Wallpaper Changer like a Mac

First: Sorry for my bad english.

Is somewhere outside a desktop wallpaper changer like Apple has it? You know, what i mean - fading wallpapers and so..

Greets

#436570

you can try windowfx, but it's shareware

#436572

Answered the same question 3 years ago and still use the same thing today.

http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/showthread.php?t=4108

But get Vital-Desktop Here

#436581

Doesnt work for me

#436693

That, GameBoyz, doesn't answer his question either. That's a screensaver for a desktop, not a desktop changer.

#436730

What about Porthole?

#436735

Doesnt work for me nrossow :(

#436739

Doesnt work for me nrossow :(

Same for me :(

#436740

Sorry. I've never actually tried it, I just remember seeing it and thought it might suit your needs.

#436742

That, GameBoyz, doesn't answer his question either. That's a screensaver for a desktop, not a desktop changer.

Tsk tsk... Read carefully.

Nostalgic is a screen saver similar to Mac's Screensaver

Vital-Desktop allows almost any screensaver to work as your Animated Desktop Background

Before you run Vital Desktop, you have to run VDConfig.exe which is located in the programs/vitaldesktop/ folder. Click to Enable Vital Desktop and Select Nostalgic as your Vital Plugin then click on the configure button. If you see a preview working in the Vital Desktop properties, you're good to go. Hit Apply and enjoy a moving desktop display while working.

Standard desktop icons lose their transparent labels so better to hide desktop icons and use AveDesk or other widget program for your icons instead.

Warning. Not for slow computers.

Cheers

#436757

... quite simply no.

most are shareware, and the ones that do do it are Extremely slow... and use a large amount of systrem resources you could be better using.

I believe the one on Mac is able to do it fast because it uses OpenGl to render the transitions, which in turn uses the graphics card (opposed to your ram which would make things go Very slow).

#436774

Just a question...why would you want this in the first place? I have it on my mac but I think it's pointless..=

#436779

Work computers where you want variety. That's me at least.

#436782

Just a question...why would you want this in the first place? I have it on my mac but I think it's pointless..=

mmm it has no real practical use but is still extremely cool, and I enjoy having it change. It doesnt use up too many system resources so it doesnt bother me.

.... I have a series of plain white Matrix Revolutions wallpapers with a character on each wal (eg Neo fades into, morpheus, Trinity and so on...)- it looks very slick especially when coupled with a matrix code screensaver...

#436929

What about that program by FoneBone released here a few years ago? Search for it, see if the links are still alive. ;)

-NC

#437933

omg there are so many of these at download.com

just go to their homepage>Desktop Enhancements>Shell and Desktop Management>Randomizers/Changers

You should have no problems, especially since you can trust everything on Download.

#438223

I wrote a guide guys on how to do this, search 'Fading desktop wallpaper' and unlike GameBoyzGB guide up there it retains all your desktop functionality =]

#490339

awc.smurphy.co.uk

best and easiest one I've found so far.

#491169

desktopfx.net

best one i've seen to date, so much so, that I purchased the full version.

#495027