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title: Install Animated Backdrop Maker on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of Animated Backdrop Maker for Linux - Animated
  desktop backdrop composer with real-time effects & AVI frame export
url: https://snapcraft.io/animated-backdrop-maker
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# Animated Backdrop Maker

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* [Nguyen Van Thanh (thanhnv128)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/thanhnv128 "View all snaps from Nguyen Van Thanh (thanhnv128)")
* [Utilities](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=utilities)

latest/stable 2.0.0

Install latest/stable of Animated Backdrop Maker

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install animated-backdrop-maker
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* animated-backdrop-maker

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### License

* MIT

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### Last updated

* Today - latest/stable

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### Websites

* [buymeacoffee.com](https://buymeacoffee.com/thanhnv128b "https://buymeacoffee.com/thanhnv128b")

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### Contact

* [buymeacoffee.com](https://buymeacoffee.com/thanhnv128b "https://buymeacoffee.com/thanhnv128b")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/animated-backdrop-maker#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/animated-backdrop-maker#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/animated-backdrop-maker#tab-security)

#### Animated desktop backdrop composer with real-time effects & AVI frame export

A Linux X11 alternative to DeskScapes. Independent open-source project, not affiliated
with or endorsed by Stardock.

Animated Backdrop Maker lets you compose animated desktop backdrops from your images with
stackable real-time effects, export standard RIFF AVI videos or PNG sequences, and target
specific RandR monitors on Linux X11 / XWayland.

FEATURES
• Backdrop Composer: Load any PNG/JPG image (or generated landscape canvases) and stack
real-time Snowfall, Raindrops, Bokeh Lights, Ken Burns Pan/Zoom, and Day-Night Color
Tint with live 30 FPS preview. Apply either a click-through \_NET\_WM\_WINDOW\_TYPE\_DESKTOP
live layer or a composited static wallpaper via X11 root pixmap (\_XROOTPMAP\_ID).
• Animation & AVI / Frame Exporter: Pure-Python RIFF 'AVI ' writer supporting both MJPEG
and uncompressed RGB24 DIB streams (with movi + idx1 index chunks) plus PNG frame
sequences saved to ~/Videos/animated-backdrop-maker/, with live frame/byte/FPS readouts.
• Monitor Targets & Triggers: Inspect live RandR monitor geometry, DPI, and refresh rates;
configure multi-backdrop slideshow intervals and day-night color-shift schedules with
optional RandR CRTC Kelvin gamma alignment.

LIMITATIONS
• Designed for X11 desktop sessions and XWayland layers. Wayland-native desktop shells and
window managers that lock root/desktop layers may ignore \_NET\_WM\_WINDOW\_TYPE\_DESKTOP or
\_XROOTPMAP\_ID updates.

SUPPORT & DONATE
• Created by Thanh Nguyen — <https://buymeacoffee.com/thanhnv128b>

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## Install Animated Backdrop Maker on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/animated-backdrop-maker/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/animated-backdrop-maker/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/animated-backdrop-maker/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/animated-backdrop-maker/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/animated-backdrop-maker/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/animated-backdrop-maker/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/animated-backdrop-maker/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/animated-backdrop-maker/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/animated-backdrop-maker/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/animated-backdrop-maker/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/animated-backdrop-maker/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/animated-backdrop-maker/ubuntu)