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| Raf |
Please create more animated wallpapers. They are amazing! |
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| ED |
The ps3 animated pics are awesome i think they should be in pc, there cool |
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| michael |
Nar had the same problem a year ago! |
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| Miguell026 |
Ryan i have all the videos but dispersion seems the best fluid one! will you do more in the future? |
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| Raj |
OK I just read your previous comment and saw that it could maybe take months for that, so I retract my request. Thanks for the animation anyways! |
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| Raj |
Ryan, if you could make a 2560x1600 version, then that would be great! Thanks. The animation looks spectacular already on my 2560x1600 resolution monitor! |
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| david |
It's been a few years since I have "re-uped" my membership and I love the Animation. What are the chances of you taking one the the lighthouse scenes (my all time favorites) and animating it? thanks for the great work! ps... for window 7 users you can still use a simple dreamscene hack. look it up on google |
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| Nar |
I skipped Vista and went to Win7 Pro, was bummed to hear that dreams were axed, so I installed Stardock Dreamscapes. On this page I was prompted to install QT, I avoid that at all costs due to common codecs being taken over, and Apple shenanigans with updates. So I have no preview, and had to download it to see it. I would like to see more work on these myself, but realize many people do not have Dreamscene capability, a shame really. Of the four available, I like campfires the best. It is the most detailed, but it is too fast. I do not see a way to slow it down like other packaged dreams can. I'd also like it to be a bit further back, and not so much "in your face." |
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| Tom |
I right click on the title, but a Save As..... is not shown on the menu. I click on the title and Quick Time pops up, begins to download the file, then stops because I don't have the MP2 codec file. I've downloaded/installed the VLC player. But of course can not play any animated files made by Ryan because I'm unable to save them first onto my pc. :-(( Any suggestions? |
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| Kris |
I have Win Vista. Is it possible to make them a background like the still images? How about screen savers in Win Vista? Thanks! |
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| Don |
I seem to have encountered Dave's issue myself. Apple tech support insists that the files are not MPEG-2 files, and that the ability to resolve the playback of these files is outside the scope of their support. I seem to recall a QuickTime codec for "MS MPEG II"; apparently Microsoft savagely butchered the standard before it was ratified in 1992 and continues to use only it. If I can find something that plays these back, I'll post it. |
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Ryan |
Sorry to hear you are having problems Dave. I'm not sure why they won't play on your system. Perhaps the download did not complete successfully? Have you tried updating your Mpeg codec? |
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| Dave |
For some reason, the animations are not working after downloading. I can see the animations on the website, but when I download the file, they do not play. As *.mpg extension, all players say they are not valid movie files... if I rename to .m2v (MPG 2) it plays, but it is a white screen. Tried both on my PC and Mac Pro (which has QuickTime Pro & MPEGII installed) and does not work... Any ideas? Thanks, Dave |
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Ryan |
Right-Click (or ALT-Click on a Mac, I think) on the "1080p MPEG" link and save the file to your computer. That's the animation. If you just click the link it will probably play in your browser or a linked movie player. Hope this helps. Feel free to send me an email if you need more detailed help. |
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| chris |
trying to download the animation and i'm haveing no luck! any advice? |
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| Sam |
How do I download the animated desktops? |
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| RovingEye |
I'd join in the chorus for quality too. Following the mention of how VLC Player can do animated wallpaper in WinXP, I did download the animations and I have to confess to being rather underwhelmed - I was hoping for something more complex (and subtle) than colour cycling or spinning objects. Take a planetscape like Gazebo2k3, add rippling water, twinkling stars and a gentle dawn/dusk effect - or MorningGlory2K5 with an animated sunset (plus rippling water) and you would have a masterpiece which would likely have people gaping for almost as long as the render time. ;) I did some years ago use GTRipple to add water animation, but it only worked well with simpler scenes like Creation. Even so, it did add an almost hypnotic effect to the desktop, so a well-designed animation could have awesome time-wasting potential... |
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| Mathew |
I really like the animations and I would be interested in work that you did that was specifically setup for doing in animation. One request I have though is that they are even more subtle. Most everything I find and use I wish I could dial back the speed on. |
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| Chris |
I know you're busy with the static images, but please find it in the kindness of your heart to bless us with more dreamscenes =) Sky Song with the sky shimmering would be absolutely amazing. As always, keep up the fantastic work. -Chris |
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| Unmngeable |
Spend some time doing "create from scratch" to find out if it's fulfilling for you and the response is good... but please don't give up on high quality animations altogether. You'll find the right blend... you do great work whatever you do. |
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| Mike B |
The Videos you have published so far are really good, in the future as you are creating the videos to me it doesn't matter if they originate as a still image or not. The important thing is they live up to the standards for all of the artwork up here - smooth and artifact free |
