Wallpaper/Screensaver HELP!

Hello. My 13" MacBook Pro's desktop wallpaper will not change.
So when I open System Preferences, and click Desktop Wallpaper/Screensaver, the color wheel appears, and where the images are supposed to be shown, "loading images" is seen. After a few seconds, the application does not respond and I have to Force Quit it. I've waited hours upon hours for it to load, but nothing happens! Could anyone give me any tips on how to fix it? I can change my wallpaper in Safari, but I can't set anything in my iPhoto library/Pictures library. Thank you in advance.

Are the photos in a format the Touch can handle? Technical specifications for a second generation Touch state: "Syncs iPod-viewable photos in JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, PSD (Mac only), and PNG formats" so I assume it's that same for the latest Touch's too.
Note that the PSD format says Mac only.
Other than that, I've no more ideas.
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