is there a way to have animated desktop wall paper? i have this image (Image) i am thinkin of making the fan spin. but unless it will spin on my desktop i wont bother.

thanks

google

you could just use an animated gif

I don't know if you can have an animated desktop wallpaper. You might have to get some sort of plug-in or program for windows. But wouldn't the animation drive you mad?

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Originally posted by madman66
you could just use an animated gif

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Originally posted by toddy
no u can't

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yes you can... animated gifs come out fine


works for me anyway


not that you'd want to.... it would piss me off so much after 2 seconds

Yep gifs worked fine on desktops when i've used them. on both 98 and XP.

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Originally posted by toddy
no u can't

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I just tested it and my wallpaper was happyly ing away
Im using Windows XP pro SP1

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GIFs work fine, although I still don't understand why you'd want an animated wallpaper.

* Concord Dawn switches his wallpaper from the dancing banana.

check out the one i made...later i'll do more frames with more colors...

KOOL i could have swarn gifs didnt work. thanks for that! will be driven made for years!!!

BLOODY HELL thats alot harder to animated than i thought. anyone  got any good tricks? or anyone willing to take up a challenge?

Hey wich program do you use?i do it in Fireworks...pretty simple anyway...if you want fireworks...u know what to do...and then...get imagination.....

ive got fireworks was gonna try use psp 9 and animations shop 3.

dont have a clue what to do in fireworks though...owel, its worht a try

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Originally posted by may73alliance
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nah 9 has been out a while! www.jasc.com i love psp's there really simple! good for people like me

well i made the fan spin but because it is such a large image its very choppy and slows the frame rate down horiibly but here u go

nice work... you gotta watch out for light source on centre section tho..
better off just wobbling the centre bit from frame to frame

I saw a really cool wallpaper a while ago. It was an (aprox) 20mb file, but it was still cool

It slowly transforms between 3 images (so slowly you barely notice it).

Can't seem to find it back ATM

Animated gifs work perfect. and it looks cool that is why he wants it. I will stick to my Carmen Electra wallpaper

OMG THANK YOU FOR THIS THREAD I JUST THOUGHT OF SOMETHING!! rotating wallpapers i wanted this because i had it on my mac at skool but cant get it for my pc now ill just make an animated gif that changes every 5 seconds yes thank you so much wow im excited all of a sudden lol

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Originally posted by ~INVASION~
well i made the fan spin but because it is such a large image its very choppy and slows the frame rate down horiibly but here u go

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Originally posted by may73alliance
here u go? where?

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Freewebs has hotlink protection, but right clicking the link in thekid's post and then save works fine. And yes.. it sux

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Dude... you made it 24 frames it's 1,60 mb ...

bit jumpy like the how its blurred tho. how can i edit it in fireworks?

EDIT: sorry. it is reli smooth if u play it from fireworks and select play in browser

Jumpy on desktop though and slows down the hole pc oh well!

Here you have my latest creation..i'll add more stuff later...here's the basic...(to save - right click / save as....)

it goes on 4 hours lol...if u put it in a white background it looks good...

I never realised animated gifs woked.

Thanks for the info, not that I could stand animation on my desktop all the time.

it's worked ever since active desktop was introduced years and years ago...