DeskScapes 3.0

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Price: Free to try (Limited functionality); $19.95 to buy
Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows XP
Date added: November 19, 2009
Total Downloads: 873,203
Downloads last week: 1,451
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CNET editors' rating: 4.0 stars
Average user rating: 3.0 stars out of 71 votes
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CNET editors' review

Reviewed by: Jessica Dolcourt on January 22, 2009

Putting the clumsier applications of animated wallpaper to shame, DeskScapes wields Windows Vista's 3D hardware acceleration to result in crisp, buoyant, sometimes photorealistic animated wallpaper in the .Dream format.

Dynamic wallpaper this nice is a visual extravagance, but one with a catch. You're welcome to use the three bundled deskscapes without charge for as long as you'd like. But the swaying grass and rippling water will pull you to the online gallery of publisher- and user-made motifs you can download for free or for a premium. This is where the app gets you--you can install all the deskscapes you'd like, but you won't be able to use them in DeskScapes without upgrading to the premium version. That knowledge alone may frustrate potential buyers interested in seeing a few more demos before they commit. Either way, anyone looking to add some sparkle and personality to their otherwise static Vista desktop will find in this app a handful of high-quality scenes on the house.

Publisher's description

From Stardock :

DeskScapes turbo-charges the windows desktop by adding support for animated wallpapers as well as providing a range of real-time effects for users existing desktop backgrounds. It makes use of the hardware acceleration of modern video cards to enable these effects without it slowing down your computer. There are thousands of free animated wallpapers available online and the program comes with several high quality examples of animated wallpapers to try.

What's new in this version:

Version 3.0 provides real-time effects to existing wallpapers and supports Windows 7.

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