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Automatically switching to next scene & creating looping stories (before Release 5)

Discover and learn how to use the "Auto Switch" Feature within Hyro's story Designer

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 Auto Switch and looping stories.

Let's say you want a sequence inside of a story in which you want showcase an introductory video after which you want to provide more in depth information to your audience. With Hyro's "Auto Switch" feature you are easily able to create a sequence like this. "Auto Switch" allows you to automatically switch to the next scene after the background video of your current scene is done playing

Using the Auto Switch feature

You can currently only use the "Auto Switch" feature on scenes that have a video background attached to them. You do this by either:

  • Using your own video from "my media" inside the media tab and drag and dropping that within a scene alongside the edge of the screen which sets the video as a background.

  • Using a video from "backgrounds" inside the media tab and dropping that inside the scene.

💡 Important, you can only turn auto switch on if there is a scene added after the current scene

Here's how to enable auto switch on a scene with a background video:

  1. Open scene settings from the right side bar

  2. Enable "Auto Switch" by clicking the toggle next to the Auto Switch heading

What to do when you cannot enable the "Auto Switch" toggle?

Does the "Auto Switch" toggle seem disabled & you cannot turn on the feature for some reason, please check that:

  • You have a background video added to the scene you want to automatically switch from

  • You have added a scene after the scene you want to switch from that you want to switch to.


Making looping Stories (Carrousels)

By using the "Auto Switch" Feature on the last scene you can now make looping stories. After the last scene is done playing the scene will automatically switch to the first scene to start your story over again.

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