DreamRender

DreamRender

This is a cool plug-in for windows that will let you display Videos, webcams, texutures, 3dschenes and even music visualisations on your desktop utilizing your 3D video card. Dream render has WinAmp support, but does not support Windows95 or WindowsNT.

WebCams - You can choose to look live over Loch Ness or just sit back and people watch in Dublin - all this on your desktop (not in a silly little window full of Ads!)

Videos - Have your favourite videos play out in the background while you work - DreamRender can use both AVIs or MPEG files.

Textures - Choose your texture and then get it to pan with your music - choose that rotation or zoom level that suits you. You can even animate the palette for some really cool effects.

ScopePlus - Colourful swirling patterns generated from your music but controlled by you. There are just endless possibilities with this effect.

SlideShow - Got a series of pictures that you really like? Put them into a slideshow. Choose how often that you want to change the frame and, suddenly, your desktop is much more interesting.

DizzyBox - All this may be just too "flat" for you - so use DizzyBox to take any of the above surfaces and paper it to the inside of a cube - watch as it twists to your music.

Tunnel - Any of the above surfaces papered over the inside of a tunnel - you can choose how fast you go through it and how bendy it is - you can even choose the cross-section!

Advanced Mode - If you have a powerful 3d accelerator then DreamRender can run in advanced mode. This enables you to set your windows to be translucent so that you can see the effect through your application windows - this is the best way to use DreamRender.