IPhoto album as screensaver?

I used to be able to select a certain iPhoto album as a screen saver preference, now iPhoto is grayed out and I cannot select it. What happened? I can still do this as a desktop background, but now in the screensaver option, it prompts me to select from a source that includes a few default collections (National Geographic, Aerial, etc.) or you can "choose folder". When I do that my iphoto option is grayed out and I cannot select it. Any ideas on how to do this now, I find it hard to believe I can't use my iphoto photos as a screensaver anymore. Help!

System preferences ==> Desktop and screen saver - select screen saver - let source finish loading and click on it - select iPhoto and you can access your iPhoto albums there to become yoru screen saver
LN

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