Summer isn't officially here for a couple of weeks yet, but it's the beginning of June and I'm getting my desktop ready for the beach. I like to keep some of my desktop themed with the seasons, and Summer is one of my favorites. 

We have lots of skins and themes to change the whole look of Windows, but today I'm going to highlight some animated wallpapers for DeskScapes.

We've also been working on the site getting the tag functionality working great. Many creators have been adding them to their skins which should make searching for a particular type of skin a bit easier. So if you are looking for more of these use words like "tropical", "beach", "summer", etc. and you get a bunch of great selections.

Paradise Beach

Tropical Beach from Above

White Sand Aqua Ocean

The Island Life

Grand Turk Waves

It's hard to believe we're already heading into June! While we're slowly getting back to normal, the beach still may be a place that some of us cannot get to just yet. If that's the case at least consider putting a tropical beach theme on your desktop until you can get there!

Stardock News:

NOW AVAILABLE: Curtains Public Beta - Add additional style modes to Windows 10!

"Stardock released a public beta for its new customization tool today. Curtains™ allows users to apply new styles along the lines of Dark Mode and Light to Windows® 10.

Taking advantage of the groundwork built to support light and dark mode, Curtains includes several new styles including Fluent, Cairo, and Crystal mode that enhance the look and feel of the Windows UI along with apps that already support light and dark mode. "

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New Skins and Wallpapers:

Pelorous (WindowBlinds)

Ventanas (WindowBlinds)

Spring Shore (Dream)

Flowing river between trees (Wallpaper)

Arrow (Curtains)

Master skinner Neone6 has been busy getting some premium IconPackager themes delivered to the WinCustomize gallery! Some of these are icon packs that were bundled but are now available separately. 

See these and many more in the IconPackager gallery here.

Star Force

Dominatrix

DESTINY

CYGNUS

Along with the (beta) release of Curtains, we of course have a Curtains gallery where users can upload and share their own themes. 

Our very own Danioc has been hard at work cranking out new styles for Curtains, and he's been releasing some here on WinCustomize with more to follow.

Check out these styles and check the gallery for more upcoming styles from danioc!

Arrow

Persona

We've been working hard to get some new content added to the wallpaper gallery, and I wanted to share some of the latest additions. These desktop wallpapers come in multiple high-resolution sizes and look great on a variety of devices. 

Take a virtual stroll through the wallpaper gallery and see what's new! If you have some favorites, do us a favor and share any with your friends or on  your favorite social network. If there's any type of wallpaper you'd like to see added, let us know in the comments below.

Hot Air Balloon over Calm Sea

Tropical Beach from Above

Kepler Planet from Space

Spring is Coming

Swimming Sea Turtle

April is quickly winding down and that means another edition of the WinCustomize Monthly Wrap-up! We've had some cool releases and announcements this past month on the software side, and we've been continuing to add a bunch of great content to the galleries!

Stardock News:

Stardock Announces New Windows Desktop Customization Tool: Curtains

Stardock announced a new customization tool today. Curtains allows users to apply new styles along the lines of Dark Mode and Light to Windows 10.

Taking advantage of the groundwork built to support light and dark mode, Curtains includes several new styles including Fluent, Cairo, and Crystal mode that enhance the look and feel of the Windows UI along with apps that already support light and dark mode.  

NOW AVAILABLE: CursorFX 4 - Customize the Windows Mouse Cursor

CursorFX v4 adds support for Windows 10 and high DPI displays, supports 144hz or higher refreshes, and includes new cursors that take advantage of these new features. The new CursorFX is compatible with the thousands of cursors from previous versions that are available on WinCustomize.com.

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New Skins and Wallpapers:

Spring is coming (wallpaper)

The Island Life (dream)

Galactic Springs (wallpaper)

Valdemar (WindowBlinds)

We've had quite a few new and updated WindowBlinds skins hit the WB gallery on WinCustomize over the past couple of weeks. I've been featuring many to the front page, but it's always fun and useful to list them here as well.

If you have any recent favorites post them in the comments below!

Valdemar by 2of3

Faux OSX by don5318

Tang by LightStar

GreenTan by don5318

Outer Limits by vStyler

CursorFX 4 was released last week and I have been having fun checking out cursor themes to use with it. Some of these are included with CursorFX, but there many more available on WinCustomize for you to download. I wanted to add a few of my favorites here to help you get started, but be sure to take some time and browse the CursorFX gallery.

There are tons of cursor themes of all types there and I'm sure you will find something that's perfect for your desktop setup!

Get more CursorFX themes here.

Zoltik by Apocalypse_67

Nemesis Fx by neone6

Hal 2030 by theAVMAN

ElectroSexual by Vampothika

Volcano Lava by Hakudos

Spring has arrived and we have been working hard to get more content added to WinCustomize. Spring is something people have been searching for, so we've gathered up some beautiful wallpaper images that will look great on your PC or other devices.

Check out all the wallpapers here: https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/wallpapers

Here are some favorites to get started with!

Spring reflections

Sunflower Fields in North Dakota

Spring in Sweden

The Great Dandelions

Mount Vernon Tulip Festival

I feel like we had just started the month and here we are closing it out already. This has been one crazy month for sure, and I don't think April is going to give us much relief. We still have news coming out and since plenty of people are stuck at home, this has been a great time to get our desktops fixed up and interact more with the community. 

Stardock News:

CursorFX 4 announced!

"CursorFX makes it easy for Windows users to customize their mouse cursors by applying skins, shadows, motion trails, and sounds. Users can also import .PNG files into the CursorFX theme editor to create brand new cursors from scratch. 

The new version of CursorFX adds support for Windows 10 and high DPI monitors, several new cursor packs, and more. Thousands of additional cursors are also available for download on WinCustomize.com."

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New and Updated Master skins:

Emerald Green by don5318

Naked Noir WB by vStyler

Trio by LightStar

Lucid by basj

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