Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
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Cascade (Covers):
ThisscreensaverislikeCascade(Photos),exceptitusesal-
bum covers from your music library instead of photos.
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Flip-up:
With Flip-up, one large photo shows and then it slides to the side or
disappears, making room for the next photo. Flip-up is good for high-quality,
high-resolution photos, but avoid it if your selected gallery has a lot of iPhone
snaps.
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Floating (Photos):
Generally a safe choice for all types of photos, this option
shows lots of mixed-size photos floating up from the bottom of the screen and
occasionally spinning.
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Floating (Covers):
Same as above, but with album covers.
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Holiday Mobile:
In Holiday Mobile, one to three images, usually with a focus
on one large image, swing in and out of view on strings. The light blue back-
ground has subtle, animated stars. Recommended for higher-resolution images.
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Origami:
SelectOrigamiandthescreensaverdisplaysseveralimagesatatime.
Theimages“fold”onandoffthescreen.Itleanstowarddisplayinghigher-resol-
ution images.
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Photo Mobile:
This choice looks like Holiday Mobile, but with a gray back-
ground decorated with dots.
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Photo Wall:
Photo Wall displays small to medium pictures, in simulated pic-
ture frames, scrolling from right to left. Good for all picture sizes.
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Reflections:
Reflections shows mosaics of medium photos on a white back-
ground. It's called Reflections because you can see the pictures reflected at the
bottom of the screen. It's a safe choice for most photos.
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Scrapbook:
Taking a skeuomorphic approach, this option shows photos in
various sizes as though they were in a real-life scrapbook.
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Shifting Tiles:
Good for all photo sizes, Shifting Tiles shows photos as a tile
mosaic, with one or two tiles at a time sliding out to be replaced with new ones.
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Shrinking Tiles:
Thisonestartswithoneormorelargephotos,then“shrinks”
them down to fit more photos on screen, then replaces them all with more large
photos and repeats the cycle. High-resolution photos look great in this screen
saver.
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Sliding Panels:
Recommendedforlargerphotos,SlidingPanelsshowsgridsof
photos in various sizes.
