>>5666160>what is the name of the effect applied in the first image?Uhhhh. Gaussian blur filter over the image? Nothing fancy. Just add the blur to your homescreen wallpaper, then set that as a separate wallpaper in WidgetLocker for the lockscreen. Creates a cheap overlay illusion and draws focus to the notifications. Other than that, the notifications are part of DashClock. Hope that answers your question.
You can achieve a similar effect using UCCW on homescreens. You just have to know the proper dimensions to fill the screen, place a UCCW widget that consists of the blurred image, and set widgets to overlap. Pic related. I swipe to the left to get to my calendar widget. The blurred wallpaper brings the calendar into focus. You can use this same process to set different wallpapers for each homescreen.
>>5666186WidgetLocker, Nova Launcher Prime, DashClock Widget, UCCW. There are the tools. Go crazy. Dunno if that info is in the sticky, but if it is, read the sticky.