User guide

Chapter 4 – Making a Presentation Interactive

Copying, Exporting, and Importing States

All states can be copied, exported, and imported. Copying or exporting a state will also copy all commands and notes

attached to that state. Events that transition to or from the state will not be persevered when a state is copied or exported.

• Copying: With a state selected, right-click the state and select Copy, navigate to Edit > Copy, or press Ctrl+C.

You can also copy multiple states at a time by holding down Ctrl while selecting the desired states.

• Pasting: Right-click a playlist or Super State canvas and select Paste, navigate to Edit > Paste, or press Ctrl+V.

Note that a pasted state will appear on the same canvas position as the original state; if the original state has not

moved, it may be difficult to tell that the paste action occurred.

• Exporting: With a state selected, right-click the state and select Export or navigate to Edit > Export. You can also

place multiple states into a single export file by holding down Ctrl while selecting the desired states. The exported

state(s) will be saved as a single file with a .bse extension in the specified directory.

• Importing: Right-click a playlist or Super State canvas and select Paste or navigate to Edit > Paste. You will be

prompted to select the .bse file containing the state(s) you wish to export.

Media Lists and Play Files

Media Lists and Play Files are convenient tools for defining interactive events with many files. They allow you to compile

your files into one group that appears as a single thumbnail in your playlist area. Only files of the same type can be

gathered in a Media List or Play File. Therefore, both are divided into three categories for each media type:

• Media Lists: Image List, Audio List, and Video List.

• Play Files: Image Play File, Audio Play File, and Video Play File.

Under the Other tab, there is an icon for each list and file type. To create a Media List or Play File, drag the appropriate

icon into the playlist area of a corresponding zone.