*John* Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Well I just downloaded the free program, Stardock Deskscapes, and to go with it, I just purchased these 2 Dreams: http://www.wincustomize.com/skins.aspx?ski...98&libid=50 http://www.wincustomize.com/skins.aspx?ski...26&libid=50 Altogether, I paid $9.90 which is just over ?5 in the UK. Hardly an enormous sum. In fact, i'd go as far as to call it "nominal":)) In any case, I am very happy with my purchase. These two dreams are awesome. I can only imagine the amount of work that went into them. Blissful Sunset in particular is so detailed that its unreal!:cool:: I'll be honest and say that this whole feature (DreamScene) was one of the main reasons that I went for Ultimate, and I am very glad that I did! The free sample that came with DreamScene preview wasnt great to say the least, but if this is what can be done with this feature already, i'm excited at whats to come! Simply awesome!:cool:: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/545808-stardock-deskscapes/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Island Dog Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Both of those Dreams are awesome. I'm glad you like! :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/545808-stardock-deskscapes/#findComment-588391814 Share on other sites More sharing options...
*John* Posted March 13, 2007 Author Share Posted March 13, 2007 Both of those Dreams are awesome. I'm glad you like!:) Indeed I do, fantastic work by the guys at Stardock, and you personally maybe? :)(Y) Btw, I read somewhere that more dynamic dreams were coming? Where it would tie in with the computers clock or something? Something about the sun and moon rising and setting depending on your computers time? If so that would be really really awesome! :yes: As soon as you release something like that, you can chalk me up for another immediate sale! :cool: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/545808-stardock-deskscapes/#findComment-588391837 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Island Dog Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Btw, I read somewhere that more dynamic dreams were coming? Where it would tie in with the computers clock or something? Something about the sun and moon rising and setting depending on your computers time? There are a lot of cool things you can do with the dynamic content/triggers. One example would be like you described, Dreams based on the time of day or some other kind of event trigger. :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/545808-stardock-deskscapes/#findComment-588392365 Share on other sites More sharing options...
*John* Posted March 13, 2007 Author Share Posted March 13, 2007 There are a lot of cool things you can do with the dynamic content/triggers. One example would be like you described, Dreams based on the time of day or some other kind of event trigger. :) Any word on how soon I might be able to purchase something like this? :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/545808-stardock-deskscapes/#findComment-588392677 Share on other sites More sharing options...
troist Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 i have to admit... that stellar dream one looks pretty awesome... heck, it almost makes me wanna install vista just for it. but i'll stick to XP. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/545808-stardock-deskscapes/#findComment-588392704 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Island Dog Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Any word on how soon I might be able to purchase something like this? :) If you are a subscriber to Object Desktop then you have access to the DeskScapes beta which includes a dynamic Dream for subscribers. Availability for the public will follow afterwards. :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/545808-stardock-deskscapes/#findComment-588393206 Share on other sites More sharing options...
*John* Posted March 13, 2007 Author Share Posted March 13, 2007 If you are a subscriber to Object Desktop then you have access to the DeskScapes beta which includes a dynamic Dream for subscribers. Availability for the public will follow afterwards. :) Cool, thanks Island Dog! :cool: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/545808-stardock-deskscapes/#findComment-588393259 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danrarbc Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 I've got the dynamic 3D earth one running right now. Other than lowballing the quality setting no real issues, it set the crappy 75% texture sharpness as the recommended default for my card but I bumped it all the way up with no noticeable penalty. I can't wait for more of this stuff :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/545808-stardock-deskscapes/#findComment-588401673 Share on other sites More sharing options...
*John* Posted March 18, 2007 Author Share Posted March 18, 2007 Which one is dynamic earth? :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/545808-stardock-deskscapes/#findComment-588404518 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danrarbc Posted March 18, 2007 Share Posted March 18, 2007 Which one is dynamic earth? :) It's in the addon pack that's available in SD Central. But only for Object Desktop subscribers. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/545808-stardock-deskscapes/#findComment-588404755 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Island Dog Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 Here is some info about DeskScpaes 1.01 and it has some screenshots of the Desktop Earth animated wallpaper. http://www.wincustomize.com/articles.aspx?aid=147359 :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/545808-stardock-deskscapes/#findComment-588407639 Share on other sites More sharing options...
