BrightSign BrightAuthor User Guide v.4.1.1 - Manual (Page 40)

32 Chapter 3 – Creating Presentations
f. Monitor Orientation: Choose whether you would like the content to appear in Landscape or Portrait mode.
BrightSign players do not automatically rotate landscape content to display in Portrait mode (and vice
versa). You will first need to rotate video or images in the source application (e.g. Paint Shop Pro,
Photoshop, Adobe After Effects) before publishing them to the player.
g. Monitor overscan: Select a setting to determine how the image fills the display screen.
i. No overscan – use full screen: Displays images/video to the edge of the video signal
ii. Overscan – action safe: Restricts the display area to a size that is compatible with most displays
iii. Overscan – title safe: Restricts the display area to a size that is much smaller than the image
generated by the video signal.
Tip: Experiment to find the overscan setting that works best with your display.
3. Click Create when you are finished configuring the presentation. The Template window will open.
4. Click the Full screen template, and then click Choose.
5. Add media to your Library:
a. In the left portion of the screen, under the File tab, click Browse.
b. Navigate to the folder where your content is stored.
c. Click
OK.
Note: If you have many large files in your content folder, it may take a while for the thumbnail images to appear.
6. Select the Files tab selected under Media Library and add media files to your presentation by dragging files from
the Media Library folders to the playlist area. You can also drag and drop media files directly from a Windows
Explorer window.
a. To select a series of adjacent media files, press Shift+Click as you select the files.
b. To select a group of non-adjacent files, press Ctrl+Click as you select the files.
c. To set the order in which the files play, drag them to the Playlist area in the proper order. You can change
the order of files already in the playlist by clicking a file and dragging it to a new position.
d. To refresh the Media Library folders, click the refresh icon (next to the Browse button).
e. To remove an item from a playlist, click it in the playlist area and press Delete on your keyboard.
f. To change media files in the playlist without individually deleting and dragging, click File > Replace media
files. In the Replace Media Files window, click Browse to select the folder that contains the files you want to