#Dimmer than dim windows manual
#Dimmer than dim windows skin

You can use the built-in Rainmeter Transparency settings to limit the amount of dimming the skins do.

#Dimmer than dim windows skin

They appear the first time the skin is loaded. Others will show it when the adjustment is left-clicked. Remember, the amount of dimming can also be limited by using the Rainmeter Transparency settings for any of these skins!ДЄ help message explaining access can be toggled using the TOGGLE HELP INFORMATION text on the time skins. (Same as above, but uses for the sunrise/sunset times data.)ДЄ skin that will display the amount of dimming that can be achieved on any wallpaper. Moving the mouse away from the skin area will hide it again. Left-click the lower lines to open the configuration settings for transition duration (30 minute transition time gives a realistic dawn/twilight effect).

Middle-click to refresh the skin if needed. Left-click to toggle the sound on/off at sunrise/sunset times. Scroll the mouse wheel to quickly dim the wallpaper. To adjust the automatic dimming by sunrise/sunset times, HOLD DOWN THE 'Ctrl' KEY and scan to the CENTER_LEFT SCREEN EDGE with your mouse the adjustment meter will appear. Remember, the amount of dimming can also be limited by using the Rainmeter Transparency settings for any of these skins! Left-click the lower lines to open the configuration settings transition duration and times. Left-click to toggle the sound on/off at brightening/dimming times.

#Dimmer than dim windows manual

To adjust the manual dimming by time, HOLD DOWN THE 'Ctrl' KEY and scan to the CENTER_LEFT SCREEN EDGE with your mouse the adjustment meter will appear. The value is written to an external file, so the desired level of dimming will remain during any Refresh, or Re-load. Moving the mouse away from the meter will hide it again. Youcan click the meter to toggle help information. The meter will step through the 50 levels. Scroll the mouse wheel to change the dimming effect to the desired level. To adjust the manual dimming, HOLD DOWN THE 'Ctrl' KEY and scan to the CENTER_LEFT SCREEN AREA with your mouse the adjustment meter will appear. The time incremented dimming is darkest at midnight, and none at noon. There are 3 options for dimming at 15, 30, or 60 minute intervals. This skin will dim the desktop wallpaper slowly over a 24 hour period. When you move the mouse off of the skin area, they become 'INVISIBLE', so to access them, you need to HOLD DOWN THE 'Ctrl' KEY, then move the mouse to the CENTER_LEFT SCREEN AREA again! ** NOTE: As long as your mouse pointer is over the skin, you can access the skin normally. To access the skin options, you need to HOLD DOWN THE 'Ctrl' KEY, then move the mouse to the CENTER_LEFT SCREEN AREA and the current settings will appear (you can release the 'Ctrl' key). You can always access the skin context settings via a right-click on the Rainmeter Tray Icon, then scrolling to the Dim-WIT skin's entry options. They use the Rainmeter 'Ctrl' key override, to make them 'APPEAR' when you mouse-over the skin area (Left-Center area of the Desktop).Д«ecause the skin is set to Click-Through, You need to use different actions to access the normal Rainmeter context menu. These skins are 'INVISIBLE' most of the time. The skins are set to the 'On Desktop' position in Rainmeter, and set to 'Click-Through', so they are below all other skins, and 'INVISIBLE' allowing access to desktop items.

* My 'Thanks' to both of those sites for providing the access to weather information for Rainmeter skins!!ДЄ gentle alarm sound can be selected to play when the times are reached in the Rise/Set skins Manually at preset times you choose,В with a transition duration of your choiceДЄutomatically based on sunrise/sunset at your location, with a transition duration of your choice,В from either or * Incrementally dimming based on the time of day (24-hour cycle) This skins can control dimming the current wallpaper any of these ways: A DIM-ming W-allpaper I-mage T-ool named: Dim-W.I.T.ДIM-WIT-24HrCycle.ini will change the shade level automatically based on the time of day or nightДIM-WIT-Dimmer.ini dims your wallpaper by your preferred levelДIM-WIT ManualRiseSet.ini allows you to set the brighten/darken times and the duration of the transition in minutesДIM-WIT-SunRiseSet-Wcom.ini sets the brighten/darken times to sunrise/sunset and allows setting the duration of the transitionДIM-WIT-SunRiseSet-Ycom.ini sames a above, but uses yahoo for sunrise/sunset timesДIM-WIT-Test.ini runs through the available shade levels to show the effect on your wallpaper