Photos, videos and the background

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Put photos on a sign, or a photo or video behind everything.

Photos and videos come from Media, so upload them there first (uploading).

  1. Press Add photo and pick one (pick a tag above them to see only those files). Move and size it like any layer.
  2. Replace swaps in another photo, keeping its place and size.
  3. Fit in its box: Fit shows the whole photo; Fill covers the box and crops the edges. Corners rounds them.
    A photo selected on a sign, with Replace marked 2 and Fit in its box marked 3.
  4. For the background, select nothing (or click the last row in Layers). Under Background, choose Colour, Photo or Video.
  5. A colour is picked from the swatches or typed as a code (#17120F). For a photo or video, pick it, then set Sizing: Fit or Fill.
    A sign with a photo behind its words: Background set to Photo marked 5, and Sizing marked 6.

A video can only be the background, where it loops. How long a sign stays up is set on its playlist item, not on the sign. A photo blown up much bigger than it was taken looks soft on the TV, and the designer warns you.

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