Animated Wallpaper Maker

Setting up a different desktop wallpaper is the first thing anyone does when it comes to personalizing a computer. If you wish to make your desktop unique, then you should animate it with Animated Wallpaper Maker. It places a wide range of customizable effects at your disposal, which you can apply on your images without any effort.

The software is free to try for a limited period of time, but without any functionality restrictions. It can be installed in a few seconds, without making any complicated settings along the way. The hardware requirements are not high and there is no need to install any prerequisite tools.

The user interface presents a wide range of controls, but learning them should not be a challenge. Additionally, the software comes with a series of sample projects, which should help you understand its functionality. You can import one or more pictures, on the left side of the interface and customize your animations on the right side. Imported pictures are displayed in the central region of the window, where you can also preview the applied effects and how they are affected by your settings.

Animations can be selected on a separate window, on which they are neatly categorized in a tree structure. You can find a huge number of animations, which can enhance any scenery significantly. Fog, light shafts, grass, falling leaves and lightning are just a few examples. All you have to do is select the animations you want, one by one, and click a button to insert them. Once you insert one or more animations, you can make a few fine tweaks, by clicking and dragging a series of sliders, to increase or decrease the speed, size, count or other characteristics. Certain effects can be applied on specific portions of a picture, by using a brush. These effects can add more motion to your picture, by animating water masses or waterfalls and so on.

It is also possible to apply a global effect, which can be selected in a drop menu, above the preview area. They are not as many as the previously mentioned effects and you can apply only one at a time, but they are just as impressive. For example, you can select an effect to make the image look like it is underwater. Besides visual effects, you can add soundtracks as well. When your work is complete, you can preview the new wallpaper directly on your desktop and export it. If you import several images into your project, they will be played in a slideshow.