The aim IS to simply select the area, however there is a specific look I am trying to achieve.
When the program starts, it 'freezes' the screen and blurs it (takes a screenshot, blurs it, displays it in the label that takes up the entire screen). Then the user should select an area of the screen to capture. Inside the captured area, the screen should be crystal clear (i.e. not blurry).
I did this in Java yesterday, but due to Java's limitations (i couldn't get native keyboard input), I set out to do this using C++. Here is the exact effect that i am trying to achieve:
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