Hey everyone,

Wallpaper Engine 2.4 largely builds on top of the new 3D features we have added with the previous update but also improves on the existing 2D wallpaper feature set.

As an extension to the new lighting features we have added in the last updates, we are introducing real-time shadows for 3D models. You can enable shadows for your lights and models with just a few simple steps. Another addition to the lighting features of Wallpaper Engine is a new volumetric lighting system. This works especially well in combination with Bloom and Display HDR, as it allows you to create very scenic scenarios with lights.

As always, we have prepared a tutorial on our designer documentation website which you can use as a step-by-step guide:

• 3D Advanced Lighting - Wallpaper Engine Designer Documentation[docs.wallpaperengine.io]

We also took some time to experiment with shaders for model textures. We have added three shaders which you can make use of:


Take a look at our designer documentation to learn more about these shaders and how to utilize them:

• 3D Model Shaders - Wallpaper Engine Designer Documentation[docs.wallpaperengine.io]

Another small yet useful addition are the new fog features. The new distance and height fog settings allow you to improve the visuals your environment. Take a look at the following guide to learn more:

• 3D Distance Fog - Wallpaper Engine Designer Documentation[docs.wallpaperengine.io]

One more addition to lights, which is available in 2D and 3D wallpapers, is the new texture projection feature. It allows you to project an image, a video or even an entire layer including all effects using a spot light which enables some interesting new approaches to lighting.

Learn more about this in our designer docs:

• Texture Projection - Wallpaper Engine Designer Documentation[docs.wallpaperengine.io]

Previously, it was not possible to store data in Scenescript across system restarts. We are now adding the ability to store data in a local storage so that it can be accessed again from the same wallpaper even after a system or program restart. This allows you to store some data and re-use it again at a later time. As a showcase, we have updated the existing Dino Run default wallpaper with a new high-score element in the upper right corner.

To learn more about this feature, see our Wallpaper Engine Designer Documentation:

• Local Storage in SceneScript - Wallpaper Engine Designer Documentation[docs.wallpaperengine.io]

Another new feature that we have created is the ability to animate the shape of puppet warp textures. This allows for very precise facial animations along the geometry of a puppet warp texture.

As part of the update, we have also overhauled the geometry setup for puppet warp models and added the ability to precisely reposition each element of the geometry.

To learn more about these changes, take a look at the relevant designer documentation[docs.wallpaperengine.io].

This update adds the ability to test user properties while previewing the wallpaper in the editor. Up until now, this was only possible when actually applying the wallpaper and we hope this change will speed up the testing process for you. You can find the new User Properties tab at the bottom of the editor for scene wallpapers, if it is missing for you, you can get it back by resetting the editor layout or opening it from the view menu.

This update also introduces a new grouping feature for user properties, allowing for a less cluttered wallpaper configuration, as multiple related properties can be hidden away in a group:

Learn more about this feature in our designer documentation[docs.wallpaperengine.io].
This update adds support for Microsoft's latest changes to Windows Insider Editions and future stable releases of Windows.

Be sure to check out the full changelog here:

• Added shadow mapping for spot/point/directional lights.
  
• Added light volumetrics for spot and point lights.
  
• Added projected texture for spot lights.
  
• Upgraded lighting system to use more intuitive radius/intensity controls and added new falloff control for custom falloff settings per light.
  
• Added distance and height fog.
  
• Added puppet warp vertex editing and vertex animation.
  
• Added alpha to coverage blending for shadow mapping of i.e. foliage.
  
• Added post-processing controller layer to adjust volumetrics rendering order.
  
• Added lookAt script function for renderables.
  
• Added getChildren script function to iterate hierachies.
  
• Added localStorage to Scenescript (added highscore to stock Dino Run wallpaper).
  
• Added vector min/max/mix functions to Scenescript.
  
• Added renderable world matrix access to get directional vectors easily.
  
• Added user property edit and preview window.
  
• Added user property "group" type to add foldable groups to the browser.
  
• Added shader program count statistic to judge wallpaper load times.
  
• Added new 3D shaders: foliage, fur, chroma.
  
• Added support for new desktop window hierarchy on Windows Insider.
  
• Added camera up/down keys (q/e) for 3D scenes.
  
• Added texture import support for tif/tiff.
  
• Added frustum culling for 3D layers to main viewport and multi viewport shadow rendering.
  
• Added render bounds additionally to base bounding box which takes animation volumes into account.
  
• Added new auto bezier key frame method to create smooth animations more easily.
  
• Updated assimp model import library.
  
• Upgraded Android app to target Android 14 and updated libraries.

• Fixed missing noise option for pulse effect.
  
• Fixed transparency cropping issues on puppets.
  
• Fixed position picker.
  
• Fixed model clip animations with single frame.
  
• Fixed old submissions using a bug to render text behind 3D models and added a proper option to control this for new submissions.
  
• Fixed parallax property being hidden on transform layer since it's still required when building a hierarchy of layers.
  
• Fixed timeline animation resetting relative animation components (i.e. origin) when linking multiple properties.
  
• Fixed text layer padding being ignored when text layers are rendering without effects, but opaque background.

• Added best of 2024 collection to discover tab.
  
• Made mini mode resizable in height.
  
• Various fixes and improvements regarding the "High Performance" texture setting.
  
• Fixed "Cast shadow" option not being stored properly on 3D models.
  
• Fixed web wallpaper publishing issues.
  
• Improved stability during and after driver updates and other critical moments in which the graphics card drivers might reset.
  
• Adjusted auto bezier values.
  
• Added bloom tint parameter.
  
• Disabled bezier feature buttons based on current bezier mode.
  
• Added light source size option to point lights so they can be placed inside geometry more easily.
  
• Made invisible video textures pause decoding to improve video texture performance in scenes with many optional video textures.
  
• Improved default light values for 2D scenes.

The Android app update will start to roll out across all app stores now. Please note that mobile app stores tend to release updates with a delay, so it might take a few days for the update to reach you.

If you have installed the APK file directly, you can grab the latest APK on our website right now:

Hey everyone,

Wallpaper Engine 2.3 completely overhauls support for 3D wallpapers, improves real-time lighting with additional light types and adds a new hierarchy and attachment system.

We are introducing a brand new model editor that allows you to import FBX model files with skeletal and vertex animations. Models can now also have a much more complex material setup similar to what can already be done in 2D wallpapers for puppets, including physical-based rendering "PBR" through various texture maps. In simple terms, you can now configure model materials to properly represent different substances like a shiny piece of metal or a piece of clothing.

The model editor allows you to organize animations inside the model data and turn them into clips that you can use in your wallpaper. On top of that, you can configure individual model bones as physics (jiggle) bones and add custom logic via SceneScript events.

We have created a series of 3D-related tutorials, be sure to check them out on our designer documentation website[docs.wallpaperengine.io].

Wallpaper Engine also introduces a new camera system that brings it in line with all of the improvements we have made to the editor in the latest updates and allows for much more complex and smoother camera movements through timeline animations.

We are also expanding on the real-time lighting features for puppet warp layers. Real-time lighting works well in both 2D and 3D scenarios, so these changes are useful for all types of wallpapers.

