Navigate the Menu Bar

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.