From 37f091cb167f719103ef70baa6b46b95645e5b95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Khue Doan Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 08:38:41 +0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add blur effect instruction --- README.md | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 29154c5..8351464 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -23,3 +23,10 @@ make clean install ## Running slock Simply invoke the 'slock' command. To get out of it, enter your password. + +## Blur effect + +This fork leverages picom's new kawase blur method instead of taking a screenshot, blur it using ImageMagick without hardware acceleration and then set it as the lock screen wallpaper. +The end result is much higher performance and much lower latency. + +Currently, you will need to enable the experimental backend in picom using `picom --experimental-backends`, you can check out my picom config [here](https://github.com/khuedoan/dotfiles/blob/master/.config/picom/picom.conf#L29).