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“To
design is to communicate clearly by whatever means you can control or
master”
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Milton Glaser, graphic designer
Creating eye-catching
bulletins and other content is just the first step in communicating to
your audience. You also have to consider each item’s place in the
overall layout. Creating a comprehensive, pleasing look is a vital step
to take before publishing to your displays.
Should you have one
window or three? Should there be a crawllist or ticker? How does it all
look together?
Using AxisTV’s simple
tools, laying out your content blocks is easy. Follow these simple steps
and master your visual communications.
Creating Content
Blocks:
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The screen is
divided into content blocks. Each content block contains a playlist
or a crawllist (ticker).
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The screen is
measured in pixels. For example, a display that has a resolution of
1366 X 768 is 1366 pixels wide and 768 pixels high.
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Each content block
should be configured to populate a certain area on the screen.
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In the picture
below, Playlist 1 is selected to play in Content Block 1 (green).
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To designate the
location of Content Block 1, first decide the number of pixels from
the far left of the screen the content block will begin. Enter this
number into the “Left:” field. In the picture below, the Left
coordinate will be 0 because the content block starts at the far
left edge of the display.
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Next, enter the
number of pixels from the top you want the content block to begin.
In the picture below, Content Block 1 will begin 10 pixels
from the top. Enter 10 in the “Top:” field.
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Now, tell Axis TV
the Width of the content block, in pixels. In the picture below,
the width of Content Block 1 is 916 pixels; enter 916 in the
“Width:” field.
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Finally, enter the
desired height of content block in the “Height:” field. The height
of this content block is 687 pixels.
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Click on “Change”
after entering all coordinates for Content Block 1. You must click
on Change for each row you change, and can only change or add one
row at a time.
Repeat this process for
Content Block 2 (orange).
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Select the playlist
you wish to play in Content Block 2.
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Enter the
coordinates Left: Top: Width: Height.
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Because you are
adding a new content block, click “Add” when you finish to save your
changes before moving on to the next row.
In the example below,
Content Block 2 will show Playlist 2 and will begin at 916 pixels from
the far Left of the screen because it will begin where Content Block 1
ends. It will start 10 pixels from the top, the same as Content Block 1,
but because it is a smaller block, you see the width and height will be
less than Content Block 1.
Repeat the process for Content Block 3 (purple). See below.
To add a
Crawllist or a Ticker:
Instead of selecting a
playlist from the Playlist Field, leave that field at “N/A” and select a
ticker from the Crawllist field. In the picture below, we have selected
Ticker 1 to play in Content Block 4 (bright blue).
You can see that our
Crawllist will start at the far left edge of the screen and continue for
the entire width of the screen, which is 1366 pixels, but it will only
be 60 pixels in height.
Copyright 2008. Visix, Inc. All rights reserved.
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