Wallpaper Engine was previously limited to 4 real-time lights per wallpaper, we have increased this limit to 12 which enables more complex scenarios. We are also introducing three new types of lighting. Previously, all lights were simple point lights that are comparable to light bulbs emitting their light evenly from one spot. Take a look at all the light types that are now available in the editor:

• Click here[docs.wallpaperengine.io] to learn more about the new light types.

This update also introduces a new hierarchy system in the asset list. This allows you to attach an asset to another parent asset. If the parent asset is moved, rotated or scaled, so will all its children.
This is yet another feature that is useful in both 2D and 3D scenarios, as it greatly simplifies the way that you can link multiple objects with each other, even across complex animations. Take a look at the following example, where we have attached a light to a moving model with just a few button clicks:

To learn more about the new hierarchy and attachment system, take a look at the following tutorials:

• Basic Asset Hierarchy Guide[docs.wallpaperengine.io]
  
• 2D Puppet Warp Attachments Guide[docs.wallpaperengine.io]
  
• 3D Model Attachments Guide[docs.wallpaperengine.io]

Be sure to check out the full changelog here:

• Added skeletal animation and blend shape animation support to models imported from FBX files.
  
• Added bone constraints / physics simulation support for models with a skeleton.
  
• Made 3D models automatically scale on import if their scaling doesn't match Wallpaper Engine.
  
• Added new model shader with physically based rendering ("PBR") settings.
  
• Added pre-rendering system to compose layer, so that image effects can be applied to 3D models and particles on 2D wallpapers.
  
• Added new camera system that allows toggling between multiple cameras and paths. Allows controlling the camera like an object. Click here[docs.wallpaperengine.io] to view a tutorial.
  
• Added hitboxes and click events to models.
  
• Added automatic transparent object sorting to 3D scenes. Useful if you have a lot of transparent objects and a moving camera, that shows them from different angles.
  
• Added new 3D scene editor grid.
  
• Added button to switch between local space and world space rotation and translation.

• Added scene layer hierarchy system. Click here[docs.wallpaperengine.io] to read a tutorial.
  
• Puppet models now feature attachment points that can be used to bind other assets to them. Click here[docs.wallpaperengine.io] to read a tutorial.
  
• Added new lighting system that supports more lights and new light types, including spots, tube and directional lights. Click here[docs.wallpaperengine.io] to see an overview of all new light types.
  
• Added search box to effect and asset list.
  
• Implemented support for Steam's new content rating system during the upload process. Adjust your Steam age rating preferences for your Steam account here.
  
• Added transform layer type.
  
• Added model/puppet attachment to image layer projection so certain image effects can be attached to objects behind them.
  
• Changed puppet animations to use more generic angular interpolation and match 3D skeletal animations.
  
• Added new shader rebuild overlay to clearly show when the editor is busy rebuilding the shader cache.
  
• Added normal map import x and y flip option so normal maps can be matched more easily.
  
• Added ability to select any layer by clicking in the scene. Select underlying layers by holding the left mouse button continuously.
  
• Made physics bones behave more stable when they are chained.
  
• Improved physics bones torque simulation.
  
• Added dual wave option to water waves effect so more interesting effects can be achieved with a single wave layer.

• Various Discover tab improvements, now highlights popular wallpapers.
  
• Optimized performance on 2D scenes by disabling anti-aliasing automatically if a scene doesn't contain 3D elements.
  
• Added warning when a Windows slideshow or Windows spotlight is set as a Windows wallpaper, since it causes the live wallpaper to disappear momentarily.
  
• Anti-aliasing compatibility improvements for latest versions of Windows 11.
  
• Improved virtual desktop compatibility for latest versions of Windows 11.
  
• Fixed various crashes related to Windows Copilot, though it remains somewhat unstable as it significantly alters the desktop. We recommend turning Windows Copilot off for the time being.

• Fixed finished sounds playing after unpause in scenes.
  
• Fixed puppet texture channel animations when textures are auto cropped.
  
• Fixed shader preprocessor not recognizing certain commands correctly when spaces were missing, added support for #elif.
  
• Fixed clean project deleting files with capitalized file extension when it shouldn't.
  
• Fixed inversed culling mode on flipped wallpapers not being reverted during pre-render steps, causing layers to disappear.
  
• Fixed engine forward vector being flipped in shaders.
  
• Fixed "lighting 3" particle having artifacts on its border.
  
• Fixed particle oscillate alpha blending not being applied.

The Android app update will start to roll out across all app stores now. Please note that mobile app stores tend to release updates with a delay, so it might take a few days for the update to reach you.

If you have installed the APK file directly, you can grab the latest APK on our website right now:

Hey everyone,

today we are releasing Wallpaper Engine 2.2 which comes with new editor effects, support for dynamic album covers and song data in wallpapers and a large set of improvements throughout the app and the wallpaper editor.


A long standing feature request was to implement the ability to have song data and album covers to be part of wallpapers. With Wallpaper Engine 2.2, we have now made this possible, as long as your media player provides this data to the Windows media overlay that appears in the upper left corner.

Take a look at the following sample wallpaper we created. The vinyl record will change the album cover to the currently playing album from Spotify:

Interested in using this record player as a wallpaper or screensaver? Click here to download it.

This functionality will work with any music player as long as it sends its album cover data to the Windows media overlay (visible in the upper left of the showcase above). You may need to enable this in the settings of your media player.

If you want to utilize this feature in your own wallpapers, be sure to check out our designer documentation which covers this topic in great detail:

• Album Cover Integration[docs.wallpaperengine.io]

If you are using a wallpaper with this feature but the album covers do not appear for you or if you have another question or issue, be sure to first check out our help website, as it helps you to resolve the most common problems regarding this feature:

• Help with Wallpaper Engine: Album Cover & Media Data Feature[help.wallpaperengine.io]

A new effect in the editor allows you to easily add dynamic fluid simulation to your wallpapers. The fluid simulation makes it possible to create interactive fluid, fire or smoke-like effects. Support for interactivity with the mouse cursor is included and you can create a collision mask, which allows the simulated fluid to bounce off of objects in the wallpaper.

As usual, we have created an extensive documentation for this effect on our designer documentation website, be sure to check it out and give it a try:

• Advanced Fluid Simulation Effect[docs.wallpaperengine.io]

On top of the other changes we have already showcased, we have added a bunch of additional effects to the editor that you can utilize in your wallpapers.


The new cursor ripple effect allows you to make certain parts of your wallpaper react to the mouse cursor by giving off water ripples in its movement path.

Make sure to check out the effect documentation to learn more on how to implement it into your wallpapers:

• Cursor Ripple Effect[docs.wallpaperengine.io]

This effect was mainly added because previously, users often used the VHS effect for its Chromatic Aberration. We wanted to add a simpler and more performant alternative to it. If you just want to add chromatic aberration to your wallpaper, you can use this effect from now on instead of using the VHS effect instead. You can learn more about it in our designer documentation:

• Chromatic Aberration Effect[docs.wallpaperengine.io]

The Gradient Blend effect allows you to create more complex transitions between two images. To learn more about it, check out its documentation page:

• Blend Gradient Effect[docs.wallpaperengine.io]

The Radial Blur effect creates a rotational blur on an image layer. We have used it in the vinyl example in the album cover section above to create a slight blur effect on the rotating vinyl record.


For the more advanced puppet warping system, we have added a new texture channel option. This allows you to add multiple textures into one puppet warp model and to transition between them as part of your animation. In its simplest form, it can be used for simple animations like eye blinking, but you can also change the look of entire characters or objects this way.

