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With Mac OS X Leopard and installed iPhoto with a bunch of imported images, you will be able to perform really cool screensaver called mosaic screensaver.
Photos to be transformed as mosaic will be chosen from either your whole library of iPhoto or from one of your selected iPhoto albums.
The Settings
Setting Up iPhoto Library
In case you haven't had your iPhoto Library set up, what you need to do is Open your iPhoto and Create Library…. Or if you have created your Library before, you can Choose Existing… library.
Changing Existing iPhoto Library
Most people use default name iPhoto Library as the name of their iPhoto Library. In order to save this library, we can rename the whole folder to something else, perhaps iPhoto Library Old and then open iPhoto to create another iPhoto library, the new one.
Importing Images
It's fairly easy to import images to your iPhoto library, simple drag-n-drop will definitely do the task. Or if you're not used to the process of drag-n-drop, you can use menubar File - Import to Library… (keystrokes: Command-Shift-I).
Creating New Albums
You will have different photos with different categories and on different occasions. This is when the albums come into assistance. To create new iPhoto album from your existing iPhoto library, you can use menubar File - New Album… (keystrokes Command-N).
The Results
Running Mosaic Screensaver
Assume that you've followed the flow of the instructions above and now you've got your iPhoto Library and Albums categorization set up. Go inside your System Preferences - Desktop & Screen Saver - Screen Saver. Under your Pictures section, you will see folders with unique icons (Film Roll, Album, etc), these are the iPhoto screensaver; You can choose one of these.
After selecting one of those iPhoto albums, just slightly below the screensaver preview pane, you can see three icons for selecting three different display style. Choose the rightmost one which is the Mosaic Screen Saver.
Sit Back and Relax
I've captured dozen of my mosaics and put it on my Flickr Slideshow: Mosaic Screen Savers.
Categories:
Applications,
Imaging
Tags:
iPhoto,
Mosaic
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23 Comments
Ronald
The only thing I don't like is when I want to get my photos back, I have to re-import my 1GB library!
Roman
Hey, im wondering how you captured the screensaver output. i dont get it :) thanks roman
Mik bedson
Funny, but on my IMAC, all the Iphoto libraries are greyed out when I go looking for them in system preferences. Any ideas? Mik
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@Roman: Just pres and hold Cmd + Shift before starting screensaver. Then press 3 (key) when your desired mozaic image appear... ;)
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I'm running a Mac OS X version 10.5.8, when my screensaver engages, it pulls most of my photos in squares instead of horizontal or vertical. it also crups them. not all, but some....any ideas????
Alex Sacui
For capturing the output, the suggested technique does not work on my computer. Command Shift 3 interrupts the screensaver without capturing an image. The best I can capture right now is a 345x250 image from the System Preferences:Desktop & Screen Saver window. I'm interested in capturing the full size version of the mosaic.
Alec Weisman
how do i choose which picture is the main photo in the mosaic? i really wanted a specific one, but it doesn't use the key photo from my chose album
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Great article thanks.. I feel, however, for a good website like this, there are alot of unanswered questions above. Most of which are the ones i'm searching for.. ie.. How do i capture the output of the mosiac and higher resolutions? Can you capture the file as a single image? Choose what image is the key image to start with? thanks
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Honestly, I've always been more of a fan of just putting the monitor to sleep than screen savers. Sure they look pretty awesome, but if you're sitting at your computer, are you really doing so with the screen saver on?Good luck for the dates. It has been some times since we last heard about the next tour. I hope they can run it accordingly now.mOTm1OIrUDuAFAg7
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Is there a way to capture the mosaic motion as a movie?
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