*John* Posted March 19, 2007 Author Share Posted March 19, 2007 Here is some info about DeskScpaes 1.01 and it has some screenshots of the Desktop Earth animated wallpaper.http://www.wincustomize.com/articles.aspx?aid=147359 :) Awesome :cool: Thanks for the link (Y) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/545808-stardock-deskscapes/#findComment-588408543 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Pitman Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 Here is some info about DeskScpaes 1.01 and it has some screenshots of the Desktop Earth animated wallpaper.http://www.wincustomize.com/articles.aspx?aid=147359 :) Yeah I've seen that, it's very cool. Now if you could just make it hit one of the weather sites and pull down updated global radar images to display real time current weather as well. :p Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/545808-stardock-deskscapes/#findComment-588408551 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Island Dog Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 Yeah I've seen that, it's very cool. Now if you could just make it hit one of the weather sites and pull down updated global radar images to display real time current weather as well. :p Pulling weather data and using it should be possible at some point. :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/545808-stardock-deskscapes/#findComment-588409144 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Pitman Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 Pulling weather data and using it should be possible at some point.:) Sweet! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/545808-stardock-deskscapes/#findComment-588409248 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meshuggah Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 (edited) the dynamic dreams are pretty cool. This update to Deskcapes is definatly an improvement for my 3 monitors, although it's still slowing my computer down significantly. I blame my CPU though Desktop Earth is simply put....amazing. Edited March 20, 2007 by Meshuggah Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/545808-stardock-deskscapes/#findComment-588411886 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightSt@lk3r Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 they do look very nice and i would love to buy them, but at the moment Dreamscene is causing too many problems for me like randomly the video will just freeze and cpu usage will rocket to 100% and stay there untill i change the wallpaper, and also mpeg dreamscene's wont work at all. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/545808-stardock-deskscapes/#findComment-588413503 Share on other sites More sharing options...
*John* Posted March 27, 2007 Author Share Posted March 27, 2007 Any info on when we can expect DeskScapes 1.01? And will we have to install it manually, or will DeskScapes 1.0 update itself? Cheers :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/545808-stardock-deskscapes/#findComment-588428829 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meshuggah Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 if you have an object desktop account, you can update to the latest build, which has basically all the features of deskscapes 1.01, including the new dynamic dreams that were shown by Shane Pitman. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/545808-stardock-deskscapes/#findComment-588429406 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Island Dog Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 DeskScapes 1.01 is still in beta for Object Desktop subscribers. If you are a subscriber you can update through Stardock Central. If you are not a subscriber then an announcement will be made when this version is made public. :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/545808-stardock-deskscapes/#findComment-588429534 Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0m8er Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 desk scapes is good, but I'm not gonna pay for a wallpaper, no matter how cool it is, and no matter how much it costs! it's a freaking wallpaper, and it's not like i'm gonna use it for a long time... so I'd better waste my money somewhere elce... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/545808-stardock-deskscapes/#findComment-588429555 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Island Dog Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 desk scapes is good, but I'm not gonna pay for a wallpaper, no matter how cool it is, and no matter how much it costs! it's a freaking wallpaper, and it's not like i'm gonna use it for a long time... so I'd better waste my money somewhere elce... The majority of Dreams are free, and there are just a few premium ones that cost very little. ;) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/545808-stardock-deskscapes/#findComment-588431988 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Island Dog Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 DeskScapes 1.01 released. http://www.wincustomize.com/articles.aspx?aid=148469 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/545808-stardock-deskscapes/#findComment-588435923 Share on other sites More sharing options...
family guy Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 DeskScapes 1.01 released.http://www.wincustomize.com/articles.aspx?aid=148469 When is the Earth dream going to be released for all us non Object Desktop subscribers? I know it was gpnna be a premium, but I figured it would be released at the same time as the DreamScapes update Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/545808-stardock-deskscapes/#findComment-588436891 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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