To learn more about this feature, check out the documentation page:

• Puppet Warp: Texture Channel Animations[docs.wallpaperengine.io]

We have made a ton of additional small improvements throughout the app, here are some more noteworthy features that you might want to check out:


Want to quickly get an idea of what a wallpaper might look like on your Android smartphone? Right-click on an installed wallpaper, then navigate over "Play in Window" and then select "Phone Preview" to get a vertical preview of the wallpaper.


Many wallpapers already make use of animated GIFs for preview images. However, these preview images have to be created with third-party tools which can be a little bit complex for some users. For this reason, we have added a simple GIF recording functionality into the "Capture Preview" option at the end of the publishing process. Press the "G" key during the preview creation to switch to GIF recording mode, then follow the instructions in the upper left corner. We hope this will make animated preview GIFs more accessible to more users.


The Android app update will start to roll out across all app stores now. Please note that mobile app stores tend to release updates with a delay, so it might take a few days for the update to reach you.

If you have installed the APK file directly, you can grab the latest APK on our website right now:



To get an overview of all changes and bug fixes, be sure to read the entire changelog:

• Added fluid simulation effect.
  
• Added Media Integration for album covers and music data in Scene and Web wallpapers using Windows Global Media Sessions.
  
• Added cursor ripple effect.
  
• Added gradient blend effect.
  
• Added radial blur effect.
  
• Added chromatic aberration effect.
  
• Added opacity mask to precise blur effect.
  
• Added alpha blur option to blur effects.
  
• Added time offset texture to water waves effect.
  
• Added puppet warp alpha bone animations.
  
• Added puppet warp texture channel animations.
  
• Improved puppet bone visualization with new gizmos.
  
• Added polygon selection tool to separation/character sheet editor.
  
• Added options to control maximum width and number of rows for text layers.
  
• Added ability to record GIFs for Workshop snapshot in editor.
  
• Added asynchronous texture streaming loader to improve wallpaper loading speed.
  
• Added "flicker value" stock script snippet.
  
• Added puppet depth map painting and replaced basic extrusion.
  
• Added mp4 as supported image layer import format to file dialog in editor.
  
• Added stutter detection experiment to video playback through media foundation.
  
• Changed gallery context menu to use more groups and be more compact.
  
• Added ability to open wallpaper preview in portrait size or maximized.
  
• Improved property changing consistency in animation editor.
  
• Changed animation wrap loop option to be enabled by default.
  
• Added ability to copy and paste entire animation channels easily from property context menu.
  
• Added dark theme support to tray menu using undocumented APIs.
  
• Added resolution options to high-performance export for tablets.
  
• Added new monitor identification system (Managed) which will be used in new configs by default and will be more resilient against Windows inconsistencies.
  
• Changed display HDR to manage albedo brightness so extreme brightning is avoided when albedo brightness is too high.
  
• Improved automatic web audio muting.
  
• Improved lockscreen image cropping when monitors are offset vertically.
  
• Changed scenescript module to only unload on program shutdown so stability bugs in V8 are avoided when DLL gets reloaded too often.
  
• Added performance warnings to expensive (multi pass) effects.
  
• Added shader property grouping for complex effects.
  
• Added layer sorting menu to context menu in editor.
  
• Reduced memory required for sprite sheet base textures.
  
• Added 45 snapping to editor knob control when holding SHIFT down.
  
• Changed editor texture memory to include missing, currently invisible textures.
  
• Improved Workshop assets not updating after subscribing externally.
  
• Changed audio detection to use selected audio input device.
  
• Added support for HDR effects high performance encoding for mobile.
  
• Added ability to add application rules for files with invalid program extensions.
  
• Added ability to copy playlists and wallpaper properties between monitors from display selection.
  
• Improved key frame selection behavior in curve editor.
  
• Added placeholder solid layer that allows using a basic layer with dynamic user/system textures.
  
• Added floating rounding to nested property sliders in editor.
  
• Added Workshop URL copy button to editor menu and publish dialog.
  
• Added roboto mono as new stock mono spaced font.
  
• Added "getWallpaper" command to CLI to print out current wallpaper path.
  
• Added video texture count to editor stats.
  
• Added effect performance counts to editor stats.
  
• Updated Wuffs PNG decoder.
  
• Updated Windows SDK.
  
• Updated ASIO.
  
• Changed main projects to C++20.

• Fixed blend mode layers to not be pre-rendered when invisible.
  
• Fixed timeline editors being unlinked when toggling preview.
  
• Fixed customizable tag being added when invalid user property links are present.
  
• Fixed image reflection not working when lighting is disabled.
  
• Fixed font characters being unmapped too early and text rendering incorrectly.
  
• Fixed particle editor viewport settings.
  
• Fixed clean project dialog suggesting deletion of newly used files due to scene file not being updated beforehand.
  
• Fixed playlist app shutdown/restart delta time not being used to advance playlist on load.
  
• Fixed cloning shell hook not being reloaded after Explorer crashing.
  
• Removed unlisted option from publish dialog since it's unavailable on Steam now.
  
• Fixed portrait/phone wallpapers being difficult to record a snapshot for in the editor.
  
• Fixed brush detection on perspective/rotated layers.
  
• Fixed being able to upload badly encoded videos.
  
• Fixed video colorization sometimes not taking effect.
  
• Fixed wrap loop frames option causing second to last frame to not save correctly.
  
• Fixed UV position picker for post-processing layers.
  
• Changed app wallpaper to close parent window before attempting to shutdown child process to potentially improve app closing behavior.
  
• Fixed playlist not looping properly when the following is true: two wallpaper, intro enabled, sorted timer, change on video end enabled.

• Added option to disable wallpapers colors API or override it for phones that choose badly readable UI colors on their own.
  
• Added button to clear shader cache.
  
• Updated Android target SDK and NDK to Android 13.

• Fixed shader cache not being used.

• Added new borderless option to "play in window" CLI command.

• Fixed issues with certain iCUE / Chroma wallpapers not working correctly by forcing LED layers to always render even when they are set to invisible in the editor.
  
• Fixed various audio playback issues.
  
• Fixed wallpapers with solid placeholder layer failing to upload.

Hello everyone,

today we're introducing Wallpaper Engine 2.1 for Windows and Android with a wide range of new features, overall improvements and bug fixes. We will walk you through some of the most impactful new features in this update.

Another highly requested feature was the ability to allow for users to import their own images and even videos into existing wallpapers created with the Wallpaper Engine editor. These altered versions of a wallpaper can then also be shared on the Steam Workshop as so-called wallpaper presets. We are sure this will lead to a whole new series of popular and highly customizable wallpapers, so be on the look out for new and updated wallpapers with this feature!

Credits for the sample video files go to Aduare and illuskate.

To learn more about how to add customizable textures to your own wallpapers, be sure to check out our designer documentation:
Previously, when you wanted to utilize certain perspective effects in the editor, the process was rather tedious and required manual number input. We have now released a new set of editor "gizmos" that you can use to change the perspective of certain effects more intuitively.

Resizing the Perspective effect using the new perspective editor gizmo. Shout-out to VISUALDON.

