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This is a feature request. Feature requests can be voted up by supporters.
Current Priority: +76
MiL0
10 posts
Joined September 2010
Topic Starter
MiL0
Hello!
I thought this was a pretty good idea as a compensator for the background dimmer; to sort of "blur" the background. The background often brings in unwanted attention and with the blur option, you can focus a lot more on the beats and less on the background. I'm not asking to remove the background dimmer, but to possibly add this feature in as a secondary option, I know the background can get quite distracting (but who honestly enjoys black backgrounds?)

Blur:
SPOILER

No Blur:
SPOILER

Let me know what you think! (Ignore my terrible Photoshop skills :D)
theowest
osu! Alumni
6,891 posts
Joined January 2009
theowest
Interesting! I think it should blur together with the dim, just like your first picture there.

MiL0 wrote:

(but who honestly enjoys black backgrounds?)
me and many, many others. You'll experience a need for black backgrounds when you start to get better at osu!
blissfulyoshi
osu! Alumni
4,755 posts
Joined July 2008
blissfulyoshi

theowest wrote:

Interesting! I think it should blur together with the dim, just like your first picture there.

MiL0 wrote:

(but who honestly enjoys black backgrounds?)
me and many, many others. You'll experience a need for black backgrounds when you start to get better at osu!
Hmmm maybe it is just me, but I'm find with playing most songs with no dimming and video on. Even on difficult songs or songs I dt. (There are obv a few exceptions, but in general)

Back on topic, the dimming idea is interesting, but I don't really have a view beyond that.
MiL0
10 posts
Joined September 2010
Topic Starter
MiL0

theowest wrote:

Interesting! I think it should blur together with the dim, just like your first picture there.

MiL0 wrote:

(but who honestly enjoys black backgrounds?)
me and many, many others. You'll experience a need for black backgrounds when you start to get better at osu!
I think you may have misinterpreted me a bit. I know you need black backgrounds when you start playing harder songs (I used it all the time), but honestly -- if there was a choice between seeing the background or not, without affecting your performance, I'd keep the background (that's why I was hoping for the blur feature).
Though I understand this isn't a priority.
PROGUY
osu! Alumni
936 posts
Joined October 2010
PROGUY
This is a pretty neat feature to be honest. I'll support this and see how it goes.
Lally
3,176 posts
Joined December 2011
Lally
support \o3o/
Revy
380 posts
Joined June 2011
Revy
support~
Enzo_old
195 posts
Joined October 2011
Enzo_old
Support, looks really cool and interesting
jemhuntr
933 posts
Joined February 2012
jemhuntr
it should also be a slider, and it should un-blur during breaks. Support. I really like how this will make the background smoother. (blurring low quality videos will really be nice)
primrose
primrose
Support :) , because I really want to play with these hitcircles :

But I can't focus to the hitcircles, The background are too bright :(
MiL0
10 posts
Joined September 2010
Topic Starter
MiL0

JeMhUnTeR wrote:

it should also be a slider, and it should un-blur during breaks. Support. I really like how this will make the background smoother. (blurring low quality videos will really be nice)
Yeah I like that idea -- to control the amount that the background is blurred by. Hmmm... This post definitely went further than I thought. :P
peppy
19,319 posts
Here since the beginning
peppy
While this is a cool idea, the overhead for blurring images may outweight function. I'll take a look into the feasbility of this one, since it sounds cool.
MiL0
10 posts
Joined September 2010
Topic Starter
MiL0

peppy wrote:

While this is a cool idea, the overhead for blurring images may outweight function. I'll take a look into the feasbility of this one, since it sounds cool.
Thanks Peppy! :D
Nightfirecat
25 posts
Joined July 2010
Nightfirecat
I'd love to see a feature like this added if it's not too weighty, CPU-wise. It'd add a great artistic flair that I think would absolutely fit osu!'s style.
RBRat3
osu!painter
762 posts
Joined April 2010
RBRat3

Nightfirecat wrote:

I'd love to see a feature like this added if it's not too weighty, CPU-wise. It'd add a great artistic flair that I think would absolutely fit osu!'s style.
Not cpu it would be gpu, this also might knock up the minimum required pixel shader version if it cant be disabled...
MiL0
10 posts
Joined September 2010
Topic Starter
MiL0

RBRat3 wrote:

Not cpu it would be gpu, this also might knock up the minimum required pixel shader version if it cant be disabled...
Maybe that's a good thing... ;)
Mira-san
1,038 posts
Joined May 2012
Mira-san
This looks awesome.

