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Export as screensaver (SCR)
You can export Xara3D graphics as a Windows screensaver (SCR) file. Screensavers prevent a static
image from burning the screen, so we would suggest:
Use a black or dark colored background, not white or light colored.
Create the animation such that there are not light-colored static areas.
To create a screensaver
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Create the animation in the regular way or select from one of the sample screensaver animations
in the examples folder.
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Choose
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export screensaver on the file menu.
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There are a number of preset options. Low is one third of your current screen resolution, medium
is half, high is three quarters and full is your full screen resolution. You can also choose from a
number of standard resolutions by choosing other. We recommend selecting a value half the
screen area. (For example 512x384 for a 1024x769 screen area.) This should give a good
quality image without creating a large file size. Sizes larger than this require a faster computer to
animate smoothly
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AVI options. Xara3D screensavers are effectively movies within a sceensaver. Clicking this will
allow you to choose from any of the movie codecs on your system. A movie codec is basically
the system used to create the movie file itself, and some formats are better than others. Use the
default, or select a codec of your choice. For some codecs you can also set the quality
percentage and how often key frames are set, and you can click configure for more options.
Please note: if distributing the screensaver to others, they will also need that codec.
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You have two options as to where to save the file:
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Install—this saves the screensaver into the Windows system folder and makes it the default
screensaver. (You can save to a different folder but we recommend using the default system
folder as screensaver files in this folder are easier to reinstall in the future.)
5.
Save—this saves the screensaver to a folder of your choice. This does not make this screensaver
the Windows default.
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Enter a name for the screensaver file.
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Click
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Save.
Because Xara 3D has to generate each frame of the animation, this process can take a few minutes.
Tips
To create a smooth screensaver animation it's recommended you have create an animation with a
fast animation speed (15 to 20 frames per second) and between 50 and 100 frames in each
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