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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Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.
Snaps are discoverable and installable from the Snap Store, an app store with an audience of millions.
If you’re running Kubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) or later, including Kubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) and Kubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish), you don’t need to do anything. Snap is already installed and ready to go.
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sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
To install Animated Backdrop Maker, simply use the following command:
sudo snap install animated-backdrop-maker
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