Personally I think that SCREENSAVERS, besides being most of the times a huge waste of PC resources, are pretty much useless nowadays.

However, in this nice article, the author shows you 10 creative ways to make a SCREENSAVER a little bit more useful:

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/screensaver-returns-10-creative-ways-screensaver

Nevertheless if you love SCREENSAVERS and are eager to create your own one, this GAOTD is the right tool for you.


BEST FREE SCREENSAVER MAKERS????

Here you go dudes....

http://www.gphotoshow.com/gpshow_free.htm
http://www.instantstorm.com
http://www.goldshell.com/flashforge
http://download.cnet.com/Picture-and-Sound-Show/3000-2409_4-10063017.html?tag=dropDownForm;productListing;pick
http://download.cnet.com/Video-Screensaver/3000-2409_4-10820531.html
http://www.webgraffiti.it/wg-screensaver/en
http://www.goat1000.com/jpegsaver.php
http://www.dzsoft.com/easy3d.htm (==> XP users only)

See also:
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-ways-to-make-your-own-screensavers-windows

Enjoy!!

Nice to see this programme again :)

It's not only a funny toy for my grand kids, this grandma likes to play with these animation tools too - I own the DP Animation Maker.
Every now and then the developer gives generous deals for lifetime licenses.
Maybe he will have such a generous day today??? HINT-HINT!

You'll find tutorials and tips and tricks:

http://www.desktoppaints.com/faqpg.php
http://blog.desktoppaints.com/

But I have to request Mr. Burenkov, to tell his costumers more about the company: Owner's name and the address of the company would be fine, and would provide confidence.

Thanks to DesktopPaints.com for participating in the GOTD project again and thanks to the GOTD team for making it possible.

graylox

The installation was easy and smooth as was the registration. An activate.exe is included in the readme file so there is no need for email. I had version 3.0.3 from an earlier giveaway. I installed this version into the same folder. The install does make the previous version invalid but after running the activate.exe, all was well.

This is not a program I use every day but I have used it and it works pretty well. I could not use my screensaver to make money but for my own persosal use, they are fine. Thank you GOTD team and DesktopPaints.com.

@Giovanni, with due respect.

Quote: "SCREENSAVERS, being most of the times a huge waste of PC resources, are pretty much useless nowadays."

First:

A screensaver pops into action only when the threshold of idle time has been surpassed. In other words, it only does something when you are not using resources for something you're busy with, or more boldly put, it only does something when you are doing nothing, granting you all the resources available.

What resources are wasted when your not using any for yourself (unless you testdrive the screensaver yourself)?

- Screensavers can be beautifull but sometimes very usefull too. Some screensavers use your idle computertime (distributed and shared computing) to compute molecular modeling to get new cancer medice.

- Screensavers can be used to defragment your harddisk at a convenient time (when you're doing nothing; Auslogics)

- Screensavers can elevate the security level by popping into protective action when you leave your computer thus locking it with a password only known by you, keeping others out.

Hi,
Installed and activated on Win7 Pro 64bit. No email address required or sneaky opt-outs.
A very nice program if you want to make personalised screensavers and various special effects add that bit of pizzazz. It's quite intuitive too and I'll definitely keep this. I'm not really into screensavers but I know my mother is and she'd think I was awesome producing something special, just for her.. :)