Hey!
I was looking for an program to replace all my osu! backgrounds, but I did not find anything that was easy to use. So my friend and I created an app that adds a blur effect to all your osu! map backgrounds. Today we finally finished the gui and it is ready for use.
Download
Download link can be found at the top of this post, along with source code.How to use
1. Select your osu! folder
2. Adjust the level of blur to be applied
3. Press the Blur Backgrounds button to start replacing images.
4. The blur effect applied on the maps' backgrounds can be reverted with the Restore Backgrounds button
- After pressing the Blur Backgrounds button, windows might say that the app is "not responding". The time app takes is dependent on the amount of beatmaps you have downloaded - more beatmaps = more time. While it's not recommended, closing the application/ending the process should not have a detrimental effect on your beatmaps. Closing the application might mean that not all beatmaps have a blurred background, but those that do can be easily reverted with the Restore Backgrounds button. Similarly, if the Restore Backgrounds button is not pressed, when the Blur Backgrounds is next pressed, the application will only have to process beatmap backgrounds that have not already been altered (taking less time).
- From our testing, the application consistently takes 30-35 seconds to handle 10Gb of data in the osu!/Songs directory. We are currently working on changes to significantly speed this up.
Features
1. In-app blurring preview
2. Background restoration/reversion
Changelog
Improved Speed Release (1.1)
Multiprocessing has been implemented. Now the application utilizes available cores to greatly speed up the time it takes to blur all the images. On an i5-8400 (6 cores), a >3 minute process was shortened to 30-35 seconds (in our testing). The console features in the last release (Initial Release 1.0) are being redesigned and are simplified in this release. Release 1.2 will feature an improve console/logging system.
Multiprocessing has been implemented. Now the application utilizes available cores to greatly speed up the time it takes to blur all the images. On an i5-8400 (6 cores), a >3 minute process was shortened to 30-35 seconds (in our testing). The console features in the last release (Initial Release 1.0) are being redesigned and are simplified in this release. Release 1.2 will feature an improve console/logging system.
Creators
everblaze - Algorithm developer
PurpleTurkey - Gui developer
Let us know what you think!
Discord: Turkey#3157
