Photo Collage Screensaver

Photo Collage Screensaver is a Windows screensaver written in .NET. It takes pictures from your computer and turns them into a beautiful collage screensaver.

This project was formally maintained by @digital-lagniappe.

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| Version | Installer | Requirements | |---|---|---| | v5.0.0 | NA | .NET 10.0+ | | v4.0.0 | NA | .NET 6.0+ | | v3.0.0 | NA | .NET 5.0+ | | v2.0.0 | Available | .NET Framework 4.5+ | | v1.0.0 | NA | .NET Framework 4.0+ |

Features

• File types supported include: JPG, JPEG, and PNG.
• Display your photos from any location
• Display your photos in order or randomized
• Display your photos across multiple monitors
• Control the number of photos displayed at once
• Control the speed your photos rotate
• Set the maximum size of of your photos (default size is 500 pixels)

Links

• Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/PhotoCollageScreensaver
• Video of Screensaver Running: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWpOxp9_PDo

Installation

To install, place the scr file in the OS dependent location below:

In Windows:

• 32-bit, place the .scr and .dll files in the "C:/Windows/System32/" directory.
• 64-bit, place the .scr and .dll files in the "C:/Windows/SysWOW64/" directory.

NOTE: v3 and above no longer include separate .dll files.

Configuration

Once installed, you can configure the screensaver in Control Panel -> Personalization -> Screen Saver. Below is a screenshot of the window that is displayed when you click “Settings.” in Screen Saver Settings. It allows you to configure the directory that your photos are located, the maximum number of photos to display at one time, and the speed in which new photos are shown.

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Additional Links:

• Microsoft Support Screensaver Guide
• Video of Configuring Photo Collage Screensaver (Video)

What People Are Saying

Reviews and Articles

• Tekzilla Daily Episode 1217 – 05/07/2012

Testimonials

This is a fantastic screensaver and the borders add an artistic touch that no other product comes close to. - Doug H.

Development

Publishing

In the project folder, run the following command to create the .scr.

dotnet publish

If you would like to manually include everything that we have set in the csproj, run the following:

dotnet publish -c Release --no-self-contained -r win-x64 -p:PublishSingleFile=true