Anyway to get screen saver images as desktop backgrounds?

I have looked through my library under screen savers but nothing is there. I want to get one of the nature screen saver images to be my desktop background picture. Any ideas?

Please provide some information about how you are looking. With my MBP it's as simple as:
System Preferences, Desktop & Screen Saver, Nature and then choose the picture I want. You can also link it to any other picture library you might have such as iPhoto or if you want to download screen savers with different art there are many many sites available. For example:
http://www.usingmac.com/gallery
Regards,
Roger

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