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This is the Organic Art help file
Popup Help

This file contains the popup help for the Organic Art screen saver configuration.  It is not designed to be viewed directly in WinHelp.


These scenes will be played when the saver runs
These scenes will be played in a random order when the saver runs.


These scenes will be skipped when the saver runs
These scenes will be skipped when the saver runs.


Add selected scenes to the playlist
Add the selected scenes to the playlist.


Remove the selected scenes from the playlist
Remove the selected scenes from the playlist.


This button starts up the screen saver, and runs the last scene you clicked on.


These are general settings
These are general settings.


This is the length of time each scene in the playlist will run before switching to the next
This is the length of time each scene in the playlist will run before switching to the next.


Checking this means moving the mouse will not dismiss the screen saver, only a mouse click or key press.
Clicking this option means moving the mouse will not dismiss the screen saver, only a mouse click or a key press.


When this option is selected, and there is an audio CD in your CDROM drive, the screen saver will start playing it when activate
When this option is selected, and there is an audio CD in your CDROM drive, the screen saver will start playing it when activated, and stop it when dismissed.


Clicking this option switches off the any backdrop images in the screen saver scenes.  The background will become black, or anot
Clicking this option switches off the any backdrop images in the screen saver scenes.  The background will become black, or another plain colour.


This option causes the screen saver to skip any lengthy "still" scenes, even if they are in the playlist
This option causes the screen saver to skip any lengthy "still" scenes, even if they are in the playlist.


The right-hand side of the caption bar will display the current date and time
If enabled, a informational status bar appears on the bottom line of the screen when the saver runs.


These settings control will use your screen display
These settings control your screen display.


Select a resolution and colour depth for the saver to run in.  Higher resolutions will give better detail, but run more slowly.
Select your preferred resolution and colour depth for the saver to run in.  Higher resolutions will give better detail, but run more slowly.  Note that a lower resolution may be used if the preferred mode cannot be set at saver startup.


Check this box to always use your current display mode for the saver, instead of mode-switching.
Check this box to run the screen saver in your current desktop display mode, instead of mode-switching.  Hardware acceleration may not be available if the desktop's mode is not supported by the 3D card.


Checking this box makes the screen saver run in widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio.


These options control the Direct3D rendering engine
These options control the Direct3D rendering engine.


If this option is set, any 3D hardware acceleration provided by your graphics card will be used to make Organic Art run more smo
Check this box to use the 3D hardware acceleration provided by your graphics card.  Uncheck this setting to always use software rendering (perhaps if the graphics acceleration is causing problems).


Check this option to run the screen saver on a secondary 3D-only card such as the 3Dfx Voodoo.  Clear this option and the saver
Check this option to run the screen saver on a secondary 3D-only card such as the 3Dfx Voodoo, if available.  Clear this option and the saver will run on your primary card.


Set this option to always use RGB model.  This is only useful if you have 3D hardware acceleration which only supports RGB.
Set this use hardware filtering to smooth texture maps.  This improves the visual quality of large textures, but may be slightly slower.  This option is not available without hardware acceleration.


Set this option to always render into system memory instead of VRAM.  Using VRAM is usually faster and uses less of your main RA
Set this option to always render into system memory instead of VRAM.  Using VRAM is usually faster and uses less of your main RAM, but on some systems setting this option can improve performance.


Set this option to use dithering in RGB mode
Set this option to use dithering for RGB model (coloured lights), if not in a true colour mode.  Using dithering is slightly slower, but increases quality considerably by eliminating "banding" of colours.


Set this option to use dithering for mono model (white lights).  This isn't usually needed for mono model, where colour banding
Set this option to use dithering for mono model (white lights), when not in a true colour mode, to eliminate colour banding.  Banding is less evident in mono model than RGB, but can still be seen on the highlights of larger objects.


Realtime priority gives the fastest and smoothest 3D performance, but prevent any background tasks running while the saver is ac
Realtime priority gives the fastest and smoothest 3D performance, but prevents any background tasks running while the saver is active, including accessing your computer from a network.


Organic Art, Microsoft Edition was created by Computer Artworks Ltd.
Organic Art was created by Computer Artworks Ltd.


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