Another feature request: match desktop background

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Decor8 is exactly what I've been looking for to mitigate the schizophrenic feel of Windows 8.

I am using the same background for desktop and the start screen, have the colours set to match my desktop windows.

At the moment this requires setting the wallpaper twice (once in desktop, once in Decor8). I'm sure that an option to match the Decor8 background to the desktop wallpaper would be popular, and quite simple to implement. 

This might be getting a bit fancy, but as another thought:

The ability to blend the background with the start screen colour is great. What about a Gaussian blur? This could be used to make the start screen look a little like the MacOS Launchpad, or Ubuntu Dashboard.

This is what I've achieved with Decor8. Many thanks for a great product and a steal at $5.

Desktop

desktop

 

Start Screen

start

 

Desktop with Charms

desktop+charms

 

Search

search

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Really nice ... as long as the blur on the Metro is an option :)

 

Still want to see the ability to set Tile background alpha and be able to change the texture/shape of the tiles themselves. Personally I want to see a glass-like rounded corner tile option with transparency.

 

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Very nice looking!

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

The Metro tile currently auto sets color to match the background ... an option to expand this to the taskbar would be a nice touch too.

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

The option to match the OS wallpaper and support for blur is now in 0.99.

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

Downloaded V.99 today and set background to match desktop.  Work perfectly.  Just the feature I was looking for.
Thanks