New in Release 5: the property panel replaces the media toolbar. It also brings Replace media, Hide when finished, Zoom level for web pages, Line height and Resume story after screensaver. Organisations move to Release 5 on their release weekend, from 9 October.
Not on Release 5 yet? Until your organisation moves over, use Media toolbar (before Release 5).
The property panel on the right of the Composer shows the settings of whatever you select. Select a scene to manage the scene; select an asset to change that asset. Every change is saved straight away.
When a scene is selected
Screensaver: only on a screensaver scene. Set Start after and Resume story after screensaver (new in Release 5; see Setting up a screensaver).
Transition: how the scene starts (see Adding scene transitions).
Background: the scene background and, for a video background, Auto Switch (see Adding and editing backgrounds).
Layers: the assets in the scene, in stacking order.
When an asset is selected
The panel title shows the asset's name; double-click it to rename the asset. The sections depend on the type of asset:
Asset | Sections |
Image | Size & Position, Content, Appearance, On-Click actions, Playback |
Video and animated GIF | Size & Position, Content, Appearance, Video, Playback |
Audio | Size & Position, Appearance, Audio, Playback |
Text | Size & Position, Text style, Appearance, On-Click actions, Playback |
Web page | Size & Position, Appearance, Web, Playback |
PDF and PowerPoint | Size & Position, Appearance, Playback |
On-Click actions only appear when your setup has touch screens. In Other Setups of the story, you only see Size & Position.
Size & Position
Width (W), height (H) and position (X and Y), in pixels. X and Y are the asset's top-left corner, measured from the top-left corner of the screen. Turn on Lock proportions to keep width and height in step while you type. When you drag a corner on the canvas, the proportions stay the same anyway; hold Shift to change them freely.
Content
For images and videos: the file and Replace media (new in Release 5), which swaps it for another file in the same frame (see Adding media to your story).
Appearance
How the asset looks, such as its opacity and rounded corners.
Video and Audio
How the media plays, such as autoplay, loop and volume. For videos, Hide when finished (new in Release 5) fades the video out when it ends; it can't be combined with loop.
Text style
Font, style, size, colour, alignment and Line height (new in Release 5; see Adding text).
Web
Zoom level (new in Release 5): makes the web page larger or smaller, from 25% to 500% (100% by default). Use it when a page looks tiny on a large, high-resolution screen.
URL navigation: shows navigation buttons so visitors can move through the site. Only on setups with touch screens.
On-Click actions
What happens when someone taps the asset (see Adding on-click actions).
Playback
Visible on start: shows the asset as soon as the scene starts. On by default. Turn it off to reveal the asset later with an on-click action or a trigger.
Disable movement: stops visitors from dragging the asset on a touch screen. Only on setups with touch screens.
Tip: turn it on for web pages, so visitors can tap, scroll and type in the page itself.