The Motion Photo Editor lets you paint motion onto part of a photo — rain on a window, shimmer across water, wind moving through hair — with one of 65 built-in effects. No shader knowledge, no timeline, no subscription.
Pick whichever fits how you like to install software — the Motion Photo Editor is included free in all three.
A standard setup wizard, or an .msi for IT deployment. Currently v12.0.2.
Richiede Windows 10/11 (64 bit). Vuoi saperne di più sull'intera app, non solo sull'editor? Scopri DesktopHut Studio.
Everything below is part of the free Motion Photo Editor inside DesktopHut Studio — nothing here requires a paid tier.
Motion & displacement, water, light & color, weather & particles-as-mask, stylized, glass & lens, blur & focus, and post-process — each one a real GLSL effect, not a canned video overlay.
Snow, rain, fire, fireflies, sakura, dust, embers, falling leaves, bubbles, drifting stars, and more — drop them onto a scene as their own layer.
A soft-edged brush controls the mask — an effect only applies where you've actually painted it, so the rest of the photo stays perfectly still.
Draw a simple skeleton onto a portrait — head, arms, legs — and animate it with natural, jointed movement, instead of moving the whole photo as one flat piece.
Cloth Sway isn't a shader trick — it's genuine Verlet-integration physics, the same technique used for real cloth/rope simulation, applied to hair, capes, and curtains.
The Cutout tool isolates part of a photo cleanly; the Path tool lets a particle asset follow a shape you draw — a firefly trail curving exactly where you want it.
Effects can respond to real system audio in real time — a fire effect that flares with the beat, a shimmer that pulses with a soundtrack — both live and in the exported wallpaper.
A built-in AI model cuts your subject out of its background automatically — no manual tracing needed to isolate a person or object before animating around it.
Speed, intensity, and every other slider can change over time instead of sitting fixed — an effect can build, ease, or fade rather than loop identically forever.
Stack a base photo with a bone rig, GIF, text, solid-color, and particle-asset layers — build a whole scene, not just one animated image.
Un'esportazione .dh può includere i propri cursori, caselle di controllo e selettori di colore: chi usa il tuo sfondo può regolarlo in tempo reale, senza bisogno di una nuova esportazione.
MP4/GIF/WebP per condividere ovunque, uno sfondo HTML leggero oppure il formato nativo .dh con tutti gli effetti e i controlli personalizzati.
A few of the ~30 particle assets:
And a few of the 65 motion presets:
From a still photo to a looping live wallpaper in a few steps — no editing experience needed.
Open the Motion Photo Editor inside DesktopHut Studio and bring in a photo — or several, as separate layers.
Choose one of 65 effects across 8 categories — water, light, weather, glass, and more — or drop in a particle asset like snow or fireflies.
Use the soft-edged brush to paint exactly where the effect should apply — a window pane, a strand of hair, the surface of water.
Adjust speed and intensity, and optionally keyframe them so the effect changes over time instead of looping identically.
Salva in MP4/GIF/WebP per condividere, come sfondo HTML leggero o come scena .dh nativa con tutti gli effetti e gli eventuali controlli personalizzati.
Your new scene lands straight in DesktopHut Studio's Wallpaper Library, ready to play — or browse 67,000+ ready-made wallpapers on DesktopHut instead.
Pick the format that matches what you're actually doing with the result.
| Format | Best for |
|---|---|
| MP4 / GIF / WebP | Sharing a clip, or using it outside DesktopHut Studio entirely |
| HTML live wallpaper | A lightweight, portable interactive package |
Pacchetto .dh | The native format — full effects, every layer, and any custom scene controls |
A few starting points — any of these can be built from a single photo.
A photo shot through glass, a masked Rain preset, and a light blur pass for a calm, ambient scene.
A portrait with a bone rig on the head and real Cloth Sway physics painted onto the hair layer.
A lake or ocean photo with the Shimmer preset painted along the waterline for a glinting-light effect.
A cozy interior shot with a Fire particle asset layered over the hearth for a softly flickering glow.
Yes — it's built into DesktopHut Studio, which is completely free, forever. No subscription, no trial period, no premium tier for any preset or export format.
No. Every effect is a ready-made preset — pick one, paint where it should apply with a brush, and adjust a couple of sliders. There's no timeline or code involved.
Yes — any photo on your computer. You're not limited to DesktopHut's wallpaper library; the Motion Photo Editor works on whatever image you bring in. A built-in AI background removal tool can also cut your subject out automatically if you need it isolated.
Yes — the bone rig tool lets you draw a simple skeleton onto a portrait (head, arms, legs) for natural, jointed movement, and Cloth Sway adds real physics-based motion to hair, clothing, or capes on top of that.
MP4/GIF/WebP sono normali file video/immagine che puoi condividere o usare ovunque. Il formato nativo .dh mantiene attivi tutti i livelli e gli effetti, oltre agli eventuali controlli a schermo personalizzati che hai aggiunto: viene riprodotto alla massima fedeltà solo all'interno di DesktopHut Studio.
Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit), plus a GPU with up-to-date drivers. The Motion Photo Editor specifically wants more RAM/CPU headroom than just playing wallpapers needs, since it's decoding and previewing effects live.
Il Motion Photo Editor fa parte di DesktopHut Studio, gratuito su Microsoft Store o come download diretto. La guida completa passo dopo passo si trova nel DesktopHut Handbook.
Free to download, free to use, free forever. DesktopHut Studio's Motion Photo Editor is a few clicks from your first living wallpaper.