Edit Wallpaper - Abdelrhman-AK/WinPaletter GitHub Wiki

1. Enable/Disable lock toggle

Make it checked to make WinPaletter apply changes to wallpaper

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2. Optional Toolbar buttons

1. Open from WinPaletter theme

This will copy preferences from a WinPaletter theme file into current open theme

2. Open from Current applied one

This will copy preferences from current Windows settings into current open theme (looks like an undo)

3. Open from Default Windows

This will copy preferences from default Windows theme into current open theme

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3. Parts

  • You can change wallpaper source, style, wallpaper path, solid color, wallpaper tone and slideshow

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  • Every change you make in these parts will change this preview

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  • Preview loading speed depends on image's size\resolution and your device's performance, so there may be a delay or high memory usage with high resolution images.

4. Source

  • Your wallpaper can be from different sources: picture, tone, color and slideshow

  • Wallpaper tone is designed by WinPaletter developer and it is not a Windows feature

  • Applying slideshow source requires explorer restart.

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5. Style

  • You can change wallpaper style. It can be fill, fit, stretch, centered and tile

  • Fill and fit positions and slideshow source are not available for Windows XP & Vista.

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6. Wallpaper picture

  • If Picture source is selected, you can do modifications here

  • You can change wallpaper path from here

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  • Press here to get path of current applied wallpaper or default wallpaper path

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7. Color (solid wallpaper)

  • If Color source is selected, you can do modifications here

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  • This color is shared with 'Classic Colors' (Window Objects > Background color)

8. Wallpaper tone (By WinPaletter)

  • If Tone source is selected, you can do modifications here

  • Each Windows version has its own tone, one theme file will behave differently on each version of Windows

  • Change target OS preview before changing Wallpaper Tone

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  • Enter here image path on which WinPaletter will do modifications

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  • Press here to get path of current applied wallpaper or default wallpaper path

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  • Press here to save the modified wallpaper as a picture

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  • Change image hue from this track bar

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  • Change image saturation from this track bar

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  • Change image lightness from this track bar

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9. Slideshow

  • If Slideshow source is selected, you can do modifications here

  • You can select one from these: folder or list of images

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  • If you selected folder, change its path here

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  • If you selected list of images, you can add, remove and re-order images here. Images in this list must be from the same folder.

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  • This track bar will modify images changing interval (in ms (millisecond), each second equals 1000 ms)

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  • You can shuffle images here

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  • If Slideshow source is selected, the preview will contain buttons to navigate through images

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10. Actions

  1. Load into current theme: it will load current wallpaper preferences into current open WinPaletter theme, and will close this form so you can continue modifying other Windows aspects and finally press on Apply on main form to apply all aspects in the open theme.

  2. Quick apply: it will apply current wallpaper preferences instantly to test their real effects on system.

  3. Cancel: it will close this form without loading any modification made to wallpaper

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