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Animated Wallpaper Maker
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I like your programs!
I would also like to see the shares for another of your programs - DP Animation Maker
For some reason, I have not met them:(

Nik77  –  7 years ago  –  ¿Te ha parecido útil este comentario? si | no (+16)

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Hi, this Comment is directed to the Publisher of Animated Wallpaper Maker (and goes for the rest of their Software: Animated Screensaver Maker and DP Animation Maker), namely: DP.Desktop.com!! -

Every time there is newer version(s) of all 3 of your Programs mentioned above and presented on GOTD there is an offer (with discount 'on the day', or not) of DP EXTENSION PACK, which states: 'Order DP Extension Pack now and get a free permanent key for (here) Animated Wallpaper Maker. This key allows you to reinstall and upgrade the program without any limitations'... Really??

I HAVE purchased this Pack good while ago(!!), got Special License Key, have to COPY EP Content into every Folder of DP Installations (all 3 DP Softwares) to include that Pack to use it, AND paste EXTENSION PACK License Key that supposed to WORK - making these Programs FULLY LICENSED with NO LIMITATIONS!??

YET - Every time I happen to open ANY of 3 of these Programs I get conflicting MESSAGES: GOTD Trial finished, RENEW/EXTEND License(s), as in: Buy!, BUT clicking on 'Renew Activation' button get Message: 'Successfully Activated, Thank you'?? Not to mention that Check for Updates 'line' in Help NEVER works either (what, for EP OWNERS as well, and after filling every time EP License Key ON TOP of that of GOTD's given - when Newer Version is offered here and installed??) WHAT IS THIS???!

Can someone from DP Support step in please to answer and EXPLAIN what exactly goes on here?? I have ALL 3 Programs and PURCHASED my EP Software in good faith!!

Thank you in advance for CLUES!! Without them is mighty hard to recommend this Vendor to anyone!!
Why create decent Software and mess (Users) about with License Keys/Activations etc?? Grrrhhh, but I'm afraid, as it stands - this particular aspect of it is truly annoying time wasting Procedure!

fran  –  7 years ago  –  ¿Te ha parecido útil este comentario? si | no (+16)

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Tried this product before during a previous giveaway. works as advertised so as far as the software goes a thumbs up but I wonder why anyone would want an animated wallpaper on his desktop. It's an extra resource hog that runs all the time even if you are not seeing the desktop due to full-screen applications. Gamers (especially online gamers) should stay far away from this for that exact reason. People with potato computers should stay far away from it as well.

Mavadelo  –  7 years ago  –  ¿Te ha parecido útil este comentario? si | no (+12)

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Desktop Paints makes nice apps that 1) use graphics FX to add motion to a still image, & 2) give you the option to add [overlay] animated sprites. Their Animated Wallpaper Maker & Animated Screensaver Maker do just that -- DP Animation Maker lets you save the result to a file [e.g. avi], rather than rendering the animation each time you view it.

The upside is that it's quicker/easier than creating a similar animation from scratch using traditional software -- the downside is that it takes hardware resources to render that animation not just once, e.g. rendering a video file, but every time it's viewed. When it comes to how much hardware resources are used, mileage varies...

Using Sysinternals Process Explorer in Windows 7, Animated Wallpaper Maker uses both Direct X 9 & Open GL. In a VM where graphics hardware is emulated in software, it takes upwards of 40% CPU. With a decent graphics card that load's shifted to the card's built-in DX & OpenGL handling. If the device's graphics hardware can't provide all that's asked of it, Windows will try to shift those parts of the processing load back to the CPU, so the load on the CPU will vary depending on the graphics hardware capabilities. It's a pretty light weight app, so IMHO rather than worry about how much it will load up your Windows device, give it a try & see, using apps like HWMonitor or GPU-Z & Task Mgr. to see what the effects are. Do note that it might shift a graphics card out of its power saving mode, if that matters to you.

If you've tried one of the Desktop Paint apps in the past, or use one now, note that the developers have been busy updating their software -- you can read about it here: blog[.]desktoppaints[.]com/

Also note that while Animated Wallpaper Maker is pretty light weight, with files in the program's folder & My Documents, and relatively few registry entries, it will add a "Web Update Wizard Service V4" that's set to start with Windows. You can change that in Control Panel -> Admin. Tools -> Services. An Animated Wallpaper is also set to start with Windows -- you can change that along with other settings in the control app on the right side of the task bar.

mike  –  7 years ago  –  ¿Te ha parecido útil este comentario? si | no (+11)

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