Changing Wallpaper Fade Time

[ElShotte]

Hey guys,

I was just wondering if there's a way to change the fade time of the wallpaper slideshow. I don't mean the time the OS waits before fading to a new wallpaper, I mean the actual time to transition from one wallpaper to another. I believe right now it's like 2 seconds or something, and it would be awesome if that can be changed to give the desktop more of a dynamic feeling.

Thanks.

 

[FredeGail]

Hello, welcome to Sevenforums!

Try to create your own personalization (theme), and mark all the wallpaper as you wish to collect. Below the wallpapers, there should be:
Time controlling
Effect
Size

- And stuff like that.
Hope I could help.

 

[ElShotte]

This is a little bit more advanced than a simple wallpaper option. I am very well aware of the options you mentioned, but again, I do not wish to change the time interval of when to change the wallpaper. My aim is to change the time it takes for 7 to fade in a new wallpaper. I am trying to modify the actual transition time, not how often to change the wallpaper.

 

[jr2760]

Did you find a solution? I'm also looking for a way to change the fade time.

 

[rubrbndball]

same...

 

[dino13]

When you go to personalize and then desktop background there is a drop down menu titled by "Change picture every:" and then you can select the time between the changes.... You have to select multiple images above it for the wallpapers to enable this.

 

[Shinji]

When you go to personalize and then desktop background there is a drop down menu titled by "Change picture every:" and then you can select the time between the changes.... You have to select multiple images above it for the wallpapers to enable this.

Are you retarded or do you just not know how to read?
He clearly states multiple times that he does NOT want to change the time interval between wallpaper changes. He wants to change the duration of the "fade" effect between the two (or more) images.

 

[dino13]

OH....
if that is the problem then it is impossible to modify something like this... The only way thought is to modify the code of windows in witch this is specified... But for that you need mayor skills in C++ programming

 

[Shinji]

Perhaps this interval is stored somewhere in the registry?

 

[jeepsteve]

There is a newer post that features the remedy to this problem

 

[SnijtraM]

Although this answer is quite late, I have been searching long and hard before I got the answer that I wanted and therefore I think I should share my finding.
What you are looking for I believe is not anywhere in the Windows GUI, but it is in the registry:

Start Regedit
Navigate to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Personalization\Desktop SlideShow
Edit (or create) the following value:
Name: AnimationDuration
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: the number of milliseconds that you want the transition to take

I believe the default value is 2000 (decimal), meaning that one fade completes within 2 seconds. Personally, I like to be less distracted and set a value of 5000.
What the valid range of values is I don't know.
You should probably at least log off and back on before the new setting takes effect.

I hope that this can take away some frustration about answers that were not to the point.