Customize the screensaver background

A new project is created with a default gradient background. You can easily change this default background. Several options are available.

Customize the screensaver background

1. Activate the Screensaver window Document.

2. Right-click in the Screensaver Background and choose Properties.

3. Click on the Background tab.

4. If You check the Image Wallpaper button:

• In the Pathname area, specify the full pathname of the bitmap file to use for the background. You can also click Browse to locate the file using a standard Windows® dialog box.

• Specify the way you want the background image to be displayed: Stretch: Means that the image will be stretched to fit the entire screen. The image may be distorted when stretched. Center: Means that the image will be displayed centered on screen at scale 1:1. If the image is smaller than the screen, the visible background is black. Tile: Means that the image will be repeated at scale 1:1 to make a tiled background.

5. If you check the Gradient button:

• In the From color area, specify the first color of the gradient. If the gradient is horizontal, this is the color on the left border of the screen. If the gradient is vertical, this is the color at the top of the screen. Just click on the combo-box and choose your color. You can also define a custom color.

• In the To Color area, specify the second color of the gradient. If the gradient is horizontal, this is the color on the right border of the screen. If the gradient is vertical, this is the color at the bottom of the screen. Just click on the combo-box and choose your color. You can also define a custom color.

• Specify a Vertical gradient.

• Specify a Horizontal gradient.

• Specify a Mirror gradient. It means that the second color is placed at the center of the screen and the first color is placed on screen borders.

6. If you check the Solid Color button:

• In the Color area, specify the chosen solid color. Just click on the combo-box and choose your color. You can also define a custom color.

• Check the Keep Screen Background button to specify that you want to keep the screen background as it was just before the Screensaver starts.

7. Check the Keep Screen Background button to specify the background darker (25%, 50% or 75%). Click here to specify that you want to keep the screen background as it was just before the Screensaver starts.

Set a background wallpaper using Drag & Drop

1. Go to the librarian, Expand Media Files, select the Images then Backgrounds folders.

2. If you want a Stretched background Wallpaper, select a background, press SHIFT (keep pressed) then drag & drop to the Screensaver Document window.

3. If you want a Tiled background Wallpaper, select a background, press SHIFT+CTRL (keep pressed) then drag & drop to the Screensaver Document window.

4. If you want a Center background Wallpaper, double click on the Screensaver Document window. The dialog box Project Properties opens. In the Image Wallpaper Group, choose the option Center.