What's new in Amaze Multimedia Screen Saver 10.0
May 21, 2015
- Forty new transitions including Pac-man, 3D cube rotation, soft wipes, twists and puzzle pieces, plus "Alternative Style" option adding a further eighty transitions
- "Word Transitions" are now also available to personalize your slideshows
- Very large thumbnail display option in the file selector
- Support for newer formats such as Windows Media HD Photo (*.hdp, *.wdp), MPEG-4 Video (*.mp4) and all the latest Digital Camera Raw image formats
- Much improved compatibility with Windows 7 and 8, including full audio compatibility
New in Amaze Multimedia Screen Saver 9.0 (May 21, 2015)
- Roundup of many unofficial releases
New in Amaze Multimedia Screen Saver 8.0 (May 21, 2015)
- 26 cool new transition effects featuring hearts, stars, crosses and explosions
- Transition effects are now categorized to make it easier to find your favorites
- Photos display with improved quality during multishow
- Faster loading of large photos
- Windows 7 improvements including display of progress in task bar
New in Amaze Multimedia Screen Saver 7.0 (May 21, 2015)
- Completely revamped interface
- Dual monitor support
- Automatically rotates digital camera photos for display
- New keyboard shortcuts to mute (M) and advance music (N) during slideshow
- Multiple photos mode now supports slideshow captions
- Fonts can be specified for slideshow captions
- Hides cursor during video playback
- New texture files
- Improved performance
- Windows 7 support
New in Amaze Multimedia Screen Saver 6.0 (May 21, 2015)
- Added support for many new image formats: Alias Wavefront RLE (*.pix), Apple Pict (*.pict), AVS (*.avs), Camera Digital Negative (*.dng), FITS (*.fits), FlashPix (*.fpx), Gimp Image (*.xcf), Graphviz DOT (*.dot), HDF (*.hdf), HP PCL Printer Image (*.pcl), JBIG (*.jbig, *.jbg, *.bie), Khoros VIFF (*.viff), Kodak Cineon (*.cin), Magick (*.miff), Matlab (*.mat), MTV Raytracing Image (*.mtv), Palm Pixmap (*.palm), Scalable Vector Graphic (*.svg), Seattle File Works (*.pwp), SMTPE DPX (*.dpx), Sun Rasterfile (*.sun), Vicar Rasterfile (*.vicar), XWindows Bitmap (*.xbm), XWindows Pixmap (*.xpm)
- You can now choose just the slideshow modes that you like and they will be displayed at random
- Can now use gradient backgrounds in all screen saver modes
- IPTC descriptions (such as used by Picasa, MegaView and PhotoShop) can be automatically displayed over your photos
- Various styling enhancements to the configuration dialog and screen saver display and many internal improvements
New in Amaze Multimedia Screen Saver 5.0 (May 21, 2015)
- Fantastic new memory wall effect displays your images as framed photographs on a wall
- 130 new transition effects with a preview displayed as you select each transition
- Can now display raw image files from cameras (Canon, Sony, Nikon, Pentax, Olympus, Minolta, etc)
- Can now configure the text that is displayed over images: filename, date and/or description, with control over font size and color
- Now all controls are displayed using XP Themes
- Can now specify a random display mode and Amaze will choose the multiple slideshow, pile of pix, memory wall, etc. display modes at random
- Have improved the multiple slideshow with support for shadows and background texture files
- Many improvements to the thumbnail display control, including threaded loading, immediate display when scrolling, etc.
- Can now specify that all systems sounds should be disabled while the screen saver is active
- Many usability improvements including previews, remembering of common folders and a new large thumbnail display mode