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Introduction

Bliss Saver‚Ñ¢ is a mesmerizing screen saver that displays paintings with animated color synthesis. A large collection of paintings comes with Bliss Saver, and more can be created in Bliss Paint‚Ñ¢, or purchased in Bliss Gallery, Geometric Bliss or Waves of Bliss.

A screen saver prevents your computer screen from getting burned in with static images when it is left on for a long time. After a specified period of inactivity on your computer (if you don’t move your mouse), Bliss Saver blanks your screen and starts playing Bliss painting. Because the pixels on the screen are changing colors, there are no static images that could leave a ghost image on your screen.

PowerBook computers and other battery-operated computers with LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) screens have a sleep mechanism which helps lengthen battery life. On these machines, a screen saver is not needed. Using Bliss Saver on your PowerBook is still guaranteed to be fun.

While Bliss Saver is painting an image, you can interact with the color synthesis using the keyboard. To learn more, see Keyboard Shortcuts. Although each painting has a basic composition, it also has elements of randomness, making it full of surprises. The colors may vary, as well as the placement and variety of shapes.

You can let Bliss Saver display the included paintings, or you can create your own paintings with the Bliss Paint application, also available from Imaja.

See the tutorial in this manual for an introduction to using some of Bliss Saver’s features. For more detailed descriptions of features, see the Menus, Windows, and Keyboard Shortcuts sections.

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