GENERAL PERFORMER DIRECTIONS


Performer Layout




Control Buttons

Minimize: Sends Performer to the taskbar.

Close: Closes Performer.

Presentation Bar: Shows the order in which the components of the currently selected show will play. The Presentation Bar also allows you to drag-and-drop the components into a different order (left mouse button) or to slide the show from side to side (hold the right mouse button and drag the component line). When reordering components, you can either insert a component between two others (by dropping it between them), or replace one (by dropping it on top of a highlighted component).

Scroll Bar: Slides the current show from beginning to end.

Show Box: Shows the default show icon. Clicking the icon will cause it to glow, allowing you to click the Options button to alter the settings of the show as a whole.

New: Creates a new show from scratch.

Save: Saves the current show to disk.

Options: Accesses the options for the current show or selected component. For more help go to the help pages for the different components.

Delete: Removes the currently selected component from the show.

Play: Plays the current show from the beginning. See "Playing a Show", below, for more information.

Play From Current Point: Plays the show from the currently selected frame.

Rewind: Slides the Presentation Bar to the beginning of the current show.

Fast Forward to End: Slides the Presentation Bar to the end of the current show.

Path Bar: Shows the current directory and selected file on your computer.

Folder Browser: Box used to browse for shows and show components. The Browser behaves in much the same way as Windows Explorer: you may double-click folders or files to open them or drag-and-drop files to move them. You may also right-click on files to Preview, Rename or Delete them. You may abort Previewing pictures and sounds by pressing the Esc key.

Parent: Goes to parent folder.

Back: Performer automatically remembers the order in which you visited the folders in your current session. Clicking this button sends you back one folder, chronologically.

Forward: Sends you forward one folder, chronologically.

Shows: Opens the Folder Browser to the default shows folder.

Pictures: Opens the Folder Browser to the default pictures folder.

Effects: Opens the Folder Browser to the default effects folder.

Sounds: Opens the Folder Browser to the default sounds folder.

Music: Opens the Folder Browser to the default music folder.



Playing a Show

There are two modes of play: Continuous and Interactive. Though Continuous play is the default, you may toggle a show in progress between Continuous and Interactive modes by pressing the Space Bar.

Continuous: The show will automatically play from start to finish. There is one exception: if a picture is set to Wait for Input (a command that is set under the picture's options), the show will pause on that particular image to wait for the appropriate key command.

Interactive: The show will pause at every image to wait for user input. All images will pause regardless of their Wait for Input setting, while all transitional effects between images will play as per their individual settings.

You may use the arrow keys or the mouse buttons to move a show that has paused. Pressing the left mouse button or Left Arrow key will move the show back one frame, while pressing the Right Arrow key or the right mouse button will move a show forward one frame. Pressing the Home and End keys will move the show to the first and last frame, respectively.



Other Performer Help Topics

Tutorial

Shows

Packaging Shows

Effects

Pictures

Music

Sounds

Sound Properties

Error Messages

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