# Wallpaper Engine Patch released - Puppet Warping, Timeline Animations & HDR Bloom (Build 1.4.107)

- Product: Wallpaper Engine (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/wallpaper-engine)
- Vendor: Wallpaper Engine
- Date: 2020-12-15
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- **added** — Puppet Warping feature to analyze geometry of character cutouts and character sheets, allowing users to define skeleton and limbs and apply complex animations
- **added** — Physics simulations for objects in Puppet Warping, enabling interactive wallpaper elements
- **added** — Timeline Animations system with key-frame based animation that works with all properties in the editor
- **added** — Refraction effect to simulate frozen glass and similar surface patterns
- **added** — HDR Bloom feature for advanced light glow effects on wallpaper elements
- **added** — New wallpaper customization options including Free Alignment to freely position wallpapers and zoom in and out
- **added** — Brightness, contrast and saturation adjustment controls for Scene and Video wallpapers
- **added** — Hue shift functionality to change colors of wallpapers
- **added** — Ability to manually type in values by clicking on slider values in wallpaper settings
- **added** — Buttons in Discover tab to view followed users and favorite wallpapers
- **added** — New download animation in user interface
- **added** — Blur effect to all pop-up windows
- **added** — Option to disable user interface effects in General tab of Wallpaper Engine settings
- **changed** — Updated Razer Bedroom wallpaper to support HDR Bloom with Ultra post-processing setting
- **changed** — User interface effects are automatically turned off when hardware acceleration for the user interface is disabled

Hey everyone,

today we are releasing **Wallpaper Engine 1.4** with a ton of new features, various improvements and bug fixes. On top of that, we are launching our new designer documentation website, which provides in-depth guides for the Wallpaper Engine Editor and should make wallpaper creation much more accessible to newcomers and existing users alike.

##### Puppet Warping

The first major new feature we are introducing is **Puppet Warping**. With the new puppet warp feature, Wallpaper Engine can analyze the geometry of imported character cutouts (and even character sheets). Wallpaper Engine allows you to define the skeleton and the limbs of your character and then apply complex animations to them. This is a multi-step process that opens up completely new ways to animate characters and we are very much looking forward to seeing what users will do with this new feature:

Puppet Warping even includes physics simulations for objects and advanced users are even able to create interactive wallpaper elements with it, like the following jelly which can be grabbed by the mouse cursor:

Puppet Warping is usually reserved for complex professional applications. We have adapted it for Wallpaper Engine while trying to make it as accessible as possible and created a set of in-depth tutorials on it. If you are interested in giving a try, please have a look at our new tutorial series:

[Puppet Warp Tutorials](https://docs.wallpaperengine.io/scene/puppet-warp/introduction.html) _(Only in English for now)_

##### Timeline Animations

We have also added a completely new key-frame based timeline animation system to the editor. This new system is used in puppet warp animations but we have also enabled it to work with all properties in the editor. This allows you to configure effects to change over time, you can also move, resize and turn elements across the screen on a predefined interval.

In the example preview above, you can also see the new **[Refraction effect](https://docs.wallpaperengine.io/scene/effects/effect/refraction.html)** freezing over a window with a timeline animation. The new refraction effect is especially well-suited to simulate frozen glass or similar surface patterns - just in time for the winter season!

Just like with Puppet Warping, we have created a series of extensive tutorials for the new timeline animation system that you can find on our new documentation website:

[Timeline Animation Tutorials](https://docs.wallpaperengine.io/scene/timeline/introduction.html) _(Only in English for now)_

##### HDR Bloom

Another new feature is **HDR Bloom** that allows for more advanced light glow effects on wallpaper elements. The effect is especially visible when bright and dark objects meet. We have updated the existing Razer Bedroom wallpaper to support HDR Bloom. If you would like to give it a try, set **Post-Processing** to the new **Ultra** setting which is turned off by default for now:

HDR Bloom is a new option in the editor scene options, if you would like to learn more about how to use it in your own wallpapers, please have a look at our new bloom tutorial:

[Bloom HDR Tutorial](https://docs.wallpaperengine.io/scene/effects/bloom.html) _(Only in English for now)_

##### New Wallpaper Customization Options

We have added a few new customization options to all Scene and Video wallpapers. You can now choose more alignment options, including a **Free Alignment** option, which gives you the ability to freely position a wallpaper on your screen and zoom it in and out as needed.

Additionally, we have implemented another popular feature request to give you the ability to change the brightness, contrast and saturation. On top of that, we have added a hue shift functionality which allows you to completely change the colors of any wallpaper if they don't happen to fully match your taste.

You can find these options on the right-hand side when selecting any installed Scene or Video wallpaper:

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