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Meet the story designer (before Release 5)

Think of the designer as a painting box. You start with a clean canvas and you can create whatever you want!

Before Release 5: This article is for organisations that haven't moved to Release 5 yet. On Release 5, your scenes are on the left and the settings on the right: see The Composer at a glance.

Work smarter, not harder. Let's go over some of the basic tips on how to use the designer.

Canvas

💡 Changes are saved automatically!

Zooming

Zooming in and out on the canvas helps to position your assets, backgrounds, and transitions.

  1. Keyboard shortcuts

    1. Hold ⌘/CTRL + Scroll top: for zoom in

    2. Hold ⌘/CTRL + Scroll bottom: for zoom out

  2. Mouse pad

    1. Place two fingers on the touchpad and pinch them together to zoom out, or spread them apart to zoom in.

Panning (hand tool)

Panning across your art board helps you to quickly navigate to a position on the canvas.

  1. Hand tool (H)

    1. Select the hand tool in the top bar

    2. Click + Drag to pan

  2. Keyboard shortcuts

    1. Press 'H' key on your keyboard to enable the hand tool

    2. Hold the SPACEBAR + Click + Drag

  3. Mouse pad

    1. Place two fingers on the touchpad and move them together in any direction to scroll or pan the view.

Side panel

In the side panel, you find all the content that you can click, or drag-and-drop, to add to your selected scene. Think about:

Media toolbar

In the media toolbar, you'll find all settings you can apply to your content. Here you can modify the size, add on-click-actions, add effects and position your media elements. By selecting the object you want to change the media toolbar will appear above.

Go to the media toolbar page for more explanation.

Keyboard shortcuts

Did you know that using keyboard shortcuts can increase productivity and save you time? If you're not born with shortcutting power, no problem - we can help! Find out what commands you can use.

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