Rainmeter

Scaling Certain Rainmeter Style Meters To accomplish scaling in meters (Bar, Bitmap, Button, Histogram, Rotator), where W and H are used to set the size of the "meter", not the size of the "image", you can use a "universal" TransformationMatrix formula (Formula is by Xanci ):TransformationMatrix = (#Scaler#); 0; 0;(#Scaler#); ((1 - #Scaler#) * [#CURRENTSECTION#: X]); ((1 - #Scaler#) * [#CURRENTSECTION#: Y])Adding this to your meter, and controlling a new #Scaler# variable, you can easily scale these meters to any desired size. Here are 3 skins that demonstrate using TransformationMatrix to scale Rotator meters. :thumb521168567:One uses...

Scrolling Text w/TransformationMatrix Version 1.1 Removed dependence on third party Scroller.dll plug-in Requires Rainmeter 3.0 or newer  rainmeter.net/cms/ Overview: Example skins demonstrating vertically scrolling text & using TransformationMatrix on string meters. Premise: Create a skin that will scroll the text vertically in either direction. Then transform the scrolling text to produce "dimensional" effects. Two skins are offered along with this description; ScrollText2Shrink.ini and ScrollText2CenterZoom.ini ScrollText2Shrink shrinks the text as it progresses up the skin and back down. ScrollText2CenterZoom maximizes the size near t...

Editing and creating Rainmeter skins can be a daunting task. You have to remember the names of lots of options and what values you can assign to them, you have to keep track of your variables, possibly distributed over multiple files, and between all that you have to make sure you get the syntax right. If you have been using the standard Windows Notepad to edit your skin files, it was probably a painful experience.It does not have to be like this! There is a lot a good editor can do to make editing skins easier, so you can spend more time thinking about what your measures and meters should do, and less time thinking about wether it is call...

Wifi and Battery meters are a staple of laptop users and are incredibly easy to create.ImageCrop, ImageTint, and all of the other Image related features are a very useful feature of Rainmeter opening a whole new method of creating dynamic images. We're also going to use some neat tricks with DyanamicVariables, Substitution, and Conditional Statements to make the battery indicator change color and blink when the battery is low.Below is our example skin. :thumb212625108: Note: The big reason we're using ImageCrop instead of a Bar meter is that when using an Image with a Bar meter, the Image cannot be scaled.We need to start by grabbing the ...