Photo Screensaver Plus

This screensaver allows you to present and manage your photos. Screensaver allows you to show selected photos with descriptive informations. But main sense of the screensaver is in a simple administration of your photos. The screen saver is designed for those who spend much time with watching of any photo screensaver and want to be able to copy selected photos to predefined place, mark them for processing, delete, etc. The screensaver offers lot of other features (see below).

The screensaver is free!

Main Features

• You can select one or more folders where photos are stored (all subfolders will be presented also)
• You can switch presentation modes (even during presentation)
• • Random presentation - presents random photos from all of defined folders
  • Folder presentation - presents sequence of all photos from random selected folder (You can turn on the mode on selected photo and all other photos of its folder will be presented)
• You can pause, speed up and speed down presentation
• You can see and edit basic metadata of the photo  (Exif metadata, disk path, etc.)
• You can manipulate presented photo (delete, rotate and copy photo)
• You can mark selected photos to selected actions (to print, to postprocessing, etc.)
• Screensaver starts with a brief history of photos from the previous run
• You can use the screensaver (using the right mouse button) for a slideshow of images from the selected folder

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Requirements

In Windows 7, 8, 10... you need administrator rights for installation.

Installation

1. Download installer 
2. Run installer and follow instructions

History

3.1 (25. 11. 2020)

• New feature in settings - Video playback switch-off
• Fixed overflow of the overlaying text in the case of window scaling

3.0 (15. 5. 2019) - A new version supporting video playback!

• You can add folders with standard video files (MP4, wmv, etc.)
• Use 'M' to mute/unmute video sound
• Use 'Shift + right/left' to shift the video playback forward/back

2.2 (23. 9. 2018)

• Alt+F keystroke to switch method of next folder selection (random/subsequent) in the GTF
• Minor bug fixes

2.1 (18. 1. 2018)

• Fixed support for multiple monitors
• Minor bug fixes

2.0 (3. 5. 2017)

• New generation of PSSP - The PSSP is now implemented in a new technology that supports the further development of the screensaver. Especially in the area of graphics, such as animation of transitions between images. If you'll find any issues, feel free to to write me to the email address at the bottom of the page.

1.11 (12. 6. 2016)

• Fixed slow loading

1.10 (15. 5. 2016)

• New setting - minimum image size dimension (smaller images are not shown)

1.9 (14. 3. 2016)

• Folders, which are not found, are not deleted from configuration - because of portable devices
• Fixed context menu on folder

1.8 (21. 3. 2015)

• Better randomisation of presentation
• Fixed EXIF text
• New log into '\AppData\Local\PhotoScreensaverPlus'

1.7 (15. 1. 2012)

• Is it possible to set if next folder in GTF mode is random, or consequent.
• Is it possible to set if screensaver starts in GTF mode, normal mode or in same mode as in previous running.
• Shortcut to restart current folder presentation in ""go through folder"" (GTF) mode is Ctrl + F now
• New shortcut to start GTF mode, which starts from actual image - Alt + F

1.6 (25. 12. 2011)

• When screensaver finishes folder presentation in "go through folder" mode, it continues with consequent (not random) folder
• Correct encoding in EXIF ImageTitle, ImageDescription a UserComment
• Shortcut to Exclude folder is Alt+X now

1.5 (1. 12. 2011)

• New features
  • Excluded folders and images - specific folders or images can be excluded from presentation. You can specify this folders in screensaver settings, or during presentation:
  • New shortcut X - exclude current image
  • New shortcut Ctrl+X Alt+X - exclude whole folder of current image
• Hidden folders are not scanned for a images

1.4 (27. 11. 2011)

• New features
  • New shortcut S - shows screensaver settings
  • New shortcut Alt+F - continue in "go through folder" mode (see below) with first image of current folder
  • Loading of images from selected file
    In configuration you can set a file which contains paths to images. These images will be presented in random order and before images from other selected folders. You can store path of just presented image to the file by selected shortcut - use one of five shortcuts F1..F5 in screensaver configuration.
• Enhanced loading of images - now is possible to show images form much more folders

1.3 (18. 1. 2010)

