This program is an exercise on bitmap transparency effects, that is NOT using windows 2K/XP alpha-channel transparency. This means that you can experience wonderful transparency effects on any windows platform (98/Me/NT/2K/XP).

Transparent is beautiful, use it to impress your friends. CyLog Software is always ahead of the technology. You wont believe your eyes.

Chaos Crystal is a very small tool for windows that will allow setting transparency for any open application. Drag the target to the program window you would like to set to be transparent. The transparency can be adjusted with the slider.

The value on the slider indicates how transparent the window is: 0 for total transparency, 255 for complete opacity. Have fun with this handy utility. Chaos Crystal can run from any location including removable devices such flash memory.

FadingTaskbar will allow users to easily change the transparency of the taskbar

Here are some key features of "FadingTaskbar":

· Individual transparency settings for when the mouse is inside and outside the taskbar.
· Fade in, fade out.
· Makes the taskbar solid when maximized windows exist.
· Remembers the original transparency.

Now you can add to any application the new transparent window feature introduced with windows 2000/XP.

Lucid is different than most applications of this type. Once you tell Lucid which windows to track it will toggle those windows transparency as they are activated and deactivated. Most other applications just let you adjust a windows transparency to a fixed value.

Lucid stays out of your way in the system tray.
Lucid adds automatic transparency effects to virtually any window, including the start menu.

If your system does not have a video system with hardware transparency acceleration you many encounter slow video performance when making large and/or complex windows transparent.

Amazing NetGrapher draws and shows real-time graphs for your active dial-up connection. Under windows 2000/XP it uses transparency.

You can choose your own color scheme and set transparency level of the window. Just for fun, but also for FREE. Enjoy it !

Actual Transparent windows description
Actual Transparent windows applies a transparency effect to any window in windows 2000 or windows XP Actual Transparent windows allows you to apply transparency effect to any window in windows 2000/XP.

The transparency effect looks very impressive and can be highly useful with such windows as the windows Taskbar, WinAmp, drop-down menus and lists, any Instant Messenger and even application windows.

A transparent window need not obscure another window below. For example, you can be keying in notes to Notepad, while reading the contents of the window beneath! A simple setting will adjust the transparency of either window - or any other window you wish!

Actual Transparent windows also has the option to set transparency so it occurs only when window becomes inactive. And when you activate this window it becomes solid.

Here are some key features of "Actual Transparent Windows":

· Individual transparency rate:
· Actual Transparent Window lets you set individual transparency rate for each window. You can change transparency from 0% (solid) to 100% (fully transparent) to achieve the desired effect.
· Inactive window transparency:
· Actual Transparent Window has option to set transparency only when window becomes inactive. And when you activate this window it becomes non-transparent again. This option may be especially useful for your Instant Messenger (Windows Messenger, Yahoo Messenger or any other).
· Ghost mode:
· You can also activate the ghost mode. In this case all mouse clicks and moves to be made through the transparent window to underlying windows.
· Apply transparency effect while window is moved or is resized:
· Apply transparency effect only when you move/drag or resize the window across the desktop. Note that this does not affect your transparency setting for windows while they are not being moved or resized.
· Toggle transparencyopaque window state by double click on title bar:
· To toggle a window from transparent to opaque, double click on the title bar. To toggle a window from opaque to transparent, double click on the title bar again.
· Make Transparent button:
· The new "Make Transparent" button is may be added to a window title bar. Now you can switch onoff semitransparency just pressing it.
· You can select a different transparency level for any window on the fly, while it is open! Right-clicking Make Transparent button displays a context menu where you can choose one of the predefined levels of transparency. Its a very gorgeous effect, try it - and youll like it very much.
· Multilingual support:
· Actual Transparent Window English, German, French, Spanish, Russian, Ukrainian, Japanese, Chinese Simplified and Chinese Traditional languages.


Requirements:

· Processor: Pentium II 200 MHz or higher
· System memory: 64 MB
· Free disk space: 3 MB
· Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher


Limitations:

· 60 days trial
· registration reminder

AlphaXP Lite description
A great windows transparency program that provides you with many effects AlphaXP Lite is a powerful system enhancement that can add advanced transparency effects to any windows 2000/XP computer.


