Beginner In Need Of Help...

Customizable Animated Wallpaper ?!?

Hello Everyone !!!

First post ever, so I hope I'm posting this in the right topic. Anyway, I'm a beginner and I have to idea if what I'm trying to achieve can be done or not, so maybe you guys can help me out a bit.

I had this idea for a wallpaper that should be nammed "Casting Call" or something close to that. Basically, it's a bunch of picture (polaroids or folders) of famous people displayed on a table. I know...it's kinda amateurish, but it seemed like a good project for a beginner like myself. So anyway, there are three things I'd like to add to that. Remember, we're talking about a wallpaper here, so I have no idea if this can be done;

1) The first thing I had in mind was to make it fully customizable. Let's say I can fit about 20 polaroids on that table. Would it be possible to make it fully customizable, so that other people could chose which celebrities would be displayed ? Like if I had 100 different polaroids (all the same size) and that, in the menu, the user could select the personalities they want by checking a box in the menu ?

2) I once worked with a javascript that changed the oppacity of a picture on mouse-over. Is that something that can be added to a wallpaper in any way ?

3) I also worked with another javascript that would flip a picture over so that you can see the back. I guess it's question 2.1 really...can that be use ?

Thanks to anyone willing to help...
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Reply #1 Top
It would prob have to be a "desktop item" I think, not sure if java would be able to used.. then again, I dont know much about it, sounds like an intersting concept nevertheless..

..if all else fails theres always plan B.. a 100 celebrity wallpapers.. wallpack.   
Reply #2 Top

I believe this could be done with DesktopX ....however, I'm not a coder ...so I can't even begin to explain how it could be done. I just have a fair idea that it could.

Perhaps one of the DX guru's here will come along and verify that it can/can't...

Sounds very interesting though, hope you find a way.

Reply #3 Top
Wow...
Thanks a lot, I wasn't expecting replies on the first night. I'm gonna give DesktopX a look. I'm not a really good coder, I have some very basic knowledge of HTML, Java and Flash though. So I don't know, I could be way out of my league with that project.

If anything, I'll just post a celebrity wallpaper like vStyler proposed. Doubt I can fit 100 celebrities in there, but still...
Reply #4 Top
why limit it to celebrities? Maybe allow users to import their own photos?
Reply #5 Top
Doubt I can fit 100 celebrities in there, but still...


100 walls   
Reply #6 Top
make it 100 celebrity mug shots
Reply #7 Top

make it 100 celebrity mug shots

...plenty of those popping up lately.

Reply #8 Top


make it 100 celebrity mug shots


...plenty of those popping up lately.



Really ?
Geez, cause that's pretty much what it is...

Here's a few exemple of what I had in mind;



Reply #9 Top
Really ?
Geez, cause that's pretty much what it is...

Here's a few exemple of what I had in mind;


Just make the wall how you would want it for yourself..then just share it.

You could make a desktopx theme that had thumbnail pics to choose from but its a lot of work...

Id just try testing out the idea just the way you presented it .