Sweet new screen saver in Leopard!!! (Mosaic)

haiggy · 11:04 PM

Wow,
Have you guy seen this yet? SO COOL!

Step 1. Choose any Photo Album in your library
Step 2. For Display Style, select the third option (Mosaic)
Step 3. Let Mac OS X optimize your photos for this screensaver
Step 4. Press test and watch it go through a full cycle... watch it for like 3 minutes.

For a second I thought it was weird how a lot of pictures were doubled, etc... but once you see the end result. Awesome! Gogogo core animation

What do you guys think?

Edit: CRAZINESS (Or I'm just crazy)... put it on fast under options with 100 lines... stare at it for 2 minutes then go back to your desktop. it'll look like your desktop is continually coming out at you and getting bigger.. whoah...

Me1000 · Oct 26, 2007, 10:40 PM

Just discovered this myself, however since i never played with screensavers too much in Tiger, it could of been there too and i never noticed it...

gloss · Oct 26, 2007, 10:41 PM

Pretty awesome.

haiggy · Oct 26, 2007, 10:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Me1000

Just discovered this myself, however since i never played with screensavers too much in Tiger, it could of been there too and i never noticed it...

Pretty sure it wasn't in Tiger............ like 100% sure....

imfrog2002 · Oct 26, 2007, 10:46 PM

Just checked and its not in Tiger that I can see.

TimJim · Oct 26, 2007, 10:52 PM

wwooooww that is so sweet. and your right going back the desktop does make it looks like its moving. i love that, nice find.

Big-TDI-Guy · Oct 26, 2007, 10:54 PM

Max out the speed and number of lines under options, and at least on my imac, it was even cooler.

This neat stuff makes up for the fact my VLC is broken.... Kinda.

haiggy · Oct 26, 2007, 11:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Big-TDI-Guy

Max out the speed and number of lines under options, and at least on my imac, it was even cooler.

This neat stuff makes up for the fact my VLC is broken.... Kinda.

Yeah that's what I was doing too.

cuanurse · Oct 26, 2007, 11:03 PM

[quote=haiggy;4395403]Wow,
Have you guy seen this yet? SO COOL!

Step 1. Choose any Photo Album in your library
Step 2. For Display Style, select the third option (Mosaic)
Step 3. Let Mac OS X optimize your photos for this screensaver
Step 4. Press test and watch it go through a full cycle... watch it for like 3 minutes.

OMG- that was AWESOME!! Thanks for sharing

mikey.f · Oct 26, 2007, 11:08 PM

Haha you were faster at posting this

... I noticed this, too!

I think it's an awesome thing. However, does it also look kinda weird for you when the images are zooming out to show the mosaic, like... pixelated? Or is it just me?

I bet this all is some neat core animation stuff ;-)

damienvfx · Oct 26, 2007, 11:13 PM

very cool, thanks for the share

Animalk · Oct 26, 2007, 11:24 PM

This is very impressive.

haiggy · Oct 26, 2007, 11:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikey.f

Haha you were faster at posting this

... I noticed this, too!

I think it's an awesome thing. However, does it also look kinda weird for you when the images are zooming out to show the mosaic, like... pixelated? Or is it just me?

I bet this all is some neat core animation stuff ;-)

Yeah it looks blurry. Probably to optimize speed, plus it doesn't matter how blurry they are when they are far away and you can't see them in that great of detail.

queshy · Oct 26, 2007, 11:33 PM

so cool! nice find!

mattbray · Oct 27, 2007, 09:56 PM

When exiting the screensaver I get a little motion sick for a few seconds but it is totally awesome. I can't wait to show everyone how cool this is. Could anyone take a high res video of the screensaver?

I understand your pain about VLC being broken. Are you having a problem where you resize the window smaller and you lose the progress bar at the bottom?

powerbook911 · Oct 27, 2007, 10:07 PM

THis is crazy cool many thanks!!!

VoodooDaddy · 10:28 PM

At first I was like "WTF is this??" But at the end it was pretty bad ass. One thing thats weird though, I chose a folder, but the end result picture used pics from across a bunch of differnet folders. That normal?

edit - I get what it does. You choose the folder you want the final pic from then it uses the rest to make that. Seems pretty taxing on the cpu though. The first pic goes pretty fast, but the ones that follow take a long time.

Eric Lewis · Oct 27, 2007, 10:23 PM

take some screenshots! please for us waiting for leopard!

arn · Oct 27, 2007, 10:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eric Lewis

take some screenshots! please for us waiting for leopard!

