Xymantix releases Wallpaper XChange

Published on July 17, 2004 By Xymantix In WinCustomize News

Wallpaper XChange is a image browser/viewer program that's used as a convienent and powerful way to set your Windows wallpaper. It has a host of useful features, including:

It allows you to set .bmp, .gif, .jpg, and .png images files as wallpaper
It has a graphical image browser to help select a particular file, with customizeable image sizes
It offers a listview of image files and allows you to sort by name, size, date, or resolution
It color codes the image resolutions to easily identify those with the same ratio as your screen
It has a preview area complete with monitor effects such as inner shadows and a glare
It has an optional caching system to make loading directories lightning quick
It allows you to easily remove/copy/rename files, and supports drag and drop
It offers high quality bicubic interpolation to resample images to your screen resolution
It has an image viewer mode that shows the picture in its own window, resizable to zoom in/out
It's resizable so make the directory browser and preview area large or small

Goto http://www.xymantix.com/programs/wallpaper_xchange.html for more details and the download link

Comments (Page 1)

Frogboy

on Jul 17, 2004

This looks relaly cool!

BoddhiC

on Jul 17, 2004

This looks great. The feature that samples the wallpaper in such a way as to not create jagged edges upon resizing is fantastic

bp_ronjon

on Jul 17, 2004

Nomad529

on Jul 17, 2004

~ Very nice little app! I think the greatest thing about it is the resampling option. I use 1600x1200 screen res and a lot of the wallpapers I have are either 1024x768 or 1280x1024, the resampling options clear up all the distortions from stretching the image. Everything I've tried it with has come out looking fantastic! Great job!! I'd recommend this to anyone who switches their desktop as much as I do...which is VERY often!!

hangar-8

on Jul 18, 2004

Excellent stuff. Thanks again for another top quality app

Fuzzy Logic

on Jul 18, 2004

Stunning little program. Works perfectly

Valhalla

on Jul 18, 2004

Congrats Nick.
I love this

Keith Perry

on Jul 18, 2004

Very nice program...No more distortion

One to hit the PayPal button for.

ragtech

on Jul 18, 2004

I was just thinking last night I needed to look for a WP-Changer and look what turns up today!

Only thing is I can't seem to get the inner shadows and the glare alpha-blending to take affect just changes the wallpaper only... any ideas? Am I doing something wrong?

I've a Dell Inspiron 8600 (has a 1680 x 1050 res) using the Nvidia GeForce FX Go5200 video chip which btw as given me other issues at this odd resolution before... I've tried all the video drivers out there using a beta now which seems to have made no difference

Any help/hints would be appreciated.

CerebroJD

on Jul 18, 2004

I cant see the effects either, but its still an awesome program!!

ragtech

on Jul 18, 2004

Sorry, I didn't mean to imply it wasn't an extrordinary piece of software... it certainly is "Awesome"... I love it!

Xymantix

on Jul 18, 2004

I know it's subtle, but the shading and glare are effects on the virtual monitor on the upper left - not your desktop. If you check/uncheck those options, you should see the monitor with the preview change by showing/hiding the effect. I intentionally made those external files, so you can modify the .png images to change the glare and shading to whatever you like. Since they're just .png images that support alpha-transparency, you can do anything you want with them - they don't have to be used for glare or shading if there's another overlay effect that you'd prefer. They do have to stay the same size, though, or they won't fit on the monitor correctly.

ragtech

on Jul 18, 2004

Got-it... Thanks! I do see the subtle changes via the virtual monitor and just thought the app would apply them to the desktop WP... thanks for clarifying Xymantix.

Although it would be a nice add for the app... hint, hint,

ragtech

on Jul 18, 2004

Another nice add would be the ability to adjust width and height of the virtual monitor to match your desktop... for those of us with non-standard res.

Just some thoughts I really do like this changer a lot and will use it often.

Making a $30.00 contribution through PayPal now so you can keep up your great work.

Thanks again!

Koasati

on Jul 18, 2004

This is great! Might we see dual monitor support soon? That would make it Fantabulous!

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