Random Wallpaper Backgrounds in DeskScapes
Thursday, July 14, 2011 by Island Dog | Discussion: OS Customization
Among the many capabilities of Stardock’s DeskScapes, one of them is the ability to manage wallpapers on your PC. One feature in particular is DeskScapes applying random backgrounds at set intervals. There’s so many great wallpapers out there, there’s no reason to keep just one on there all day!
Select Random Background from the wallpaper library.
Selecting this gives you a new tab to select wallpapers both animated and static. You also have a new configuration option.
This setting lets you choose the intervals to which DeksScapes will change your wallpapers. Now just sit back and enjoy the wallpaper show!
Get DeskScapes here.
Microsoft Opening More Retail Store Locations
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 by Island Dog | Discussion: Personal Computing
Microsoft is expanding their network of retail stores in the coming years. There’s only a handful of them now, but over the next 3 years they are going to expand to at least 75 new stores around the country.
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Plymouth Patch Article about Stardock
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 by Island Dog | Discussion: Personal Computing
Here's a great article about Stardock from a local website.
In lieu of a front-desk receptionist is a young, bearded man in a purple t-shirt, cut-off shorts and flip-flops. This is Matt Bertsch, a technical adviser for the independent software company. On his desk sits a variety of emptied craft-beer bottles, statuettes, a variety of props and an opened deck of playing cards.
Bertsch explains that the usual receptionist just moved to Dallas for other Stardock-related duties as he retrieves Brad Wardell, the president and CEO of Stardock, who occupies a top-floor office with his dog.
This Week in Skinning-July 1st
Skin Roundup for 7-1-11
Friday, July 1, 2011 by Island Dog | Discussion: OS Customization
Happy July everyone! It’s great to kick off a new month especially with our friends here on WinCustomize. Just a reminder that we have the Summer CursorFX contest going on, and we are taking entries until July 11th so there’s plenty of time to get an entry in.
Now for this weeks picks!
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Inception by theAVMAN A beautiful set of cursors to match the WB skin, but even looks great on its own. |
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Lite Stribes by amitsaran This animated wallpaper has smooth motion and a great set of colors. |
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Crow by Whalecore The effects on this wallpaper really caught my eye this week. Great job! |
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Hardwood by RedneckDude The first WindowBlinds skin from RND, and you would never know it. Fantastic textures and a clean design make this a recommended download. |
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Caval by LightStar The simple style here works very well, and makes for a WB skin that can be used daily. Fantastic job! |
Fences featured on Tekzilla Daily
Thursday, June 30, 2011 by CharlesCS | Discussion: OS Customization
Favorite Design Blogs and Websites
Wednesday, June 29, 2011 by Island Dog | Discussion: Personal Computing
I use Google Reader to browse through a variety of websites many of which are design related. It’s a great way to get some inspiration and tips. Some of these sites also have lots of free downloads like Photoshop brushes and patterns.
Here are some of my favorites:
Got any to share?
This Week in Skinning-June 24th
Skin Roundup for 6-24-11
Friday, June 24, 2011 by Island Dog | Discussion: OS Customization
We are about ready to knock out another month, and I’m very excited about all the skins we have seen throughout the month of June. Summer is typically a slower time as people go on vacation and take off for school, but we have had so many superb skins this month, especially in the WindowBlinds area. Don’t forget we have a Summer contest going on for CursorFX themes. CursorFX is a fun skinning platform and hope to see some exciting skins come out of it.
Now for this weeks picks!
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Cothespin 2 Dock for RM by baima18 This is a slick skin for Rainmeter that puts a “clothesline” on your desktop with various functions. |
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Anomaly by navigatsio This WindowBlinds skin from navigatsio has bright colors and a clean look. Great work! |
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Inception by theAVMAN I just love the overall design of this skin. It’s simple yet sophisticated, and is a definite winner. |
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Emprise by essorant This Master skin from essorant looks fantastic on the desktop. Be sure to pick this one up. |
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Blue Piston by don5318 This Xion media skin is a great compliment to many of the recent skins on WC. Great design! |
Cursor FX Resources
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 by Island Dog | Discussion: Personal Computing
We have a Summer CursorFX contest going on, and I wanted to post some helpful resources for people getting started with both using and creating CursorFX themes.
Contest details: https://forums.wincustomize.com/409745
Getting CursorFX
CursorFX has both a free and Plus version available. The Plus version adds features such as effects, cursor trails, cursor resizing, coloring, and much more. More information and downloads can be found at the CFX website - https://www.stardock.com/products/cursorfx/.
Creating Custom Cursors
Both versions of CursorFX include a cursor editor which lets you easily create new cursor themes. You will need to create your graphics in another application, but the CFX Editor will allow you to put those images together into a cursor theme.
The WinCustomize Wiki has a bunch of resources for CursorFX and many other skinning programs.
Additional Resources
This Week in Skinning-June 17th
Skin Roundup for 6-17-11
Friday, June 17, 2011 by Island Dog | Discussion: OS Customization
Happy Friday WinCustomizers! We are at the halfway point of June and just this month alone we have seen some awesome skins including a few top notch WindowBlinds skin. I’m hoping to get a contest started here next week with a summer theme, so stay tuned for updates on that.
Now for this weeks picks!
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Ubuntu 11 x by RedneckDude Last week we featured the Ubuntu 11 WindowBlinds skin which this is based off of. A perfect match! |
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Ironworks Xtreme by WebGizmos This is a Winstep theme based on an SD Design suite. As usual, WebGizmos takes it and transforms it into a beautiful Winstep skin. |
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American as Apple Pie by k10w3 I always enjoy patriotic skins and this one is right up there in the favorites for me. Great work on this! |
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Mezzanine WB by Xiandi There’s so much to say here. The textures, the detail….wow. Just download it, it needs no further description. |
Top 5 Beach Wallpapers
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 by Island Dog | Discussion: OS Customization
Summer is heating up and some of the popular searches for wallpapers are for things like tropical, beaches, etc. I searched through the galleries and came up with my top 5 Beach wallpapers!
1. Ocean City Beach by teddybearcholla
2. Paradise Beach by boss0190
3. Tropical by amitsaran
4. Love Island Night Scene by DEVJIT
5. Summer’s Over by Island Dog
