BioniX Wallpaper Changer

BioniX Wallpaper Changer is a popular Windows utility that can pick an image from a playlist and set it as desktop wallpaper at a specified time interval. The interval can be set between one second and 60 hours. The program offers seven resample filters and a playlist editor.
Classic features
* Playlist editor.
* Dual monitor support
* Support for multiple thematic playlists.
* Basic image processing - The user can apply gamma, contrast, and saturation on the fly to all wallpapers without changing the original file.
* Playlist association - Double click a playlist file located anywhere in the computer to load that file.
* System tray icon
* Desktop tools - Hide desktop icons, minimize all open windows, remote control, show time on desktop, hide taskbar, etc
* Customizable Global Hotkeys - Using a customizable combination of keys, the user can change the wallpaper even if BioniX Wallpaper Changer does not have the focus (is not visible on screen).
* Preview panel - The preview panel allows quickly preview of selected wallpaper/image.
* Shuffle/continuous mode - The images can be picked from the playlist one by one, or in “random” more.
* Automatically change the wallpaper at Windows start-up
* Skinable interface - Over 100 custom skins are available
Unique features
* Lock on folder - This feature allows BioniX Wallpaper Changer to monitor a folder and automatically update its playlist when pictures are added/deleted.
* Resampling filters - The images are processed using one of the seven resamplers (including B-Spline, Lanczos3 and Mitchell).
* Flexible time editor - While other similar tools allow the time to be set to fixed intervals (of 15 or 30 minutes), this tool allows a more flexible approach.
* Wallpaper positioning system - Auto detect the best way to fit the wallpaper size to desktop size without cropping the image or losing quality.
* "Active Desktop" auto-detection
* Remote control
* Previous wallpaper - The user can easily return to the previous displayed wallpapers
* CPU overload detection - Don't change the wallpaper if a CPU intensive application (like games) is running.
* One wallpaper - Change wallpaper and close itself to preserve memory
* Filter non-wallpaper images - The drag&drop operation will not add small files to the playlist
* Capable to run from a read-only media like CD - Ideal for presentation CD's
* “Boss” button
The playlist editor
The user can create multiple thematic playlists by dragging and dropping images into BioniX Wallpaper Charger interface. A playlist file can be loaded by drag and drop or with a simple double click operation. The preview panel allows quickly preview of selected wallpaper/image.
It helps the user to decide which are the unwanted images and wipe them from computer with a single push of a button.
Delivery
The program is delivered in two packages: shareware and Lite. The size of each package is about 2.98MB. Several wallpapers are already include in the package.
System requirements
Windows 95, 16MB RAM, 486 CPU, 3MB free disk space.
Windows compatibility matrix
BioniX Wallpaper Changer is compatible with Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7.

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