04 +0000

This tutorial shows three compiz plugins:atlantis2, freewins, and screensaver.Which are not usually easily available from software repositories.

atlantis2(Cube Atlantis)

Adds a customizable aquarium inside the cube,this is my desktop:

freewins(Freely Transformable Windows)

Lets you rotate and scale windows in 3D with fun inertial effects.

screensaver( Screen Saver)

can slowly rotate the cube or have your windows fly around the screen while you are away from the computer.

Install these three plugins

First,make sure you have CompizConfig Settings Manager installed.

Then install the required packages for compiling Compiz plugins:

sudo apt-get install compiz-bcop compiz-dev build-essential libtool libglu1-mesa-dev libxss-dev libcairo2-dev git-core

Now,create a folder to hold the plugin sources and download them:

mkdir ~/compizplugins
cd ~/compizplugins
git clone git://anongit.compiz-fusion.org/users/metastability/atlantis2
git clone git://anongit.compiz-fusion.org/users/warlock/freewins
git clone git://anongit.compiz-fusion.org/users/pafy/screensaver

Then,run following command to make install:

cd ~/compizplugins/atlantis2
make &make install
cd ~/compizplugins/freewins
make &make install
cd ~/compizplugins/screensaver
make &make install

Now,go to System->Preferences->CompizFusion Setting Manager,and enable the new plugins.

Add Trash Can icon to ubuntu desktop

admin — Wed, 13 May 2009 03:33:40 +0000

If you used to be a Windows user,you may want to add a Trash Can icon to your ubuntu gnome desktop.

Press Alt and F2 key combination,type gconf-editor and press enter to open Configuration editor

At following screen click to app–>nautilus–>desktop

tick on trash_icon_visible at right side,and you will see the icon on your desktop:

Different wallpapers on each workspace in ubuntu

admin — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:03:59 +0000

Wallpapers are same on each workspace in ubuntu default,here is a way to make wallpapers different on each workspace,but you must have installed CompizConfig Settings Manager,and you will lose any shortcut on desktop,so install Avast window Navigator for better results.

Now go to System–>Preferences–>CompizConfig Settings Manager(Advanced Desktop Settings)

tick Wallpaper on(if not go to Desktop Cube,click to go to Appearance–>background images),and click on it to go to its configuration page,click New and add the wallpapers you want

Open a terminal window and type code:

gconf-editor

in the next window,go to apps–>nautilus–>preferences and deselect show_desktop on the right of the window

then close it

Done.

Following is my wallpapers:

How to install Compiz Fusion 3D desktop effects in ubuntu

admin — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 03:10:42 +0000

If you have a graphics card and installed graphic driver,you can install compiz and enable 3D desktop on your ubuntu by the following steps.With compiz installed,there are several things that you can make your desktop lively such as different wallpaper on each workspace,put fishbowl on desktop,put real-transparent terminal on to desktop,and enable snow in ubuntu desktop

Install Compiz fusion

Just type this command in a terminal window:

sudo apt-get install compiz*

Enable 3D desktop

Right click on your desktop and select Change Desktop Background.

go to Visual Effects tab and tick Extra on.

Now,go to System–>Preferences–>CompizConfig Settings Manager

in this window tick Desktop Cube,Rotate Cube and Cube Reflection and Deformation(Type in Filter area to find out them).

then click on Desktop Cube to go to its configuration page,turn to Transparent Cube tab,do like following.

Click General Options, turn to Desktop size tab and change Horizontal Virtual Size to 4 :

Done.Press Ctrl+Alt and drag left mouse key,you will see:

Tips:

You can also make your compiz run smoothly with this setting in compiz setting manager
More 3D effect see:Some more 3D effects in Ubuntu with Compiz