This saver arranges your photos to form 3D constructions, such as a city block with buildings. Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard" only (sorry). Works better on machines with good graphics, such as the iMac or MacBook Pro, but does work OK on MacBooks (you may need to reduce the size in the options). This software is freeware offered on an as-is basis; by downloading, you accept full responsibility for the use of it and all consequences thereof. More screenshots here.
Download 1.01 for Mac OS X 10.5
Installation instructions: Download, open MovingPhotos.saver. Confirm installation; you'll then be taken to the Screen Saver preferences pane. Scroll down the list to Other and click on MovingPhotos. By default a single default photo is used, so click Options... then Choose Folder... You can choose your iPhoto Library (see below).
Things to try. If it runs well, try increasing the image quality. It can be fun to adjust the rest of the parameters as well (especially with the speed turned up, to get quick results). For example, try maxing the size adjustment (to get more photos) while lowering the image quality to minimum (so your graphics card has a better chance of keeping up). Then try the reverse.
Troubleshooting. If it doesn't work, make sure you're downloading the zip file to your computer and unzipping yourself in the Finder (ie, turn off the "open safe files after downloading" option in Safari preferences). If you get jerky animations, you need to reduce the size or quality in the options. I've tested this on various Macs, mostly running 10.5.5.
iPhoto Library. As mentioned above, you can choose your iPhoto Library. This works, but sometimes extra images are included that you don't want. This is because the iPhoto Library is actually a folder containing many subfolders; these contain all your original photos, but also some other images that iPhoto may store. For example, if you choose the iPhoto Library you may see photos that you put in the iPhoto Trash in the screen saver, until you empty the trash, and you may see close-up crops of people's faces if you are using the Faces feature in iPhoto '09. To avoid this problem, you can choose the Originals sub-folder, but you'll have to be just a little tricky to do so. First, choose the iPhoto Library, then click Open. Then click Choose Folder ... again; now you'll see the internal folder structure of the library. Scroll down and select the Originals folder, then click Open.
Email questions to movingphotos3d at gmail.com. Feedback and suggestions are very welcome.
The MD5 checksum of the zip file is b5a10f927aebb12b9b270f7884d13e9a.
Thanks to: Apple, for making Core Animation part of Leopard, and Scott Stevenson, for technical assistance.
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