ZMatrix

ZMatrix is a cool desktop enhancement that is able to recreate the flow of streaming characters from the “Matrix” movie on your monitor. It has a nice touch for the movie fans but also for any computer user that wants to change the boring desktop wallpaper.

The application can work in two modes: as a screen saver and as a desktop wallpaper. The configuration settings are the same for both modes, the difference is that the screen saver works in full screen and hides every item on your desktop.

When the application runs on your desktop you can still see the task bar while the icons and the wallpaper are slowly covered by the continuous flow of characters. The wallpaper mode has a cool transparency effect that enables you to still see the wallpaper image but only through the letters that fall from the top of the screen.

If you want to create your own color scheme you can take advantage of the configuration window. There you can change every aspect of the character flow starting with the background and character color.

The user can also customize the font of the characters by changing the font face, the style, the size and the color. You can get some interesting effects with a bigger font size and different colors for the characters.

You can change the speed of the flow, the number of new characters that appear on the screen at once and the way the symbols are cleaned off the screen. The developer included the option to set a special string of characters that is dissimulated in the countless stream of symbols but clearly readable. The default message is “The Matrix has you” but you can create your own quote with special meaning.

If you like to play with settings and to change one thing in order to see the impact to the desktop wallpaper, this program is designed for you. A change in the settings updates your desktop immediately and with enjoyable effects.