You will find the new gizmo when using the following effects with the Perspective option enabled (if applicable):

• Perspective Effect
  
• Cloud Effect
  
• Water Ripple Effect
  
• Water Waves Effect
  
• Reflection Effect

In addition to the improvements to the perspective effects, we have also added two new effects to the editor with their own highly-customizable gizmo. These two effects can be utilized in a wide area of use-cases and make certain animations much easier to implement:

With Wallpaper Engine 2.1, we are further improving on the puppet warp animation system in the wallpaper editor. One of the main new features are inverse kinematics animations. Inverse kinematics are an advanced functionality which allow you to create complex animations for limbs and joints of a character.

Inverse kinematics animation in the Wallpaper Engine editor

Alongside inverse kinematics, we have also added blend rules for bones. This allows you to attach a bone from one limb to another for example. Take the knight animation above, where the sword becomes attached to the hand once the knight pulls it out of the stone - this is one possible application of blend rules.

You can learn more about inverse kinematics and blend rules in the following two tutorials:
To make it even easier to find new wallpapers and content creators, we have overhauled some aspects of the Discover tab in the app. You will can now find new collection elements in the discover tab that allow you to find popular authors and wallpaper collections more easily.

We also added new "Best of 20XX" collections which allow you to easily find the most popular wallpapers of a given year - all the way back to 2016 when Wallpaper Engine first launched.

Please see the Wallpaper Engine 2.1 changelog below for a full list of improvements and bug fixes.

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• Added inverse kinematics for puppet warp animations.
  
• Added support for user imported textures/videos in scenes.
  
• Added puppet warp reference pose system to make using character sheets easier.
  
• Added Wuffs PNG decoder to improve scene loading speed.
  
• Added new creator/collection highlight system to Discover tab.
  
• Added "best of" queries for each year to Discover tab.
  
• Added animation loop wrap option to make looping puppet warp and property animations easier.
  
• Locked label width in browser to fix long labels moving other elements around.
  
• Removed active wallpaper from playlist poolto prevent repetition of first wallpaper.
  
• Changed "aero peek unpause" option to also affect unpausing of start menu.
  
• Added different application wallpaper window detection that has a higher compatibility than the previous hook based one.
  
• Improved text shaping performance for long texts on text layers that change every frame.
  
• Added experimental support for different wallpapers per virtual desktop (needs to be enabled in general settings).
  
• Added named hitboxes to click events on puppet warp layers.
  
• Added SceneScript function playSingleAnimation() to play a puppet warp animation once.
  
• Added "animation ended" callbacks to puppet warp animations.
  
• Added project cleaning dialog to delete unused assets from projects to clear up disk space.
  
• Updated spin and perspective effects and added custom gizmos for them.
  
• Added swing and twirl effects with custom gizmos.
  
• Added better perspective distortion to clouds, water ripple, water waves and reflection effects with custom gizmos.
  
• Added more icons and colors for folders.
  
• Updated V8 and CEF.
  
• Updated STB image.
  
• Updated font awesome.
  
• Changed 'add' layer blendmode to use native blending and made native/emulated blending more obvious in dropdown.
  
• Disabled loading wallpaper cache after Steam user has been switched.

• Fixed Display HDR white level alignment.
  
• Fixed some rendering issues with specific sprite sheet/lighting/puppet warp combinations.
  
• Fixed system menu not being available on user interface.
  
• Fixed web wallpapers not working properly when used as screensaver and wallpaper at the same time.
  
• Fixed Display HDR not being recognized if it was only supported by some of the connected monitors.
  
• Made slider updates in editor more reliable.
  
• Fixed cloned wallpapers in screensavers not being muted.
  
• Fixed some undo/redo behaviors in editor.
  
• Fixed slowdown when importing 1000s of images at once.
  
• Changed thumbnail image generator to only generate currently visible previews.

• Enabled Wallpaper Colors API on Samsung devices again. Previous versions of Android caused the app to crash on Samsung devices. If you experience crashes on Samsung devices after this update, make sure that your device is up-to-date.
  
• Added long-press dialog to apply button that also allows reverting the wallpaper back to the system default again.

• Fixed video wallpaper rotation not resetting properly when switching between landscape/portrait modes.
  
• Added workaround to a reference leak in Android surface view.
  
• Fixed time of day/day of week playlist crashing when too many wallpapers were active.

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The Android app update will start to roll out across all app stores now. Please note that mobile app stores tend to release updates with a delay, so it might take a few days for the update to reach you.

If you have installed the APK file directly, you can grab the latest APK on our website now:

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• Added support for playlists in new experimental virtual desktop support feature.
  
• Custom textures in presets are now added to Android package during export.
  
• Current user properties settings are now exported to any Android device.

• Fixed crash when creating new presets on systems without any existing presets.
  
• Fixed issues with puppet warp click events.
  
• Fixed GIF placement in user textures not being centered.
  
• Multiple fixes regarding texture imports on Android
  
• Added workaround for issues related to broken instances of Windows Explorer.

Hey everyone, today we are releasing a new update for the Windows & Android version of Wallpaper Engine. The updates mainly add some new features that we did not finish for the initial release of the Android app, and fixes issues that were reported to us over the last few weeks.

Allowing for the free alignment of wallpapers was one of the most common requests we received. We have now added the ability to do this. To free align your wallpaper, change the alignment option from "Cover" to "Free", you can then rotate and zoom the wallpaper with your fingers to freely position it on your mobile device just the way you want it.

This feature is mainly useful for wallpapers that have a widescreen resolution for computer screens. Make sure to use the "High Quality" or "Balanced" quality export option if you want to make proper use of this feature.

In the Windows app, we have improved the high-performance export for Android. It will now take your wallpaper settings into account so that you can first adjust the wallpaper to your liking and then export it with these settings.

The high-performance export allows you to cut the wallpaper size to exactly fit the screen of your device. We have added a new "automatic" option for the export resolution which will use your actual device resolution to fit your display exactly.

The high-performance export will now also show a preview image where you can align the part of the wallpaper that you want to transfer to your Android device more easily:

Keep in mind that for the "High-Quality" and "Balanced" export options, the wallpaper is always transferred in its full resolution.


The Android app update will start to roll out across all app stores now. Please note that mobile app stores tend to release updates with a delay, so it might take a few days for the update to reach you.

If you have installed the APK file directly, you can grab the latest APK on our website now:



This update also introduces new support for true display HDR support. For now this option will stay disabled by default but you can manually enable it by changing the post-processing quality option to "Ultra (Display HDR)". Please note this option will only appear when a screen with HDR enabled is connected to your system.

HDR support can significantly improve image quality in in certain lighting conditions on wallpapers. If you have a screen with HDR support, feel free to enable the option and share your feedback with us.


Read the full changelog below to get a complete overview on all additions, changes and fixes this update brings to both the Windows and Android version.

• Added Display HDR support.
  
• New puppet warp limb sorting controls.
  
• Added new block user dialog where all blocks can be checked.
  
• Improved wallpaper blocking by grouping blocked wallpapers into a single tile.
  
• Redesigned the top section of the Discover tab, now shows your profile avatar and offers a menu with more options related to your account.
  
• Replaced "relevance" search with "top rated" to show better quality results when using the search functionality.
  
• Renamed "fullscreen layer" to "post-processing layer", "composition layer" to "adjustable composition layer" and added new "full composition layer" that scales automatically to project resolution.
  
