Overview
What is Photo Fade?
Photo Fade : Emulates a particular slideshow screensaver, found on newer Mac computers
In depth
A closer look at Photo Fade
The Photo Fade application was designed to be a screensaver that emulates a particular slideshow screensaver, found on newer Mac computers. I really like the idea of having a folder of images that you can use for a screensaver slideshow, but I've always been troubled by the lack of pizazz in the slideshow screensaver that comes with Window XP. At work, we have to use Macs (I mostly despise them) but there are a few things that they do that I really like... and this type of screensaver is one of them. Photo Fade is a slideshow that displays a random image from the chosen directory, while either zomming in or zooming out slightly as the picture is shown. It features a soft fade to transition between images, and is very relaxing to watch (depending on what kind of images you've got loaded into it). You can install and configure it just like a normal screensaver, thanks to Network Maestro's screensaver DLL. All images are loaded and unloaded dynamically during runtime, so the program shouldn't take up too much memory overall.
Verdict
Should you download Photo Fade?
Photo Fade runs on
Windows 10/11
and is available under the
Freeware
license
— the installer is 1013 KB.
We’ve catalogued it under
Desktop Tools.
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At a glance
Photo Fade specifications
- Publisher
-
Martin Crownover
- Last updated
- May 1, 2026
- License
- Freeware
- Operating system
- Windows 10/11
- File size
- 1013 KB
- Price
- Free
- Page views
- 486
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