Post Your Desktop 2021 - Winter Edition

Discussion in 'Miscellaneous' started by Amaris, Dec 1, 2021.

  1. Gingerbread Demon

    Gingerbread Demon I love Star Trek Discovery Premium Member

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    Oh that's great I love it.

    I'm in the mood for movie stars for this week so chose Jane Russell

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  2. Amaris

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    Oh, Miss Jane Russell. Good choice for classic Hollywood.
     
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  3. Gingerbread Demon

    Gingerbread Demon I love Star Trek Discovery Premium Member

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    Yeah I like others from the period too like Gene Tierney, Hedy Lamar etc.
     
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  4. Locutus of Bored

    Locutus of Bored Yo, Dawg! I Heard You Like Avatars... In Memoriam

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    My current desktop I made:
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    Or if you want one a little less busy:
    [​IMG]
     
  5. Gingerbread Demon

    Gingerbread Demon I love Star Trek Discovery Premium Member

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    How do you get the animated effects to work as a desktop image? That looks cool.
     
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  6. Locutus of Bored

    Locutus of Bored Yo, Dawg! I Heard You Like Avatars... In Memoriam

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    You have to convert the .gif to a video file. You can do that here:
    https://ezgif.com/gif-to-mp4

    Then you need some kind of program to do a video desktop. I have a desktop enhancement software bundle called "Object Desktop" with a program called "Deskscapes 11" allowing you to do video desktops. There are other methods to do it as well:
    https://helpdeskgeek.com/windows-10/how-to-use-a-video-as-your-wallpaper-on-windows-10/
     
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  7. Gingerbread Demon

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    Oh wow that's really neat.... Might be time to animate a spaceship or two. Now I have ideas
     
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    Locutus of Bored Yo, Dawg! I Heard You Like Avatars... In Memoriam

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    My usual desktop is an animated interior of the Millennium Falcon cockpit as it comes out of hyperspace and zooms up to Earth.
     
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  9. Gingerbread Demon

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    I'll check all that out but don't feel super confident I'll be happy with a few flashing lights on the picture if I get around to trying it.
     
  10. Amaris

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    That looks fantastic! Nice work. :D
     
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  12. Amaris

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    I don't care how much it looked like the Akira, the NX Enterprise is a damn fine looking ship.
     
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    Yeah, she's a beauty. :adore:
     
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  14. Amaris

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    Back in the day, I downloaded a mod for Bridge Commander that let you fly the NX, and it was a lot of fun. I remember when the series came out and people were like "it looks like a submarine," as if that was a problem. I mean, ENT was set only a 150 years in the future, and I'd imagine our ships would look submarine-ish at that point.
     
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  15. cooleddie74

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    Yep. If you look at 21st century spacecraft like the Ares IV from 2032 and Zefram Cochrane's Phoenix the NX-01 is almost the perfect midpoint between NASA and early warp drive and the TOS Enterprise.
     
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  16. Gingerbread Demon

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    Ha.......... My favourite Enterprise.

    Hey what's Star Trek Timelines?
     
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    This is my phone background right now.
    Screenshot_20211214-160443_One UI Home.jpg
     
  19. Amaris

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    That's festive! Though the 72 degrees is still a little rough to deal with right now. lol
     
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