Paralaksa is a wonderful Windows Phone app that allows you to create lockscreen wallpapers that are based on themes. If you are sporting Windows Phone 8.1, there's no reason you can't use the wallpapers as Start Screen backgrounds as well. We've tinkered with Paralaksa for the past day or so and while pronouncing the name has given me fits, the app itself comes across as a clean looking, creative way to compose some nifty Windows Phone wallpapers.

Simple Interface, sharp looking designs

The interface with Paralaksa is simple and straightforward. You have four design themes available that you can manipulate to create your own look. The four themes include: Paranormal: A collection of colored shapes and lines.

Parallax City: A quiet, night time city landscape. You have a clear sky with a crescent moon along with a rolling landscape and towering buildings.

Forest: A woodland scene with an assortment of trees and bushes. This theme has a wintery feel to it with the white backdrops and birch styled trees.

Parallel Universe: A Sci-Fi scene full of planets, stars, spacemen and random objects floating around in space (book, scissors, a space dog, etc.). Once you've settle on a theme, composing your wallpaper is easy. Each theme has three layers or sections that are larger panoramic sections of the theme. The wallpaper is a snapshot of these three layers combined to make a singular image. Best VPN providers 2020: Learn about ExpressVPN, NordVPN & more To create that image, you have two options at your disposal. First, you can shake your Windows Phone to randomly choose the segments of each layer or manually slide the three layers until you get the segments to your liking.