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Introduction

Using your PC doesn’t have to be a bland experience, sometimes adding some bling is all you need to make your computer have a bit of your personality. With desktop effects, you can impress your friends with all the tricks your computer can do, or even just have some fun while waiting for a download to finish.

Thankfully, KDE Plasma offers a bunch of built-in effects so you can start customizing your computer to your liking without any extra effort.

So, are you ready to discover all the new and exciting things you can enable to customize your computing experience?

Add some eye candy to your KDE Plasma Desktop

There are many effects to choose from, ranging from ones that enhance functionality to ones that are simply meant to look really cool!

To apply effects, go to System Settings -> Workspace Behavior -> Desktop Effects select the effect you want and hit Apply

You can enable desktop effects in this window

We’ll showcase our top three eye-candy effects below.

Wobbly Windows

Wobbly Windows is a classic. If you haven’t experienced it yet, now it’s your chance.

File:Wobbly windows effect kde plasma.webm

It makes your windows look like jello when you move them. After you enable it, you won’t be able to stop moving windows around all day long!

Magic Lamp

If you liked the wobbly windows effect, you might be interested in stretching your windows when minimizing them as well. Just enable the Magic Lamp effect and enjoy.

File:Magic lamp effect kde plasma.webm

Fall Apart

We get it, sometimes it’s fun to make things explode. You can do exactly that by enabling the Fall Apart effect. After you do that, every time you close a window it will be shredded into little pieces!

File:Fall apart explode effect kde plasma.webm

There’s a lot of stuff you can enable on the Desktop Effects page. We only showed a tiny fraction of all the effects available, so explore the Effects page a little and you’ll see a lot of cool things the KDE Plasma Desktop is capable of. You can also customize the settings of some of the built-in effects for an even more personalized experience.

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 ==Introduction==
 Using your PC doesn’t have to be a bland experience, sometimes adding some bling is all you need to make your computer have a bit of your personality. With desktop effects, you can impress your friends with all the tricks your computer can do, or even just have some fun while waiting for a download to finish.
-Thankfully, Plasma offers a bunch of built-in effects so you can start customizing your computer to your liking without any extra effort.
+Thankfully, KDE Plasma offers a bunch of built-in effects so you can start customizing your computer to your liking without any extra effort.
 So, are you ready to discover all the new and exciting things you can enable to customize your computing experience?
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 ===Wobbly Windows===
-This effect is a classic. If you haven’t experienced it yet, now it’s your chance!
+Wobbly Windows is a classic. If you haven’t experienced it yet, now it’s your chance.
 [[File:Wobbly windows effect kde plasma.webm|center|thumb|1200px|If you get easily addicted to things, we recommend being cautious with wobbly windows ;)]]
-It makes your windows look like jello when you move them. After you enable it, you won’t be able to stop moving windows around all day long! You can turn it on by enabling “Wobbly Windows” and hitting “Apply”.
+It makes your windows look like jello when you move them. After you enable it, you won’t be able to stop moving windows around all day long!
 ===Magic Lamp===
-If you liked the wobbly windows effect, you might be interested in stretching your windows when minimizing them as well. Turn it on by selecting the “Magic Lamp” effect and clicking on the “Apply” button.
+If you liked the wobbly windows effect, you might be interested in stretching your windows when minimizing them as well. Just enable the Magic Lamp effect and enjoy.
 [[File:Magic lamp effect kde plasma.webm|thumb|1200px|center|Has anyone here seen a magic lamp?]]
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 ===Fall Apart===
-We get it, sometimes it’s fun to make things explode. You can do exactly that by enabling the “Fall Apart” effect and clicking on “Apply” at the bottom-right corner of the effects page. After you do that, every time you close a window it will be shredded into little pieces!
+We get it, sometimes it’s fun to make things explode. You can do exactly that by enabling the Fall Apart effect. After you do that, every time you close a window it will be shredded into little pieces!
 [[File:Fall apart explode effect kde plasma.webm|1200px|thumb|center|Your friends are gonna love seeing your computer can explode windows like this!]]
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-There’s a lot of stuff you can enable on the Desktop Effects page. We only showed a fraction of all the effects available, so explore it a little and you’ll see a lot of cool things the KDE Plasma Desktop is capable of.
+There’s a lot of stuff you can enable on the Desktop Effects page. We only showed a tiny fraction of all the effects available, so explore the Effects page a little and you’ll see a lot of cool things the KDE Plasma Desktop is capable of. You can also customize the settings of some of the built-in effects for an even more personalized experience.
 If you want to read more tips and tricks, you can follow KDE on Social Media:<br><br>