So you’ve downloaded the program … now what? You’re probably thinking that there’s not a lot this program can do that System Preferences couldn’t do already — but there is an important difference. Below we list some possibilites that could not be accomplished without The Twenty-Four Hour Movie:

Ideas for using the program
  • Collect time-lapse images of your favorite vista or view, midnight to midnight. Place these images in a folder such that the first and last images are the midnight-to-midnight bounds of the day. Set your time-lapse period to “one day.” Now your desktop is your favorite scene, and it changes with the time of day just like the real thing does.

  • Collect images of the seasons’ affect on your backyard or another view. Arrange the seasons in order from spring to winter. You can now have your desktop evolve through the seasons in real time, or compress the time lapse down to a day to wake up to spring and fall asleep to winter.

  • (The program’s namesake) Rip the DVD (or better yet, Blu-Ray) of your favorite movie and use QuickTime 7 to convert your favorite action scene into a series of images (say, for instance, the scene of the two trucks colliding in The Matrix Reloaded). Use these images to watch the movie play out as your desktop in super-super-super slow motion.

  • Collect images of your son or daughter arranged chronologically, from birth to present. Use the program to set your desktop, so you can watch your child grow as the day progresses.