• Improved puppet warp weight coloring.
  
• Added auto generated scheme color for videos in editor.
  
• Added script emitParticles()[docs.wallpaperengine.io] function which allows you to programmatically emit a certain number of particles from a particle system.
  
• Improved puppet warp weight editor performance.
  
• Replaced phone collection with new query that uses the approved tag in combination with a portrait resolution in the Discover tab.
  
• Portrait resolution tags will now be applied to a wider range of resolutions instead of categorizing wallpapers as "Other resolution".
  
• Added high-precision timer option, enabled by default for new users, which allows for more accurate and consistent FPS limiting.
  
• Updated Steamworks SDK to 1.53a.
  
• Updated OpenAL soft to 1.21.1

• Improved parallax behavior on mobile.
  
• Fixed combo box bindings in script properties.
  
• Fixed script compiler exceptions not showing in log.
  
• Fixed menu bar button area not matching icons.
  
• Fixed Windows message discrepancy leading to crashes in specific cases.
  
• Fixed some WEColor script functions.
  
• Fixed wallpaper load rule not resuming certain types of playlists after being disabled again.
  
• Fixed screensaver not loading special audio mute rules.
  
• Fixed approved tag getting lost too easily when wallpaper is being updated while being approved.
  
• Fixed audio recorder never starting if application was started while no audio devices existed at all.
  
• Fixed fullscreen layer not rendering with any blend mode enabled.
  
• Fixed perspective and skew effects when texture reduction is active.
  
• Improved recent wallpaper config not clearing duplicate entries when expected to.
  
• Fixed media keys not being forwarded by UI.
  
• Fixed a crash when project.json properties are not according to the expected syntax.

• Added free alignment option that supports scale and rotation.
  
• Wallpaper settings are now taken into account for high-performance Android exporter instead of always exporting the default settings for a wallpaper.
  
• Added new display resolution option for high-performance export that uses actual phone resolution.
  
• Added ability to import multiple files on Android.
  
• Added import error dialog when trying to open invalid files.
  
• Added support for WiFi/USB-Tethering transmission.
  
• Added new context menu on Android.
  
• Added wallpaper details page.
  
• Added error dialog when trying to use app on phone without OpenGL ES3.0.
  
• Changed scrolling parallax to be able to scroll over entire wallpaper (by default it's half of the wallpaper).
  
• Added manual IP address connection. Click on the three-dotted button in the upper right corner to enter the IP address of your computer if the discovery of your devices does not work.

• Improved parallax behavior on mobile.
  
• Improved GIF looping.
  
• Fixed crash after locally imported files got deleted from phone.
  
• Improved transfer stability while screen is locked.
  
• Fixed flag shader.
  
• Fixed crash when trying to load invalid files.
  
• Fixed high-performance mobile exporter on wide aspect ratios.
  
• Fixed FPS limit lowering back down to 100 when the app restarts.

A atualização de hoje corrige os problemas mais comuns relacionados com a versão Android e atualizámos as versões Windows e Android da app.

Os problemas mais comuns que recebemos estavam relacionados com ligar a app para Android à app para Windows para transferir mais wallpapers. Investigámos esta situação e em muitos casos isto era provocado pela firewall do Windows. Se o Windows lhe pediu anteriormente para dar ao Wallpaper Engine ("ui32.exe") permissão para aceder à sua rede e simplesmente fechou a janela ou não concedeu as permissões para o Wallpaper Engine, então o Windows impedirá automaticamente o processo do Wallpaper Engine de comunicar corretamente com a sua rede local:

Se clicou em "Cancelar" aqui ou simplesmente fechou a janela, o Wallpaper Engine está bloqueado na sua firewall do Windows.

Agora adicionámos uma nova verificação que tentará detetar situações deste tipo e irá oferecer-lhe uma forma de corrigir automaticamente a firewall do Windows. No entanto, se não receber qualquer notificação acerca da firewall do Windows ou caso utilize outra aplicação de firewall, o Wallpaper Engine não poderá corrigir a sua rede local automaticamente.

Se tiver qualquer firewall ou aplicação antivírus adicionais instaladas, deve certificar-e de que ui32.exe não está a ser bloqueado.

O Wallpaper Engine para Windows utilizará agora métodos adicionais para transmitir-e a si próprio na sua rede, o que a tornará também mais acessível para dispositivos Android em determinadas configurações de rede.

Se os seus problemas de ligação persistirem, leia a seguinte página de ajuda:

• Resolução de Problemas de Ligação da App para Android[help.wallpaperengine.io]

Tenha em conta que poderá sempre utilizar a funcionalidade de exportação como cópia de segurança e simplesmente transferir os seus wallpapers para o seu dispositivo móvel através de USB ou outro método. Quando coloca ficheiros de wallpaper no seu dispositivo móvel, certifique-se sempre de que utiliza o diretório Transferências (Downloads) do seu telefone ou tablet. Android é muito restritivo por motios de segurança e o Wallpaper Engine não pode aceder a todas as pastas de Android, mas o diretório de Transferências costuma ser o mais fiável.

Como é um pedido muito comum que recebemos através de email e nos nossos fóruns, gostaríamos de reafirmar isto aqui: o Wallpaper Engine suporta totalmente wallpapers animados no ecrã de bloqueio de Android. No entanto, muitos telefones e tablets não suportam wallpapers animados no ecrã de bloqueio.

Caso não lhe seja dada a opção de definir wallpapers animados no seu ecrã de bloqueio, então isto é uma limitação definida pelo fabricante do seu telefone. O Wallpaper Engine não tem controlo sobre isto e isto não pode ser corrigido por nós ou por qualquer outra app de wallpapers animados. Neste caso, o melhor que tem a fazer é enviar feedback para o fabricante do seu telefone e dizer-lhe que esta é uma funcionalidade que lhe interessa, que é algo que poderia ser adicionado numa atualização para Android.

A mais recente app para Android poderá demorar alguns dias a chegar a todos, pois as lojas de mobile tendem a ser mais lentas a lançar atualizações. Se instalou a Android APK diretamente certifique-se de que transfere a versão mais recente a partir do nosso website:

• Wallpaper Engine para Android [www.wallpaperengine.io]

Se instalou a app através de uma loja de apps oficial, não precisa de fazer nada e a atualização será instalada automaticamente no seu dispositivo durante os próximos dias.

[h4]App para Windows[/h4]

• Foi adicionada uma verificação das regras de firewall ao ecrã de emparelhamento e um botão para apagar automaticamente quaisquer regras que bloqueiem o Wallpaper Engine.
  
• Novidade: Exportações de alta performance de wallpapers agora também podem ser enviadas na sua proporção de ecrã original, o que é útil para utilizar em tablets.
  
• Foi corrigida uma situação na qual a conversão de alta performance para mobile ficava bloqueada.
  
• Foi corrigido um envio de wallpapers de vídeo que não funcionava sem as miniaturas do Windows Explorer estarem disponíveis.
  
• Foi corrigida uma situação na qual o editor de proporções não reinicia ao clicar num wallpaper enquanto um modo de pré-visualização está ativo.

• Foi adicionada informação clara acerca como a possibilidade de definir um wallpaper animado como wallpaper do ecrã de bloqueio é inteiramente decidida pelo dispositivo móvel.
  
