Windows Gadget is a new feature of Windows Vista and 7. The Vista version has a "Sidebar" which contains mini-applications (called "Gadgets")
which are based on a combination of Script and HTML. They may be used to display information such as the system time, CPU/RAM usage and
Internet-powered features such as RSS feeds, and to control external applications such as Windows Media Player. Gadgets can run "docked" in the
sidebar or they can "float" anywhere on the desktop. On Windows 7, gadgets are all placed on the desktop without a sidebar, and arranged in a
slightly different way.
Here you will find various original Anime-style gadgets for your desktop. Feel free to download them!
Check out especially System Animator, which is our featured gadget!
This is an analog clock with CUSTOMIZABLE clock background and various settings! We have included several Anime-style backgrounds, but you can use your own
images as background as well! You can choose a folder with images of any kind, and a random (or sequential) image will be picked and cropped automatically to fit
the clock background, and the background image can be set to change at regular interval.
Simply click on the unzipped ".gadget" file. Yeah it's that simple!
Gadgets on Windows 7
Windows gadgets work directly on Windows 7, just like Vista. However, the concept of "Sidebar" is gone so basically you just
put the gadgets on your deskop and arrange them in the ways you like.
Windows 8 does not support gadgets anymore, but you can still run System Animator in HTA mode, WITHOUT the gadget platform.
Download System Animator, and unzip the file as usual.
Rename the unzipped ".gadget" file to ".zip", and unzip this renamed gadget file somewhere on your computer.
Go to the unzipped folder, and click "SystemAnimator_ie.hta" to launch your first System Animator window (HTA mode)!
NOTE:
Click here for more info regarding running System Animator in HTA mode.
Similar procedures can be used to run Spectrum Analyser (HTA mode) in Windows 8.
Similar procedures can be applied to Windows Vista and 7 to run System Animator and Spectrum Analyser, without installing the gadgets to the gadget platform.
Internet Explorer 9 needs to be installed.
Anime PC Meter
Finding a PC meter/monitoring tool that actually "looks different"? This may be what you are looking for! "Anime PC Meter" is a fully functional CPU/RAM/Drive/Network meter,
with a cute and interesting Anime-style appearance and animated effects. So, when you see the CPU lady glowing in red, you know the CPU is busy :P
FEATURES:
CPU/RAM/Drive/Network meter presented in a cute, Anime-like style!
Multi-core CPU supported
Advanced monitoring details, such as virtual memory/network usage and disk activity (as flashing of bars), through the use of WMI
Interactable interface with extra info and actions available when you place your mouse pointer over or click on various parts of the gadget
This is a cute, Anime-style calendar with all months and dates represented by different Anime gals! You can double-click on it to view the
full calendar.
"System Animator" is a system monitor with CUSTOMIZABLE animation! How about a cute Anime gal who dances according to
the CPU usage? An animated flag which waves faster when your drive is busy? The famous Matrix digital rain effect with scroll speed corresponding
to your network traffic? It's up to your imagination!
FEATURES:
PC activity monitor with focus on visuals, animations, and FUN!
Supporting the monitoring of "Sound output" to become a customizable music visualizer! (*)
Supporting various animation styles with full customization! Several default animations are included, and hundreds more for download!
NEW (version 5): Supporting running the gadget in the new HTA/XUL/WebKit mode with MORE features!
(video demo)
Confused? Check out our Video Demo section and watch this gadget in ACTION!
A: Yes. Windows gadgets work directly on Windows 7. However, the concept of "Sidebar" is gone so basically you just
put the gadgets on your deskop and arrange them in the ways you like.
Q:Does it work on Windows XP?
A: Yes, but you need to install a Sidebar program for XP.
Check out the Installation and Info section.
Q:Does it work on Windows 8?
A: Yes. Although Windows 8 does not support gadgets anymore, you can still run System Animator in HTA mode, WITHOUT the gadget platform.
Click here for procedures.
Q:I have problems installing / setting up the gadget.
Q:64-bit Windows - System Animator keeps on asking me to install Silverlight even though I have installed it already.
A: For Windows 7 64-bit, go to Silverlight homepage and download
"End-User Runtime for Windows (64 bit)". For Windows Vista 64-bit, there is a workaround to load the 32-bit version of sidebar instead.
Check out this article for details (use method 2).
Q:Windows XP - Spectrum Analyser can't find any sound device on my system.
Here is a collection of animations of various styles for use with System Animator.
To use these animations, simply unzip the downloaded file and drop the animation folder to the gadget.
If you still don't understand, check out this video tutorial.
Some of the files in the section are in RAR format. Download this program
if you can't uncompress them. Also note that you need to download ALL parts of the same RAR archive before you can uncompress them.
Don't miss the Animated Picture section, with MORE animations of a very different
style!
(*) denotes the support of video playback (MP4, WMV) directly inside the animation. Just drag and drop a video file to the animation,
and it will play with mixed visuals. Either Silverlight or "HTML5 Canvas" (HTA/XUL/WebKit) option of System Animator needs to be enabled.
Check out this video for demonstration.
Since System Animator 5, this feature has been extended to allow the display of random pictures inside the animation from any folder you selected.
This makes it possible to use any Animated Picture (supporting video playback feature) as a desktop image viewer/slideshow.
Check out this video for demonstration.
