It used to be pretty simple setting animated backgrounds on a Windows desktop. With Windows 10, it isn’t so simple anymore—but it’s still possible. Want to liven up your Windows 10 desktop with some animated backgrounds? Here’s what you need to do.
The Pros and Cons of Animated Wallpapers
If you’ve used live wallpaper on a smart TV, phone, or tablet, you’ll know the impact it can have. Instead of a bland photo of some distant location you’ve never visited, it suddenly looks more interesting. Your smartphone gives you something that moves—perhaps heavenly bodies in slow motion, or fish swimming.
They’re not for everyone, but animated backgrounds are undeniably visually rich.
However, they can also prove a bit of a problem. While your desktop PC might not be affected, live wallpapers can prove to be a headache on battery powered devices. Looking for good performance from your smartphone batteryKeep Your Android's Battery Healthy With These TipsKeep Your Android's Battery Healthy With These TipsSoftware and apps can only go so far -- what about how to charge and discharge your battery? Learn all the tricks here.Read More? Don’t use a smart wallpaper.
The same goes for Windows 10 laptops and tablets. Constant animation of the background is a noticeable drain on the power cell, leading to reduced performance and battery lifeHow to Optimize Windows 10 for Battery LifeHow to Optimize Windows 10 for Battery LifeBattery life is a pretty important factor for mobile devices. While Windows 10 does offer new features to manage power settings, the defaults are not necessarily contributing to optimal battery life. Time to change that.Read More. As such, when it comes to Windows, animated live backgrounds or wallpapers are best used on a desktop computer with a constant power supply.
In this article, we’ll show you how to set up a live wallpaper on Windows 10.
You have three main ways to get live wallpapers and animated backgrounds on Windows 10. Each of these options lets you add your own backgrounds or those made by others.
- Wallpaper Engine
- Stardock DeskScapes
- PUSH Video Wallpaper
Let’s look at each of these options in turn.
1. Wallpaper Engine for Windows 10
Personalization options in Windows 10 have been reduced compared to some earlier versions. Beyond themes and backgrounds that sync to your Microsoft account, the desktop options have been greatly reduced.
So, what can you do? Well, it’s worth starting off with Wallpaper Engine on Steam. Available for under $5, this tool lets you create your own animated wallpapers, and even import those made by others. It features support for popular aspect ratios and native resolutions, while moving desktop backgrounds can be made from static images, websites, and video files alike. Supported video files include MP4, WebM, AVI, M4V, MOV, and WMV.
The options with this tool are considerable, and using it is simple. Once launched, you simply select from a predetermined group of live desktop backgrounds, or import your own. Various elements can be edited using the settings dialog, which is found in the system tray.
While Wallpaper Engine runs better under a dedicated graphics card (GPU), this isn’t necessary. It can be configured to run on low resource devices if needed, although the best results will be on a powerful desktop PC.
Download: Wallpaper Engine ($5)
2. Stardock DeskScapes 8 for Windows 10
Another option for Windows 10 users is Stardock DeskScapes. This solution is available for just $7.99, which also comes with a 30-day trial.
Following installation (be sure not to install extra software), click Start 30-day trial and enter an email address to proceed. You’ll then need to validate the 30-day license by clicking an email link.
With this done, switch back to the app and choose from seven video backgrounds and many stunning, static images. Often these images can be adjusted using the DeskScapes settings; Color, Effects, and Adjust will let you tweak them. Video background options are listed under Settings.
When you’re happy with the results, hit Apply to my desktop. You can also use DeskScapes 8 images and videos as screensavers. If you’re looking for further Windows desktop customizations, meanwhile, Stardock DeskScapes also has the Object Desktop variant for $29.99. This includes a number of tools, including the popular Windows Start menu replacement, Start10.
Download: Stardock DeskScapes 8 for Windows 10 ($7.99, 30-day free trial available)
3. PUSH Video Wallpaper for Windows 10
Your third option is PUSH Video Wallpaper, again a paid solution with a free trial. This is arguably the easiest of these tools to use. A demo video is displayed on a loop upon launch.
The PUSH Video Wallpaper interface can be opened from the system tray. Here, you’ll find add a single video on a loop or create a playlist of videos. These will play in the specified order, and the volume for the clips can also be adjusted.
Unlike Stardock DeskScapes 8, the PUSH Video Wallpaper lets you run feature-length videos as your desktop background3 Easy Ways to Get a Video Wallpaper for Your Desktop3 Easy Ways to Get a Video Wallpaper for Your DesktopDesktop wallpapers are nice to look at, but they can be too static. Here's how to set a video wallpaper to spice things up.Read More. Alternatively, you can just playback a subtle, looped clip. Whatever your preferred type of live wallpaper, if you have a suitable clip, this app will run it.
