Magic Lantern
by Ben Sharpe
This is a desktop wallpaper changer with optional image frames.
Shows images from local folders or Flickr
Cycles through randomly or sequentially
Multiple image frames (none, slide, tape, smudge, heavy smudge, or jagged)
Fade transition (optional)
Handles portrait images nicely
Won't overly stretch small images
Uses lanczos filter for highest quality
Saves your favorite Flickr images to your local desktop folder
Can be paused/resumed
Can easily skip to next ima… More
Shows images from local folders or Flickr
Cycles through randomly or sequentially
Multiple image frames (none, slide, tape, smudge, heavy smudge, or jagged)
Fade transition (optional)
Handles portrait images nicely
Won't overly stretch small images
Uses lanczos filter for highest quality
Saves your favorite Flickr images to your local desktop folder
Can be paused/resumed
Can easily skip to next ima… More
Current Version: 2.0
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November 15, 2007 · version 2.0Hey, I got SUPER excited about this and tried downloading (even re-downloading yahoo widgets!) to get it to work, but it still says "MagicLantern was not able to upload itself correctly" or something like that, how can i get this to work? i really want to be able to use it!
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November 15, 2007 · version 2.0The widget is great as far as I can tell, just one suggestion. Maybe make it so that when you click the widget itself, it also acts like a button to change the desktop instantly. I'd just like it because i don't really want my desktop changing every minute, so I can set it to go for every 30 minutes, but if I'm in the mood I can click around until I'm happy.
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November 15, 2007 · version 2.0ilvzelda64> It won't use portrait images or images that are smaller than half the width of the screen by default. Why? Because neither of these look good stretched out. I'm working on supporting portrait someday, but probably won't do small images at all. It looks for images that are: .jpg, .jpeg, .gif, .bmp, .png, .tif, or .tiff
badboy b> What version of widgets are you using? it requires 4.0 or greater. Also, I noticed that it doesn't work if you point the image d… More