(**) denotes the support of WMP (Windows Media Player), which means you can play any music files (MP3, WMA, etc) directly inside the animation.
Just drag and drop a music file to the animation, and it will play with mixed visuals from WMP built-in visualization.
Either Silverlight or "HTML5 Canvas" (HTA/XUL/WebKit) option of System Animator needs to be enabled.
Check out this video for demonstration.
(***) denotes the inclusion of video overlay effect. Extra visual effect can be added to any Animated Picture running in HTA/XUL/WebKit mode,
by overlaying a video (MP4/WebM) over the animation. Check out this video for demonstration.
(****) denotes the support of customized Fireworks effect, an option available in HTA/XUL/WebKit mode.
Check out this video for an example of customized Fireworks effects (colorful hearts).
【EQ】 denotes a special variation of "Animated Picture" animation. These animations are usually composed of no more than two static images, or even just one!
They are intended to be simple and and easy to make, easy enough for an average person to create their own animation in just a few minutes!
Check out this video for demonstration.
Most of the animations are resizable. Resizable animations are displayed at a smaller size when
docked to the Sidebar. The display size can be changed manually by double-clicking on the animation, or the top-left and bottom-right corners
of most Silverlight animations (resizable down to 1/4 of the normal size).
System Animator supports the use of user-made "Face Pattern" skins for MacFace and VistaFace. You can download them
here.
Uncompress any skin you downloaded, and make sure the name of the final folder ends with ".mcface". Then you can go the Settings panel of the gadget and
point to that folder.
"Renders" are normal PNG images that are carefully cut-out/masked. System Animator allows you to decorate your desktop easily with renders,
even with some ANIMATED effects supported (video demo)!
Check out our Renders Gallery, and start decorating your desktop in the simplest way!
"SEQ Video" is a new type of animations supported by System Animator running in HTA/WebKit mode,
which is basically a MP4 video file.
It is similar to those smaller frame-based animations,
with the playback speed responding to the PC activity monitored, except that "SEQ Video" has virtually NO limit in size and length.
It supports chroma key (ie. transparent background), as well as assigning a BPM (beats per minute) value to the video so that it can be used as a fancy
music player with BEAT-MATCHING visuals (video demo)!
Below are some "SEQ Video" animations for download.
To make your own SEQ Video, click here for a video tutorial (*).
NEW: The latest System Animator 6 makes the beat-matching feature of SEQ Video fully AUTOMATIC!
Check out this video for more info.
(**) denotes a special "self-running" animation set with System Animator (and sometimes Spectrum Analyser as well) bundled, which can be directly
executed without installing System Animator separately. To open such animation with your own installation of System Animator, simply open the target animation folder
with your own instance of System Animator.
(***) denotes the support of automatic beat-matching feature in System Animator 6. Check out this video for more info.
Most System Animator animations are 2D-based. With the new System Animator 7,
real 3D animations are now supported. Existing 2D animations can be easily configured to render in 3D space to become a 3D animation
(video demo). 3D models and motions from the popular
MikuMikuDance (MMD) software are also supported, with argumented reality (AR) support
(video demo). Imagine that you can have Miku dancing on your desktop, or even date her XD
System Animator needs to be running in XUL/WebKit mode to use 3D animations.
WebKit mode is required for argumented reality support.
(*) denotes a special "self-running" animation set with System Animator (and sometimes Spectrum Analyser as well) bundled, which can be directly
executed without installing System Animator separately. To open such animation with your own installation of System Animator, simply open the target animation folder
with your own instance of System Animator.
Can't find what you want? Why not make your own animation? Check out the Make Your Animation section.
System Animator supports the monitoring of sound output of your computer. Imagine a cute Anime gal dancing to the beats
when you play a MP3 song... pretty cool, right? ^_^
In order to let System Animator monitor sound output, you must install the "Spectrum Analyser" gadget (by
Jon Abbott). The version of Spectrum Analyser required by System
Animator is a modified version, which can be downloaded below. After installing this gadget, you can then choose to monitor sound output in the
settings panel of System Animator.
To achieve the best results, you may want to adjust the "Update interval" of System Animator to 0.1 second. You can also try changing
the "Monitor sensitivity" setting on System Animator and the "Gain" setting on Spectrum Analyser to fine tune the effects.
For existing users, to know the version and revision number of the "Spectrum Analyser" gadget you are using, open the Gadgets window,
choose "Spectrum Analyser" and click "Show details" at the bottom.
The latest version includes a special Anime-themed skin (credits go to sun)
with many Anime pictures as background (you can use your own pictures) and various customizable bars and options.
These YouTube videos show System Animator in ACTION! They demonstrate System Animator as a multi-purpose PC activity monitor, as well as a
music visualizer, with interesting and fully CUSTOMIZABLE animation!
For existing users, you may want to check out the following videos to know more about what's NEW in recent updates
(also check out our Facebook page as well).
Version 7.5(MikuMikuDance and argumented reality support)
Can't find what you want in the Extra Downloads section? Why not make your own
animation? Check out the following video tutorials to know how to make different kinds of animations for System Animator.
You are also recommended to take a look at those animations I made as examples.
The latest version of System Animator allows you to simply drop an image or video file and use it directly as desktop animation! Yeah, it is
just that SIMPLE! Check out the following video tutorials for details.
Extra Animations
Make Your Animation
Using your image and video files directly
MacFace's "Face Pattern" Support
