SmugSaver
About SmugSaver
SmugSaver is a screensaver that uses images from SmugMug galleries as a source. Currently SmugSaver only runs on Windows Systems, and requires version 2.0 of the .NET framework.
A partial list of features includes:
- Randomly or sequentially show imags from a single SmugMug gallery or from all galleries of a SmugMug user.
- Ability to login to SmugMug account to access private galleries
- Ability to filter password protected and/or private galleries.
- Good Multimonitor support, will scale images to the size of each monitor.
- Sets a pleasing backdrop for each image based on the image itself.
Download
Download SmugSaver version 1.4
Installation
To install SmugSaver, Download SmugSaver version 1.4 and run the msi file, and follow the instructions.
When installation is complete, you need to change your default screensaver to smugsaver.
In Windows XP: Right click on your desktop and select "Properties", then in the "Screen Saver" tab select smugsaver from the pulldown list.
In Windows Vista: Right click on your desktop and select "Personalize", then click "Screen Saver" and pick smugsaver from the pulldown list.
Support
Any questions, comments, problems, email me at smugsaver@my_full_name.com.
SmugSaver Settings
Account
- I have a SmugMug account Enable this checkbox if you have a SmugMug account. This will allow SmugSaver to show your private and/or password protected galleries.
- Authenticate If you have a SmugMug account, you will need to authenticate against the SmugMug severs (Login)
Gallery
- Show one gallery Select this option if you wish to show images from just a single gallery/album.
- Gallery URL Paste the Gallery URL of the gallery you wish to display.
- Show all galleries Select this option if you would like to show images from all the galleries/images of a specific SmugMug user.
- Nickname If you have have not logged into an account, you need to set the Nickname of the gallery owner. The Nickname is typically the first word in the URL of the smugmug page for the user.
- Filter Private Galleries If you have logged into SmugMug but would not like to see Private Galleries, enable this option.
- Filter Password Protected Galleries If you have logged into SmugMug but would not like to see Galleries with a password, enable this option.
For example if you would like to see all the images in all the galleries at http://garethlewinsmugmug.com then you would put garethlewin into the Nickname field.
Images
- Size This slider lets you decide what size of images to download from the server.
Misc
- Randomize Image Order If this option is not checked, images will be show in the order they are set in SmugMug.
- Draw Drop Shadows This option controls if a shadow will be drawn below the image.
- Draw Borders This option controls if a border will be drawn around the image.
- Fixed Background Color Enable this option to pick a fixed background color for SmugSaver. By default smugsaver will automatically try to pick a background based on the image being viewed.
- Use System Proxy Settings Uses the proxy settings in your Internet settings. This will slow down the initial connection to the SmugMug servers, so only use this if you need it.
- Seconds between images This option sets the delay between images.
- Max files ot cache This option sets the max number of files to cache locally. The amount of diskspace used is a function of this setting and the size slider in the Images options.
When this option is on, a box will appear showing the currently selected color, click on it to change the color.