DreamScene is an extra that ships with Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate that allows users to replace a standard wallpaper with an animated one. Microsoft is offering several videos for use in DreamScene but users can select a compatible video from their hard drive and make that their screensaver instead.
The biggest shortcoming of DreamScene is that it is only available for Windows Vista Ultimate DreamRender looks like a promising candidate for everyone else who is not working with Windows Vista Ultimate. The interface is somewhat confusing and it took a while until I discovered how to add your own videos, pictures, sounds and textures to the application.
DreamRender ships with about a dozen animations. One click is sufficient to load that animation. This does not replace the original wallpaper of the system though. It overlays the animated wallpaper and the original wallpaper will appear if DreamRender is disabled.
To create a new animated wallpaper you need to click on the File > New menu in the settings. There you have the options to select a video, a picture, slideshows and several other backgrounds for your animated wallpaper. Just play around with it for a while and you should find your way.
For complete customization of your system DreamRender can apply textures and colors to your windows, make them transparent, and produce amazing effects every time you move your mouse.
If you ask me personally than I would have to say that animated wallpapers are a waste of time. They are confusing and a distraction if you work with the computer. Guess it’s ok as a screensaver but I would never add them permanently to my desktop and since I do not use a screensaver that option is no option as well.
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a few years ago I found this piece of software very cool. you can even generate 3D worlds with images captured from online webcams… very nice to look at :-)
but euhm, a very strange thing: when I surfed to
http://www.dreamrender.com the site automatically forwarded me to the cyberinvest site of the FBI (http://www.fbi.gov/cyberinvest/cyberhome.htm)
is this happening with you too guys/girls?
link is working for me.
No it works I just think it’s a bit of a rip off. for what it is.
@jan,It doesnt redirect me to fbi homepage i would get that checked out if I were you,doesnt sound good dreamrender is awesome though i like it :) thanks raymond
Real time 3d rendering is cool, but just as a reminder of why it doesn’t give the highest quality:
This HD 1080p DreamScene took 30 hours to render on a fast QuadCore system:
http://lee.hdgreetings.com/2008/06/dreamscene-for.html
ltg