Screenshots: http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost...0&postcount=11

arn

webgoat · Oct 27, 2007, 11:19 PM

is the creating mosaic database... message not supposed to go away?

BKKbill · Oct 27, 2007, 11:21 PM

Thanks for the picture arn looks great

xUKHCx · Oct 28, 2007, 01:50 PM

This is an amazing SS the one problem i had with it though was i spent ages watching it (20 minutes) and then when i went to the desktop everything was moving (wasn't really my brain was just thinking it was) had to stop using the computer but then everything was moving. Had to go and lie down, felt a little sick.

ThirdEye13 · Oct 28, 2007, 02:01 PM

Awesome screensaver.

Thanks for the tip.

rushmere · Oct 28, 2007, 02:48 PM

Thanks for posting this. I hadn't noticed mosaic, and it's simply amazing.

The more I play with Leopard, the more I'm loving it. I haven't been this pleased with a new OS release for several years!

Stram · Oct 30, 2007, 06:03 PM

I love this screensaver myself but I have a small problem. With my MacBook 2GB core 2 duo/2GB Ram if I try the full speed and 100 lines and it cant handle it. Thats with no processes going and a clean install so I was guessing its the graphics card at fault. Just wondering if nobody else having problems with the same spec or what spec you need to get it working good.. I might pick up an iMac for XMas as I like Leopard so much.

Oct 26, 2007, 10:38 PM	#1
haiggy macrumors 65816 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Ontario, Canada	Sweet new screen saver in Leopard!!! (Mosaic) Wow, Have you guy seen this yet? SO COOL! Step 1. Choose any Photo Album in your library Step 2. For Display Style, select the third option (Mosaic) Step 3. Let Mac OS X optimize your photos for this screensaver Step 4. Press test and watch it go through a full cycle... watch it for like 3 minutes. For a second I thought it was weird how a lot of pictures were doubled, etc... but once you see the end result. Awesome! Gogogo core animation What do you guys think? Edit: CRAZINESS (Or I'm just crazy)... put it on fast under options with 100 lines... stare at it for 2 minutes then go back to your desktop. it'll look like your desktop is continually coming out at you and getting bigger.. whoah... __________________ 15.4" MacBook Pro 2.6GHz Core 2 Duo; 4GB RAM; 160 GB HDD; NVIDIA 8600GT 256MB; Red iPod Nano, 16GB iPod touch Last edited by haiggy : Oct 26, 2007 at 11:04 PM.

Oct 26, 2007, 10:40 PM	#2
Me1000 macrumors 68000 Join Date: Jul 2006	Just discovered this myself, however since i never played with screensavers too much in Tiger, it could of been there too and i never noticed it... __________________ TimeTable: The Freelancer's Tool

Oct 26, 2007, 10:41 PM	#3
gloss macrumors 68040 Join Date: May 2006 Location: around/about	Pretty awesome. __________________ mi-ru-ku man, sleeps on the roof in the noon ba-na-na-na stabbed through the hands weird man.

Oct 26, 2007, 10:46 PM	#5
imfrog2002 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: SLC, UT	Just checked and its not in Tiger that I can see. __________________ 24" Aluminum iMac, 3.06GHz, 4GB RAM, 1TB HD, GT130. iPod Touch 32GB iPhone 3G 8GB 3.1.3, Unlocked on T-Mobile

Oct 26, 2007, 11:08 PM	#10
mikey.f macrumors regular Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Slovakia	Haha you were faster at posting this ... I noticed this, too! I think it's an awesome thing. However, does it also look kinda weird for you when the images are zooming out to show the mosaic, like... pixelated? Or is it just me? I bet this all is some neat core animation stuff ;-) __________________ 2.4 GHz MacBook Pro 4 GB 1st gen iPod nano black 16 GB iPhone 3G

Oct 26, 2007, 10:52 PM	#6
TimJim macrumors 6502a Join Date: May 2007	wwooooww that is so sweet. and your right going back the desktop does make it looks like its moving. i love that, nice find.

Oct 26, 2007, 10:54 PM	#7
Big-TDI-Guy macrumors 68000 Join Date: Jan 2007	Max out the speed and number of lines under options, and at least on my imac, it was even cooler. This neat stuff makes up for the fact my VLC is broken.... Kinda.

