Blurred screen locking using i3lock/betterlockscreen.

lock.sh

#!/usr/bin/sh

# This script enables a lock screen for a dual monitor setup with a blurred background.
# It usually takes 3 seconds to render blur and lock the screen.

# scrot /tmp/sshot_src.png
flameshot full -p /tmp/sshot.png
# convert /tmp/sshot_src.png -blur 0x9 /tmp/sshot.png
# rm /tmp/sshot_src.png

# i3lock -i /tmp/sshot.png
# betterlockscreen -u /tmp/sshot.png --span --fx
betterlockscreen -u /tmp/sshot.png --span --fx blur,color --color "#373b41" --blur 2

rm /tmp/sshot.png
# betterlockscreen -l
betterlockscreen -l blur