====== Skins Effects tab ======

===== Summary =====

The skins effects tab allows setting visual effects that can be applied to the bars.

Settings on this tab can be overridden on the [[options:overrides:effects|Overrides Effects tab]].

===== Options =====

__Fluid Bars__

Fluid Bars has the effect of moving the bar up/down when values such as health changes.

  * **Use** - Use fluid bars.
  * **Refresh Speed** - Controls how fast the bar updates.
  * **Include colour and alpha** - Bar updates due to colour and opacity changes are done in a fluid motion.

__Hot Bars__

Hot Bars has the effect of highlighting bars by dimming non hot bars.

  * **Min Health threshold** - Mark bars as hot when health is below the threshold.
  * **Debuff Priority threshold** - Mark bars as hot when the debuff priority is at or higher than the threshold.
  * **Non Hot Bars - Opacity reduction** - Opacity reduction of non hot bars.

__Health Drop Alert__

Health Drop Alert has the effect of flashing the whole frame when health drop by the set amount.

  * **Uses** - Use health drop alerts.
  * **Alert threshold** - Flash the frame when a single health event results in the health dropping over the threshold.
  * **Flash speed** - Controls how fast the flash effect lasts.

__Focus Groups__

Focus groups allows healers to focus on specific groups when required, this is done by dimming or removing unfocused groups.

  * **Use focus groups** - Select ''OFF'', ''ON: Fade unfocused groups'' or ''ON: Hide unfocused groups''.
  * **Focus group numbers** - Select the groups to be in focus.
  * **Unfocused groups - Opacity reduction** - When ''ON: Fade unfocused groups'' is used, use the slider to set the dimming of unfocused groups.

__Variable Opacity__

Variable Opacity only applied to Auxiliary Bars and has the effect of making the bar flash.

  * **Set Aux Bar Opacity Type** - Short cut to the Aux bar configuration tab.
  * **Flash frequency** - Set the speed the aggro bars flash.
  * Flash opacity **min** - The minimum opacity.
  * Flash opacity **max** - The maximum opacity.

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