RBRat3 wrote:

Not cpu it would be gpu, this also might knock up the minimum required pixel shader version if it cant be disabled...
Just try to add a warning or a limit where the GPU needs to have 'Pixel shader version 3.0' or something.

Also include that "it could reduce performance".
quaternary
320 posts
Joined February 2013
quaternary
I understand that this is olldddd, but still love the idea. Looks really sexy.

peppy wrote:

overhead for blurring images may outweight function.
Precalculate the blur to another image, then fade between the blurred version and the normal version during breaks. Don't do it at all if the map has a storyboard (way too much lag there), or let the storyboard run on top of the blurred images, which frankly sounds much better.
Abel
299 posts
Joined October 2012
Abel
I normally play with black bg, but I like the idea
jimmyman3
32 posts
Joined November 2010
jimmyman3
like this idea :D
FrzR
2,237 posts
Joined October 2012
FrzR
I like this. =w=)b
Ryu Sei
2,907 posts
Joined October 2013
Ryu Sei
Instead imo, before playing a beatmap, when BG blur is turned on the game makes and pre-caches a blurred version of the BG in a temporary folder. So,
Play beatmap > Load (while loading blur the BG) > Pre-cache blurred BG
So, load 2 BGs... I guess... EDIT: Only applies on non video/SB'ed beatmaps.
BTW, I like this idea.
Last edited by Ryu Sei , edited 1 time in total.
DENKOUSEKKA
454 posts
Joined January 2014
DENKOUSEKKA
I like this idea so I'll be supporting it *throws imaginary stars*
Pawsu
osu! Alumni
5,213 posts
Joined February 2013
Pawsu
This is actually really cool. I like the feeling that the blur effect makes.
Danshi_old_1
Danshi_old_1

Pawsu wrote:

This is actually really cool. I like the feeling that the blur effect makes.
Nice bump ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Although this would be awesome!!
wajinshu
1,579 posts
Joined April 2015
wajinshu
Interesting. I like this idea.
Seijiro
osu! Alumni
3,438 posts
Joined April 2013
Seijiro
Cool indeed
fb39ca4
19 posts
Joined July 2014
fb39ca4
Blurring should be easy enough to do in real-time for videos and storyboards. You can use separable filters, bilinear filtering, and mipmaps to speed it up. And it would of course be an option that can be disabled.
Underforest
5,895 posts
Joined July 2015
Underforest
Bump
It will be nice to have :')
abraker
Global Moderator
8,341 posts
Joined July 2014
abraker
bumping because replays with this would look much cooler
TheAussie
128 posts
Joined January 2011
TheAussie
Take my 4 stars! This is a great idea.
mxp
26 posts
Joined January 2014
mxp
This looks really nice
ZenitH-AT
51 posts
Joined July 2014
ZenitH-AT
Nice idea. A slider that functions like the current dim should be added (un-blurring at break).
Pawsu
osu! Alumni
5,213 posts
Joined February 2013
Pawsu
Something like this?: credit: p/4993401
Underforest
5,895 posts
Joined July 2015
Underforest
yep, exacly
[ R i v e n ]
[ R i v e n ]
You have my star :D
Andrea
Beatmap Nominator
16,650 posts
Joined August 2008
Andrea
I like this idea, would love to see it implemented.
Aurele
Global Moderator
7,564 posts
Joined January 2011
Aurele
oh yeah, that would be nice and neat.

I support your idea!
WingSilent
2,982 posts
Joined August 2012
WingSilent
Cool idea and i added a star.
Also meanwhile this would be implemented, i do blur my backgrounds with a storyboard picture. (Only breaks will have the original picture)
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