Interesting animation on your desktop always looks lively and attractive. In total, installing such an image will take no more than 5-10 minutes. If you have had experience installing live wallpaper on previous versions of Windows, then you definitely will not notice significant changes in the installation process in this case either.
There are two popular ways to install live wallpaper:
- Video Wallpaper;
- Deskscapes 8.
To implement each of them, special applications are required.
Video Wallpaper has its own archive of wallpapers for every taste. The variety of pictures allows you to find the right option based on a variety of requirements. Another advantage of the program is its high installation speed, and, if necessary, even pausing the live wallpaper.
How to use Video Wallpaper?
Step 1. Download the program from the official website and start launching.
In this case, a corresponding shortcut automatically appears on the desktop.
Step 2. The program will look like this:
The default screen is set to wallpaper with a seascape, which you can see in the screenshot. In order to pause the action of these wallpapers, you will need to click on pause on the panel of the program itself.
You will notice that after this manipulation the picture immediately changes to another one, the animation and sound disappear.
Step 3. The full capabilities of Video Wallpaper can only be viewed if you purchase the full version. A few minutes after you start using it, a window like this will open.
If you click on the “Keep as a Trial” button, you will continue to have access to certain features of the program.
Step 4. To select an image option other than the default one, click on the next button.
Here is a fairly large collection, which is divided into categories:
- sea;
- abstraction;
- dawn;
- space and so on.
Overall, Video Wallpaper is a convenient and functional program, even if you use the trial version.
How to set live wallpaper using DeskScapes 8?
Like the previous program, DeskScapes 8 is paid. In free mode, it will be available only for 30 days.
How to use DeskScapes 8?
Step 1. Download the program from the official website.
You should be careful, since you can find similar, at first glance, files with viruses on the Internet.
Step 2., which you usually work with. The three most common options are offered here - Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer.
Downloading DeskScapes 8 will take a little longer than downloading Video Wallpaper.
Step 3. Before installation, as usual, you must accept the terms of the Agreement.
Note! The program will ask you to additionally install a tool called Fences. This is where the image archive is located.
Step 4. Fences is also a paid resource, the user will be immediately informed about this.
Step 5. If you want to use the trial version, you will need to confirm your intention with a letter in your email inbox.
Step 6. Then you should return to the program itself and start working.
If an email from Fences has already been sent to your email address, DeskScapes 8 will also send a confirmation request to the specified address.
Step 7 As a result, the program panel will look like this.
In order to install wallpaper, you need to select any option you like from the list, and then click the “Apply to my desktop” button.
As a result, the desktop will look like this.
In conclusion, if we compare the two programs described above - Video Wallpaper and DeskScapes 8, the latter is considered more difficult to install. However, it is its trial version that offers more features, unlike Video Wallpaper.
