Hey guys i want to make a couple of screensavers of a movie, so my website viewers can download. i take it the program to use is adobe flash? and if so could anyone point me to a tutorial to show me how to add pics in a line and have them transition into each other. I dont know if i should be using new layers per pic or what here. any help is appreciated.
Hey powerlifer! There are quite a few methods you can use to create a screen saver. I found a website that shows different methods but, as I am new here, I cannot post the link just yet... So I'll just post the information here! ***Note to Admins/Moderators:If posting/citing the information here is unacceptable please let me know - I didn't see it listed on the rules list. The following was written by Saikat Basu for a website called "Makeuseof". "Win XP 1. Arrange your desired screensaver photos in a folder of your choice (or use the default My Pictures folder). 2. Right click anywhere on the desktop to access the Display Properties applet. Select the Screen Saver tab and then drill down to Screen saver – My Pictures Slideshow – Settings. 3. Configure the settings according to the options given and your first self made screen saver is ready to roll. Vista Vista makes it even easier to organize your photos through the Windows Photo Gallery feature. Within it are the tools to turn your pictures into a screensaver. 1. Click on File – Screensaver – Settings. 2. Choose Screen Saver list, and then select Photos. 3. The Settings for the screensaver allows you to further customize the screensaver - You can show only pictures with a particular tag : Type the tag in the With this tag box that is associated with the pictures. Display only pictures with a particular rating : Click a star rating on the With this rating or higher list. Apply a slide show theme to your screen saver : Select one from the Use this theme list. Play your pictures and videos in random order : Check the Shuffle contents box. Picasa Screensaver Picasa is one of the best free photo management apps out there and it has a nifty feature which allows you to set screensaver properties. 1. Open Picasa and click on the Tools menu. 2. Select Configure Screensaver. The system’s Display Properties applet appears with the Screen Saver tab active. 3.The Settings button takes us into the configurable part of Google Photos Screensavers. Set the photo transition styles (collage, wipe, fade, pan and zoom etc.) from a dropdown, the photo duration (between 0 to 24 seconds) with the slider and photo captions with the checkbox. 4. Google Photos Screensaver gives us many sources – Picasa collection, online Google Web album, public photo sites with photo feeds and specific folders to choose from. The Configure button for each source allow for individual settings. 5. Click OK to save your changes. The Flickr Way You can get photo feeds from Flickr using Google Photos Screensaver. Another option is to use an open source tool called Flickr.NET Screensaver. This small application gets photos from Flickr and displays them as a screensaver. It enables you to select a wide range of photos, including your own, your contacts, and your favorites or from a group or global tag. You can also get photos that are locked as private through an authentication which checks your permission to view a private Flickr album. The download is small at 423 KB and all it requires is .Net Framework 2.0 to install and run. 1. The application can be run from the Display Properties applet. Choose Flickr in the dropdown list of the applet and to configure the Settings. 2. Choose from the three – Per User, Per Group or Everyone, to source your photos. A few sub-options help to narrow down your choices. 3. The Options tab is where you can play around with most of the screensaver display and duration settings. For instance, the three Drawing Methods (Plain, Postcard, and Moving) control how the photos will be rendered on the screen. 4. With 3 Billion plus images to choose from, that’s a lot of stock for your screensaver. The Flash Way If you want rich and animated content for your screensaver then Flash is the way to go. And InstantStorm fits the job. This free Windows only software helps you to create Flash based screensavers as executable files. The user just has to choose the SWF file, configure the options and compile it into an executable file for installation as a screensaver. An integrated settings dialog designer allows you to customize the content of the screensaver’s settings dialog which is accessed through the Settings button in system display properties. Screensaver preview and settings dialog preview allows you to check out your work before you compile it into an executable. InstantStorm is compatible with Microsoft Windows 95, 98, ME, NT4, 2000, XP, 2003 and Vista. Even though I am among those who believe that the best screensaver is to power off the monitor, I have never resented a self created and personal screensaver for myself. Mar. 13th, 2009 By Saikat Basu"