Screensaver builder

[eddyc]

Hi all,

 

Does anyone know of a good screensaver builder?

 

I am trying to build a screensaver for pre-login on the Welcome screen.

 

 

At present we have the old Windows 7 login.scr bouncing around but I would quite like to build my own with the school logo doing the same sort of thing.

 

I've googled and lots of the demos seem rubbish. I was wondering if anyone knows of a good cheap(ish) or free package to do this.

 

Cheers, eddyc

[Steve21]

It depends how fancy you want it really. A .scr is just an .exe really, so can make them in any programs. (Ours is custom one written in VB as an example)

 

You could just use the old XP one that lets you pick a logo if all you want is the school logo bouncing (you'll remember it as the old flying flag, but can set any bmp to move around)

 

Steve

[Quatermass]

A .scr is just an .exe really, so can make them in any programs.

 

Ah yes, happy pranking days renaming EXEs as SCRs

[eddyc]

It depends how fancy you want it really. A .scr is just an .exe really, so can make them in any programs. (Ours is custom one written in VB as an example)

 

You could just use the old XP one that lets you pick a logo if all you want is the school logo bouncing (you'll remember it as the old flying flag, but can set any bmp to move around)

 

Steve

 

Hi Steve,

 

So would I open it in visual studio and just replace the BMP?

 

Kind regards, eddyc

[Steve21]

No that was 2 options

 

The original XP screesaver (think it was XP but could have been Vista) has a "Settings" option on the right that picks an image, you just do that and can deploy the reg changes it makes.

 

The VS one was if you wanted a fully custom one, e.g. Ours shows if a network cable is disconnected on the screensaver page etc etc)

 

Steve

[Rob_D]

The last time I did this (which was years ago), I ended up making a flash animation (jus the school logo "revolving"), saving it as a video and using something like "vasver" to turn it into a .scr file.

Worked okay.

[Arthur]

Does anyone know of a good screensaver builder?

IrfanView can create a screensaver from an image or folder of images.

 

Go to File > Slideshow to create the SCR.

 

[DJ-1701]

IrfanView can create a screensaver from an image or folder of images.

 

Go to File > Slideshow to create the SCR.

 

 

Excellent... though can you add music to it? (Don't worry, only kidding.)

 

The VS one was if you wanted a fully custom one, e.g. Ours shows if a network cable is disconnected on the screensaver page etc etc)

 

Steve

 

That's... brilliant... out of interest you VB screensaver which is really an exe renamed to scr... did you need to add any coding to make it disappear on mouse move, or is that controlled by the OS? I could try and find out myself but... effort.

[Arthur]

Excellent... though can you add music to it?

You can actually.

 

[Steve21]

That's... brilliant... out of interest you VB screensaver which is really an exe renamed to scr... did you need to add any coding to make it disappear on mouse move, or is that controlled by the OS? I could try and find out myself but... effort.

 

You need to add something in to make it close as it's just a program that runs at the end of the day. But it's just really two lines of code, one that is if captured any keys pressed close, and another is if mouse x/y changes close.

 

But you could add more fancy stuff no doubt, (Originally we were going to have the school website load and be browsable for open evenings etc, then it'd only close if you clicked a button etc), I was just being lazy

 

Steve