abraXXious Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 On Amiga sites it is inevitable that every couple of months a thread is opened inviting members to show screengrabs of their current Workbench setup. People get to show off their new 32bit png icon sets and ridiculously high res desktop with matching window themes etc. However, there is always some really nicely presented Workbench setups on lowly AGA machines (and sometimes even ECS) in just 16-256 colours with well chosen palette, images, window/button textures etc. You nearly always find out about some trendy desktop util that puts a floating transparent clock/calendar here, or cartoon Mr Banana there etc. Point is (I am getting there), I have yet to see an Atari equivalent. Granted there seems to be far less desktop personalising software on the ST/Ste/TT/Falcon range, but there is still quite a bit there. Until fairly recently I did not know there was a program to allow me to display a nice 256 colour wallpaper to my Falcon Tos desktop. I wonder how many other trendy desktop/system enhancements I am not aware of... So why not post some screenshots of your desktop? Also, why not tell us which desktop utils you use and why? I am sure a lot of us would take some valuable tips away from this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnakiMana Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 I have a pretty basic setup, an STE running Geneva & NeoDesk4. I will be experimenting with others, though. How do I take screenshots? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abraXXious Posted April 5, 2013 Author Share Posted April 5, 2013 There should be some utils that can grab a screenshot - there are literally dozens of them on the Amiga - SGrab is one of the more popular ones. They usually give you the option of snapping the entire desktop, or just a specific open window etc and then let you save the resulting image as jpg, bmp, png etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 There are several utilities for grabbing the desktop on the ST. Here are a couple: SNAPIT.zip snip.zip HTHs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyIII Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Ah, Thanks! ^^ I'll post some shots when I get situated this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Until fairly recently I did not know there was a program to allow me to display a nice 256 colour wallpaper to my Falcon Tos desktop. I wonder how many other trendy desktop/system enhancements I am not aware of... Just out of curiosity, what program is that? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abraXXious Posted April 6, 2013 Author Share Posted April 6, 2013 PicDesk.prg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnakiMana Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 I'll post something once I've got my UltraSatan from Lotharek. Until then, I don't have an easy way to transfer the utility to my Atari. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 PicDesk.prg I don't suppose you could provide a link or attach PicDesk here? I've been searching the web and can't find it anywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fadest Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 It's available on Didier Mequignon's website, with some other extra utilities : http://didierm.pagesperso-orange.fr/ In dowload section Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 (edited) It's available on Didier Mequignon's website, with some other extra utilities : http://didierm.pagesperso-orange.fr/ In dowload section Thank you very much. Although it does now lead to other questions that you or anyone maybe could answer; what file formats are .img and .gem, so I can look for some artwork, or make it, or transfer .gif, .jpeg, etc. into .img or .gem pictures for the desktop. Thanks! I attempted a search for .img format pictures, but they kept leading to .gif or .jpeg, etc. Edited May 1, 2013 by Gunstar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zogging Hell Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 (edited) I think if you look for the PC program Irfanview, there is a slightly less friendly program called N-Convert, which handles conversions for almost all file types. There is even (believe it or not) an Atari version of N-Convert! Alternatively something like Imagecopy or Gemview on the Atari side can convert most files to .img You want to be looking for .img files really, these were originally used in things like Hyperpaint. .gem is more a vector style (iirc) format.. Both Thing (now freeware) and Jinnee sport the ability to have 256 colour background images. Edited May 3, 2013 by Zogging Hell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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