• Foram corrigidos bloqueios em dispositivos Samsung S21 devido à atualização 12 para Samsung Android conter erros.
  
• Wallpapers muito grandes foram corrigidos, a app agora suporta wallpapers com até 4 GB.
  
• Agora a transferência de wallpapers é mais fiável quando o ecrã fica bloqueado durante a transferência.
  
• O botão "adicionar à lista de reprodução" foi corrigido, pois não funcionava no ecrã de pré-visualização para mais de 7 wallpapers.
  
• Foram adicionadas mais regras de importação de ficheiros para Android 9 e mais baixo de forma a reduzir problemas especificamente do fabricante durante a importação.
  
• Foram corrigidos alguns wallpapers hora do dia que não funcionavam corretamente em Android.
  
• Tornámos o aviso "wallpaper em pausa devido ao modo de poupança de energia" absolutamente impossível de não ser visto.
  
• Fizemos os ficheiros de wallpaper aparecerem no browser para poderem ser apagados com facilidade e não desperdiçarem armazenamento.
  
• Correções na localização, incluindo "Sim" e "Não" já não estarem trocados na versão alemã, o que provocou grandes confusões 🤡🇩🇪.

Olá, pessoal, hoje estamos lançando o Wallpaper Engine 2.0! A atualização traz suporte ao Android, um novo logotipo, um novo efeito de profundidade 3D e muitas outras novidades e melhorias ao Wallpaper Engine.


Estamos felizes pelo lançamento gratuito do aplicativo complementar do Wallpaper Engine para Android. Alguns recursos-chave do aplicativo:

• Nenhum custo oculto, nenhum anúncio, nenhuma coleta de dados ou rastreamento de usuários.
  
• Transfira papéis de parede dos tipos Cena e Vídeo do Wallpaper Engine no seu computador para o Android sem cabos.
  
• Importe qualquer arquivo compatível a partir no seu dispositivo como papel de parede: Vídeos, GIFs, imagens e papéis de parede do Wallpaper Engine.
  
• Cria uma lista de produção dos seus papéis de parede e use modos diferentes de reprodução.
  
• Pausa automaticamente no modo economia de bateria, oferece configurações de QPS e qualidade.
  
• Suporte completo a visualizadores de áudio dinâmico, relógios e outros elementos de papel de parede dinâmicos.
  
• Permite que os papéis de parede se movam junto dos movimentos do seu dispositivo (para dispositivos com giroscópio).
  
• Suporte a temas de cores automáticos com base no papel de parede atual, incluindo o Material You do Android 12.

Recomendamos instalar o aplicativo através da loja oficial de aplicativos. Porém, também oferecemos um download direto do APK para os usuários mais avançados. Consulte nosso site para ver todas as opções de instalação aqui:

• Baixe o Aplicativo Complementar do Wallpaper Engine para Android[wallpaperengine.io]

Conectar a Oficina diretamente a um dispositivo móvel não é possível por motivos técnicos e legais. Porém, construímos um sistema conveniente que permite que os proprietários do Wallpaper Engine no Windows possam transferir seus papéis de parede para dispositivos Android com facilidade:

Passo 1: clique no novo botão Dispositivo Móvel no Wallpaper Engine no Windows e depois selecione Conectar novo dispositivo. O Wallpaper Engine exibirá um código PIN de 4 dígitos que você pode usar para conectar seu dispositivo móvel agora.

Passo 2: abra o Wallpaper Engine no seu dispositivo Android e clique no botão Adicionar no canto inferior direito. Selecione Parear com o computador. Seu computador deve ficar visível na lista de dispositivos agora. Selecione-o e insira o código PIN de 4 dígitos obtido no passo 1.

Passo 3: seus dispositivos estarão conectados agora. Clique com o botão direito em qualquer papel de parede compatível e clique em Enviar para o dispositivo móvel, e depois selecione seu dispositivo móvel na lista. Seu papel de parede será transferido agora.

Se você não conseguir conectar seu Android: clique com o botão direito em qualquer papel de parede e selecione Enviar ao dispositivo móvel, e depois selecione Exportar .mpkg. Você pode transferir o arquivo pacote móvel exportado para o seu dispositivo móvel por um cabo, ou qualquer outro meio de transferência.

• Clique aqui para ler nosso guia de conexão com o Android.[help.wallpaperengine.io]

Dica: você também pode transferir pastas ou vários papéis de parede ao mesmo tempo selecionando múltiplos arquivos enquanto segura a tecla CTRL. Pressionar CTRL + A na aba instalados seleciona todos os papéis de parede instalados e permite que você os transfira todos de uma vez.

Junto do lançamento da versão Android do Wallpaper Engine, sentimos que era hora de atualizar o nosso logotipo. O logotipo antigo consistia majoritariamente de uma tela de computador, o que não faz muito sentido em um dispositivo móvel. O grande lançamento da versão 2.0 pareceu um bom momento para tentarmos algo novo, e estamos felizes com o resultado.

Experimentamos muito com modelos diferentes e ficamos com um novo logotipo que mantém o espírito do design antigo, mas com uma variante mais moderna. No Wallpaper Engine 2.0, você encontrará o novo logotipo ao longo de todo o aplicativo, no Windows e nos nossos sites:

Uma grande nova adição ao editor do Wallpaper Engine é o nosso novo efeito paralaxe de profundidade. Esse efeito permitirá que você crie um efeito de profundidade 3D falsa com as suas imagens. Nos computadores, o efeito é influenciado pelo mouse, enquanto no Android o movimento do dispositivo simulará o movimento do mouse.

Para fazer um uso completo do efeito no editor de papéis de parede, recomendamos que instale nosso novo DLC Extensões do Editor gratuito. Decidimos separar esse recurso em particular do editor e colocá-lo em um DLC opcional porque os recursos exigem um download com vários gigabytes de tamanho. Ao usar o efeito no editor pela primeira vez, o Wallpaper Engine pedirá para instalar o DLC por você. Para mais informações, veja o nosso guia completo sobre como instalar e usar o efeito paralaxe de profundidade no editor:

• Paralaxe de Profundidade[docs.wallpaperengine.io] (Disponível apenas em inglês no momento - motores de tradução por máquina funcionam bem)

É importante observar: você não precisa instalar o DLC gratuito a menos que queira criar o efeito no editor por conta própria. O efeito ainda funciona em computadores e dispositivos móveis mesmo que o DLC gratuito não esteja instalado.

Um pedido popular que recebemos ao longo do tempo foi de ter uma maneira para configurar um papel de parede por dia da semana. Nessa atualização, estamos introduzindo uma nova lista de reprodução para os dias da semana. Basta adicionar até sete papéis de parede na lista de reprodução na aba Instalados do Wallpaper Engine e depois clicar em Configurar na seção da lista de reprodução e selecionar a opção Dia da Semana. Você também encontrará as opções já existentes da lista de reprodução aqui, tais como o tipo de reprodução Hora do Dia.

Wallpaper Engine suporta perfeitamente o Windows 11. Com essa atualização, também estamos adicionando suporte às bordas arredondadas da interface do usuário. Se atualizar para o Windows 11 e enfrentar qualquer problema com o Wallpaper Engine, certifique-se de fazer uma reinstalação completa dos drivers gráficos do seu dispositivo. A maior parte dos usuários do Windows 11 que entraram em contato conosco relatando problemas estavam usando drivers gráficos desatualizados.

