Wallpaper Engine

Wallpaper Engine

Customizable Module Visualizer
SAM 14 Jan, 2019 @ 4:10am
Layers or Background + Foreground option?
Is it possible to have some sort of a layer functionality/option in the future? Something that would enable us to have a background, then the visualizer and a foreground picture on top of the visualizer. That would be awesome.

In other words: can we have a foreground option too?
Cheers!
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Arthesian  [developer] 13 Apr, 2019 @ 4:53am 
Hi SAM, sorry for the long wait, but it's >> finally << here :)

Video: showcasing settings
https://youtu.be/ZTw0wguOeR0

Some background that I configured:
https://youtu.be/K4plZWY_Kxk
SAM 18 Apr, 2019 @ 8:51pm 
Hey Arthesian, thanks for the update, it's really awesome!
The only shame though, is that there isn't a foreground option for the visualizer itself. If there's a separate foreground image, then the visualizer will be hidden underneath it.

What would be truly marvelous, for the user to be able to select if the Visualizer 1 or 2 is on the top/foreground, or in the background. Think of it as a layer functionality.

Bottom layer: Background image w/ Visualizer 1
Foreground layer: Foreground image w/Visualizer 2.
Arthesian  [developer] 19 Apr, 2019 @ 12:47am 
Current situation :

- 1) Background canvas renders the backgorund image + effects ( like hue, scale, blur, hi-light etc.)
- 2) Grid canvas renders the 'animated grid' ( if enabled ) between the main-canvas and the background
- 3) 'Main' canvas renders Visualizer1, Visualizer2, Foreground Image + effects

I might be able to give something like a 'z-index' to change the order of the 'layers' on the 'Main' canvas.

But even with that 'z-index' (order), it would still mean that all 'effects' are shared over all 'layers'. So it would not be possible to enable/disable Hue Rotation/Blur/Bounce etc. individual per layer.

( This was done for performance reasons, because giving each layer it's own canvas, means rendering 'x' times your screen resolution each frame )

As long as it's acceptable that all the visualizer + foreground image share the same effects ( like they do now ), I can probably figure something out
Last edited by Arthesian; 19 Apr, 2019 @ 12:47am
Arthesian  [developer] 20 Apr, 2019 @ 1:16pm 
The latest release includes 'Layers' for :
- Visualizer 1
- Visualizer 2
- Confetti
- Foreground Image

These can now be ordered in the way you want. I hope this is sufficient :)

( I also hope this was what you meant, to change the order of the rendering right ? )
Last edited by Arthesian; 20 Apr, 2019 @ 1:17pm
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