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Here is a slide. The slide before was the one that we still see in the background. It then became blue and transparent, and the problem line showed up.

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Is that possible to use tikZ to arrive at a similar result? If so, can you provide a minimal example so that I can build on it?

user7064
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    Maybe overlay-images-and-block-in-beamer can give you some hints – percusse Feb 24 '13 at 12:10
  • @percuße: Thank you for this interesting link. However, it is difficult for me to go through this long post and I cannot figure out which is the best solution for my purpose. I am pretty new to LaTeX, beamer, and tikZ... By the way, I'd like the whole slide to get 'transparent', not only a block. Is it still possible to adapt the solution from the other post. Would it be too much to ask a minimal example here? – user7064 Feb 24 '13 at 15:22
  • One possibility is to typeset the code in the background using listings or minted package, convert the pdf output into png, then make the result as a background as tikz node. – hpesoj626 Feb 24 '13 at 16:03

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The following solution is based on TikZ. It provides a command \superimpose<overlay spec>[TikZ option for node]{node text} that draws a blue rectangle with 50 percent opacity over the complete slide and then typesets a TikZ node on top of it with the given text.

\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{beramono}

\usepackage{listings}
\lstset{
  basicstyle=\scriptsize\ttfamily
}


\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{positioning,calc}

\tikzset{onslide/.code args={<#1>#2}{%
  \only<#1>{\pgfkeysalso{#2}} % \pgfkeysalso doesn't change the path
}}

\newcommand<>{\superimpose}[2][]{%
  \tikz[overlay, remember picture]{%
    \filldraw#3[blue!30,opacity=0.5](current page.north west) rectangle (current page.south east);
    \node#3[at=(current page),#1]{#2};
  }%
}

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}[fragile]{A Listing}
  \lstset{language=C, gobble=4}
  \begin{lstlisting}
    #include <stdio.h>

    int main(void) {
       printf("Hello World!");  
       return 0;
    }
  \end{lstlisting}
  \superimpose<2>[draw=red, fill=white]{Problem: ugly syntax}%
\end{frame}

\end{document}

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Daniel
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  • Looks nice ! Let me read it carefully, and I will accept it thereafter (probably tomorrow morning)! – user7064 Feb 24 '13 at 18:51
  • @user7064: It's absolutely okay to wait for a couple of days before accepting the answer that has helped you most. Not doing it too quickly often increases the chance of further answers that might help you even more :-) – Daniel Feb 24 '13 at 20:29
  • Ok, it exactly fits my purpose :-) (+1). One more question please: instead of a single text line, is it possible to include, for example, \begin{itmize} ... \end{itemize}? – user7064 Feb 25 '13 at 06:00
  • @user7064: Sure. In this case you should give the node a defined width. Add something like text width=0.5\textwidth to the list of node options and then put your itemize environment in the curly braces of the node text. You may also put a beamer box there. – Daniel Feb 25 '13 at 09:02
  • Ok, nice that it looks simple. But, what node are you speaking about exactly? – user7064 Feb 25 '13 at 11:31
  • @user7064: \superimpose<2>[draw=red,fill=white,text width=0.5\textwidth]{\begin{itemize} \item ... \item ... \end{itemize}} – Daniel Feb 25 '13 at 15:15