4.13.4. Visual Effects
This topic will describe the "Visual Effects" section of 7 Sticky Notes options, where you can customize all visual effects styles of 7 Sticky Notes. Each one of the options will be described in the numbers of the picture below:



1. "Show drop shadows" - Check to show drop shadow effects on the notes, or uncheck to not show drop shadows on the notes. Additionally, if you have the Drop Shadows enabled, you can also customize its Size (in pixels), and its Strength (or opacity), using the boxes on the side. 7 Sticky Notes must be restarted for these changes to take effect.

2. "Enable transparency effects" - Enables or disables all transparency effects.

3. "Make notes transparent when moving" - Enable note custom transparency when it's moved around. This option can only be enabled if the option "Enable transparency effects" is checked, and the opacity percentage can be adjusted between 20% and 100% using the option slider.

4. "Fade in notes" - Enables "fade in" effect when showing the notes, with adjustable fade time (e.g. fade in speed) betwen 40ms and 4s done through the slider on its right side.

5. "Fade out notes" - Enables "fade out" effect when notes are being closed, with adjustable fade time (e.g. fade out speed) betwen 40ms and 4s done through the slider on its right side.

6. "Bring all other notes to front when a note is selected" - If this option is selected, every time a note is clicked, all other visible notes will be brought on top of the open windows, both of 7 Sticky Notes and for other programs as well. This option is disabled by default. 7 Sticky Notes must be restarted for this change to take effect.

7. "Show preview for attachments when available" - As explained in topic Attaching Files/Folders", this option enables the thumbnail preview of attached images and other file types that have image preview supported by Windows. This option is enabled by default.