Callipygous Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 is there a way to get a background that changes on win xp? can you just use an animated gif or something? would it suck up a lot of resources? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecoli Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Yeah, you could use a program like Adobe Image Ready, or similiar to make an animated GIF. I expect it would drain you system resources though. Another thing you can do is to have an animated GIF and set it as a desktop item (not the distinction. You can have a regular background and a desktop item, and that would save a lot of your resources, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eruheru Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 if its an ani gif on a web site you can view the desktop as a web site and add the picture URL to the list, then resize accordingly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted December 9, 2005 Author Share Posted December 9, 2005 cutting to the chase.... id like to take the picture here: http://www.norcalmafia.com/ and have the red part fade to black and back again. what would be the easiest way to do this and have the animation show up as my background? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bascule Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 is there a way to get a background that changes on win xp? Three words: lysergic acid diethylamide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mart Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 one word : mescaline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted December 9, 2005 Author Share Posted December 9, 2005 Three words: lysergic acid diethylamide wrong kind of moving wallpaper, but thanks for your incredibly valuable input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dak Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 wouldnt a moving wallpaper be immensly irritating? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMoosie Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 It is possible to use a custom .htm webpage as your background, this way you could even have a movie file playing on the desktop, I use this with JavaScript to create interactive background apps such as image rotations / timetable viewer / music player, I even wrote a code that uses AJAX to dynamically fetch images from major wallpaper sites. Just be sure to create a container <A> tag otherwise your onclick events will not trigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMoosie Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 EDIT: accidental post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5614 Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Just use a .gif file. Dak: It can be annoying, but some people like it. I did have a moving wallpaper but I got rid of it because I thought I could notice the difference it made (ie. the computer was a bit slower when dealing with things on the desktop or when the desktop was partially visible). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecoli Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 It is possible to use a custom .htm webpage as your background, psst... eruheru already said that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted December 9, 2005 Author Share Posted December 9, 2005 psst... eruheru already said that! well i understood what he was talking about better than the way eruheru described, so i dont mind. anyway, how do i take that pic i linked to and turn it into a gif where the red fades out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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