Overlay wallpapers

Fidodo · 27th April 2005, 07:41

I'm looking for some good clever wallpapers to use that look cool with overlay mode. Any ideas or images?

Warrior of the Light · 27th April 2005, 17:46

Wrong question.

Overlay mode puts a color over your wallpaper and projects AVS on that.

The wallpaper disappears then.

PAK-9 · 27th April 2005, 18:54

I think he means specifying a colour to overlay (and unchecking 'set desktop to colour).

UnConeD · 27th April 2005, 20:03

Or maybe he's asking about suitable presets for desktop overlay.

Fidodo · 27th April 2005, 21:17

You can have a wallpaper with overlay mode on. I have one on right now. Setting overlay color to the desktop color doesn't replace your wallpaper, just the color your wallpaper doesn't cover up, it's the same thing as changing it manually by right clicking on the desktop, going to properties->desktop->desktop color, and changing it that way, having winamp do it just makes it easier. You can put the overlay color into the desktop image and get a really cool effect. For example I'm using http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...isc/treeso.gif as my background, I set the overlay color to the blue stuff and put the image as my desktop. The preset goes on the blue parts and looks really cool. Try it, and if anyone comes up with a cool image to do this with tell us!

TomyLobo · 27th April 2005, 22:44

eek gif

not just cause it's evil once-patented gif, but also cause it activates the shitty Active Desktop without you noticing
make a bmp of the background if you're not gonna change it for a while (zoom as needed, etc)

Fidodo · 28th April 2005, 00:08

I used gif because photobucket isn't big enough for bmp. But that's irrelevant, I'd like to see some wallpapers that look cool with the overlay effect.

jheriko · 28th April 2005, 00:53

I took a back drop and made every other pixel the overlay colour, like a checkerboard pattern to create a sort of transparenty effect once. It works quite well in high res.

Fidodo · 28th April 2005, 03:55

I took your idea but I put the checker pattern over a rainbow gradiant so it gives the visual a rainbow tint.

TomyLobo · 2nd May 2005, 18:58

yeah same on my old machine

half-transparent boxes with icons in them

27th April 2005, 07:41	#1
Fidodo Junior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 6	Overlay wallpapers I'm looking for some good clever wallpapers to use that look cool with overlay mode. Any ideas or images?

27th April 2005, 17:46	#2
Warrior of the Light Forum King Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 4,121	Wrong question. Overlay mode puts a color over your wallpaper and projects AVS on that. The wallpaper disappears then. Jesus loves you [yes, you] so much, he even died for you so that you will not need to die, but live forever

27th April 2005, 18:54	#3
PAK-9 Major Dude Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Posts: 1,374	I think he means specifying a colour to overlay (and unchecking 'set desktop to colour). http://PAK-9.deviantart.com ...innit

27th April 2005, 22:44	#6
TomyLobo Major Dude Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Germany Posts: 580	eek gif not just cause it's evil once-patented gif, but also cause it activates the shitty Active Desktop without you noticing make a bmp of the background if you're not gonna change it for a while (zoom as needed, etc) If you can't say something nice, say something surrealistic.

28th April 2005, 00:53	#8
jheriko Forum King Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: a twist in the fabric of space Posts: 2,150	I took a back drop and made every other pixel the overlay colour, like a checkerboard pattern to create a sort of transparenty effect once. It works quite well in high res. -- Jheriko 'Everything around us can be represented and understood through numbers'

27th April 2005, 20:03	#4
UnConeD Whacked Moderator Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,104	Or maybe he's asking about suitable presets for desktop overlay.

27th April 2005, 21:17	#5
Fidodo Junior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 6	You can have a wallpaper with overlay mode on. I have one on right now. Setting overlay color to the desktop color doesn't replace your wallpaper, just the color your wallpaper doesn't cover up, it's the same thing as changing it manually by right clicking on the desktop, going to properties->desktop->desktop color, and changing it that way, having winamp do it just makes it easier. You can put the overlay color into the desktop image and get a really cool effect. For example I'm using http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...isc/treeso.gif as my background, I set the overlay color to the blue stuff and put the image as my desktop. The preset goes on the blue parts and looks really cool. Try it, and if anyone comes up with a cool image to do this with tell us!

28th April 2005, 00:08	#7
Fidodo Junior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 6	I used gif because photobucket isn't big enough for bmp. But that's irrelevant, I'd like to see some wallpapers that look cool with the overlay effect.

28th April 2005, 03:55	#9
Fidodo Junior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 6	I took your idea but I put the checker pattern over a rainbow gradiant so it gives the visual a rainbow tint.

2nd May 2005, 18:58	#10
TomyLobo Major Dude Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Germany Posts: 580	yeah same on my old machine half-transparent boxes with icons in them If you can't say something nice, say something surrealistic.

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