SoftSkies for RealPlayer

Relaxation comes in many forms, but one of the more common methods you may be using to defuse after a stressful day is listening to music.

Once your favorite album starts playing, though, your eyes might want to take a rest from the usual blocks of text crowding the monitor screen and gaze upon something more joyful.

SoftSkies for RealPlayer is a visualization plugin designed to be used inside the well-known media player, that aims to transform your screen into a fully-animated sky box, complete with rain clouds and nighttime stars. Depending on your mood, you can choose between sunsets, blue skies or storms, each one with their own animations and color scheme.

If you want to transform your relaxation session into a game, you can activate the sky formations option and try to recognize various objects that form in the clouds. These objects can include animals, musical notes or various other common items, in order to keep your entertained.

Beside the multitude of available skies, you can also use a static image overlay to improve the overall effect. These images range from trees and flowers, to various types of buildings and they are taken from cities all around the world, including New York City and San Francisco.

If you are not happy with how the pre-made sky presets look, you can make use of the integrated designer tool and bring the modifications you desire. This enables you to tweak the primary and secondary background colors by adjusting their hue, saturation and lightness levels, by using the appropriate sliders.

The wide variety of sky presets and the built-in editor make SoftSkies for RealPlayer an easy pick for anyone interested in a solid visualization plugin for RealPlayer. The interface is easy-to-navigate and intuitive, even for inexperienced users.