Animated Wallpapers
Saturday, August 12, 2006 by PoSmedley | Discussion: OS Customization
I remeber reading a post a while ago that Stardock/WC would be adding an animated wallpaper feature. I can hardly wait. However, in the meantime...
My wife has one or two 'animated gifs' that she sets as her wallpaper (a garfield one and an office humor one). I was surprised that she could set them as backgrounds. My question is, how much of a drain is this on system resources and such? I have been toying with making something, but not if it's going to slow everything down. My understanding is that this new feature we may be getting will be very easy on the system and video card.
My wife has one or two 'animated gifs' that she sets as her wallpaper (a garfield one and an office humor one). I was surprised that she could set them as backgrounds. My question is, how much of a drain is this on system resources and such? I have been toying with making something, but not if it's going to slow everything down. My understanding is that this new feature we may be getting will be very easy on the system and video card.
PoSmedley
Reply #2 Sunday, August 13, 2006 9:14 AM
I tried that once. I want to make something along the lines of a animated gif or flash I can use as a background. I guess I'll have to wait for this new feature.
Reply #2 Sunday, August 13, 2006 9:14 AM
| i've also used gtripple to get animated water, fire effects on walls |
I tried that once. I want to make something along the lines of a animated gif or flash I can use as a background. I guess I'll have to wait for this new feature.
BX
Reply #3 Sunday, August 13, 2006 9:52 AM
Reply #3 Sunday, August 13, 2006 9:52 AM
BX remembers that in ol' good days, there used to be a subsection in DX Themes called Animated Wallpapers.
Cavan1
Reply #4 Sunday, August 13, 2006 10:11 AM
Reply #4 Sunday, August 13, 2006 10:11 AM
Hey BX, it is under DesktopX Objects.
There is 7 of them.
There is 7 of them.
PoSmedley
Reply #5 Sunday, August 13, 2006 10:37 AM
Reply #5 Sunday, August 13, 2006 10:37 AM
| BX remembers that in ol' good days, there used to be a subsection in DX Themes called Animated Wallpapers |
| Hey BX, it is under DesktopX Objects. There is 7 of them. |
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Reply #1 Saturday, August 12, 2006 6:22 PM
there is an animated wall in DTX section - castle
I'm waiting for a section too... wondering if it will be done differently or via objects/themes
i've also used gtripple to get animated water, fire effects on walls