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Is there any way to have an animated background?

June 23, 2002 7:42:15 AM from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
I'm looking at some of these wallpapers, and I think a lot of them would look better with a little animation (mostly the computer-lookin ones... I can't remember the name, but there's one that is orange and gray that has a world wireframe on it) Is there away to do this?
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Reply #1 June 23, 2002 8:11:40 AM
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The only way to have an animated Wallpaper, is to use animated gifs, or HTML files with embedded Flash.
Then after turning on active desktop, these can be set as desktop wallpapers
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Reply #2 June 23, 2002 9:23:19 AM
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Wow Hippy, that wold kill a system all right.

EnRegis, the only acceptable way to have an animated background is to use Desktop X and have animated objects on it. There are a few examples of these in the DX section.
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Reply #3 June 23, 2002 12:45:56 PM
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yep.. the funny thing is, the way hippy lays it out is how ms intended it.. hehehe..

"why do you need dual processors, son?"
"i want animated wallpaper!"

long live dx
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Reply #4 June 23, 2002 1:33:44 PM
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A while back, wans't there some software that did animated backgrounds? Pimples or Dimples, Drimples, or some such name?
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Reply #5 June 23, 2002 4:16:37 PM
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it is called Drempels: http://www.geisswerks.com/drempels/
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Reply #6 June 23, 2002 6:31:30 PM
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this is kinda interesting moshi thanks! It changes from melted hot lava looking to all diff kinds of warping wirly thingys & stuff, very neat... (feels light too)
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Reply #7 June 23, 2002 8:39:07 PM
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Of course, if you detour away from the Explorer shell then you will find other methods of providing animation....LiteSTEP is a good example. I've often used animation in my themes [just for fun]...
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Reply #8 June 23, 2002 11:38:30 PM
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yes of course there is lots of way to animate your dt but this is something (new atleast to me)
have you seen this program moshi posted Jafo?
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Reply #9 June 24, 2002 1:27:56 AM
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Yes, Doreen....it popped up some time ago.....bit resource-hungry I thought...
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Reply #10 June 24, 2002 1:50:15 AM
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I personally liked AVI's playing on the desktop. Sure, it takes up 40% CPU time, but . . .

For the future, perhaps.
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Reply #11 June 24, 2002 6:35:52 AM
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an other way to have animations on your desktop would be LSLIVE. it plays animated gifs, can lauch apps when you click on it and also has sounds on mouse-overs and clicks.

this app comes from the LiteStep scene, but is a standalone exe. you can get it here: http://www.shellfront.org/modules/lslive-1.3.0.2.zip
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Reply #12 June 24, 2002 6:52:26 AM
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I think u can put animated wallpapers into most windows shell skining programs, u certainly can in desktop x, although u have to disable active desktop to use them u can then open the wallpaper and intergrade it into your theme, it eats up comp power but the results u get can look great
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Reply #13 June 24, 2002 9:02:05 AM
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Doreen if you liked that then take a look at :

http://www.dreamrender.com/

Animated desktops and much much more.

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Reply #14 June 24, 2002 9:23:41 AM
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Thank you Phil, I grabbed the d/l, will check this out tonight
(have to see if it plays well w/ my work apps)
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Reply #15 June 24, 2002 11:11:06 AM
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Good tip for using Drempel and similar backgrounds (I usually use the awesome ZMatrix background, looks like The Matrix); set the priority to Lowest in task manager- that way it never slows your computer down, it just pauses while you do other CPU hungry things.
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Reply #16 June 24, 2002 11:58:26 AM
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Doreen, you may also be interested in this:

http://www.dreamreander.com

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Reply #17 June 24, 2002 11:59:17 AM
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gah! Stupid Wincusto browser. I gave it hours to update.

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Reply #18 June 24, 2002 12:39:03 PM
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The link is mis-spelt this is the right one....
http://www.dreamrender.com

No charge PJ.
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Reply #19 June 24, 2002 12:58:21 PM
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that's the same one you guys... (Dreamrender)
this one looks like it has a lot more features then the Drempels one, will play around w/ it tonight
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Reply #20 June 24, 2002 9:10:39 PM
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Lucky Dreamrender....
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Reply #21 June 24, 2002 9:21:05 PM
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Pauly actually I did play w/ it already and it's alot heavier then Drempels (too many frills for my taste but still interesting)
can't believe I never seen these two around before...
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Reply #22 June 24, 2002 9:45:14 PM
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You must have been asleep, Doreen....it was ages ago...
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Reply #23 June 24, 2002 10:47:41 PM
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maybe or I mighta been off making a funky icq skin somewhere around that time.... hehe
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Reply #24 June 24, 2002 11:25:29 PM
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Hey Doreen (that's my sister's name too)... Have you checked out GTRipple?

http://www.pnc.com.au/~garethth/

I just downloaded it but haven't tried it yet....the screenshots look interesting, though

Stefan

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Reply #25 June 24, 2002 11:32:32 PM
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oh yeah now I remember GTRipple forgot about that one, that's been around for a while and is nice you can download some beautiful scenic wallpapers w/ oceans and make the water look like it is moving and stuff (really nice) you'll like that one alot.
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