DesktopMagik - Turn Your Desktop Into Almost Anything!

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  1. michaelkenji

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    I just found this cool app that lets users change their desktop to - well, almost anything.. :D DesktopMagik allows users to change their desktop from the usual image, to a movie (yeah, video with or without audio!), or even an auto-updating webpage.

    Another something to amaze your friends..

    Try or buy: http://www.stupidfish23.com/desktopmagik/
     
    #1 michaelkenji, Dec 17, 2006
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    or for today get it free. They have a promo in macappaday.com
     
    #2 ikenn, Dec 17, 2006
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    cool app! I love it!
     
    #3 surgfish, Dec 17, 2006
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    yup that is the free app in macappaday.com for just today. Sunday
     
    #4 Macmon, Dec 18, 2006
  5. dementia

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    looks like it would eat up a lot of system resource when movies are used.
     
    #5 dementia, Dec 18, 2006
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    Have you tried it, dementia?
     
    #6 dominiquejames, Dec 18, 2006
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    Did you download it, dementia? Pa e-mail, hehe...
     
    #7 rocketpunch, Dec 18, 2006
  8. redzzz23

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    hmmmm....interesting...let me try this....
     
    #8 redzzz23, Dec 18, 2006
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    Ei. It doesn't seem free today. It's still Sunday in the US.

    Regarding resources, an HD video playing in the background uses about 60-70% of both cores, 122MB of real memory and 520MB of virtual memory.

    Let your system stretch its legs from time to time eh?
     
    #9 booblanco, Dec 18, 2006
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    If you download it from the Macappaday website its free. However they are only giving away 5000 copies. They might have given about 5000 already.
     
    #10 ikenn, Dec 18, 2006
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    It's gone from macappaday...oh well. I'm using the trial version now, pretty cool. I think one needs high-res videos though, a small video file that I played is pixelated since it takes up the whole screen.
     
    #11 Fidel, Dec 18, 2006
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    On second thought, you have an option to center the video. :)
     
    #12 Fidel, Dec 18, 2006
  13. maryannemoll

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    wait lang. I can do that with quicktime pro already. i play the movie on full screen mode, and i can still work on my other apps while the movie plays in the background.
     
    #13 maryannemoll, Dec 18, 2006
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    oh yeah.. the effect works with Quicktime too.. wala nga lang mga desktop icons, but it's still cool.. :D
     
    #14 michaelkenji, Dec 18, 2006
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    You mean using movies? Not yet. I don't have any movie file here. Will let you guys know when I've tried it with a movie.
     
    #15 dementia, Dec 19, 2006
  16. dementia

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    ner ner ner :p
    kaw talaga
     
    #16 dementia, Dec 19, 2006
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