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| Nicola K |
They're very pretty, but I'd never use them as wallpapers. By all means do some if they appeal to you, but I'd get a lot more use out of still wallpapers. |
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| Brij |
Hi Ryan, maybe a balance can be achieved with the animated wallpapers, i tend to prefer animated wallpapers, and was thinking maybe you could do, one ultra high animation, followed by maybe a more simpler one (taking less time), and then again a ultra high one, so over time you build up a collection of both, and users can take what they like? Loving the new stuff, many thanks and keep up the good work. |
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| Brij |
Hi Ryan, maybe a balanca can be achieved with the animated wallpapers, i tend to prefer animated wallpapers, and was thinking maybe you could do, one ultra high animation, followed by maybe a more simpler one (taking less time), and then again a ultra high one, so over time you build up a collection of both, and users can take what they like? Loving the new stuff, many thanks and keep up the good work. |
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| KC |
Well personally I can't use them all the time at the moment (I have to set them as a background whilst playing them in DivX), and as they will only work really well (Without slowing everything up) on new PC's running Vista I don't think you shift anymore time to them than you do already, at least not for a while. I do like them though and because of all the different screen ratio's would you mind shifting 'digitalblasphemy' to the left a bit more, as on my widescreen monitor when I crop it to 16:10 I only get 'digitalblasph' and I know you like to have it on there and I wouldn't expect you to remove it. Also avi or divx (Basically the same thing) files I find are much friendlier, I have to convert the current ones and takes a while. Also when rendering some other animations you wouldn't necessarily have to render the entire image for each frame just the part with the action in. Oh and I'd love to see Circumpolar, with the sun rising and setting and the water trickling and the moon and clouds moving. Although I think it would take ages I reckon it would be brilliant. Oh and Haiku, that's your most realistic image, would look great with the leaf flowing along. :) |
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| Dennis |
I need my computer for a lot of heavy work, so until I upgrade to a power monster, animated wallpaper will have to wait. I would like to see connected scenes. Show me more from one place, like the Thetis Moon piece. What does it look like in the day? In another location on the same world, maybe in another climate. I would like to see cities and other dwellings as well. I would like to know what it feels like to live there. I do think that you are correct. There will be more demand for animation in the future. |
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| Tom F. |
I echo the comments of 1337h1uM when it comes to which kind of animations I would like to see. I would like to see both. I just downloaded and installed the VLC media player. My fav animations are the fluorescense_blue, and the singularity. |
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| 1337h1uM |
DreamScene animations were designed to be both pretty and subtle. They were designed to be undistracting. The animated mushrooms (Flourescence) were great, as there was no movement - only colour variations. On the other hand, your Singularity animation was great simply because that scene is just so cool. Personally, I'd like to see a mix; both subtle movement animations of your stills as well as top-quality animations designed from scratch. That would be fantastic. Because one thing's for sure: you need more animations; I know ten other people who use DreamScene - and I know zero people who use three monitors, let alone three monitors that are of the same size and resolution. Maybe it would be an idea to do a few of the quicker animated versions of static wallpapers first, to expand your collection, and then work on more top-quality animations that you've designed from scratch. May I suggest an animated version of Cosmology? That is one of my favourite stills. It would be awesome if you could animate it so that the stars twinkle and the blue haze moves similar to how you animated the black hole's accretion disc in Singularity. Simple variations to still pictures are great because they are pretty and cool without being so distracting that you just find yourself staring at them all day. |
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| John R. |
My vote is for higher quality |
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| Evilsilver |
i vote for the still shots being made into animations, pretty cool seeing some of the shots come to life... on that note i wouldn't think it would take that much more time than making ones from scratch... things like Cloud Canyon i would imagine just having the fog in it swirling or something which if you had a file of it where you could not render that part you could easily implement it in another program i would imagine... but i wouldn't know, just my thought |
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| Doug |
Ryan, I think you're zeroing in on the right balance already: a "from scratch" animation from you would basically involve a simpler subject matter -- *not* a cruder rendering of it. That is, you're not going to be throwing out something that looks like early-90's stuff, just so it can be an animation. That said, more intricate detail is always nice to have -- say, in Biodome, it would be great to see the clouds slowly churning, while the leaves on the trees are blowing. But you don't have the resources of a major movie studio that would be needed to pull that off! Really, my only concern is that animation work not unduly impact the release of wallpapers. In terms of design time -- the real interactive work necessary, I think a balance can be struck. But I don't think anyone here wants you to be stuck waiting weeks for a render, and not be able to do any new work because of that. I wonder -- would those of us here who really want to see the anims be willing to throw together a set of donations to allow for the purchase of another machine + software licences to allow the animation renders to work completely in the background? What would the cost of such a setup be -- would it entail a complete duplication of your entire setup, or could it be more incremental? |