Download: PUSH Video Wallpaper ($9.99, free trial available)
Make Your Own Windows 10 Video Wallpaper
That’s three good tools for creating live desktop backgrounds for your Windows 10 desktop. Better still, some of them will even work on Windows 7 and Windows 8. And if you’d prefer to use a GIF image, you can even set GIFs as wallpapers in Windows 10.
Meanwhile, if you’re struggling with the idea of paying for a feature that was previously free, you can make your own motion wallpapers for Windows with tools such as VLC and Desktop MovieHow To Make Video Screensavers & WallpapersHow To Make Video Screensavers & WallpapersEveryone knows how to set a picture as wallpaper. Everyone knows how to use pictures, even slideshows, as screensavers. But what if you want more than that?Read More.
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- There is a fantastic alternative, it's called 'Wallpaper Engine' in the Steam store, and the best thing is that it's only 3.99!
- I can buy food for 3 days for this money! No, thanks!
- VideoWallpaper_setup.exe contains a malware, but it seems to be common.
- There's another alternative you might have missed called SysAuto. It works with windows 7, 8, 8.1 and 10. This one is free of cost and the developer is still updating it. It also supports plug-ins and lots of other cool features. Demo - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXL44qCqSWo
- Wallpaper has not changed from Windows 7 to Windows 10. It is still possible to create a source folder in My Documents containing preferred images and point the OS to it in order to change the background on your monitor(s). That's good enough for me. This live wallpaper business seems to be more trouble than it is worth.
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[What's New]
Ver 2.7.1.186
Fixed could not download wallpaper from DA group issue
Add Reverse Rotation option
Ver 2.7.0.178
Add Multi-Monitor Layout Support: Clone Single Theme, Stretch Single Theme
Fixed small bugs
Ver 2.6.7.170
- Fixed the multi-monitor display issue, Thanks RedJoy and V.Anille's help
- Add AnimateImage Meter,Support PNG Serial Animation and PNG files Animation, CPU usage about 0%
- Add curve line style for audio visualizer
- Add Rotate Animation Support
- Add Russian Lang by Ivan Bay, for RainWallpaper and Designer
- Rotate Angle Support Bind Measure Value ,Can be used to make analog clocks
- Fixed the Text Postion issue of live theme in some kind of computer.
Ver 2.5.0.155 (2019-3-10)
- Add Wallpaper Fill Mode Option(include Fill,Fit,Strech) to adapt your live them wallpaper to all resolution screens.
- Add Video Tutorial: how to use progressbar/circle/pie to display CPU usage youtu.be/wDTWrg7SJLo
Ver 2.4.0.150(2019-3-8)
- Add Audio Visulizer Meter,Support multiple styles and customizations: Line UpWard , DownWard, UpDown, RightWard , LeftWard , LeftRight. Ring OurWard and InWard.
- Add Serbian Language by HipHopium . Update German Language by Volker Kositz
- Add Video Tutorial: how to add music visualizer into wallpaper youtu.be/aeKqbBK8WFU
Ver 2.3.4.142 (2019-3-7)
- Add Taskbar Translucent Blur Style Effect
[Preview Video]
Preview Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lcxE7…
How to Create Live Theme for Wallpaper www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChjSAD…
How to create video wallpaper : www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLRNfs…
How to use progressbar/circle/pie to display CPU usage: youtu.be/wDTWrg7SJLo
How to add music visualizer into wallpaper : youtu.be/aeKqbBK8WFU
Preview Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY6A8h…
Video Tutorial 2: How to download live wallpaper youtu.be/GcFi9g8SMmE
Video Tutorial 3: How to login in Deviantart account in gallery youtu.be/zDyUYGJdgb0
Video Tutorial 4: How to create live wallpaper and share to Deviantart youtu.be/ygcpgUwVRDI
[Download]
For Steam Version: rainysoft.cc/download_rainwall…
For DeviantArt Version: rainysoft.cc/download_rainwall… (PortableVersion: rainysoft.cc/download_rainwall… )
[Information]
Homepage: rainysoft.cc/
[Description]
RainWallpaper is a powerful live wallpaper engine that allows you to use various types of customizable animated wallpapers on your Windows desktop, including 3D and 2D animations, websites, videos, with mouse interaction and cool effects, and with minimum cpu and ram usage. Download live wallpapers via the built-in online gallery with one-click or create your own and share it to our DeviantArt Group!
