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File tab

Change Composer settings:

  • Create a new movie and select a predefined screen definition.
  • Show all recently opened Dise movies.
  • Modify personal settings:
    • Change preferences including debuging, fonts and scroll wheel behavior: 🔎︎
    • Add devices to the Composer and modify output settings:🔎︎
    • Connect the Composer to the CX Portal:🔎︎
    • Set up a shared project allowing multiple people to work on the same composer project at once:🔎︎
  • Composer logs.
  • General information including the Composer version. 

Home tab

  • File: Create, open or save a Dise movie.
  • Clipboard: Copy, paste, and undo. 
  • Position and size: View and change the position of selected objects.
  • Tools: Select, rotate, zoom, path tool and color picker tool.
  • Arrange: Change the order, timing, alignment and lock of objects.
  • Object: Save the current object settings as a preset, edit rotation and movement.
  • Color: Change the object color and manage palettes.
  • Scene preview: Preview the current scene or the entire Dise movie.
  • Publish: Upload to the CX Portal.

Movie tab

  • Movie: 
    • Change movie properties including resolution and metadata.
    • View the current dependencies of the movie.
    • Export the movies as a ZIP or video file.
    • Edit and add background or load scripts.
    • Edit and add variables that can be used by as template fields in the CX Portal or be used by a script.
    • Add test variable values to be used when previewing in the Composer.
  • Scene:
    • Add a scene.
    • Import a scene from another Dise movie.
    • Export the current scene.
    • Change the properties of the currently selected scene.
    • Search for a scene.
    • Change the duration of the scene to a predefined value.
    • Change playback to play in sequence or loop.

View tab

  • View:
    • Refresh the editing area.
    • Reload the resources that are currently in use.
  • Zoom
    • Zoom the edit area to fit the window.
    • Zoom the edit area to fit the width of the window.
    • Zoom the edit area to fit the height of the window.
  • Layout:
    • Enable docking to move parts of the Composer.
    • Save the current layout of the Composer.
    • Load a layout.
    • Hide/show windows of the Composer.
    • Hide/show object properties panel.

Interactivity tab

  • Add advanced events to the scene:
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  • Select an object for addtional settings:
    • Add an event that triggers when the selected object is clicked.
    • Add advanced events for the selected object:
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Scheduling

  • Add advanced schedules to the selected object or scene.
  • Schedule by date range.
  • Schedue by days of the week.