Oct 26, 2007, 11:03 PM	#9
cuanurse macrumors regular Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Virginia	[quote=haiggy;4395403]Wow, Have you guy seen this yet? SO COOL! Step 1. Choose any Photo Album in your library Step 2. For Display Style, select the third option (Mosaic) Step 3. Let Mac OS X optimize your photos for this screensaver Step 4. Press test and watch it go through a full cycle... watch it for like 3 minutes. OMG- that was AWESOME!! Thanks for sharing

Oct 26, 2007, 11:13 PM	#11
damienvfx macrumors regular Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA	very cool, thanks for the share

Oct 26, 2007, 11:24 PM	#12
Animalk macrumors 6502 Join Date: May 2007 Location: Montreal Canada	This is very impressive. __________________ MBP C2D 2.16Ghz 4GB RAM ATI x1600 128MB VRAM WD 500GB IPhone 3GS 32GB

Oct 26, 2007, 11:33 PM	#14
queshy macrumors 68040 Join Date: Apr 2005	so cool! nice find! __________________ "I always feel sorry for the guy in the iPhone commercials. He always gets a call right in the middle of trying to do something" (one1).

Oct 27, 2007, 09:56 PM	#15
mattbray macrumors member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Tampa, FL	When exiting the screensaver I get a little motion sick for a few seconds but it is totally awesome. I can't wait to show everyone how cool this is. Could anyone take a high res video of the screensaver? I understand your pain about VLC being broken. Are you having a problem where you resize the window smaller and you lose the progress bar at the bottom? __________________ Quad Core 2.6 Nehalem Mac Pro/6GB/640/ATI 4870/Wi-Fi 16GB iPhone 3GS

Oct 27, 2007, 10:07 PM	#16
powerbook911 macrumors 68020 Join Date: Mar 2005	THis is crazy cool many thanks!!! __________________ 12-in Powerbook G4 1.5ghz, 20-in iMac 2.4 Core 2 Duo, Mac Mini (Early '09),20-in Cinema Display, AppleTV, iPhone 32GB; Airpot Extreme (Late 2009) iPod 160GB

Oct 27, 2007, 10:20 PM	#17
VoodooDaddy macrumors 65816 Join Date: May 2003	At first I was like "WTF is this??" But at the end it was pretty bad ass. One thing thats weird though, I chose a folder, but the end result picture used pics from across a bunch of differnet folders. That normal? edit - I get what it does. You choose the folder you want the final pic from then it uses the rest to make that. Seems pretty taxing on the cpu though. The first pic goes pretty fast, but the ones that follow take a long time. Last edited by VoodooDaddy : Oct 27, 2007 at 10:28 PM.

Oct 27, 2007, 10:23 PM	#18
Eric Lewis Banned Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: CANADA? eh?	take some screenshots! please for us waiting for leopard!

Oct 27, 2007, 11:19 PM	#20
webgoat macrumors 6502a Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Austin, TX	is the creating mosaic database... message not supposed to go away? __________________ 15.4" SR MBP 2.2, 4 GB RAM, 320GB 7200RPM iPhone 4 16 GB Apple Certified Macintosh Technician

Oct 27, 2007, 11:21 PM	#21
BKKbill macrumors 6502 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Location: Location: it's all about location and that would be Bangkok, Thailand	Thanks for the picture arn looks great __________________ 24" iMac (Aluminum) 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 3 GB RAM It's never just a game when you're winning.

Oct 28, 2007, 01:50 PM	#22
xUKHCx macrumors god Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The Kop	This is an amazing SS the one problem i had with it though was i spent ages watching it (20 minutes) and then when i went to the desktop everything was moving (wasn't really my brain was just thinking it was) had to stop using the computer but then everything was moving. Had to go and lie down, felt a little sick. __________________ deborah meaden is rubbish

Oct 28, 2007, 02:01 PM	#23
ThirdEye13 macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2007	Awesome screensaver. Thanks for the tip.

Oct 28, 2007, 02:48 PM	#24
rushmere macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: UK	Thanks for posting this. I hadn't noticed mosaic, and it's simply amazing. The more I play with Leopard, the more I'm loving it. I haven't been this pleased with a new OS release for several years!

Oct 30, 2007, 06:03 PM	#25
Stram macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2007	I love this screensaver myself but I have a small problem. With my MacBook 2GB core 2 duo/2GB Ram if I try the full speed and 100 lines and it cant handle it. Thats with no processes going and a clean install so I was guessing its the graphics card at fault. Just wondering if nobody else having problems with the same spec or what spec you need to get it working good.. I might pick up an iMac for XMas as I like Leopard so much.

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