Se você está usando um tema do Windows 11 com transparência, você perceberá que o Wallpaper Engine será ignorado pelo Windows 11. Para corrigir esse problema, basta ativar a nova opção Substituir papel de parede nas configurações do Wallpaper Engine. Isso fará com que o papel de parede do Windows sincronize com o papel de parede do Wallpaper Engine e corrija qualquer problema com a transparência no Windows 11.


[h4]Aplicativo principal[/h4]

• Adicionamos suporte para Android e lançamos o novo Aplicativo Complementar do Wallpaper Engine para Android.
  
• Adicionamos a coleção móvel para a aba Descobrir.
  
• Atualizamos o logotipo, tema de cores e ícones do aplicativo do Wallpaper Engine.
  
• Adicionamos suporte a bordas arredondadas para o Windows 11.
  
• Adicionamos um modo de reprodução "dias da semana", limitado a 7 papéis de parede.
  
• Reorganizamos os filtros de pesquisa e adicionamos uma nova opção de filtro: "compatível com dispositivos móveis".
  
• Adicionamos o botão "Adicionar aos favoritos" ao clicar com o botão direito em qualquer papel de parede.
  
• O "modo parar" agora desativa automaticamente quando um papel de parede é alterado manualmente.
  
• Melhoramos a interface do usuário na configurações de ossos de física.
  
• Aumentamos o atraso de acionamento do áudio automático de 3 para 5 segundos.
  
• Adicionamos um novo esquema de cores para o diálogo "aplicar a todos os papéis de parede".
  
• Removemos a opção de relógio 12h/24h da lista de reprodução. Essa configuração agora é detectada automaticamente dependendo das configurações do sistema.
  
• Adicionamos suporte a CLI applyProperties para papéis de parede em janelas.
  
• Melhoramos o desempenho do aplicativo com o novo analisador JSON.
  
• Atualizamos os arquivos binários principais do aplicativo para o novo compilador Visual Studio 2022 e o mais novo Win SDK.
  
• Reduzimos a ocorrência rara de cintilação do cursor em CEF.

[h4]Editor de Papel de Parede[/h4]

• Adicionamos um novo efeito paralaxe de profundidade.
  
• Adicionamos um novo DLC de Extensões do Editor GRATUITO para o efeito paralaxe de profundidade. Você só precisa desse complemento se deseja usá-lo no editor. Os usuários dos papéis de parede não precisam do DLC.
  
• Adicionamos uma ferramenta de escolha de cores às ferramentas de pintura do editor.
  
• Melhoramos o suporte à renderização de caracteres chineses, japoneses, coreanos e mais nas camadas de texto dos papéis de parede de cena com novas fontes.
  
• Melhoramos o "Renderizador de Cordas" para o sistema de partículas.
  
• SceneScript: as funções init() e update() converterão automaticamente números em vetores agora (Vec2, Vec3, Vec4) ao darem um retorno. Isso ajuda a simplificar alguns scripts.
  
• SceneScript: revisamos e melhoramos um pouco todos os fragmentos de código de exemplo.
  
• SceneScript: atualizamos os URLs de referência para new SceneScript documentation[docs.wallpaperengine.io].
  
• Fizemos o recorte de transparência funcionar com compressões DXT no editor.

• Corrigimos a opção "Alto Desempenho" para as configurações de resolução de textura quebrando alguns papéis de parede.
  
• Corrigimos um erro no editor ao importar texturas com resoluções abaixo do tamanho mínimo necessário.
  
• Corrigimos certas configurações de filtro fazendo com que os papéis de parede aparecessem duas vezes na aba "Instalados".
  
• Corrigimos um erro relacionado a texturas de vídeos.
  
• Corrigimos o fato dos metadados JPEG EXIF não serem aplicados algumas vezes nas camadas de imagens. Se você rotacionar as imagens com o Windows, elas devem aparecer rotacionadas corretamente no aplicativo também.
  
• Corrigimos um problema com as cores do sistema de partículas não estarem funcionando corretamente.

O aplicativo Android é gratuito, não há custos ocultos, nenhuma compra no aplicativo e nenhum anúncio. Ele também pode ser usado como aplicativo independente sem o Wallpaper Engine no seu computador, e para importar arquivos de papel de parede compatíveis a partir do seu dispositivo móvel.

Não, a Oficina não pode ser acessada a partir de dispositivos móveis devido a restrições técnicas e legais. Nós construímos uma maneira conveniente de transferir sua coleção existente de papéis de parede a partir do seu computador para o Android. Nós tentamos tornar o processo o mais fácil e simples quanto possível. Na maior parte dos casos, você só precisa se certificar de que seu dispositivo móvel e seu computador estejam conectados na mesma rede. Clique aqui para saber mais.[help.wallpaperengine.io]

Adicionalmente, você pode importar diretamente qualquer arquivo de papel de parede compatível a partir dos seus arquivos armazenados para o seu dispositivo móvel. O Wallpaper Engine para Android também funciona bem se você só está procurando transformar qualquer arquivo de vídeo no seu dispositivo Android em um papel de parede, ou se você deseja usar vários papéis de parede estáticos em uma lista de reprodução.

Não, nós otimizamos o aplicativo extensamente e a maior parte dos dispositivos modernos não notarão efeitos negativos na vida da bateria no uso do dia a dia.

Estivemos usando o aplicativo durante meses nos nossos dispositivos pessoais e em dias normais nós não percebemos nenhum consumo significativo da bateria pelo Wallpaper Engine. O aplicativo pausa automaticamente quando outro aplicativo está em tela cheia no seu dispositivo, e quando seu dispositivo está desligado. O modo de economia de bateria pausará automaticamente seu papel de parede animado para reduzir o impacto na vida da bateria ainda mais. Além disso, você também pode ajustar o impacto no desempenho nas configurações do aplicativo ajustando o limite de QPS.

Não, todos os papéis de parede são silenciosos no Android. Porém, os visualizadores de áudio funcionam desde que você conceda a permissão ao aplicativo para gravar o áudio do seu dispositivo.

Isso depende do seu dispositivo. Alguns fabricantes de Android não permitem papeis de parede animados na tela de bloqueio, como outros fazem. Se você não possui a possibilidade de definir um papel de parede para a tela de bloqueio, então o fabricante do seu dispositivo não permite.

Infelizmente, o iOS da Apple não suporta papeis de parede animados de verdade como o Android. Não é possível criar algo semelhante ao Wallpaper Engine no iOS. Se a Apple mudar essa característica em algum momento, nós provavelmente também faremos uma versão iOS. Clique aqui para saber mais sobre a nossa longa explicação a respeito do Linux, Mac OS e iOS.[help.wallpaperengine.io]


Caso você tenha qualquer dúvida, sugestão ou feedback geral sobre o novo aplicativo para Android, ou se você enfrentar qualquer problema técnico, certifque-se de postar uma mensagem na seção Android das nossas discussões no Steam:

• Wallpaper Engine - Discussões do Aplicativo Android

Hello everyone, today we are happy to announce that we will soon be releasing a free Android version of Wallpaper Engine. On top of that, we are also releasing Wallpaper Engine 1.7 today which brings a new set of features including video-based textures and support for web wallpapers with video livestreams.