• Fixed problem of incorrect exif date and time

1.2 (28. 5. 2009)

• new features
• • Slideshow mode - You can use the screensaver (using the right mouse button) for a slideshow of images from the selected folder
  • Added support for images in  formats TIF, GIF and PNG
  • New shortcut T - display the current time, time during which the screensaver is running and the quantity of images presented
  • "go through folder" mode shows count of images in the folder and number of presented image
  • Added ability to exit the screensaver only by press Escape key (can be turned on in the screensaver settings)
  • Added smooth effect of hiding the previous image (you can disable the screen saver settings)
  • Changed the meaning of arrow keys
  • • Up arrow - increase speed of presentation (shorter interval)
    • Down arrow - decrease speed of presentation (longer interval)

• bugfixes
• • fixed problem with detection of EXIF
  • fixed problem with white screen after start
  • fixed support for multiple monitors

1.1 (22. 3. 2009)

• Enhanced memory management
• Detailed application log
• Bugfix:  fixed error of file access

1.0 (14. 3. 2009)

• New features
• • Screensaver has installer now 
  • Screensaver has new icon 
  • Check for update when screensaver starts (turn off checking in settings)
  • W - new keystroke to visit screensaver web site
  • Alt + tab doesn't stop screensaver
    
  • You can run screensaver manually (only one instance of the screensaver can run)
  • Settings of interpolation method
  • Show / hide all texts (like exif) immediately
  • Grey text underlay (improve readability of texts)
• Updates
• • Better memory management
  • Enhanced stability
  • Double buffering  (speed up image show)
  • Cache of last ten images (speed up return to previous image)

Beta 0.9 (15. 1. 2009)

• MediaScreensaver (it is screensaver original name) renamed to Photo Screensaver Plus

Beta 0.8 (15. 1. 2009)

• Stability issue
  • resolved problems with loading large image folders hierarchy
  • resolved security problems with accessing to particular folders

Beta 0.7 (9. 1. 2009)

• You can save file path of current image to the one of five predefined text files
  • Press F1, F2, F3, F4, F5 to save image file name to different text files
  • Set path and file names of text files in screensaver settings
  • You can use it to simple image management (you can classify images)
• Screensaver remembers last ten images of previous execution
• • Screensaver starts with last  image of previous execution
• Screensaver do not repeats images until all of them are shown

Beta 0.6 (6. 1. 2009)

• Remapped keys!
  • N - file name
  • F - on/off  mode "go through folder"
• New functions
  • H - show help with key mapping
  • D - show date of the image (you can set default value in screensaver settings)
  • M - edit exif Title, Description, User comment
  • R  - rotate right
  • L - rotate left

Beta 0.5 (3. 1. 2009)

• D - Special "mode" for screensaver - "go through folder"
  • Screensaver will present all images from folder of current image when you press D
  • You can switch on this mode as a default in screensaver settings - screen saver then selects folders randomly and presents all images of them
    
• Support for "user comment" in Exif
• Support for flash information in Exif

Beta 0.4 (2. 1. 2009)

• New correctness of Exif
• New settings
  • you can set multiple image folders
  • you can set font size of exif and filename

Beta 0.3 (29. 12. 2008)

• EXIF Support
  • you can switch on/off automatic rotation of image by exif in screensaver settings
  • E - show exif information

Beta 0.2 (27. 12. 2008)

• New controls
  • Del - delete current image
  • C - copy current image to predefined folder (set the folder in screensaver settings)
  • Up arrow - increase speed of presentation (shorter interval)
  • Down arrow - decrease speed of presentation (longer interval)
• You can set initial value (on/off) for "show file name" parameter in screensaver settings

Beta 0.1 (26. 12. 2008)

• It shows random jpg files from selected folder and subfolders with control
  • Left arrow - return to previous image
  • Right arrow - show next image
  • Spaceba r - pause/play presentation
  • F - show file name and path of current image  
• In the screensaver settings you can
  • set root folder of images
  • set time interval between images
  • set background color for images

Date and time of photo capture

Current time, number of presented photos and duration of screensaving

Disk path to current photo