[FEATURES]
- Support Taskbar Translucent or Blur (win10)
- Download live wallpapers via the built-in online gallery with one-click.
- Clean UI, Easy to use and don't use too much resource,about 0%-1% of CPU.
- Wallpapers will pause while playing games or running full screen application.
- Bring life to your desktop with realtime graphics, videos, applications or websites.
- Personalize your wallpaper or create your own using the built-in Wallpaper Editor
- Interactive wallpapers that can be controlled with your mouse and with click-on cool effects.
- Support for all aspect ratios and native resolutions including 16:9, 21:9, 16:10, 4:3.
- Support for multi monitor environments.
- Animate new live wallpapers from static images or import HTML or video files for the wallpaper.
- Use our group on DeviantArt to share your wallpapers.
- Supported video formats: mp4, WebM, avi, m4v, mov, wmv.
[WALLPAPER GALLERY]
Steam Workshop: steamcommunity.com/workshop/br…
DeviantArt Group: www.deviantart.com/rainwallpap…
[FAQ]
Q: Why Can not play video live wallpaper?
A: Please make sure not uninstalled the 'Windows Media Player'
Q: Why Desktop icons not display?
A: 1. Please make sure Enabled Aero on Windows7/8
2. Please try to temporarily turn off the anti-virus software to test, or add RainWallpaper.exe to the trusted whitelist of anti-virus software.
[Update Log]
Ver 2.3.3.138 (2019-3-6)
Add Translucent Taskbar Option,Default Enabled
Ver 2.3.2.130 (2019-3-6)
Add Shortcut Measure
Improve Live Theme Graphic Quality
Update German Language file by Volker Kositz
www.deviantart.com/rainysoft/a…
Ver 2.3.1.128(2019-3-4)
- Add Pie and Circle Meters
Ver 2.3.0.126 (2019-3-4)
- Add new measures such as CPU, memory, hard disk, sysinfo, and recycle bin
- Add progress bar meter
Ver 2.2.1.104 (2019-2-24)
Add Language: Russian,Japanese,Korea,French,German,Portuguese
Ver 2.2.1.103 (2019-2-22)
- Add Pause/Mute into tray icon popup menu.
Ver 2.2.0.101 (2019-2-21)
- Fixed the issue of Gallery error dialog when wallpaper download finished
- Improve select wallpaper dblclick item to set wallpaper
- Improve deisgner support drag&drop video/webpage to create wallpaper
Ver 2.2 (2019-2-19)
- Add Live Theme Kind Wallpaper and WYSIWYG Visual Designer Tool
- Add Steam Version and Workshop Support
- Add Multi-Monitor Support
- Improve Stability and Performance
Ver 1.1 (2018-10-22)
- Add GPU Hardware Acceleration support for Web Live Wallpaper.
Ver 1.0.9 (2018-10-17)
- Fixed the issue with gallery discover.
- Fixed the issue with web wallpaper.
- Fixed the issue with option 'Double click desktop to show/hide icons' not save.
- Fixed the issue with Task View hide desktop icons.
Ver 1.0.8 (2018-10-16)
- Add Opation to display live wallpaper on all monitors simultaneously.
Ver 1.0.7 (2018-8-1)
- Improve gallery display Deviantart account name and avater.
Ver 1.0.6 (2018-7-31)
- Add Option 'Double click desktop show/hide icons',Enabled by default.
- Improve gallery: Display the preview image when downloading wallpaper.
Ver 1.0.5 (2018-7-26)
- Improve multi-monitor support
- Improve stability
Ver 1.0.4 (2018-7-23)
- Add Web Wallpaper Visualizer Support
- Update Web Wallpaper Chrome Core to Last Version
Ver 1.0.3 (2018-7-21)
- Add Volume/Mute Options
- Add Wallpaper Pack Function
- Improve Create Video Live Wallpaper Funcions
- Improve Application Icons
[Credits]
HipHopium , Adni18, DD-921, Jimking
Ver 2.7.1.186
Fixed could not download wallpaper from DA group issue
Add Reverse Rotation option
Ver 2.7.0.178
Add Multi-Monitor Layout Support: Clone Single Theme, Stretch Single Theme
Fixed small bugs
Ver 2.6.7.170
- Fixed the multi-monitor display issue, Thanks RedJoy and V.Anille's help
- Add AnimateImage Meter,Support PNG Serial Animation and PNG files Animation, CPU usage about 0%
- Add curve line style for audio visualizer
- Add Rotate Animation Support
- Add Russian Lang by Ivan Bay, for RainWallpaper and Designer
- Rotate Angle Support Bind Measure Value ,Can be used to make analog clocks
- Fixed the Text Postion issue of live theme in some kind of computer.
