On Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:24:55 -0700 (PDT)
Darrell Anderson <humanreadable@...> wrote:

> > > I have the Trinity composition manager enabled. I'm not
> > seeing any eye candy effects. I have just about everything
> > checked/enabled.
> > > 
> > > Is there something else I need to do to see these
> > effects?
> > > 
> > > I do not have any special compiz package installed.
> > > 
> > > This is on a physical machine using the proprietary
> > Nvidia drivers and not a virtual machine.
> > > 
> > 
> > I have not had an opportunity to test this yet. With my R14
> > installs in
> > virtualbox, I have no need to change these settings as the
> > native tde 12 desktop
> > I run handles that for all windows. I did note that the font
> > anti-aliasing
> > seemed to work.
> 
> I'm still lost here. I don't see any bling at all. I even tried a new profile. Nothing.
> 
> Exactly what is the Trinity compositor supposed to do?

Window transparency/translucency in applications that don't otherwise support
it.  Window drop shadows.  A few fade-in fade-out effects.  It's similar to any
other basic compositor (like the one XFCE uses).

Unless R14 has moved them, the settings should be in 
Control Center -> Desktop -> Window Behavior -> Translucency 
It's functional for me, in 3.5.13 inside VirtualBox (and with none of the flakiness 
that has always plagued KDE3's compositor).