DeskShow 2.2 is a Windows utility allowing easy manipulation and use of graphics image files for desktop wallpaper, an on-screen slide shows, or as a screen saver slide show.

DeskShow has an easy to use interface consisting of an image file list, or ImageList, and preview panes to give you information about each file and an image preview in the main window. DeskShow allows you to use Windows Bitmap files, JPEG, TIFF, PNG, PCX, TGA, or WMF image files for display on your Windows desktop or as part of an on-screen slide show (ScreenShow).

DeskShow uses an ImageList as its main document, to which you add or remove image files, and which is used as the set of image files that will be used for changing your wallpaper or ScreenShow images. A plethora of user preferences allow you to customize the way your wallpaper is changed, how ScreenShows run, and how the screen saver runs, all from a tabbed preference dialog window. A number of functions and options in DeskShow also allows you to use it as your image file manager, locating, converting, saving or deleting image files from your system.

DeskShow is designed to be run in the background while you work in Windows. It can be minimized to the system tray, and will automatically change your wallpaper based on a configurable timer and other user preferences if desired. A pop-up menu from the DeskShow icon in the system tray allows easy access to primary DeskShow functions, or allows one-click access to manually change your wallpaper.

You can use DeskShow's ScreenShow function and available options to run on-screen slide shows either full-screen or in a window, preview image files from a source (CD-ROM or network drive), save or delete displayed images on your system while the ScreenShow is running, or run an image based presentation by ordering your images and manually sequencing through them. Additionally, the screen saver function built into DeskShow allows you to have a full-screen ScreenShow run as your screen saver instead of other Windows screen saver modules.

DeskShow can automatically adjust the number of colors used in the desktop wallpaper image or screen show images to compensate for display settings with less than hi-color (16 bit) displays using an optimized quantization algorithm. This allows Jpeg images to be used on 256 color displays with minimal degradation in displayed image quality.

DeskShow can also automatically tile small images that are smaller than a threshold percentage of the total screen area, which you specify in your preferences.  DeskShow also features Integral Tiling, which will only tile as many whole copies of the original image as will fit on the screen, and centers those tiled images, eliminating the ugly partial images wrapping off the screen that normal tiling usually creates.

DeskShow also includes a utility to convert between the various image file types that DeskShow supports, and allows you to change color depths or compression levels during conversion for some types to optimize images for display or file size. Additionally, an image file finder tool allows you to seek out image files on your system or on the network that can be used with DeskShow, and allows you to add them to your ImageList or delete them from your system.

DeskShow also has remote configuration options, which allow you to use a centralized set of preferences and ImageList over the network, so that multiple clients can use the same settings and images for DeskShow. This feature can be used in the business environment to post notices and announcements to employees on their Windows Desktop throughout the business day.

Finally, an extensive system of Help topics thoroughly covers all the myriad of functions and options that DeskShow contains, allowing you to quickly learn how to use DeskShow in the way that best suits you.

DeskShow is an extremely flexible and easy to use utility that combines the best features of many other desktop wallpaper, slide show, and screen saver utilities. Download your trial copy today!

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For some free image files to use with DeskShow, go to out Free Image page.

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