In praise of the Leopard mosaic photo screensaver

Works fine for me using a 15" MBP 2.2, iPhoto 6.06 installed. It's totally terrific.

I don't think I'd have noticed it so thanks for the hint.

Is there a way to create a photomosaic slideshow to use in iMovie?

I have iPhoto'06 and it works.

Re: "Update: Comments hint that you may not be able to run this screensaver unless you have iPhoto '08 installed; if you discover otherwise let us know."

I have no iLiife of any kind installed (yet) and it runs superbly. You do have to have a iPhoto data base loaded though. But it can be older versions.

I just loaded Leopard with an erase install and have not installed any applications. I have restored the iPhoto data (Panther Version) just to get this screen saver running.

Very smooth execution — none of the above mentioned problems. It is interesting that it uses your entire picture database to create the mosaic, but uses the selected roll or album for the 'Big Picture.'

Powerbook 1.25g
ps: Super neat that on this machine, Leopard runs faster than Tiger. The 'scare' warning of needing a recent machine to see decent performance just didn't hold.

Interesting anecdote (Ron Silvers). Thanks Micheal !

1st gen Intel iMac, 2GB ram, 128mb video - discovered this last week. I only shoot in camera RAW, over 3000+ photos of my kid (yes that's right and he's only 2). This thing works like a charm. Love it. Core animation is sweet. Not choppy, not crashing and not stalling like some of the other comments.

A note for iPhoto library manager users with iphoto 08:

if you want to use the above mozaik screensaver with a specific library, be sure that you have OPENED your library in iPhoto08. Somehow, "old" libraries (as in created with iPhoto07 and not opened with iphoto08 yet) will crash the system prefs when selected from the list.
So: before you opt to use the screensaver, be sure to open each library with iphoto08 first. Then select the active library in iphoto library manager and use as screensaver.

YMMV, but I found it quite replicable, this crash.

So far I can only get it work with a folder of pics rather than an individual photo. But the collage effect is cool. My folder of dog pics ends up looking like a map from Civilization, for anyone who knows the game. But the only resource available seems to be Airedale puppies!

Works well on my PB G4 running iLife06 - although when it first kicks off, the first pic hangs there for about 15 seconds while Leopard grunts away.

Have to check if it's a system hog or not, will look tonight.

I think this screensaver is great. Absolutely beautiful.

Also, you do not need iPhoto '08 for this screensaver. I currently still use iPhoto '06 and mosaic runs great.