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In digital signage, overlay content refers to graphical elements or layers that are superimposed on top of existing content to enhance or provide additional information without altering the underlying content. This technique allows businesses to display dynamic content, such as promotional messages, real-time updates, or interactive elements, without disrupting the primary content.

Overlays can be used for various purposes, including:

  • Promotional messages: Highlighting special offers or new products.
  • Real-time updates: Displaying weather updates, news feeds, or social media interactions.
  • Interactive elements: Incorporating QR codes to enhance user engagement.

This approach helps create engaging and informative displays that capture the audience's attention and convey important messages effectively.

 

In SpinetiX ARYA, you can create such overlays in two ways: you can add an overlay within a project (it is displayed on top of all its inner pages), or use the Overlay template (it is displayed on top of all the content scheduled on the player). This article explains each type and how to use them. 

 

 

The Project Overlay

Adding an overlay to your project allows displaying that content over all pages in the project without affecting other scheduled content on your player.

Follow the steps below to learn how to use it and how it works.

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  1. From the Project Edit Page, navigate to the project control buttons below the canvas and click on the overlay button.
    Overlay-button-marked.png

    The Overlay page is now added at the start of the project.
    Project-overlay.png

  2. Compose your content as you would for any other page in the project. In this case, we are making an overlay with the Weather app.
    Overlay-set.pngAs you can see, the Weather App is now applied to every page of the project.

  3. You can see how the Overlay page of your project will be applied to the other pages in your project from the Project Preview page. 
    Overlay-button-preview-page.png

Note: The overlay content doesn't have a duration as it is added on each inner page, and it gets reloaded when each page is shown.

 

 

The Overlay Template

The Overlay template is a special type of content that is displayed over all the other content scheduled on that player.

Follow the steps below to learn how to use it and how it works. 

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    1. From the main menu, go to CREATE and select Templates. Main-menu-create-marked.png

    2. Select the Overlay Template.
      overlay-template-marked.png

    3. By default, the Overlay Template contains an image placed on the top left side. You can choose to keep or delete this image and edit this project just as you would any other project. 

      In this example, we've kept the image and added the Weather app. 
      Weather-app-added-to-overlay.png

    4. Once you're finished composing your content for overlay, click next. 

    5. From the project Preview page, publish your Overlay project to a player. Publish-overlay-template.png
      Note: Learn more about publishing content by clicking here.
    6. To see your overlay project in the schedule, go back to the Main Menu and go to the SCHEDULE page.
      Main-menu-schedule-marked.png

    7. Click on the player where you published the Overlay template to open and see its schedule.
      Schedule-page-player-marked.png

      In this example, the schedule of this player has three pieces of content and one overlay.
      Schedule-page-player-schedule-zoomed.png
      The Overlay template will always appear on the top of the list and its background will be visibly different, showing a checkered surface which signifies that it is transparent.

    8. Click on the Snapshot.


      and you can see how the Overlay is applied to the scheduled content.



      This is how easy it is to use the Project Overlay and the Project Template in SpinetiX ARYA.

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