User guide

Chapter 3 – Creating Presentations

CHAPTER 3 – CREATING PRESENTATIONS

Creating a Full-Screen Presentation

In a full-screen presentation, your images and/or videos occupy the entire screen.

1. Create a new presentation project by navigating to 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 portion of the screen.

1. Specify the following in the New Project window.

a. Save as: Enter a name for the presentation.

b. Where: Select the folder where you want to store the

presentation. Click Browse to navigate to the desired folder.

c. BrightSign model: Select the model number of the

BrightSign player(s) to which you will publish this

presentation.

d. Connector type: Select either HDMI, VGA, or Component.

e. Screen resolution: Choose the resolution that best matches

the native resolution of your monitor. You can view all

available screen resolutions on the Support Section of the

BrightSign website.

Note: If you select HDMI or Component in the Screen

resolution menu, you will see several options that are only

compatible with component or composite (rather than VGA or

HDMI) signals. See this FAQ for more information on generating

component/composite signals.

f. Monitor Orientation: Choose whether you would like the

content to appear in Landscape or Portrait mode. BrightSign