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So what is it?
It's a big swirly thing. No, not really. It's a Windows screen saver
for displaying images with a few options that make it a bit more
interesting.
Which types of image can it load?
Currently it supports JPEG, PNG, JPEG 2000 .jpc and .jp2 files and some types
of BMP file. If you want support for other formats, let me know and I'll see
what I can do.
How many images can it handle?
JPEG Saver has been successfully tested with over 68000 files in more than
700 directories, which used around 16Mb of memory. I really don't know
how many it can actually cope with - and I haven't imposed any limit in the
software.
Why did you write it?
Originally I wrote JPEG Saver because I couldn't find a screen saver on
the web that would display a bunch of JPEGs. After Windows XP came out
with the "My Pictures Slideshow" screen saver I thought JPEG Saver would
be obsolete. But "My Pictures Slideshow" has some limitations that I
didn't like, so this year* I dug out the source code and started
work again.
What does JPEG Saver do that My Pictures Slideshow can't?
Well, the most obvious difference is that JPEG Saver supports multiple
directories. There are also options for setting where the image will
appear on the screen, and the order in which the images will be
displayed. And you can turn individual transitions on or off. And there
is more control over the resizing of images. And you can change the
background.
Version 3.0 added options for displaying some information
about the images, and other stuff. Version 3.1 adds support for JPEG
metadata - comments and EXIF data, which means it can auto-rotate
digital camera images that have stored which way up they should go.
3.1.3 adds support for IPTC data too.
Where can I get it?
You can download the installer here (610k).
* This page was originally written in mid 2003
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