Author Topic: NANY 2014 Release - Wallpaper Welder (Read 41,534 times)

skwire · « **on:** December 27, 2013, 02:21 AM »

NANY 2014 Entry Information

Application Name	Wallpaper Welder
Supported OSes	Windows XP, Vista, and 7. Does not work on Windows 8
Web Page	Website
Download Link	Download
Author	Jody Holmes (Skwire Empire)

Description
Wallpaper Welder is a tool designed to let you easily create wallpapers for a multi-monitor setup with different images per monitor.

Screenshots

The initial look when starting it for the first time.
Your monitor setup will be recreated.

Showing the right-click menu for each image. You can load images
this way or simply drag-and-drop images to the monitors and apply
various effects to each one.

Showing the "all monitors" option where you can apply the image
effects and settings to all images in one click.

Showing a pretty wild eight-monitor setup I use for testing.

Usage
Installation
Download the zip file and extract its contents into a new folder. Run WallpaperWelder.exe to start the application.

Uninstallation
Delete the folder you unzipped it to. The application doesn't write any of its settings to the registry.

skwire · « **Reply #1 on:** December 27, 2013, 02:42 AM »

Reserved.

lanux128 · « **Reply #2 on:** December 27, 2013, 03:46 AM »

nice, works well on my dual-mon.

kab122 · « **Reply #3 on:** January 15, 2014, 03:23 AM »

This is so exactly what I've been looking for! I have one monitor portrait and a second landscape.
Donated, with thanks!

skwire · « **Reply #4 on:** January 15, 2014, 03:29 AM »

Quote from: kab122 on January 15, 2014, 03:23 AM

This is so exactly what I've been looking for! I have one monitor portrait and a second landscape.

Very, very cool because I never tested a portrait mode setup. So, it works fine, eh? If so, would you mind posting a screenshot of your Wallpaper Welder window? I'd love to see it.

Quote from: kab122 on January 15, 2014, 03:23 AM

Donated, with thanks!

Thank you very much for the donation as I really appreciate them.

nite_monkey · « **Reply #5 on:** January 17, 2014, 04:46 AM »

Can I use this with nvidia surround? I've got 3 1080p monitors setup as one giant display.

skwire · « **Reply #6 on:** January 17, 2014, 05:40 AM »

Give it a try and let us know how it goes.

nite_monkey · « **Reply #7 on:** January 21, 2014, 06:32 AM »

It did not work. It saw one giant monitor, and only let me select one image.

skwire · « **Reply #8 on:** January 21, 2014, 06:38 AM »

Ah, too bad. I'm guessing that Windows reports it as one monitor so that's how Wallpaper Welder would see it. Thanks for testing, though.

KevH · « **Reply #9 on:** March 12, 2014, 07:19 PM »

It seems that on one of my monitors the image keeps getting cut off.

Here is a pic of what it looks in the program, in it's image directory, and my monitor setup.
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Except for the cutoff and odd placement in the !wallpaper.bmp, the image order shows up sort of "correctly" on the 3rd monitor.
[attachthumb=#2]

Not sure what the issue is, but it is always the 3rd monitor getting cut off after the point where the 2nd one starts. Might have something to do with how windows handles x & y coordinates.

skwire · « **Reply #10 on:** March 13, 2014, 12:56 AM »

Hi, KevH, and welcome to the DonationCoder site. I'll try to recreate your setup and see what I can figure out.

creaky · « **Reply #11 on:** April 22, 2014, 04:13 PM »

It doesn't want to work on my system - Win7 Enterprise/64bit/8GB. I'm using a USB connection for one of the monitors. It detects the monitor and shows I have two screens in the GUI, but will not let me place a picture on either screen. I tried right click and drag and drop. No picture will show in the program for either screen. I tried both jpg and png files. Under display setting it is set to Extend these displays.

skwire · « **Reply #12 on:** April 22, 2014, 06:45 PM »

Hi, creaky, and welcome to the DonationCoder site.

Quote from: creaky on April 22, 2014, 04:13 PM

It doesn't want to work on my system

Are you running the application from a folder that is UAC protected? If so, try running it from a folder that is NOT UAC protected.

creaky · « **Reply #13 on:** April 22, 2014, 06:50 PM »

Thanks for the help. I ran the program as administrator and it worked! Very nice program. Now I can have my screenshots of my builds from Minecraft on my screen.

skwire · « **Reply #14 on:** April 22, 2014, 07:05 PM »

Quote from: creaky on April 22, 2014, 06:50 PM

Thanks for the help. I ran the program as administrator and it worked! Very nice program. Now I can have my screenshots of my builds from Minecraft on my screen.

Great to hear. =] I'm glad you find the program useful. Enjoy your stay!

KDimon · « **Reply #15 on:** June 15, 2016, 05:04 PM »

How about add option FIT? for smaler side, because if use center big part image lose if image have bigger dimension then monitor. (sorry my bad english)

skwire · « **Reply #16 on:** June 15, 2016, 05:10 PM »

Hi, KDimon, and welcome to DonationCoder.

Quote from: KDimon on June 15, 2016, 05:04 PM

How about add option FIT? for smaler side, because if use center big part image lose if image have bigger dimension then monitor. (sorry my bad english)

Unless I misunderstand you, the "Scale image" option (when you right-click) is what you're describing.

KDimon · « **Reply #17 on:** June 16, 2016, 10:14 AM »

I try show

https://dropmefiles.com/krG7d

i want only remove black stripes, but if i choose scale

https://dropmefiles.com/0lpKc

image bigger resolution and big part image lost. maybe add optin fit width/height?

and when fit need posiibility move image left/right (if height) and up/down (width)

it's possible? Thanks.

skwire · « **Reply #18 on:** June 16, 2016, 01:16 PM »

You might have better luck with the following application: http://dualmonitortool.sourceforge.net/dualwallpaper.html

oblivion · « **Reply #19 on:** September 23, 2016, 09:38 AM »

I lost the old wallpaper Wallpaper Welder made for me and can't now make it repeat the trick.

It looks fine (demoing with a couple of VladStudio images):

but the wallpaper it actually makes looks like this:

so when the image is tiled the left hand monitor is as it should be but the right has a truncated image and a lot of background!

I don't change wallpaper often on this machine and the last time I used it was probably a couple of years back, and Windows has been reinstalled at least once if not twice since then (Win 7 x64, before you ask, and the representation of monitor arrangement shown in the capture of the Wallpaper Welder window is accurate.)

Have I messed up the settings somehow?