Extract text from Animated backgrounds (DREAM)
To convert DREAM Backgrounds to another format, you need Stardock DeskScapes or other Video software.
To convert other file formats to the "Animated Desktop Background" file type, you need software like Stardock DeskScapes or a similar tool.
A .dream file is primarily an animated wallpaper format used by Stardock DeskScapes to display dynamic, moving backgrounds on Windows operating systems. Alternatively, the extension is used for screensaver assets in Dream Aquarium and as complex 2D animation project files in Procreate Dreams by Savage Interactive.
These files are highly proprietary and strictly bound to their native ecosystems. Stardock .dream files are often customized video containers (based on MPEG or WMV structures) bundled with dynamic rendering code. They require a paid software license to run natively. Procreate Dreams files contain multi-track animation data, proprietary brush settings, and layered timelines that are completely unreadable by standard desktop applications.
Users typically need to convert .dream files to universal video formats like MP4, MOV, or GIF to share their animations on social media or view them on non-Windows/non-Apple devices. However, standard online video converters fail to process them because the files lack standard video headers or contain encrypted project data.
Because this is a closed, proprietary format, extracting the raw video or animation layers is difficult without the original software. Just drag and drop your file into convert.guru to identify the exact format, inspect the file structure, and see its internal content. If our analysis detects an underlying standard video or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your DREAM file.
Users also converted DMV, M4F, DVT and NUMBERS files.
If you want to convert DREAM file to NUMBERS, MP4, AVI, MOV, WMV, FLV, WEBM, MKV, M4V, 3GP, OGV or ASF, you can use Stardock DeskScapes or similar software from the "Animated Wallpaper and Project" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert MTS, MOV, RMVB, DIVX, RM, H264, TS, WMV, VOB, MP4, XVID or AVI files to DREAM, try Stardock DeskScapes or another comparable tool in the "Animated Wallpaper and Project" category.
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our DREAM converter.