Sample Desktop Pictures

Except for Gummy Globe (which started out as a 35mm slide), these are all single-exposure digital photos, made by moving the camera. Tiny apertures (and slow ISO speeds) were used to get the right exposure. The haikus on Neon Dragonfly and Golden Afternoon are by Debra Galloway, who later created...

Except for Gummy Globe (which started out as a 35mm slide), these are all single-exposure digital photos, made by moving the camera. Tiny apertures (and slow ISO speeds) were used to get the right exposure. The haikus on Neon Dragonfly and Golden Afternoon are by Debra Galloway, who later created...

Desktop Pictures is a collection of original, high-quality, free pictures for desktop wallpaper use, and a guide to original, free wallpaper on the Web. Shown below are a few of the pictures you'll find in our galleries


Platforms: Mac

Chameleon is a tool to create desktop pictures from your iTunes 7 album artwork.It takes a random selection of album artwork, creates a desktop picture for each connected display according to your settings and sets them as desktop backgrounds. It supports up to 8 displays with resolutions of up...


Platforms: Mac

About iMac G5, PowerMac G5 and Cinema Display iconset Macbillboard iconsets can be used as custom icons, but they also fit to Macbillboard desktop pictures. They have the same isometric perspective and by scaling the icons in OSX, you can fit them exactly to the desktops. Enjoy them and have fun!


Platforms: Mac

The first member of the Ghost Forest family (Mac) - a beautiful collection of hand-painted, children-safe desktop wallpapers (now interactive!). Based on Flash technology, these wallpapers offer the user a completely new experience. In fact, they can be used as small games, especially by younger...


Platforms: Mac

Batwing is a 1024x768 desktop picture of a pair of bat wings with a blue jewel in the middle. A preview of it is shown below.


Platforms: Mac

Mars Rising Desktop Picture (1024 x 768) is a prototype desktop picture from the popular movie, Mars Rising. A preview of the desktop picture is shown below.


Platforms: Mac

Download a set of 20 cute Easter Bunny icons, and if you want to go all out, download one of the Easter desktop pictures. A preview of some of the icons that are included are shown below.


Platforms: Mac

Picture Switcher is a background application that will put a menu on the right side of your menu bar to switch desktop pictures. It has most of the options of the Desktop preference Pane, and does not need the Finder to be running to work.


Platforms: Mac

About To the Moon Iconfactory artist, Anthony Piraino has translated the landmark spacecraft from NASA s Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs into masterful icons for your computer s desktop. Then, to make your desktop makeover complete, race over to www.mandolux.com and download a set of...


Platforms: Mac

About Kong Icons These highly-detailed icons by Iconfactory artist, Dave Brasgalla, evoke the mystery, thrills and high adventure of King Kong, while at the same time being fairly useful around your desktop! Dave has also created two new custom Kong desktop pictures, available at his personal...


Platforms: Mac

Under MacOS 9 you could control-click an image file and use it as a desktop image. Under MacOS X you have to go to the System Prefs, click Desktop Pictures and then drag (or otherwise select) the file you want on your desktop. I got tired of this.Drag an image file onto DesktopControl (currently...


Platforms: Mac

DeskCover solves an unrecognized yet widespread aesthetic error in Mac OS X. On lightly colored or busy desktop pictures, icon names become nearly unreadable. DeskCover inserts a customizable translucent sheet between your icons and the desktop picture. This sheet automatically resizes itself...


Platforms: Mac

Spring Friends!... Load your desktop icons and position them on your new spring wallpaper to create your very own desktop world!


Platforms: Mac

This fun and bright set of desktop icons is now complete with 512'”512 sizes for Leopard and even includes new, iPhone inspired versions as well. Try Winter Wonderland with Geds Alpine desktop pictures released in 2001 from the Iconfactory for a complete holiday makeover. Grab a cup hot cocoa,...


Platforms: Mac

About Floating on Leaves Bring a warm autumn glow to your desktop with these aspen, birch, chestnut, maple, oak and rowan fall leaves accompanied by a desktop picture and calendar. Introducing two new sizes for desktop pictures; 23" 1920x1200 (Apples Cinema HD Display) and 20" 1680x1050 (Apples...


Platforms: Mac

About LOTR - Armoury of the Third Age Icons To mark the DVD home release of "The Return Of The King", factory worker and long-time Tolkien reader Dave Brasgalla has crafted a set of over 20 new icons that follow the design aesthetic of the films. "The Lord Of The Rings: Armoury Of The Third Age"...


Platforms: Mac

About Matrix Rebooted A grand tribute to the movie trilogy from the Wachowski brothers and contains over 90 individual icons that can be used as a complete system replacement set for Mac desktops. Matrix Rebooted alone would be more than enough to satisfy any die-hard Neo fan, but Dave has also...


Platforms: Mac

About Iconfactory 200th Set Four years ago we announced our 100th set on the cusp of the release of Mac OS X. Today, we are proud to release our latest freeware collection, The IF 200th Set. This set of system replacement icons harkens back to the heady days of Mac OS 9 and the beloved "Copland"...


Platforms: Mac