How to personalize the desktop of PC Wallpaper Engine with animated backgrounds and screensavers
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When it comes to customizing our PC's wallpaper we have a large number of options that range from Microsoft's own proposals to third-party alternatives. And within the latter is Wallpaper Engine, an application I've been testing that allows you to use animated photos on your Windows PC
Wallpaper Engine is a paid application, with a cost of only 3.61 euros, that allows you to customize your PC desktop with animated backgroundsof different themes and with resolutions adapted to the screen we use.A tool that we can download through Steam.
Animated backgrounds and screensavers
We can download Wallpaper Engine from this link. It takes us to a payment gateway where we can use a credit card or PayPal. They are 3.99 dollars that with the conversion become 3.61 euros.
Once purchased, we will have to access the email we used for the purchase to activate the license number, a process that we will have to carry out through the website of Steam, so if you don't have an account you will need to open one. It is free, so in that sense there is no problem.
"Once the code is confirmed in Steam, we have to press Start, a green button, to start the download of the application. In my case, about 610 megabytes in a process that took a couple of minutes."
We will then see a series of windows to configure Wallpaper Engine the first time we start it. From the quality of the backgrounds that we are going to use to the type of color, parameters that, however, we can later change in Settings from the Taskbar"
The application installs a series of funds by default, but we can subscribe and use all that it offers in the catalog. To do this we can use the search engine and the different filters that it offers, either by theme, resolution, age classification...
All these functions affect the backgrounds... but we can also change the screensavers>We can make Wallpaper Engine the default screensaver and replace the one that comes with Windows. "
If we enter Settings and change the screensaver, the app takes care of the rest, and can also make it match or not with the wallpaper used."
One of the doubts I had was how Wallpaper Engine would impact the performance of the PC and when checking it in the Resource Monitor>I observed that the CPU consumption is very low, so even on less powerful computers it should work. Also, I have to take into account that I have set it to the fullest >"
The use of Wallpaper Engine has been more than satisfactory, due to the number of options it offers to customize the appearance of the PC and also for having an affordable price and without having to pay a subscription.
