iScreensaver Designer Guided Tour

iScreensaver Designer, Selecting Preview Screensaver Content :

Preview Content

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The Preview panel allows you to view your screensaver file as it will be seen in the Display Properties (Windows), the Control Panel (Macintosh OS9), or the System Preferences' Screen Effects (Macintosh OSX) windows. Like the primary Content, the Preview screensaver can be either a Movie or a Slide Show, using any QuickTime-compatible format including Macromedia Flash, MPEG, AVI, various codecs of MOVs, or folders of PICTs, JPGs, BMPs, and more. Here you can preview the screensaver to make sure it will display correctly with the customized display options you have chosen.

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Choosing Files

  • Kind : Choose either Movie or Slide Show, or to use the same file selected as either the Original Content or Alternative screensavers. You can also choose to have the Preview screensaver 'follow' whichever main screensaver is playing - whether the original or the alternative.
  • New... / Edit... : Click 'New...', if no screensaver has yet been chosen, or 'Edit...' to open the editor to change settings for your screensaver.
  • File : Indicates what type of screensaver is currently chosen.
  • Info : Reveals further information about the screensaver, such as Size, Type and Creator for Movie screensavers, or number of images for Slide Show screensavers.
  • Path : Describes the folder location of a Movie screensaver. Slide Show screensavers can have multiple locations for the original images so it does not list them here, however specific image path information can be found at the bottom of the preview in the 'Edit Slide Show' window.
Previewing Files
  • > : Click here to play a small preview of the screensaver in the preview screen above. This changes to a 'Pause' icon when playing.
  • |< : Click here to rewind the screensaver preview to the beginning.
  • << : Click here to rewind the screensaver preview.
  • >> : Click here to fast forward the screensaver preview.
  • Preview As : Click to view the screensaver preview as it will appear on the various platforms.