How to Make IrfanView Screensaver
Friends, today's article details step by step how to create your own slideshow screensaver using Irfanview and your computer's images.
Creating a screensaver doesn't take long, the steps are straightforward and easy; in Irfanview, add images, set parameters, create a screensaver and save it to a location on your system.
Irfanview will create a screensaver from your images and generate a message when this happens.
Some Useful features:
Any screensaver you create is portable and can be used on other computers.
Screensaver files can be saved as an EXE or SCR file or burned to DVD.
MP3 files can be added to this screensaver.
The order of images can be changed (move up or down)
Images can be sorted by many different parameters
Additional options in the Full screen options menu include multiple monitor modes (stretch images on all monitors), resample, alpha blending between images.
Creating a screensaver is much faster if you start one from all the images that you have saved in the same folder.
This is a good option if you want to create your own slideshow screensaver and do not want to download and install any additional programs for it.
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How to create screensavers with Irfanview in Windows
Step-1: Download and install Irfanview
If you do not have Irfanview saved on your computer, you can download it from the Irfanview official homepage.
Download: Irfanview
Run the executable file you get: it features simple installation, and it doesn't bundle any other software.
Step-2: use Irfanview to create a slideshow from images
To create a screensaver with Irfanview, you must first create a slideshow. Of course, you need to open the Irfanview Image Viewer app before you can do anything.
To create a slideshow, select the images you want. In IrfanView, open the File menu and select Thumbnails. Alternatively, press the letter T on your keyboard.
A dialog box will open, and in the left pane, you will see a directory tree. Use it to navigate to the folder that contains the photos to be included in your Irfanview screensaver. When you select a folder, the right pane fills with thumbnails of the images found in that folder.
When you have decided which images you want to include in the slideshow, press Ctrl on your keyboard and then click or tap on each image you want to select. If you want to select all the images in the folder, use the Ctrl + a keyboard shortcut.
After selecting the pictures in the thumbnail browser, go to the File menu and click “Save selected files as current slideshow”.
If you want to make sure the slideshow meets your needs, you can preview it by going to the File tab in the same thumbnail browser and then selecting “Start slideshow with selected files”.
Step-3: fine-tune the IrfanView slideshow
Before creating your screensaver, you can do some fine tuning for the configuration parameters of the newly saved slideshow. To access the configuration of the slideshow, go back to the main Irfanview window and click the Slideshow button (the second button on the upper-left corner).
You can also access the Slideshow Configuration Menu using File – > Slideshow or by pressing the letter W on your keyboard.
The new open window has a lot of options that allow you to fine-tune all the features of the slideshow. Before you start configuring, know that you can track all the changes you make with the help of the Play Slideshow button. This button gives you a preview of how the slideshow looks at any time.
Coming back to the slideshow options window, on the top-left pane, you can choose how quickly the images should change and in what order they should appear within the slideshow (automatically or randomized).
The next area, Slideshow options, provides a series of checkboxes that help you customize the inner workings of a slideshow. An important change for your future screensaver is the appearance of the cursor, so you should uncheck the “Hide mouse cursor” checkbox. You should also uncheck the show text box. It allows you to hide any information that comes with the images: name, EXIF data, location, and so on.
A really interesting feature is that you can add MP3 audio files to your slideshow and play background music for your screensaver, which automatically gets added to the SCR file. Even though this function is a nice addition, be careful when music is to be played. Loud and annoying songs placed in an eternal loop can annoy you at some point.
Slideshow offers browsing options on the right side of the window that helps add or remove pictures and MP3s from your customized slideshow. At the bottom of this area, you can see a list of images you're currently using.
Also, in the browsing area, you can search for MP3 files and add them to the screensaver. To do this, you need to select the common graphic files in the” Files of type " drop-down menu to select all files ( * .* ). MP3 files do not appear in the list of Slideshow files, but make sure they are added to the slideshow.
Carefully customize and fine-tune all the features you want for your screensaver. Once you have done this, be careful not to close the slideshow window.
Step-4: Create your screensaver (or how to create a SCR file)
After tweaking the slideshow as you like, go to the lower-left corner of the slideshow window and press the “Save Slideshow as EXE/SCR” button.
In the new window, you can choose the file type: executable (.EXE) or screensaver (.SCR)। Since you want to create your screensaver, click “Create SCR file (Screensaver, ‘.scr')".
Then, select the folder where you want to save the screensaver and, of course, name the file.
Finally, press the Create button and allow Irfanview to create your new screensaver.
It may take some time to create a SCR file from the images you choose, depending on the number and size of the files.
When the process is complete, and the SCR file is created, you receive a confirmation message. Just click the OK button, and your Irfanview screensaver is ready.
Step-5: install the screensaver you created
To use the newly created screensaver, go to the folder where you saved it. Here, you can test it or install it: right-click or hold on the SCR file. Then, in the context menu, select Test if you want to see what your screensaver looks like, or select Install if you want it to become the default screensaver for your current theme.