Compton not only looks nice and just works, i got rid of my everyday-screen-tearing, too. :)
~/.xinitrcexec compton -b --vsync opengl-swc --backend glx --blur-background-frame --config ~/.config/compton.conf exec $Your_Session
shadow = true; # Enabled client-side shadows on windows.
no-dock-shadow = true; # Avoid drawing shadows on dock/panel windows.
no-dnd-shadow = true; # Don't draw shadows on DND windows.
clear-shadow = true; # Zero the part of the shadow's mask behind the window (experimental).
shadow-radius = 15; # The blur radius for shadows. (default 12)
shadow-offset-x = -20; # The left offset for shadows. (default -15)
shadow-offset-y = -20; # The top offset for shadows. (default -15)
shadow-opacity = 1.0; # The translucency for shadows. (default .75)
# shadow-red = 0.0; # Red color value of shadow. (0.0 - 1.0, defaults to 0)
# shadow-green = 0.0; # Green color value of shadow. (0.0 - 1.0, defaults to 0)
# shadow-blue = 0.0; # Blue color value of shadow. (0.0 - 1.0, defaults to 0)
shadow-exclude = [
"! name~=''",
"name = 'Notification'",
"name = 'Plank'",
"name = 'Docky'",
"name = 'Kupfer'",
"name = 'xfce4-notifyd'",
"name *= 'VLC'",
"name *= 'compton'",
"name *= 'Chromium'",
"name *= 'Chrome'",
"name *= 'Firefox'",
"class_g = 'Conky'",
"class_g = 'Kupfer'",
"class_g = 'Synapse'",
"class_g ?= 'Notify-osd'",
"class_g ?= 'Cairo-dock'",
"class_g ?= 'Xfce4-notifyd'",
"class_g ?= 'Xfce4-power-manager'"
];
shadow-ignore-shaped = true;
# Opacity
menu-opacity = 1.0; # The opacity for menus. (default 1.0)
inactive-opacity = 1.0; # Opacity of inactive windows. (0.1 - 1.0)
frame-opacity = 1.0; # Opacity of window titlebars and borders. (0.1 - 1.0)
inactive-opacity-override = true; # Inactive opacity set by 'inactive-opacity' overrides value of _NET_WM_OPACITY.
# Fading
fading = true; # Fade windows during opacity changes.
fade-delta = 4; # The time between steps in a fade in milliseconds. (default 10).
fade-in-step = 0.03; # Opacity change between steps while fading in. (default 0.028).
fade-out-step = 0.03; # Opacity change between steps while fading out. (default 0.03).
no-fading-openclose = false; # Fade windows in/out when opening/closing.
# Other
# inactive-dim = 0.5; # Dim inactive windows. (0.0 - 1.0, defaults to 0).
mark-wmwin-focused = true; # Try to detect WM windows and mark them as active.
mark-ovredir-focused = true;
detect-rounded-corners = true;
# Window type settings
wintypes:
{
tooltip = { fade = false; shadow = false; opacity = 0.75; };
};