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Developer · Mar 5, 2003, 07:18 AM

Get great animated desktop pictures from Microsoft here .

phillryu · Mar 5, 2003, 07:55 AM

Seems cool, but unfortunately I don't have quartz extreme on my ibook. No crossfade for me

SteevAK · Mar 5, 2003, 10:36 AM

Pretty cool. Thanks for the link, I'm actually using the changing desktops now.

kovacs · Mar 5, 2003, 11:29 AM

Great idea !

codywalton · Mar 5, 2003, 11:36 AM

yeah, its cool, but not really worth it without the quartz extreme cross-fade.

my poor tibook cant cant do that.

More folks should make animated desktop sets like this. i bet some guys in the gui forum could come up with some wicked ones.

Developer · Mar 5, 2003, 12:02 PM

Originally posted by codywalton:
my poor tibook cant cant do that.

You could turn them into a screensaver and run it with one of the screensaver on desktop utilities. The crossfades should work then (but crossfades too fast for a desktop probably).

Yes, it would be nice if more people would make desktops designed for animation.

zazou · Mar 5, 2003, 12:23 PM

Is there a windows world equivalent...

...and if so, how does it work comparatively?

Just curious. not sure how long the boys in redmond will let this fly is is non-existent at this quality level on PCs

Z

NetworkShadow · 01:49 PM

Wow something good by MS for Macs!? I wonder if IE 6 will be worth using?

lol how sad, I tried to download one but the link was broken or something.

chezpaul · Mar 5, 2003, 01:49 PM

But is it really from Microsoft ???
they also offer in the same sentense the snow set icons and Candybar which they did not create what so ever...

Stuphalina · Mar 5, 2003, 03:06 PM

Nice, but I think the name is deceiving.

parkds · Mar 7, 2003, 08:44 PM

does anyone know of any other source for desktop pictures like these (designed to be cross-faded)?

ARENA · Mar 7, 2003, 10:17 PM

Anyone know of short videos of landscapes or something that can be played in a infinite loop to use as real animated desktops through software like DekskShade Plus?

darrick · Mar 10, 2003, 10:37 AM

i tried looking for those but couldn't find any.

i'm thinking the best bet would be to edit a quicktime trailer.

i think it would be cool to have a looping breeze-blown landscape or clouds or water, something moving but not action-packed.

velodev · Mar 10, 2003, 04:59 PM

Originally posted by codywalton:
yeah, its cool, but not really worth it without the quartz extreme cross-fade.

my poor tibook cant cant do that.

from my post number you can probably tell, Im a switcher. Which portables actually do have the cross fading wallpaper? My friend had it on his Powerbook and since I am awaiting the new iBook... will I get it?

phillryu · Mar 10, 2003, 05:11 PM

Yes, you will. I believe quartz extreme (which includes cross fading) is supported on computers with a 16mb graphics card or higher. (Your ibook probably has a 32mb graphics card.)

Dace · Mar 10, 2003, 10:13 PM

Originally posted by phillryu:
Yes, you will. I believe quartz extreme (which includes cross fading) is supported on computers with a 16mb graphics card or higher. (Your ibook probably has a 32mb graphics card.)

It's supported on Radeon and Nvidia cards...not on my Rage card

Glenstorm · Mar 14, 2003, 01:40 AM

For animated desktops check out xBack from Gideon software ;

http://www.gideonsoftworks.com/xback.html

It allows you to use any OS X screen saver as a desktop backgroung. . .

SteevAK · Mar 14, 2003, 02:54 AM

Originally posted by Glenstorm:
For animated desktops check out xBack from Gideon software ;

http://www.gideonsoftworks.com/xback.html

It allows you to use any OS X screen saver as a desktop backgroung. . .

It eats a ton of CPU but it is rather cool. Thanks for the link.

mrtew · Mar 14, 2003, 10:27 PM

Originally posted by SteevAK:
It eats a ton of CPU but it is rather cool. Thanks for the link.

It doesn't actually use any CPU, it's the screensaver that's eating it. Try using a saver that's easy on the processor and it will be easy running in the background too. I have a couple favorites that I use in the background quite a bit to impress people at work. Also I use Backlight to do it because it's a menu item and it's FREE and always works perfectly! A great light running saver is called Warp Field. It's a beautiful modern update of the classic Warp screensaver.

silverlode · Aug 27, 2003, 02:22 PM

FWIW, here's the updated link:

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/product...?pid=downloads

macgeekjay · Aug 30, 2003, 03:09 PM

The link works fine.... But that lovely site just doesn't fly.

Go figure.

Anyone down load all these and wanna share?