It is part of the award-winning AlphaXP, the most advanced windows transparency software available. Some of AlphaXP Lites features include: a direct way to set any level of transparency to any window with a customizable keyboard shortcut, taskbar transparency with an optional mouse over fade-in effect, Advanced Transparency, which is a set of special techniques that greatly improve windows transparency, interface enhancements such as the ability to minimize to the system tray and use the entire program from there via an Advanced Menu system, a user friendly skin changer that works on the fly and from a menu so its easy to use, a website style help file that details everything you want to know about AlphaXP Lite, start options such as start with windows and start minimized, and more!

Many of AlphaXP Lites features cannot be found in other programs and are completely seamless to the user, this has made AlphaXP Lite something really special and all the positive user feedback and 5-star awards proves it - When you use AlphaXP Lite, you use the best. AlphaXP Lite is completely free and does not contain any adware, spyware, or other "bundled extras".

ZeroHero Software is providing AlphaXP Lite free of charge as a courtesy to the users who dont want all the features and benefits of purchasing the full version, but still want quality windows transparency software. AlphaXP Lite is fully functional and does not exhibit any "nags" or try to push the full version on you. Please visit www.zeroherosoftware.com for details.

Here are some key features of "AlphaXP Lite":

· Keyboard Shortcut
The Keyboard Shortcut feature allows you to change a windows effects simply by using an easy keyboard shortcut. This keyboard shortcut is a three-key combination and can be customized to suit your preferences. The keyboard shortcut can change a windows transparency to preset levels, fine tune transparency, remove transparency, and toggle "Always On Top" on or off.

· Taskbar transparency
The Taskbar transparency feature allows you to change the taskbars transparency to any degree possible. Taskbar transparency also has a Fade-In feature, which smoothly fades-in the taskbar whenever you mouse over it. Fade-In can be toggled on or off, and has five speed settings to suit your preferences.

· Advanced transparency
Advanced transparency greatly improves AlphaXP Lites core functionality, windows transparency. Basic windows transparency has many unwanted side effects such as flicker, blurriness, screen artifacts, misaligned text, inconsistencies between windows 2000 & windows XP transparency, and other glitches. Advanced transparency eliminates almost all of these unwanted side effects, a feat that no other transparency program even attempts. Best of all, Advanced transparency works automatically and is competely seamless to the user, all you have to know is that when you use AlphaXP Lite, you use the best.

· Minimizes to the System Tray
AlphaXP Lite is designed as a system enhancement, not an application to be actively used, such as a word processor. System enhancements bring new functionality to your system while working quietly in the background, some examples of system enhancements you probably already have are the Volume Control and Internet Connection Status icons in the system tray. When you minimize AlphaXP Lite, it minimizes to the system tray so that it too can work quietly in the background. Just like you probably dont think about the Volume Control except when you want to change the volume, you shouldnt think about AlphaXP Lite except when you want to change its options.

· Advanced Menus
Advanced Menus add the power of check boxes and radio buttons to menus. This makes menus much more useful and makes it possible for a large Window interface to fit inside a single, powerful menu. For example, look at the AlphaXP Lite system tray menu above and the AlphaXP Lite window below, the small system tray menu encompasses almost everything on the AlphaXP Lite window due to the power of Advanced Menus!

· Skin Changer
AlphaXP Lite has the ability to change its skin. The skin changer is very user friendly because it works on the fly (no restarting) and from a menu so its easy to use.

· Help File
AlphaXP Lite includes a website style help file that explains in detail everything you want to know about AlphaXP Lite and then some.

· Start Options
AlphaXP Lite can start with windows and/or start minimized if you want it to. This new feature was added at the request of many users and it shows just how much people like AlphaXP Lite!
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Transparentizer description
Transparentizer was designed to create windows transparency Transparentizer was designed to create windows transparency.

You can select any windows, with a simple but powerfull drag and drop.

Actual Transparent windows lets you apply transparency effect to any window in windows 2000/XP.
The transparency effect looks very impressive and may be useful with such objects as windows Taskbar, WinAmp, drop-down menus and other windows.

The transparent Taskbar doesnt hide any part of your desktop wallpaper.
The transparent WinAmp looks stylish and impressive.
The transparent drop-down menu does not obscure the main program window.

Actual Transparent windows lets you set individual transparency rate for each window.
You can change transparency from 0% (fully transparent) to 100% (solid) to achieve the desired effect.

Actual Transparent windows saves all your settings so that you need to set the transparency only once for each window.