Double-click on the icon on the desktop or click on the "start → program → Dream of the top screensaver production → Dream of the top screen saver production" can run the software. Access to the main software interface.
In the main interface of the software, the Picture thumbnail window is added below, the picture preview area is in the middle, the right side is the program's various settings, the top eight buttons correspond to each step of making the screensaver respectively.
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STEP1: Add a picture
In this interface, click the "+" button on the right side of the interface you can add a picture to the list, it supports GIF, JPG, PNG and other commonly used 9 kinds of picture format, but because it is a trial version of the relationship, can only add 7 pictures, after registration without this limit. In this also can adjust the order of picture display, the main window of the interface can preview the picture, check the bottom of the "enlarge the picture to make it fit the whole screen" option, you can optimize the picture full screen display effect. In the "Screen saver Control" column, enter the number of seconds to play the picture, generally set to 5 seconds, and then tick the "randomly repeat pictures by column" option
STEP2: Adding background music
In this step, you can add background music for screensavers, support MP3, WMA, WAV, mid and other 4 formats, unlimited number of music. First add multiple songs to the list, and then set the songs in the list to play sequentially, randomly, or randomly select a play, as needed in the play Order column.
STEP3: Screen Settings
In the "Screen background" column, you can choose to set the background of the screensaver to a specific color or up or down gradient of two colors, or add a picture to the background.
Check "Allow this image to be displayed when screensaver is started" to select a picture to display when you start the screensaver.
In the Outline Settings column, the software lists eight different picture border effects, and users can select one of them at any point.
In the "Screensaver Exit Settings" column, if you choose the "ignore the mouse movement" item, you cannot move the mouse to exit the screensaver, and select "Show mouse and Ignore all mouse events" item, the click or move the mouse can not exit the screensaver, you can only press any key on the keyboard exit.
STEP4: Set picture Position and caption
In the title text column, fill in the title text that you want to appear in the screensaver, and then select the location in the Drop-down menu for the text (you can also set the position by setting the value of x and y directly), and then use the "A" button to set the font. If you need to set a different caption for each picture, click "Only for current picture" and click "Apply to All pictures" to have the caption appear on all the pictures. In the "Picture position" column, we can also determine where the picture is displayed by directly entering the values of x and Y.
STEP5: Adding dynamic text effects
To make your screensaver more lively, you can add dynamic text effects: After checking "Allow use of dynamic text effects," Select the specific effects you want to use in the list (including fade, fly in, slide in, etc.) and preview the effect in the main window. You can also check the "Use of text shadow" as necessary, and the "A" button to set the font, and then in the text input box to display the dynamic text phrase, and then set its display interval and location can be.
STEP6: Set Picture Toggle Effect
First check "Allow the use of picture switching effects", and then select the need to use the list of special effects, you can directly preview the interface in the image of the gorgeous effect of switching. The following slider is used to set the switching speed of the special effects.
STEP7: Edit Screensaver information
This step should be in your copyright information: in the corresponding column to enter the name of the screensaver, the author's name, e-mail address, home page address and copyright instructions and other information. Check "Allow custom logo picture" and select a picture, you can let it in the screensaver installation program display.
STEP8: Creating a shared software version of Screensavers
As we all know, the shared version of the software is always some trial restrictions, this function is to limit the number of screen saver trial, after the expiration must enter the registration code to continue to use. In the "General Information" column, enter the probation period, registration code and hint text, and then in the "Sales Information" column to fill in the purchase URL, price and purchase instructions, and so on, you can make the screen of your own hand-made to share software release. This step is not necessary, of course, and you don't have to choose this step if your screensaver is free to be shared with other people.
STEP9: Previewing and creating screen protection
Now that all the settings have been completed, click the "Camera" button on the left side of the main screen to preview the effect of the screensaver, then click the "Tools" button below to create the final screensaver file (Figure 10), and note that there are two types of screensavers that can be produced here, one is the screen protection files that are played on the computer, no packaging of pictures and music, The file is small, and the other is a complete screensaver of pictures and music, which is larger but can be shared with other friends, and can also be exported to AVI files, if you take a lot of photos out of travel, with "The Summit of Dreams" made into AVI, it is a video album.
Click the "Create Screensavers" button in the lower-right corner to start creating. When the program finishes making the final screen saver, a "successfully created" form pops up and reports to you (Figure 11). By default, the screensaver you make will be saved to a directory named "Output" under the software running directory, and you can find the screensaver file in the directory after the production is complete. Of course, you can also choose to save the screensaver to a different directory before creating the screensaver.
STEP10: Generate Installable Screensaver files
The settings for the previous steps are complete, you can save the settings you made by clicking the "Save As Settings" option on the "File" menu, so when you need to edit the screensaver next time, you can reset all of the screensaver settings by "Open settings file". By default, the settings file is saved to the Project subdirectory in the directory where the software resides.
Finally, click to open the "c:documents and settingsadministratorapplication Data Dream screen saver production output", click on the software generated executable screensaver file, You can choose to install or run directly in the pop-up interface.
Tips: Right-click on the Windows desktop, through the "properties → screen saver → settings", in the Settings dialog box can reset the top of the Dream screen protection features and parameters
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