---
title: "Make the \"Beziers\" screen saver look good"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/9/1/make-the-quotbeziersquot-screen-saver-look-good.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/9/1/make-the-quotbeziersquot-screen-saver-look-good.html"
published: "2003-09-01T15:03:00"
updated: "2003-09-01T15:03:00"
tags: ["Off Topic"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Here's a simple way to create a nice looking screen saver from one of the screen savers your machine is already equipped with (Beziers). Open the “screen saver properties” dialog Select “ Beziers “ Click “ Settings “…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# Make the "Beziers" screen saver look good

By Roy Osherove September 1, 2003 In [Off Topic](https://osherove.com/blog/category/off-topic)

**Historical article** · Originally published September 1, 2003; technical details may be outdated.

Here's a simple way to create a nice looking screen saver from one of the screen savers your machine is already equipped with (Beziers).

- Open the “screen saver properties” dialog
- Select “_Beziers_“
- Click “_Settings_“
- Change “_Beziers in each loop_“ setting to 10
- Change “_Repeat each loop_“ to 100
- Change “_speed_“ to slowest
- If you have this setting, make sure to select “_random colors_“
- Press “_OK_“ and click “_preview_“
- Feel free to play with the amount of Beziers in each loop until you feel you like it.

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## About the author

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