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| Nathan V |
Quality please. :) |
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| ringrose |
I enjoy the high quality of Digital Blasphemy. I don't think I would be satisfied with the quality I would expect from a single image from an animated wallpaper, although you could probably take that image as a starting point and refine it. As computer resources get cheaper, I can see animated wallpapers getting greater use. I would love to use one as a screensaver, but haven't found a usable program for my XP machine which doesn't have annoying glitches. For now, I wouldn't use an animated wallpaper because I want wallpaper to be something I enjoy but don't have to think about. An animated wallpaper uses enough computer resources that I would have to remember to turn it off when, say, I needed all my computer resources to run something. ...anyway, you should do what you enjoy. That way you'll keep doing it, and we'll get to keep enjoying your work. If that means more animated images, we'll deal. I would like to see a useful FAQ about using animated wallpaper/screensavers. |
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| Mike |
I'd like to see more animations, either way. If they have to be simpler, so be it. |
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| Eugenio |
Honestly yeah, quality is always preferred over quantity on this site. Us members have always appreciated the fact that you put so much effort into your work, I for one would like to see the same effort in all of your work, not just some. ^_^ Those are MY 2c |
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| Phillip D |
As far as the question goes whether I want animated or not. I am so used to still pictures and animations is something new and some folks may have to download some programs to make it work. Animations on desktop wallpapers may be distracting to some folks, however, I like the dispersion animation because it is a still image with slow changes in and out of colors on your objects and it does not seem distracting when looking at icons, rather than it is relaxing mood to the eye...maybe a little slower. So just for my point of view, I think animations are cool as long as the images are still but have slow animated features in the still images (objects fade in and out, color change, etc...)and that the animations are slow. |
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| Mike |
I'm sure the animation is nice quality, though sadly I could not view it since my computer would not view that type of file. I don't know how many members can use the animated wallpaper but I'm not one of them. Honestly, I would rather the time be spent making more scenery wallpaper if there are not too many members that can use the animated ones yet. |
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| Adrian |
Another vote for quality animations rather than more of them, in keeping with the rest of your work. I also agree that whatever you do should be subtle i.e. Campfires should definitely rotate much slower. |
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| bonesbro |
I'd prefer animated wallpaper that was subtle. For example, the grass gently blowing in the breeze and the clouds floating by. But I suppose such an image would have to run for minutes before it could loop and not be obvious about it... |
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| Hawk |
I'd always go with quality, even if it takes longer. |
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| zephyr |
that is pretty darn cool :) |
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| Jonathan L |
I absolutely love your current animated wallpapers -- they're so neat to have on the desktop! I'd go with quality, as well. Like, the waves shaking the boat in eventide or different stars twinkling (in a way) from firmament (or origins) or an updated version of source where the crystal's being altered or moving or anything. :D I don't know... I just love these animated wallpapers you've posted! |
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| Alvaro |
Like other people here, I think animated wallpapers are a novelty thing, but not really useful or practical. When the initial "wow!" wears off, I go back to a regular wallpaper, which won't be as distracting. |
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| Dan |
Personally, I would rather see more lower quality than fewer ultra high quality. The ultra high quality animations would not be displayed to their fullest potential on most screens and systems anyway and would serve only to consume resources. Just my $0.02. |
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| ck |
I am in the boat where quality matters more than the quantity. It takes a while to come up with a concept, produce and tweak the image to publish. Once it goes through the review process --which I might add is a welcome option--; is perfected through user suggestions. That same image should be transferred to other mediums as good quality as possible. Like the other said, DB is associated with quality, not quantity. ck |
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| Erik |
Love this one, almost as good as the 'shrooms When it comes to the animations, I prefer the high quality ones. however, how about a non animated spacescape with a few ships in it? :-) |
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| SethR |
I am with the group that would rather you worked on stills than animations. Even if I was running Vista, which won't happen soon if ever, I would not actually use an animation as wallpaper. That said, you are the artist and I will respect your decision. |
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Ryan |