Ver 2.5.0.155 (2019-3-10)
- Add Wallpaper Fill Mode Option(include Fill,Fit,Strech) to adapt your live them wallpaper to all resolution screens.
- Add Video Tutorial: how to use progressbar/circle/pie to display CPU usage youtu.be/wDTWrg7SJLo
Ver 2.4.0.150(2019-3-8)
- Add Audio Visulizer Meter,Support multiple styles and customizations: Line UpWard , DownWard, UpDown, RightWard , LeftWard , LeftRight. Ring OurWard and InWard.
- Add Serbian Language by HipHopium . Update German Language by Volker Kositz
- Add Video Tutorial: how to add music visualizer into wallpaper youtu.be/aeKqbBK8WFU
Ver 2.3.4.142 (2019-3-7)
- Add Taskbar Translucent Blur Style Effect
[Preview Video]
Preview Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lcxE7…
How to Create Live Theme for Wallpaper www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChjSAD…
How to create video wallpaper : www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLRNfs…
How to use progressbar/circle/pie to display CPU usage: youtu.be/wDTWrg7SJLo
How to add music visualizer into wallpaper : youtu.be/aeKqbBK8WFU
Preview Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY6A8h…
Video Tutorial 2: How to download live wallpaper youtu.be/GcFi9g8SMmE
Video Tutorial 3: How to login in Deviantart account in gallery youtu.be/zDyUYGJdgb0
Video Tutorial 4: How to create live wallpaper and share to Deviantart youtu.be/ygcpgUwVRDI
[Download]
For Steam Version: rainysoft.cc/download_rainwall…
For DeviantArt Version: rainysoft.cc/download_rainwall… (PortableVersion: rainysoft.cc/download_rainwall… )
[Information]
Homepage: rainysoft.cc/
[Description]
RainWallpaper is a powerful live wallpaper engine that allows you to use various types of customizable animated wallpapers on your Windows desktop, including 3D and 2D animations, websites, videos, with mouse interaction and cool effects, and with minimum cpu and ram usage. Download live wallpapers via the built-in online gallery with one-click or create your own and share it to our DeviantArt Group!
[FEATURES]
- Support Taskbar Translucent or Blur (win10)
- Download live wallpapers via the built-in online gallery with one-click.
- Clean UI, Easy to use and don't use too much resource,about 0%-1% of CPU.
- Wallpapers will pause while playing games or running full screen application.
- Bring life to your desktop with realtime graphics, videos, applications or websites.
- Personalize your wallpaper or create your own using the built-in Wallpaper Editor
- Interactive wallpapers that can be controlled with your mouse and with click-on cool effects.
- Support for all aspect ratios and native resolutions including 16:9, 21:9, 16:10, 4:3.
- Support for multi monitor environments.
- Animate new live wallpapers from static images or import HTML or video files for the wallpaper.
- Use our group on DeviantArt to share your wallpapers.
- Supported video formats: mp4, WebM, avi, m4v, mov, wmv.
[WALLPAPER GALLERY]
Steam Workshop: steamcommunity.com/workshop/br…
DeviantArt Group: www.deviantart.com/rainwallpap…
[FAQ]
Q: Why Can not play video live wallpaper?
A: Please make sure not uninstalled the 'Windows Media Player'
Q: Why Desktop icons not display?
A: 1. Please make sure Enabled Aero on Windows7/8
2. Please try to temporarily turn off the anti-virus software to test, or add RainWallpaper.exe to the trusted whitelist of anti-virus software.
[Update Log]
Ver 2.3.3.138 (2019-3-6)
Add Translucent Taskbar Option,Default Enabled
Ver 2.3.2.130 (2019-3-6)
Add Shortcut Measure
Improve Live Theme Graphic Quality
Update German Language file by Volker Kositz
www.deviantart.com/rainysoft/a…
Ver 2.3.1.128(2019-3-4)
- Add Pie and Circle Meters
Ver 2.3.0.126 (2019-3-4)
- Add new measures such as CPU, memory, hard disk, sysinfo, and recycle bin
- Add progress bar meter
Ver 2.2.1.104 (2019-2-24)
Add Language: Russian,Japanese,Korea,French,German,Portuguese
Ver 2.2.1.103 (2019-2-22)
- Add Pause/Mute into tray icon popup menu.
