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So, about wallpaper changers...
skwire:
@ConstanceJill: http://skwire.dcmembers.com/apps/swallswitcher/sWallSwitcher.zip
Please go here: https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=36876.0
So, about wallpaper changers...
Again, this is a prototype to test functionality. That is, the GUI is somewhat thrown together and would not be the final look. The interface and operation should be pretty simple but please let me know if you have any issues.
Shades:
Nowadays I just use the standard wallpaper that comes with Windows 7. But this used to be a favorite of mine:
http://www.johnsadventures.com/software/backgroundswitcher/
Never tried this one myself, but looks promising:
http://www.caledos.com/lab/Caledos/featuresC.aspx
Although it doesn't fit the requirements from the OP, I cannot forgot about the eye-candy generated by this piece of freeware. At the time I enjoyed this very much:
http://alumni.cs.ucr.edu/~gstitt/motionpicture/
It is from 2004 and doesn't look to be actively maintained, but it still works in my Windows 7 64-bit installation and to be honest...I still like it a lot!
*- edited: added eye-candy part -*
superboyac:
I went on a fairly OCD wallpaper changer software search recently (in the last couple of years). I forgot the name of it, but I found the perfect one that had all the options and everything. I need to remember the name...
got it!
http://jamesgart.com/wallpaperchanger/
Wallpaper Master Pro. Very complete and awesome.
superboyac:
Hey there .o/
I have a kinda specific request, for after trying various wallpaper changers I can't find the one that perfectly meets my needs.
It seems simple (at least from a user's point of view) yet from all the programs I've tried, all miss at least two of the following features :
- randomly chooses a picture from a folder (and its subfolders) to set as wallpaper and repeats the process after a user definable delay
- provides good quality picture resampling¹, keeping aspect ratio no matter what, including support of PNG files ; I don't mind if that requires another freeware (such as IrfanView) to be installed
- can be told to suspend its action if some specific process (in fact any one from a user definable list) is running²
- stay "simple": I don't need such things as automatically get the pictures from social networks, rating pictures or dozens of options...
- be freeware? :D
I took a look at several threads around here (such as https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=210.0 and https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=1008.0 ) and it seemed that probably could be done by modifying aCkRiTe's AutoHotKey script (which unfortunately I don't feel able to do).
So, does anyone know of a program that does what I want, or can make one? Please? ^^'
¹: because Windows 7's method, as well as many freewares out there, make very ugly artefacts on smaller pictures that didn't have any before upscaling them to the monitor's size, even though it would seem to be common sense to resize before converting to jpeg
²: because some older games such as the first Diablo (and most likely the first StarCraft, though I don't play this one) don't seem to like the wallpaper changing at all when using Windows 7, and I think killing explorer.exe before playing is not an acceptable option :p
-ConstanceJill (December 24, 2013, 03:54 PM)
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To quote some of Wallpaper Master features that match your request:
Change wallpaper in order, in shuffle mode, or randomly according to rating.
Very high quality resizing of images to fit the screen optimally and keep their aspect ratio.
Skip a cycle if CPU load is too high (useful for when playing games). [PRO feature, $18]
Uses very little resources.
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I think this is your answer. It's not free, but cheap and worth it.
Ath:
Again, this is a prototype to test functionality.
-skwire (December 24, 2013, 10:00 PM)
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So you have another NANY entry? ;)
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