Desktop Wallpaper Changer

As you might have imagined from the name of the application, this tool will change your desktop's wallpaper. You can also customize the supplied images, so you always get a nice looking  desktop.

You all know that the desktop wallpaper can influence your mood throughout the day. So, it surely isn't a good idea to see the same image continuously, especially if it represents an abstract or impersonal scenery.

Surprising or not, a vacation photo or the portrait of the loved one is able to bring back the joy and cheerfulness needed to get you through a rough day. Since you probably don't have the time to search and select the perfect wallpaper for your desktop, a tool that would do it for you would come in handy. This is where Walyk Wallpaper Changer comes to lend a hand.

The developer recommends 1GB RAM, minimum 512 in order to use this tool. So, it is fair to say that an average computer will do just fine when running this application.

To begin with, if you are a user that works with a lot of applications at a time, you will appreciate that this software sits quietly in your system tray without taking space from your taskbar. I certainly enjoy an application that gets the job done without adding a new icon to the taskbar.

Next, you will surely value the intuitive interface and the ease-of-use, that will enable any user to choose the location of their images, adjust the change frequency, and customize the application. 

First and foremost, you will probably want to select the images to be used as wallpapers. Whether you want to load an entire folder, or select one photo at a time, Walyk Wallpaper Changer enables you to do both. It does not, however, offer support for the drag and drop function, which is a drawback. When adding a folder, the Allow duplicates files in the list option permits you to add two files with the same filename.

You will probably observe that this application only supports the JPG/JPEG, PNG, BMP formats, the most common image formats out there. There might be some advanced users that would appreciate more file formats, like TIFF or GIF, but the average user will be satisfied with these.

After you've completed the list it's time to make some adjustments. You can change the position of your wallpaper to tile, center, stretch or smart. An interesting feature is that you can select a certain algorithm to be used to adjust your images to fit the screen. This algorithm can be used when you've selected the Stretch or Smart positions.

The Smart option is remarkable considering that it automatically detects the dimensions of the image and decides the right position and resizes as necessary, maintaining the aspect ratio. A thing that is worth keeping in mind is that some algorithms take a little longer to process images, so you should be patient in order to get a nice looking picture.