How do I get to my iphoto albums to use as screensaver in OS X 10.8?

How do I get to my iphoto albums to use as screensaver in OS X 10.8? As it is, I am limited to the pre-seloected screensavers (National
geographic, etc.).  When I get to the field for "Folder" and select "Pictures", the iPhoto Library is there, but it is in faint print (along with most other files in the Pcitures folder) indicating that they can't be selected.

Hi.
I'm having the same issue.
• Photo Library is not a Source option in the Screen Saver Preference pane.
• iPhoto Library and Photo Booth Library are not selectable options with Source > Choose Folder...
• No "screensaver cache" exists on my machine.
I've trashed the preferences for screen saver (user/library/preferences/com.apple.screensaver.plist). Didn't help.
Also trashed ...systempreferences.plist.  Didn't help.
I replaced the current preference pane with the Desktop & Screensaver pane from OS X Lion (from TM backup). Didn't help.
I can duplicate this even when I boot from another install of Mountain Lion that I have on an external drive used for troubleshooting
My workaround is to drag the photos that I would like to use from particular Events or Albums from within iPhoto into a like-named folder in Finder. Then select that folder as the Source from the Screen Saver System Preferences pane.
In the big scheme of things this, for me, is a relatively minor thing. And I can work around it.
But, it's obvious that something is not working properly, and it's probably something that the software folks at Apple should look into.
My setup is:
• mid-2010 iMac, 17", 3.06/16/500
• OS X 10.8.1
• iPhoto '09 (v8.1.2)

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