Quick Start Guide

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Creating presentations
This guide describes how to create three types of presentations: a full-screen presentation, multi-zone presentation, and
interactive presentation. The presentations built in this section are the same as the “FullScreen_HDMI_1080p60.bpf”,
“Zones_HDMI_1080p60.bpf”, “Interactive_HDMI_1080p60.bpf” presentation files that are included in the Quick Start Kit.
You can use these presentation files as a guide to see how each presentation is built when it is complete.
Creating a Full-Screen Presentation
In a full-screen presentation, a single image or video will occupy the entire screen. When you need to create
presentations with more than one image or video, you can use playlists to play multiple files in a loop. This section shows
you how to create a playlist using BrightAuthor and the sample files provided in the Quick Start kit.
1. Create a new BrightAuthor project:
a. Double-click the BrightAuthor icon on your desktop.
b. Click File > New Presentation.
Tip: If you don’t see New Presentation under File, make sure
you have the Edit, Publish, or Manage tab selected in the
upper-left side of the screen.
c. In the Save As field, enter a name for the presentation.
d. In the Where field, enter the folder where you want to store
the presentation. Click Browse to navigate to the desired
folder.
e. Select your BrightSign Model, Connector type, and Screen
resolution.
f. Click Create.
2. Select the Full Screen template.
3. Click Choose.
4. Under Media Library, click Browse and select the Content folder
within the Quick Start Kit folder.
Creating a new full-screen project