DeskScapes 3 Beta 1 Released

Object Desktop subscribers go grab it!

Thursday, August 20, 2009 by Island Dog | Discussion: WinCustomize News

We are excited to announce the release of DeskScapes 3 – Beta 1 to current Object Desktop subscribers.  DeskScapes is an application where users can apply animated backgrounds, also called .dreams, to their desktop.  DeskScapes 3 introduces a variety of new features, the most obvious being the completely new user interface.  If you are trying out the WindowBlinds 7 beta, you will certainly recognize and be familiar with it.  It’s much cleaner, and easier to navigate.

8-20-2009 4-46-35 PM New User Interface

Another new feature is Effects.  These effects can be applied to a .dream to change and enhance the look.  This particular feature is only available to Windows Vista and Windows 7 users. 

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The last feature I will talk about today is live previews.  Now you will be able to view the .dream in action in the preview windows without having to apply it! 

Object Desktop subscribers can download the DeskScapes 3 Beta via Impulse.  We also have a forum thread open to allow users to report any issues.  For more information about becoming an Object Desktop subscriber, please visit www.objectdesktop.com.

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CarGuy1
Reply #21 Thursday, August 20, 2009 10:52 PM
TCAlienWorks, do you have show pre-release versions checked in preferences?

Click on the Impulse orb in the upper left in your Impulse window to change your preferences.

TCAlienWorks
Reply #22 Thursday, August 20, 2009 10:59 PM
Thanks, that did the trick!

RedneckDude
Reply #23 Friday, August 21, 2009 3:54 AM

RedneckDude: There is an update being staged right now which may deal with that for you. When it shows up please install it and let us know.

A OK now, Neil. I just wish my dream manager would work. I wasted 20 bucks on it, I guess. 


WebGizmos
Reply #24 Friday, August 21, 2009 3:58 AM
yes it works on XP but without the effects
Uh...No...it doesn't...which is why I asked. I have XP and it doesn't work. Well...I should say...the spinning stardock thing kind of works...but no well enough to bother using it. Would be nice if it worked as good as everything else. And without the effects its just wallpaper.

Neil Banfield
Reply #25 Friday, August 21, 2009 5:16 AM

WebGizmos: Any video dreams will need a suitable decoder, typically a mpeg2 decoder.  If you do not have one then it will not play the videos.


johnnyrotton
Reply #26 Friday, August 21, 2009 7:35 AM
Works great on Vista SP2 but still no support for duel screen layout!!! Will we be able to ever have one image spanning two or three screens???

Neil Banfield
Reply #27 Friday, August 21, 2009 8:10 AM

johnnyrotton
reply 26
Works great on Vista SP2 but still no support for duel screen layout!!! Will we be able to ever have one image spanning two or three screens???

Video dreams are likely to always remain cloned on screens as nobody is going to be rendering videos at anything like a high enough resolution to make that viable.

Dynamic dreams can do what they want and some like Winter snow will show a slightly different result on secondary monitors when the dual monitor support is enabled in that dreams settings.


WebGizmos
Reply #28 Friday, August 21, 2009 10:27 AM
WebGizmos: Any video dreams will need a suitable decoder, typically a mpeg2 decoder. If you do not have one then it will not play the videos.
Do you have a link to something like that? If so, I'd love to test theory out. And I mean one that you know for a fact works.   

RedneckDude
Reply #29 Friday, August 21, 2009 11:53 AM

Do you have a link to something like that? If so, I'd love to test theory out. And I mean one that you know for a fact works.

 

Yes.    http://www.cccp-project.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

Steve, Zubaz once sent me there, solved all my problems.


TheDude23112
Reply #30 Friday, August 21, 2009 11:58 AM
It works for a couple of seconds and then the dream just stops all animation. Vista Ultimate.

Neil Banfield
Reply #31 Friday, August 21, 2009 12:06 PM

The Dude20165: Does that happen in the preview and does that happen with the Bouncing box dream?


TheDude23112
Reply #32 Friday, August 21, 2009 12:10 PM
It does not happen in the preview. Bouncing Box dream on the desktop has no animation.

Neil Banfield
Reply #33 Friday, August 21, 2009 12:25 PM

What about winter snow?


ZubaZ
Reply #34 Friday, August 21, 2009 12:34 PM

For a good time with effects, check out the (Updated for 64bit) zubaz dream: https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.aspx?skinid=1414&libid=50

So awesoem with motion blur, and grayscale, and burn effects!


TheDude23112
Reply #35 Friday, August 21, 2009 1:01 PM
What about winter snow?
Winter Snow only works in the preview.

Neil Banfield
Reply #36 Friday, August 21, 2009 2:50 PM

TheDude20165
reply 35
What about winter snow?Winter Snow only works in the preview.

Are you using a laptop?

Can you try unticking the automatically pause when on battery power option to see if it has any impact?  You may need to reboot after changing that.


TheDude23112
Reply #37 Friday, August 21, 2009 3:53 PM
What about winter snow?Winter Snow only works in the preview.

Are you using a laptop?

Can you try unticking the automatically pause when on battery power option to see if it has any impact? You may need to reboot after changing that.
I'm running on a desktop. I unchecked the battery power option and did a reboot. All works fine now. Thanks for your help!!!!!

magus
Reply #38 Friday, August 21, 2009 5:54 PM
I just installed the beta on Windows 7 RTM - 32 bit. When I try to "Add/Remove Animated Desktops" DeskScapes takes me to the filesystem browser window okay but when I double-click on a dream I get the following error: The Desktop Window Manager is not running. DeskScape requires the Desktop Window Manager (uxsms) service to be running to function. Please visit http://dream.wincustomize.com for more information. The service is running and I looked but didn't find anything relevant on dream.wincustomize.com. Any thoughts?

Neil Banfield
Reply #39 Friday, August 21, 2009 6:15 PM

magus
reply 38
I just installed the beta on Windows 7 RTM - 32 bit. When I try to "Add/Remove Animated Desktops" DeskScapes takes me to the filesystem browser window okay but when I double-click on a dream I get the following error: The Desktop Window Manager is not running. DeskScape requires the Desktop Window Manager (uxsms) service to be running to function. Please visit http://dream.wincustomize.com for more information. The service is running and I looked but didn't find anything relevant on dream.wincustomize.com. Any thoughts?

Are you sure you installed the beta and not v2.5?

Is show prereleases enabled in Impulse (on the orb menu)


Neil Banfield
Reply #40 Friday, August 21, 2009 6:15 PM

TheDude20165
reply 37
What about winter snow?Winter Snow only works in the preview.

Are you using a laptop?

Can you try unticking the automatically pause when on battery power option to see if it has any impact? You may need to reboot after changing that.I'm running on a desktop. I unchecked the battery power option and did a reboot. All works fine now. Thanks for your help!!!!!

Is your pc on a UPS?


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