Ver 2.2.0.101 (2019-2-21)
- Fixed the issue of Gallery error dialog when wallpaper download finished
- Improve select wallpaper dblclick item to set wallpaper
- Improve deisgner support drag&drop video/webpage to create wallpaper
Ver 2.2 (2019-2-19)
- Add Live Theme Kind Wallpaper and WYSIWYG Visual Designer Tool
- Add Steam Version and Workshop Support
- Add Multi-Monitor Support
- Improve Stability and Performance
Ver 1.1 (2018-10-22)
- Add GPU Hardware Acceleration support for Web Live Wallpaper.
Ver 1.0.9 (2018-10-17)
- Fixed the issue with gallery discover.
- Fixed the issue with web wallpaper.
- Fixed the issue with option 'Double click desktop to show/hide icons' not save.
- Fixed the issue with Task View hide desktop icons.
Ver 1.0.8 (2018-10-16)
- Add Opation to display live wallpaper on all monitors simultaneously.
Ver 1.0.7 (2018-8-1)
- Improve gallery display Deviantart account name and avater.
Ver 1.0.6 (2018-7-31)
- Add Option 'Double click desktop show/hide icons',Enabled by default.
- Improve gallery: Display the preview image when downloading wallpaper.
Ver 1.0.5 (2018-7-26)
- Improve multi-monitor support
- Improve stability
Ver 1.0.4 (2018-7-23)
- Add Web Wallpaper Visualizer Support
- Update Web Wallpaper Chrome Core to Last Version
Ver 1.0.3 (2018-7-21)
- Add Volume/Mute Options
- Add Wallpaper Pack Function
- Improve Create Video Live Wallpaper Funcions
- Improve Application Icons
[Credits]
HipHopium , Adni18, DD-921, Jimking
Pretty much just what the description says. Currently, the wallpaper supportscustomizable user text (size, content, and color), customizable rain colors(foreground and background), and features a rainbow mode. The user can also modifythe animation speed and the scheme color for Windows.
BONUS: To unlock themes for Wallpaper Engine, go to the settings page by clickingthe upper left icon, navigate to the about page, and type the cheat code of lore:UP UP DOWN DOWN LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT B A ENTER. Obviously, press the buttons,don't type out the words. This will also unlock the
k0n4m1
Steam achievementfor Wallpaper Engine.The project, with all applicable images, is available on Steamhere.
Download Wallpaper Engine for FREE on PC – Released on 16 Nov, 2018. Learn how to download and install Wallpaper Engine for free in this article and be sure to share this website with your friends.
WALLPAPER ENGINE OVERVIEW
- Bring your desktop alive with realtime graphics, videos, applications or websites.
- Personalize animated wallpapers with your favorite colors.
- Use interactive wallpapers that can be controlled with your mouse.
- Many aspect ratios and native resolutions supported including 16:9, 21:9, 16:10, 4:3.
- Multi monitor environments are supported.
- Wallpapers will pause while playing games to save performance.
- Create your own animated wallpapers in the Wallpaper Engine Editor.
- Animate new live wallpapers from basic images or import HTML or video files for the wallpaper.
- Steam Workshop to share and download wallpapers.
- Wallpaper Engine can be used at the same time as any other Steam game or application.
- Supported video formats: mp4, WebM, avi, m4v, mov, wmv (for local files, Workshop only allows mp4).
- Support for Corsair iCUE.
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HOW TO DOWNLOAD WALLPAPER ENGINE
- Step 1. Click the Download button and you should be redirected to Mega.
- Step 2. Once Wallpaper Engine is finished downloading, right click the.zip file and click on “Extract to Wallpaper Engine” (You will need WinRAR, you can get it here)
- Step 3. Open up the folder and run the Launcher.exe and install the software and enjoy!
- Step 4. if you want to install the extra wallpapers you will need to download the extra wallpapers below and then on wallpaper engine click “Open from File” at the bottom left, and open the wallpaper you want.
Make sure you have DirectX installed, otherwise the game will crash or can cause other issues. You can download DirectX from HERE
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EXTRA WALLPAPERS PACK
EXTRA WALLPAPERS PACK 2
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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
- OS: Windows 7 (with Aero), 8.1, 10
- Processor: 1.66 GHz Intel i5 or equivalent
- Memory: 1024 MB RAM
- Graphics: HD Graphics 4000 or above
- DirectX: Version 10
- Storage: 512 MB available space