Fading black the screen

[hkulten]

Hi All, I am searching for a way to fading black the entire screen to do some effects. Is this possible to programmatically control contrast and luminosity with the graphic card (maybe DirectX?) or to fade to black the desktop window? :confused: Thanks. :)

[Ravi Bhavnani]

One way to do this is to overlay the desktop with a new window (that paints itself black). Then, change the transparency of that window from completely transparent to completely opaque. /ravi My new year's resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Music | Articles | Freeware | Trips ravib(at)ravib(dot)com

[hkulten]

In fact, I had this solution in mind, but I wanted to know if another way could exist. Thanks for your reply. :)