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July 16, 2021 by Island Dog
DeskScapes 11 is fantastic at bringing animated wallpapers to your Windows desktop, but it's also great at using and managing static wallpapers as well. Sometimes I don't want a fully animated desktop and would just prefer a more minimal setup. This is why lately I've been using triggered static .dreams that change based on the time of day. These are amazingly easy to make with DreamMaker, and we have added quite a few to the WinCustomize gallery also. What exactly are they? Well let's lo...
July 14, 2021 by Island Dog
DeskScapes is Now Available in Steam Early Access Stardock’s popular desktop background management application brings animated background creation, cloud wallpaper library integration, and more to Windows Users Join Early Access on Steam Stardock  released  their popular desktop management application,  DeskScapes ,  into Early Access on Steam today.  DeskScapes  brings a host of desktop background features to Wind...
July 12, 2021 by Island Dog
We are back from break and hope that everyone who celebrates July 4th had a fun and productive holiday. It seems like summer is halfway through, and it's certainly been a hot one so far! Danioc has been remarkably busy over the past couple of weeks creating some new Curtains themes to share on WinCustomize! I wanted to take a few minutes and share what he's been working on. Check out these and more in the Curtains gallery here . Alpha 7   Eleven &...
July 5, 2021 by Island Dog
We hope you had a fun holiday weekend, and July continues to be a hot one! We love seeing your summer inspired desktop screenshots, so be sure to share with us what skins and themes you are using! Post your desktops to the monthly thread here:  https://forums.wincustomize.com/505719/ (This is a news thread and will be locked. Screenshot taken by DrJBHL)  
June 29, 2021 by Island Dog
Independence Day is coming next week for us in the United States! As with many holidays it can also be a fun time to put some related content on your desktop. Fireworks are obviously a popular one, and we have quite a few of those in the animated wallpaper gallery. There's also a variety of other types of themes, and we'll highlight a few below! Let us know what you're doing for July 4th this year! American Flags   American Flag   Colorful Fir...
June 21, 2021 by Island Dog
Galactic Civilizations IV was recently announced and is the newest installment of its award-winning space 4X strategy sandbox game series takes the best of what its predecessors had to offer and adds to it with many new and exciting features. As the all-powerful leader of a spacefaring civilization, the player must seek out new star systems and discover the exciting potential of the subspace realm.  Learn more about the game here:  https://www.galciv4.com/ To help celebrate...
June 16, 2021 by Island Dog
I used to enjoy changing the login or lock screen on Windows. We had LogonStudio which was a great tool for customization, but as Windows progressed versions the ability to customize it was pretty much gone. In Windows 10 you can set to your selected image or slideshow or use the Windows Spotlight feature which picks a daily image for you to display. You can also select certain apps that will show a quick status on the screen such as your calendar or mail app. I usually don't pay much attenti...
June 14, 2021 by Island Dog
The WindowBlinds gallery has been updated with quite a few new and updated skins from some of our talented community skinners lately! I wanted to feature some of them in the news this week in case you might have missed them. Download these and see many more in the WindowBlinds gallery here . 7 for 10   Windows Zero   Simple Gray   50s Style  
June 9, 2021 by Island Dog
Hello all, Just a heads up that we released DeskScapes 11 Beta 3 today for Object Desktop subscribers and individual purchasers of DeskScapes 11.  You can see the changelog here: https://forums.stardock.com/505115 Any feedback you may have can be posted there. As always, thank you for your time and patronage. 
June 7, 2021 by Island Dog
As we close in on the first days of summer, it's always fun to pick and feature some of our favorite wallpapers that you can use on your desktop. Of course, there's no reason you can't download these and use them on your various mobile devices as well! Here are five of our favorite summer wallpapers! Seaside Relaxation   Canopy on the Beach   Rolling Wave   Tropical Beach from Above   Summer Countryside ...
June 1, 2021 by Island Dog
June is here and summer will be officially here soon! I think it's going to be a hot one, and I'm going to keep some beach and tropical themes on my desktop! With a new month brings a new desktop screenshot thread, so post your desktop screenshot in the forum and lets us know what skins you are using! Post your desktops to the monthly thread here:  https://forums.wincustomize.com/505165/ (This is a news thread and will be locked. Screenshot taken by Chasbo)
May 24, 2021 by Island Dog
We are less than a month away from the official start of summer, and we've been talking about it over the past few weeks here. Last week, we looked at some animated wallpapers for you beach lovers, and today we'll look at some WindowBlinds skins for that same summer theme. If you have a favorite skin that you use for summer, let us know in the comments below and be sure to post them in our monthly desktop screenshot thread here . Beach   Summer Green ...
May 18, 2021 by Island Dog
We recently announced the brand new DeskScapes 11 (the beta is available exclusively through Object Desktop). Users can animate their desktop backgrounds, add customization to personal photos and tons more. While we're in the beta phase, we encourage users to submit bugs and suggested changes. Head over to this thread. Beta 2 Changelog: Fixes issue with the 4K flag on some dreams showing incorrectly Alters screensavers to terminate process vs exit on mouse move etc Fix...
May 17, 2021 by Island Dog
The sun is out and it's time to start looking for a place to have a nice vacation at! If you can't travel yet, you can turn your desktop background into an animated paradise with DeskScapes . With DeskScapes you can download and use a wide variety of animated and static wallpapers to turn your desktop into a tropical paradise, or anything else you would like! Check out some of our favorites, and find more in the DeskScapes gallery here . Hawaiian Sunset Cafe   ...
May 11, 2021 by Island Dog
It seems like not long ago we were posting this similar article about spring. Well summer arrives in a little over a month, and I think it's going to be a hot one. Summer is a fun season to skin as there are a variety of WindowBlinds skins, animated wallpapers for DeskScapes , CursorFX themes and more you can use! There are also plenty of landscape wallpapers to have your desktop feel like it's on a tropical vacation. We'll be showing off and featuring more summer inspired skins soon,...