Background
Beginning with version 7.1 you can use JPG / JPEG, BMP, PNG images as background (wallpaper).
Image Arrangement
There are five possible variants of image arrangement on a screen:
- Alignment – nine various alignments are available: centered, top left corner, bottom right corner etc. Click directly a needed place of the monitor preview to choose one of them.
- Fit to screen – adjusts image size to a full screen.
- Fit to screen constrain proportions – makes image fit your screen keeping original proportions.
- Fit to screen without empty space – makes image larger so that image proportions can be constrained and, in the same time, your screen has no empty spaces.
- Tile – a tile is an image, usually small, patterned repeatedly across and down the desktop. Size of tiles will depend on image size and your screen resolution.
Background color
The color can be selected in RGB color model. The desired color can be achieved by either supplying the exact color values or by choosing the appropriate color from a palette. Click the color sample to pick a color from a palette. The color picker window will represent the RGB mode palette.
You can use Eyedropper tool to choose color exactly. Click Eyedropper and move mouse (without releasing left mouse button) on the screen area. Color changing will be shown in the color sample. When you see the needed color in the sample, release the left button to select this color. Return the Eyedropper tool to the start point not to change the color.
To switch wallpapers periodically or at the exact time see Changer.
You can also save or print the current background image.
BACKGROUND IMAGE SOURCE
You can select one of the following sources of background images. Select None to set no background image. Select Image to choose one image as a background. SelectRandom image from folder or Random from image list to see different wallpaper every time when you click Update desktop in tray menu or after restarting Windows (also, it's possible to change the background image using standard Windows Personalize dialog).
For Random image from folder, browse any folder which contains background images.
For Random from image list, make your own list of background images. Click Edit image list button to open Background list editor.
You can add images or folders to image list and delete unnecessary images:
- to add images (JPG/JPEG, PNG, BMP) to the list, click Add image button or drag and drop image from explorer. Preview of the added image will appear above the image list.
- to add all images from folder to the image list, click Add folder button and browse needed folder.
- to delete image, choose it in the lost and click Delete image button.
When all images you need are added to the list, click Ok button in the editor window. The program will create text file with your image list. You can edit the image list in any text editor. The image list must be a text file each line of which is the file name with full path to the file (for example, C:/My_documents/Images/filename.jpg).