- What are the main differences between the Toolbox Basic and the Toolbox Professional?
The Webshots Toolbox is no longer for sale. The following information is for users who have already purchased the product.The Webshots Toolbox has three levels of registration.
Personal $19.99 which allows you to distribute to friends and family.
Basic $89.99 which allows you to make custom screen savers for retail distribution.
Professional $149.99 has the following features:
- Gives you the ability to remove our name and customize the text in the About Box. This is useful for hiding our name if you offer a service to clients.
- You can set an expiration period for screen savers.
- You can limit the number of images that can be viewed with an unregistered version of your screen saver.
- You can add an unlocking password for users to gain access to more photos or to make the screen saver functional again after it expires.
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- I'd like to create some screen savers to distribute on my personal web page. Can I use the Toolbox Personal for this?
The Webshots Toolbox is no longer for sale. The following information is for users who have already purchased the product.In order to use the Toolbox Personal to distribute screen savers on your web page, you must meet these requirements:
- Your screen saver cannot be advertising a service or product.
- You cannot sell the screen saver for profit.
- You cannot be selling anything on the website (advertising, products, etc.).
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- What image format and resolution are recommended for the images I want to put in my screen saver?
The Webshots Toolbox is no longer for sale. The following information is for users who have already purchased the product.To get the best image quality, we recommend using .jpg image files. You need to experiment with the compression factor to see what works best for you. It is inevitable that there will be some loss of quality. For 640 x 480 images, .jpg images around 100k in size should look great.
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- I downloaded the Webshots file and I get the error "You must first install Webshots to use this file..." I already have Webshots installed!
The Webshots Toolbox is no longer for sale. The following information is for users who have already purchased the product.Webshots images are digitally encrypted to protect the copyright privileges of our professional photographers and cannot be used outside of the Webshots Desktop software.
If you have a registered version of Toolbox, you must use your OWN photos. Webshots photos cannot be transferred into the Toolbox.
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- What are the system requirements for a screen saver created by the Toolbox?
The Webshots Toolbox is no longer for sale. The following information is for users who have already purchased the product.Screen savers created with the Toolbox will only run on Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, and XP. We also recommend that the computers have at least 16 MB of RAM; 32 MB would be optimal. The processor should be at least a 486 or equivalent. Display Properties' Colors should be set to at least 256 colors, if not higher.
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- Can you explain each of the tabs for making a screen saver using Webshots Toolbox?
The Webshots Toolbox is no longer for sale. The following information is for users who have already purchased the product.Media
Add your images by clicking on the Add button. You can remove and edit some image properties here.
Settings
Select certain properties for your screen saver.
Branding
Give your screen saver a name.
Sound Effects
Add sound effects to your screen saver.
Assets
A list of all the files used in your screen saver.
Preview and Build
Preview or build your screensaver. You have three choices:
- Just install screen saver on this computer. This will install the file on your computer.
- 1.44MB Floppy Disks. It will place the install file on disk.
- Single File. This will create an install file on your computer as setup.exe on your desktop.
After selecting, click on Create Screen Saver Installation. If you want to save a project to edit later, click on File, Save Project As... then give your project a name.
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