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Published on September 26, 2007 By Zoomba In Animated Wallpapers

DeskScapes has been available for several months now, and DreamScene just went from beta to final yesterday.  Animated Desktops in Vista are becoming a more and more solid thing.  We've seen a lot of great contributions from a wide variety of artists here at WinCustomize.  Everything from original 3D renders, to great manipulations of static images with programs like Adobe After Effects. 

My question is, what style of animated desktop do people like the most?  Do you have example to share?

Me personally, I like stylized Dreams that don't have too much motion.  Here are my two favorite community-contributed Dreams:


Poubel Tafiti v1.0 by brenopoubel


Circles by Hyszz

Both are absolutely beautiful and show off how cool an animated desktop can be without being too visually distracting.  When I pick a Dream to use, I look for ones like the Dreams linked above.

How about you?


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on Sep 27, 2007
I am personally more interested in Dreams that pertain to something I am interested in. I personally wish there were a sports section for dedicated fans of different sports. When I carry my notebook around, usually my wallpaper (in the past) has always had my favoite teams logo on it. Now with DreamScapes available & so beautiful, it is so hard for me to pick the same ol' boing desktop .jpeg.    I could NEVER go back to standard "stand still" wallpaper. I would love to see my favorite Schools flag flying on my desktop. I have tried & tied to create Dreams myself, but to no avail, I just must not be too intelligent when it come to this type of thing  ...lol (I realize there could be some copyrighting issues out there, but realistically speaking, I couldnt imagine anyone would complain unless someone somewhere were making some money off them?)

There is a dream on here that is a flag created by GH33DA that is absolutely stunning.   Not too much motion, but enough to know that it's a Dream. Me being a University of Alabama fan, I have tried & tried to re-create that Dream with the University of Alabama logo in the center to show my "school spirit," but I am unable to do so.  

My point being, some of these Dreams are absolutely georgous, some are too busy, but in the end, I think the Dreams must show some personality, that to me, is so important.

Thanks for starting this thread, it gives us "un-talented" individuals a chance to be heard...lol  
on Sep 27, 2007

If there's one thing I've learned, it's that artists submitting work to sites like WinCustomize love feedback on what users like and dislike.  Otherwise, they're just tossing their work out blindly and hoping it sticks.

As for school themed animated wallpapers, those are a very sticky issue since the CLC very tightly controls use of school marks and logos, even in free work.

But for college theme fans, there may be something for you in the relatively near future    And since you're a big UAB fan, take a look at this:
https://www.stardock.com/products/mycolors/gallery.asp?p=alabama

Me?  I'm still waiting for a Penn State one 

on Sep 27, 2007
Very nice...thanks Zoomba!I'll have to check that one out!

Hopefully, a University of Alabama Flag waving on my desktop Dream will be in my future? lol
on Sep 27, 2007
Pretty you lady who thinks I'm the best............................oops, wrong dream!       
on Sep 27, 2007
star wars light-sabre fight scene......................
on Sep 27, 2007
how about an awesome sports car (i.e. Saleen S7) rotating around on a platform like at a car show.....or some sweet ride burning out.....no more still car shots
on Sep 27, 2007
What Do You Want In A Dream?
Natalie Portman My wife.
 
on Sep 28, 2007
I would seriously want a Tokyo or any other larger Asian city by night
on Sep 28, 2007
I'm looking for a very subtle moving dream. I like scenery, so I'm a fan of the sunrise/sunset dreams, but I want to see something like that over a lake, since I'm a huge fan of water scenes, too.

I also want to see a desktop that's more practical. I'm still holding out for a dynamic dream that hooks up to weather.com or something, given my zip code, and looks up my weather. Then, the dreamscene changes to reflect the weather. Also, having the sun rise and sun set according to my computer's time would be a welcome addition.

I guess I'm really looking forward to more dynamic dreams. Of course, I have no idea how they work or how hard they are to code, so it's just my dream dreamscene.
on Sep 28, 2007
No more videos! Please. They are good, a lot of hard work has gone into the ones on the site.... but dynamic dreams, which are better on the cpu/gpu and far more configurable would be great.

I know there isn't a way for the community to create those and that is something that needs to be corrected if possible.

I haven't found anything that can replace Liquid Dream.

I would love to see some seasonal dynamic dreams. snow being the obvious. Maybe an extension of the Natural Desktop idea. Background could change to rain, or sunshine or leaves blowing across the desktop when windy... etc etc. That I would happily pay a little more for.
on Sep 28, 2007
I rather enjoyed ..in my self imposed Vista uptime... Chaninja's Shark dream, that's one talented son of a gun, lets see some more of that type quality\designed dreams.
on Oct 11, 2007
i really wouldnt mind seeing a scarface dream that would be awsome and def my favorite
on Oct 11, 2007
I would love to see a dream that has a day night map of the world in which you could overlay radar maps similar to the way you do in G-Earth... probably a pie in the sky dream, no pun intended.
on Oct 11, 2007
i wouldn't mind seeing a highly detailed dream of the night sky slowly changing over to day light with some hi def clouds and slowly transition back to night. or natalie portman morphing into vader and the his saber lights up and then morphs into megatron and then transforms into portman again....
on Oct 16, 2007
How about some classic arcade dreams like space invaders or asteroids? That would be cool.
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