Lively Wallpaper was developed by Rockdanister to convert GIFs, videos and games into animated wallpapers. The open source app offers many themes, backgrounds and animations to give your screen an attractive look. The multi-monitor configuration offers full compatibility with setups and resolutions of all types of monitors. It works reliably without interfering with your activities as it automatically pauses when a full-screen app like a video game is launched. Download the app and change videos, GIFs, emulators, NTML, web addresses, shaders and games into animated wallpapers for your desktop.

Lively Wallpaper installation and ease of use

Complete the installation process and open the program by right-clicking on the icon in the system tray. Launch the app and head to an interactive, engaging, and easy-to-navigate interface. Tap on the main tab and you’ll have access to a limited library of pre-built content with a wealth of tools. Select any person and make them part of your screen with just one click. You can customize the wallpaper you want with the help of the tools you want. You will also find a built-in “My Creation” tool to create your animated wallpapers. It all depends on your knowledge and technical skills how to change the big or complicated projects. It is the best option for experienced programmers.

video codec

Reproduce multimedia using hardware accelerated video codec. You can easily use Directshow codec, LAV, K-Lite and Kawaii codecs. In addition, it supports multiple file formats like MKV, MP4, AVI, MOV, and WebM. The main one is the live zip format that can be generated using the tool’s built-in creator.

Supports multiple displays

Multiple display support allows users to stretch exclusive wallpapers across multiple screens. It offers automatic adjustment of wallpapers when you change monitor settings. It is possible that each screen has the same or different wallpapers that can be duplicated on all screens. You can customize the video quality with support for HiDPI and Ultrawide resolutions. A compelling set of APIs allows developers to design interactive wallpapers. You can get system information, audio graph and music information. You can set wallpaper for multiple screens by following the given instructions

• open that Lively appand click “Control Panel” in the top right corner.
• Change the “Selected screen only” option in the “Choose display” section to set the wallpaper on other screens.
• Select wallpaper on app home screen and it will be set on all screens.

Run reliably

The freeware and open source wallpaper tool works perfectly with all types of monitor settings and resolutions. The plus point of the app is its pause position in any full-screen application. It pauses and ensures CPU and GPU utilization to zero percent. The highly customizable options can change the settings to your liking. It also pauses for the devices running on battery power and even pauses during ongoing remote desktop sessions.

How to set vivid wallpaper on Windows 11

• Go to the “Start Menu” and open “Microsoft Store”.
• Search for Lively Wallpaper in the Microsoft Store.
• Select Rockdanister Lively Wallpaper app and tap on Get/Free option to download and install the app.
• Open Lively Wallpaper from the start menu.
• Select the wallpaper you want to set on your Windows 11 and click on it to set as wallpaper.
• Click the + icon on the left panel to set a video or the GIF as wallpaper on your Windows 11.
• A new screen will open, tap on the “Browse” button and locate the saved file.
• Select the file and tap the “Open” button.
• The file will be set as wallpaper on your screen.
• If you set a YouTube video as wallpaper, open the app, click the plus button and enter the video’s URL in the blank field.
• Tap the Next icon and the video will be set as wallpaper.

How to close live wallpaper

You can return the live wallpaper to the default wallpaper by following the given steps.

• Open the “Control Panel” of the Lively Wallpaper app.
• Tap on the “Close wallpaper” button in the bottom right corner of the screen.
• The Lively Wallpaper app will close.

last words

living wallpaper is the best option to make your Windows screen interactive and engaging. It offers multiple customization tools and allows you to set GIFs, games, shaders, videos, emulators and HTML as animated wallpapers on your monitors.