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Shapes for Digital Signage

Shapes

Shapes are objects used for designing content as well as icons and emojis that you can use in your content

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Shapes in digital signage are objects used for designing content as well as icons and emojis that you can use throughout your content to create a specific mood or feeling. Shapes are squares, circles, and triangles. Icons include warnings, social media, and much more, and emojis are more or less the same as you find on a phone.

Options for Shapes

In the dropdown, you’ll find a square, a circle, and a triangle.

  • Alignment – Maximize, left, center, right, top, middle, right, and lock
  • Color – Pick a color for your shape or use the color-picker
  • Layer – Move your shape up or down layers
  • Rotate – Rotate your shape
  • Positioning – Manually adjust the placement of your shape pixel by pixel
  • Sizing – Manually adjust the size of your shape pixel by pixel
  • Shadow – Add shadow and shadow color to your shape
  • Stroke – Change the stroke color and thickness of your shape

Options for Icons

When you click Icons you’ll find a list of many different icons that you can add to your content.

  • Alignment – Maximize, left, center, right, top, middle, right, and lock
  • Color – Pick a color for your icon or use the color-picker
  • Layer – Move your icon up or down layers
  • Rotate – Rotate your icon
  • Positioning – Manually adjust the placement of your icon pixel by pixel
  • Sizing – Manually adjust the size of your icon pixel by pixel
  • Opacity – Change the opacity of your icon
  • Shadow – Add shadow and shadow color to your shape

Options for Emojis

When you click Emoji a default emoji will be added to your content. You can change the emoji on the right in settings.

  • Alignment – Maximize, left, center, right, top, middle, right, and lock
  • Emoji – Pick your emoji
  • Layer – Move your icon up or down layers
  • Rotate – Rotate your icon
  • Positioning – Manually adjust the placement of your icon pixel by pixel
Note, the used Emoji’s can look different depending on the player’s operating system, below are a couple of examples of how some of them look different based on the operating system.

FAQ

How do I match the color of my shape?

In the settings, you’ll find a color-picker next to where you usually pick a solid color, click the color-picker then the color you want. (Note that this only works within the canvas).

Can I lock the position of a shape?

You can lock any object you have in your content. Locking an object ensures that the object stays where it’s supposed to be, and can not be resized or removed, read more about Locking Objects.

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