This page describes the still, which is a single picture. It is the simplest cue, and after media it is the type that a rundown uses most, for example for welcome slides, notices and a closing card.
Adding a still
Click Still in the toolbar, or drag image files onto the list. Each picture becomes a separate cue.
What it shows
A still can show png, jpg, jpeg, jpe, bmp, gif, tga, psd, jxr and webp files, and an animated gif plays its animation.
The formats tiff and avif are not supported, so convert these files to png first.
How long it stays
This is the most important setting of a still, and you set it in the Out column:
| Out | What happens |
|---|---|
00:00 | The still stays on screen until you press GO. Its follow action never runs, because the still never ends. |
| A time | The still ends at that time, and the follow action determines what happens next. |
So a picture that must stay on screen while someone speaks does not need a duration, but a picture that must make way automatically for the next item does.
Size
The program scales a still to fit the canvas. A picture with different proportions gets bars and is not cropped, so nothing important is cut off.
For a full-screen slide, export the picture at the size of the canvas, which is 1920×1080 for the standard canvas. The picture is then not scaled at all.
Practical notes
Transparency is supported. A png with an alpha channel keeps it, which is important when the playout supplies a key layer to a mixer.
Very large pictures use a lot of memory, although they do not use much processor power. If a rundown contains a folder of 40-megapixel photos, scale the photos down first.
For a series of pictures that change automatically, use a stills playlist instead of separate stills.