iSight Screensavers put you in the Spotlight

by Milind Alvares
Tuesday April 21, 2009

iSight Screensavers put you in the Spotlight

by Milind Alvares on April 21, 2009

isight I usually don’t go around hunting for screensavers, but I so happened to stumble upon these screensavers (okay someone emailed me the link). We did a screensavers post some time back, and while this is just one package, it’s more like 7 screensavers bundled into one.

What this about then? iSight Screensavers from Majic Jungle Soft (same guys who brought you FluidTunes), is a collection of 7 savers, designed around the iSight camera. What you get is Quartz graphics and effects rendered, triggered by your movement in front of the camera. Some of the effects (Fire, for instance) are very poor and cheezy, but some (like, Particles) are really fun to use. The Core Image filters (many of which are in Photo Booth) are also really gorgeous and produce some brilliant effects.

particles

iSight Screensavers comes at $4.99 for the package. You can of course try em out before shelling out. On a totally unrelated note, we do have 3 licenses for giveaway. So leave a comment on how you like these savers, and we’ll pick out a winner. Standard giveaway rules apply. Video demo of the app after the break.

iSight Screensavers from Majic Jungle Software on Vimeo.

Tagged as: giveaway, mac, majicjungle, Reviews, screensavers

Reader Comments

ramesh koneru April 21, 2009 at 4:19 pm: the best isight screensaver i’ve come across to date is the bug mirror!

bug mirror and more of this kind can be found at http://uri.cat/software/

hav fun guys!
Jake Fowler April 21, 2009 at 4:56 pm jakefowler.com: Those look pretty cool! I kinda wonder how processor intensive they are though.
idl3mind April 21, 2009 at 5:29 pm: very slick ‘savers there.
emka April 21, 2009 at 6:57 pm: Wow - it´s amazing! I like this kind of screensaver
David April 21, 2009 at 7:21 pm davidczihak.at: Wow, I have never seen such an awesome screensaver! A really good use of the iSight camera
Pietro April 22, 2009 at 1:22 am: Uhm, seems it’s time to replace my marine aquarium…
Zach April 22, 2009 at 4:46 am zachholmquist.com: Ok - I am impressed, I am not one for changing my screensaver all the time … but this rocks! I like the “Fluid” one the most … Thank you for the awesome new Screensaver.
Chris Herbert April 23, 2009 at 2:22 am @chris_herbert: This looks magically delicious! Or is that Lucky Charms?
Nick April 23, 2009 at 2:27 am mendelson9: Nice, the other screensaver i have used are not as cool as this.
Bikalpa Paudel April 23, 2009 at 2:53 am twitter.com/bikalpapaudel: Just downloaded a demo and showed it to guys at the hostel. This guy who had never talked to me earlier asked whether it would work in his Dell. It was kinda hard to say ‘No’, but then it was cool!

Awesome implementation, count me in the giveaway!
Jay April 23, 2009 at 8:35 pm: That’s look so Cool! .. i like fire one.
Sam Symons April 24, 2009 at 5:41 am sam_symons: I actually had someone I know tell me about these shortly before I saw it on Smoking Apple’s Twitter account. He was really excited, although then I remembered he was using Windows Vista. I didn’t let him down lightly.

These things are epic.
Milind Alvares April 24, 2009 at 3:49 pm soggysh.it: Nick, Chris Herbert, and emka emerge victorious. Keep an eye out for an email from us.
emka April 24, 2009 at 4:17 pm: Hey, cool! Thanks a lot!