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Last post Author Topic: Whats on your desktop?  (Read 146426 times)

Lashiec

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Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Reply #150 on: May 23, 2008, 06:37 AM »
So, HmmXP also works under Vista?

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Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Reply #151 on: May 23, 2008, 07:01 AM »
So, HmmXP also works under Vista?

No, as far as I know there isn't any ports of it to Vista.
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Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Reply #152 on: May 23, 2008, 10:52 AM »
Oh, I thought your theme was HmmXP, the window icon in the Start Menu is similar.

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Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Reply #153 on: May 23, 2008, 12:45 PM »
Oh, I thought your theme was HmmXP, the window icon in the Start Menu is similar.

The start button is just something I quickly made in Photoshop a while back and reshacked into a modified Vista visual style. The default Vista VS doesn't look all that bad, but everything takes up to much valuable space IMHO. It's like Microsoft GUI designers wants to pad our monitors back to the dark ages of 1024x768, and I hate it. Thankfully you can improve the situation a bit with a HEX editor and Photoshop :)
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Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Reply #154 on: May 24, 2008, 02:06 AM »
I have a somewhat strange desktop background, made it during Media Tech one day while I was bored in Photoshop. Call it urban if you will. I just took brushes and kinda went insane for 45 minutes. There are seriously like 30 brushes there. :P

Other than the background, it is all simple, clean, and I have an idiot-proof start menu. Plus a 3D user image (thanks to 3DUserPic).

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Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Reply #155 on: May 24, 2008, 02:23 AM »
That's pretty cool wreckedcarrz, you might have a future in art.

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Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Reply #156 on: July 25, 2008, 11:43 AM »
I have taken up using the HDR goodies from Flickr, for my desktop wallpapers and screensavers.
Here it is a stunning Country Lake, 1255x855, 1.3MB, by Sergio Parisi
- to be found at http://www.flickr.co...isiphoto/2673568895/

It is one of the most beautiful images I have ever seen; it somehow makes me  longing...
- kind of "how I wish my childhood had been..."


Country_Lake_-_Sergio_Parisi_-_Flickr_HDR.jpgWhats on your desktop?

« Last Edit: July 25, 2008, 11:50 AM by Curt »

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Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Reply #157 on: July 25, 2008, 08:08 PM »
Cracking images (check out all his other stuff too!)

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Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Reply #158 on: July 26, 2008, 02:34 AM »
I have HDR rendering in my games, not sure if that is the same thing as what Curt mentioned, but if it is then I can also say that it makes a huge difference in the way images look. I have quite a few desktop wallpapers in my game screenshot collection that I use, and all of them have HDR lighting in them. You really notice the difference.

Also, an update to my desktop - I don't show icons much anymore due to my shoving programming stuff all over the desktop, so all I have is my ObjectDock Pro (awaiting the next version of CircleDock!) and the taskbar.

The background is an edited screenshot of my (favorite) game, Project Torque. I was drifting in my Subaru and decided to make an ad out of the thing based on the new TV commercials (I love the car, it really is fun to drive, regardless of being "simulated").

(The PNG was over 2.2 some odd MB, hence the JPG image format)

EDIT: That image does have HDR in it, although a bit hard to notice due to the effect wearing off with time (as to simulate the human eye adjusting to light).

EDIT 2: I need to post my Xubuntu desktop too, don't I? :)
« Last Edit: July 26, 2008, 02:44 AM by wreckedcarzz »

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Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Reply #159 on: August 08, 2008, 08:05 PM »

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Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Reply #160 on: August 08, 2008, 08:35 PM »
Desktop Background.bmpWhats on your desktop?
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Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Reply #161 on: August 08, 2008, 08:58 PM »
A few months now since my last desktop screenshot, so here's a update :)


http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/3731/letmeoutdeskpreviewjv4.png
Whats on your desktop?

(As always, click for full view)


EDIT: And here's a "dirty" version with my custom foobar2000 layout:
http://img382.imageshack.us/img382/4598/dirtypreviewxk8.png
Whats on your desktop?
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« Last Edit: August 08, 2008, 09:20 PM by Dirhael »

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Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Reply #162 on: August 08, 2008, 10:58 PM »
A few months now since my last desktop screenshot, so here's a update :)
That's handy!

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Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Reply #163 on: August 27, 2008, 11:16 AM »
Here is mine  :-[

OOPS!
sorry i am new with attachin pics  :-[ :-[

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Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Reply #164 on: August 27, 2008, 09:45 PM »
Here is mine  :-[

OOPS!
sorry i am new with attachin pics  :-[ :-[

 ;D ;D ;D

Omg, so original. Rofl.

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Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Reply #165 on: October 02, 2008, 12:11 AM »
BUMP!

Here is my desktop for this month, I am totally into Foxkeh now :D

EDIT: I am changing my Ubuntu desktop to the second first attached image the next time I boot it...

EDIT 2: Updated Vista desktop, it was messy :P
« Last Edit: October 02, 2008, 12:30 AM by wreckedcarzz »

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Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Reply #166 on: October 02, 2008, 12:33 AM »
Haha! My lame quote on pidgin, :P " I'd wish on 11:11 for a million years just to know you'd always be mine." Let me fix mine up all pretty and then I'll upload it. :)
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Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Reply #167 on: October 09, 2008, 05:56 AM »
http://typo3.webetiser.com/fileadmin/sites/JigetiserHalloween/images/MySweetDog1280x1024.jpg
Whats on your desktop?

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Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Reply #168 on: November 09, 2008, 06:43 PM »
Figured it was time to post a new desktop screenshot, this time from XP :)
http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/8499/desktopnovemberpreviewmm7.png
Whats on your desktop?
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Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Reply #169 on: November 09, 2008, 07:02 PM »
W-O-W, where do we can get such gorgeous wallpaper? In the meantime, I'll clean my desktop, it's been more than a year since I posted a shot, so I got to be presentable at least :)

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Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Reply #170 on: November 09, 2008, 07:22 PM »
W-O-W, where do we can get such gorgeous wallpaper? In the meantime, I'll clean my desktop, it's been more than a year since I posted a shot, so I got to be presentable at least :)

That one I got as part of my paid subscription to cgwallpapers.com. Great site, even if you have to pay for it (really, $10 USD for a year is perfectly acceptable to me :)).
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Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Reply #171 on: November 09, 2008, 08:48 PM »
I have never used the "desktop" in my whole digital life (which is over 16 years).  As soon as when my computer starts windows, it is cluttered with windows and I never have any need to show desktop.  So I have really nothing to show :)

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Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Reply #172 on: November 09, 2008, 09:07 PM »
My desktop is graced with wallpapers from interfacelift.

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Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Reply #173 on: December 03, 2008, 11:18 AM »
I almost have a top music of the week type of section where I drag a few songs I like, or whatever's in my head that week so I can play them back in one click instead of singing them to myself like a loner. It's also a reminder of when I'm over a song since it's no longer on the desktop. Besides that, just a bunch of music production software and the recycling bin.
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Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Reply #174 on: December 04, 2008, 04:40 PM »
I am working on proper Rainlendar skin but results looks good enough even now :)

Standard desktop:

screen01.jpgWhats on your desktop?

After hovering TrueCrypt "icon":

screen02.jpgWhats on your desktop?