There's really no way I could produce an animated version of all of my images. Take "Haiku (2007)" for instance. That one took somewhere around 30 hours to render at 2560 x 1600. I imagine it would take somewhere around 20 hours (ballpark) to render at 1920 x 1080. Even at 24 frames per second there's just no way I could render out an animated version. It would take months unless I dailed back some of the options that made the still version unique (blurred reflection and refraction were used and as expensive render options). Animated versions of my still images will have to remain an "every so often" proposition. They will be done when the render times are low and the subject matter lends itself to something that can be seamlessly looped. I design these first and foremost as stills and I don't factor animation into my thought process while putting the scenes together. It's an afterthought. The reason I asked is that if more animations are desired it would be easier for me to create them from scratch. But then they would be simpler scenes that probably wouldn't look as complex as my usual still images. I do think that more and more people are going to be using video as wallpaper so it is something that I would like to produce from here on out. I was just seeing which way the wind was blowing in regards to subject matter. |
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| Andrew S |
Someone's said it already, but "quality not quantity" is what I associate with DB. If the occasional scene is selected to be made into an animation, or if one day a scene turns up that is animation only (sneaky peek stills in the WIP page?) then that's great. I think it'd be better to see the animations as the occasional treat rather than expect every scene to be made into a really good still and a really good animation. Just my 2c |
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| Morgan |
I'd like more "animations from scratch". If possible, can they be delivered in more(=lower) resolutions than just 1920x1200? My 17" preferes 1280x1024. :) |
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| Kyle |
I'm all about seeing new stuff. Your animated wallpapers were the biggest reason for installing Unltimate Vista. You very rarely make something I don't like, keep up the good work Ryan. |
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| Mark |
I have to agree with the majority. I appreciate the care and attention that goes in to the high quality animations. Mass producing lower quality just doesn't seem to fit with your standards. There are always those that would love to see a wallpaper or animation every day, but one of the reasons I enjoy Digital Blasphemy so much is that each image is unique and special. Great art takes time and I hope that quality always takes precedence. |
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| Dave |
Let's get some Ultra High Quality Animations, even if you only make a few. I think those would be the best. |
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| NathanK |
i do like seeing the stills turned into animations. maybe take a vote on which stills people would like to see turned into animations? i prefer HQ, but i have some fav stills as well, so i'd like to see both =D I think as vista becomes adopted and pc processing power gets cheaper, you'll see people adopting these more and more... remember moores law!! |
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| Darren |
The animations are a novelty for me. Interesting, but I don't use them long term. If animations meant less wallpaper output, then I'd much rather you stick to wallpapers. |
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| Codec |
Animated wallpaper is no use to me. My vote goes for high quality dual screen wallpapers instead! |
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| Jordan |
While I would like to see some of my favorite stills turned into animations, I also would like to see what new creations you would create. And the higher quality would be a bonus! Maybe put it on a rotation schedule, like working on two brand new animations, then do one current still animation. |
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| Starkiller |
I think those are two different questions which deserve two answers. 1.) In terms of quality, I don't mind waiting longer for high quality, fewer animations with great quality works for me. 2.) The second question is, if I want to see animated version of existing stills, or completly new stuff and here my answer is: new stuff. Having only existing pictures with then rotating colors would get boring rather quick, let your creativity flow. |
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| SHv2 |
Ultra High quality all the way. You just took my favorite wallpaper and animated it. THAT... ROCKS...! |
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| Blaise |
I'm definitely interested in seeing HQ made for animation projects. |
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| kellzilla |
I would like to see an animated desktop from scratch before I formed an opinion! |
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| Robin |
I for one would be curious what a "designed for animation" project from you would look like. |
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| Phantom |
Go with the high quality stills, and continue to make the animations from them, as i can't even use dreamscene. I just love the backgrounds on my computer, phone, etc... |
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| Matt |
HQ. |
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| Keith |
I think you should continue making the high-quality animations based on stills. An animation from scratch just wouldn't have the same detail. I must say the Dispersion animation is great! You can hardly tell its changing if you don't stare at it for a while which makes it perfect because you don't want to be distracted every few seconds by your desktop. |
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| Russ |
Coworkers view my desktop and say "oh wow...where was that picture taken at!?" When I tell them it is fictitious and is artist rendering they are dumbfounded. Like most of the other members here what brings me back is the high quality of your work. I would expect that you continue to produce at the level you have in every aspect. Be it still pics or animations. Please do not loose the quality in order to produce more product. Keep the great work going! |
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| Michael |
I'd like to see more of the same wallpapers, (like the recent Cloud Terrace and Cloud Terrace Night.) I've got a Mac and I can make my wallpapers shift from one to another. It's not really one of the two answers you wanted, but I'd like to be able to have multiple different frames my computer could shift between. |
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| Ali M. K. |
I think "few but ultra-high quality" would be in line with DB's tradition. |
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