In the past few months, we have developed an Android app of Wallpaper Engine that offers support for dynamic scene and video wallpapers. The Wallpaper Engine companion app will be available for free to everyone, users of Wallpaper Engine on Windows will be able to share their wallpaper collection wirelessly with their Android phones and tablets. We developed an easy way to securely transfer your Workshop wallpapers to your mobile devices. Since accessing the Workshop is not possible on Android, the Windows version of Wallpaper Engine will serve as a hub to take your wallpapers on the go.

Just like the Windows app, the Android app will also not contain any sort of hidden costs or advertisements and it will also not collect any personal data - we consider the app a free add-on for existing Wallpaper Engine users.

Developing the new Android app was quite an intensive undertaking. However, when it came to porting Wallpaper Engine to any new additional platforms, it was the most rational platform to add next due the huge user base of Android around the globe. The work we have done to support Android will also benefit any future potential ports to other platforms, though Android was still comparatively simple compared to other operating systems. If you are hoping to see Wallpaper Engine on other platforms in the future, please be patient, it is simply not possible for us to port Wallpaper Engine to every single platform at once since it is a tremendous amount of work to do so.


We have prepared a small preview of what Wallpaper Engine looks like on Android. The feature set is very extensive and just like Wallpaper Engine for Windows, the wallpapers are fully dynamic and allow for a great level of user customization. You can also configure a wallpaper playlist, set an FPS limit and configure other battery-saving features and import local videos and GIFs straight into the app.

Wallpapers created in the Wallpaper Engine editor will first be converted into a mobile-compatible format before being sent to your phone. The process is pretty straight-forward for end-users but a more extensive description of this will follow at the time of the release.

Check out the following previews of the Android app:


Accessing the Steam Workshop from mobile devices is not possible since this is not supported by Steam. However, we developed a convenient way to allow you to transfer compatible wallpapers from your desktop computer to your mobile device with ease, as long as both devices are using the same local network connection.

Since this has never been done before on Steam, we require all content creators to agree to our addendum to the Steam Workshop agreement before their content can be transferred to mobile devices, otherwise Wallpaper Engine will not allow users to transfer their wallpapers.

If you have uploaded any wallpapers to Wallpaper Engine, please review and accept the addendum to the Steam Workshop Agreement for Wallpaper Engine here so that your users can use your wallpapers on Android once the app has been released:

• View in web browser: Workshop Agreement
  
• [url]View in Steam: Workshop Agreement

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The Android version of Wallpaper Engine will likely be available on various app stores in late November, though an accurate estimate is difficult to make - make sure to keep an eye on our Steam update news for more information in the future. The Android app is already in a stable state, but we still have to do some final testing and prepare the release on various app stores. The app will support devices running Android 8.1 or newer.

It is also important to us that a large number of content creators review and accept our addendum to the Steam Workshop Agreement before the app is available so that users can choose from a large selection of Android-compatible wallpapers. If you are a content creator, be sure to review the Workshop Agreement, see the section above for more information. If you are a user and want to make sure your favorite content creator is aware of the upcoming Android release, share the link to this news with them or send them a link to our help website which also explains this in more detail:

• https://help.wallpaperengine.io/mobile/workshop

Aside from Android, we have also been working on another update for Wallpaper Engine on Windows. With Wallpaper Engine 1.7, we are adding video texture support for Scene wallpapers and a new Livestream Mode, among other new features and bug fixes.


Up until now, the Wallpaper Engine editor only supported static image as a basis for all imported materials. We have now created a way that users can import .mp4 video files as image layers in the editor and they can used just like any other image layer, meaning effects can be applied to them and other assets may be placed over them, allowing for video-based wallpapers to become just as interactive and dynamic as static wallpapers previously. We recommend using H.264 compression for the best compatibility across systems.

You can also use video files as base textures of your wallpaper, to do this, click on "Use a Template" in the editor welcome window, select "2D Scene" and configure the resolution of your video file. Then simply drag and drop your video file into the new project and it will be added as a new image layer in your project.


A relatively specific feature request in the past was to support setting web livestreams as wallpapers. Due to license issues, this is not easily possible and required us to implement a whole new web framework solely to enable livestream video formats for websites. To access the new Livestream Mode, click on "Open Wallpaper" in the lower left corner of Wallpaper Engine, then select "Open from URL".

You can now enable the new "Use Livestream Mode" option for URLs with livestreams in them. The first time you access this feature, Wallpaper Engine will install the new Microsoft's Edge WebView browser which is automatically maintained by Microsoft and includes support for the required video formats. It's also somewhat limited in its Wallpaper Engine functions, so we only recommend using it if you specifically want to set a livestream as a wallpaper. Specifically, there is no keyboard input and using the mouse for input requires hiding the icons first with the built-in hotkey.

The full changelog for Wallpaper Engine 1.7 can be found here:

• Added Workshop EULA to prepare the Wallpaper Engine Android release.
  
• Added video texture support for scenes.
  
• Added LiveStream Mode to "Open URL" dialog which uses Edge WebView to support video streams.
  
• Added option to sync static lock-screen image & static Windows wallpaper with live wallpaper.
  
• Added audio recording icon to application rule program list.
  
• Added new option to only show editor performance stats when needed.
  
• Added support for custom titles to local wallpapers.
  
• Added JPEG rotation EXIF support so JPEG files get rotated pre-import.
  
• Editor update project.json of web wallpapers every time apply is used to ensure audio responsiveness works more reliably while developing.
  
• Added safety measure to avoid crashes with video files when the playback rate cannot be properly read from video files.

• Fixed wallpapers not muting when screensaver is active.
  
• Fixed screensaver playlists not being editable properly.
  
• Fixed screensavers also changing Windows theme colors.
  
• Fixed local preview images not being cropped.
  
• Fixed lighting settings not being editable after previewing.
  
• Fixed unsubscribed items not disappearing.
  
• Fixed user interface crash if Steam was extremely out-of-date.
  
• Fixed undo functionality in editor in combination with the light height slider.
  
• Fixed undo/redo getting stuck when going too fast.
  
• Fixed UI without hardware acceleration not disabling effects.
  
• Fixed asset updating.
  
• Fixed preset update system to account for new Steam behavior.
  
• Fixed effect copy/paste using selected item instead of right clicked item.
  
• Fixed scene audio playback not playing again if wallpaper is paused at the same time a song finishes.
  
• Fixed wrong user properties being applied to cloned wallpapers in screensaver mode without DWM live image copy.

• Fixed black screen after screensaver if Wallpaper Engine is only used for screensavers and not wallpapers.
  
• Screensavers now do not override the lock-screen image and Windows wallpaper even if the options for this are enabled.
  
• Fixed some log entries being generated regarding "missing files".

Hello everyone, this is mainly a maintenance update which introduces a few minor improvements and mainly fixes a few issues that were reported to us after the previous Wallpaper Engine 1.6 release.

You can find the full changelog here:

• Added Dota / Counter-Strike Collection highlight
  
• Improved normal map generator.

• Added workaround for flickering wallpaper when native mouse input is disabled.
  
• Fixed playlist not skipping missing wallpapers.
  
• Fixed intro wallpaper playback not being reliable when the timer is too short.
  
• Improved playlist state persistence.
  
• Improved puppet warp sheet generation speed.

If you have any questions or issues with the update, please have a look at our help site as it covers the most common issues with Wallpaper Engine: