{"id":575,"date":"2008-01-29T23:00:11","date_gmt":"2008-01-30T04:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"synetech.ddns.net\/blogs\/smarticles\/?p=575"},"modified":"2013-04-22T17:21:18","modified_gmt":"2013-04-22T22:21:18","slug":"windows-screensavers-textures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/synetech.ddns.net\/blogs\/smarticles\/2008\/01\/29\/windows-screensavers-textures\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows Screensavers Textures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Windows includes several built-in screensavers, including one that shows 3D text. In the settings dialog for the 3D text screensaver, you can select to have it render with a reflection or texture, thus giving it a metallic look. When you select either the reflection or texture settings, you can then specify a bitmap file to have Windows use that when rendering the 3D text. If you do not specify a bitmap, it still renders it with a texture using a built-in graphics file. Interestingly enough, even though the custom-text-dialog box defaults to only bitmap (<code>.BMP<\/code>) files, the built-in textures are actually JPEGs.<\/p>\n<p>If you have ever wondered what they look like, you can see them by opening the screensaver file (<code>ssText3d.scr<\/code>) in a resource editor and looking in the <code>JPG<\/code> section. The two files look like this (they are identical in Windows XP and Windows 7):<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_305\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 138px\"><a href=\"\/blogs\/smarticles\/files\/2008\/01\/ssText3d.scr_JPG_103.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blogs\/smarticles\/files\/2008\/01\/ssText3d.scr_JPG_103.jpg\" alt=\"Reflection texture from Windows\u2019 3D Text screensaver\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">The reflection texture has been used in some of the DirectX samples in the DirectX SDK and if I remember correctly, is a photo of the lobby at Microsoft.<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure id=\"attachment_304\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 138px\"><a href=\"\/blogs\/smarticles\/files\/2008\/01\/ssText3d.scr_JPG_102.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blogs\/smarticles\/files\/2008\/01\/ssText3d.scr_JPG_102.jpg\" alt=\"Texture from Windows\u2019 3D Text screensaver\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" class=\"size-full wp-image-304\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">The generic texture looks an awful lot like those from some texture packs like <a style=\"text-decoration:underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.absolutecross.com\/downloads\/textures\" title=\"Absolute Cross textures\">Absolute Cross<\/a> or <a style=\"text-decoration:underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelsmac.com\/contributions\/index.php?act=view&#038;id=63\" title\"Propaganda Tiles packs\">Propaganda Tiles<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<br style=\"clear:both;\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"tagcloud\"><a href=\"https:\/\/synetech.ddns.net\/blogs\/smarticles\/tag\/computers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Computers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/synetech.ddns.net\/blogs\/smarticles\/tag\/os\/\" rel=\"tag\">OS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/synetech.ddns.net\/blogs\/smarticles\/tag\/software\/\" rel=\"tag\">Software<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Windows includes several built-in screensavers, including one that shows 3D text. In the settings dialog for the 3D text screensaver, you can select to have it render with a reflection or texture, thus giving it a metallic look. 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