Lightform Creator provides a library of built-in content and also lets you import your own content to create unique projected AR experiences.
In this article:
Effects
Lightform Creator provides a set of Stock Effects to instantly apply animations and motion content to your scene. Some of these effects utilize the scan image so that they adapt to the color and/or geometry of your scene.
Select a surface that you’d like to add an effect to. Otherwise, a new surface will be created along with the new effect. Click on the Effects Icon on the Toolbar or press CMD+E. Choose an effect from the Effects Panel by double-clicking on the effect or by pressing the Insert Content button.
Click on the new effect in the Layers Panel. Effect properties will appear in the Properties Panel. You can adjust the parameters of the effect by entering a value or by side-scrolling to the right and left. The values fall under the range of 0.0 — 1.0.
Live Effects
Live Effects are a Labs feature. To enable Labs, go to the Help Menu and select Enable Labs.
Select an effect in the Layers Panel. Click on the Live button to enable the effect as a dynamic Live Effect that will run in real-time on your Lightform device when you publish your project.
After you publish your project, these Live Effects will have adjustable parameters in the Live Effects Parameters Panel in the Control Page. This means that the effects will change in real-time as you edit the parameters. Read more about Live Effects & OSC mappings in the Control Page.
Note
You can only have ONE Live Effect per slide. If you try to create another Live Effect when a Live Effect had already existed on that slide, the newly created Live Effect will take precedence and the older Live Effect will lose its Live abilities and turn into a regular effect.
Text
Add text to your project with the Text Tool. Select a surface that you’d like to add text to. Otherwise, a new surface will be created with the new text. Click on the Text icon on the Toolbar or press T. A text box will appear.
Text properties are shown in the Properties Panel. Edit the text under the Text property. Select the font, style, size, color, alignment, and opacity.
Built-In Videos
Lightform Creator provides a set of Built-In Videos to apply to your scene.
Select a surface that you’d like to add a video to. Otherwise, a new surface will be created along with the new video. Click on the Project Assets Icon on the Toolbar or press CMD+M. You'll see a dropdown for Videos, Images, and Built-In Videos. Choose a video from the Built-In Videos list by double-clicking on the video or by pressing the Insert Content button.
Imported Media
You can add your own imported media (video or images) to your project. Lightform Creator supports the following video and image file types:
| Video | .mov, .mp4, .mpg, .mpeg, .flv, .avi* |
| Image | .bmp, .jpg, .jpeg, .png, .tif, .tiff, .tga |
Note
*We recommend encoding your videos with the h264 codec, .mp4 container, at 30fps, with H.264 Profile: "High".
Click on the Project Assets Icon on the Toolbar or press CMD+M. You'll see the Media Panel, which includes a dropdown for Videos, Images, and Built-In Videos. Scroll to the bottom of the Media Panel. Locate the file dropzone. Choose a file or drag and drop it into the dropzone. The file should appear in the appropriate Videos or Images dropdown.
Select a surface that you’d like to add your media to. Choose the file from the appropriate Videos or Images dropdown by double-clicking on the file or by pressing the Insert Content button.
Content Properties
Content can be positioned in a surface independently. The position, scale, and rotation in a surface's structure can be changed either in the move tool or via the Properties Panel under Transform. Translating content outside of the structure will clip the content.