Slideshows
Creating a slideshow from a PDF
Method 1: From the Mediaboards menu
Method 2: From the add content menu
Method 3: Sharing the URL in the chat
Creating a slideshow from a PDF
There are several methods to create a 3D slideshow from a PDF
Notes
- URL’s to PDF’s must end in .pdf
- In order to create a slideshow, editor permissions are required
- Updating the source pdf file will not update the slideshow in the 3d environment. Check the Updating the slideshow contents section to learn more.
Method 1: From the Mediaboards menu
Click on the pencil icon, then on Add Mediaboard.
Select the Slideshow option.
On the URL field, paste an url for your content. Click on Create.
The mediaboard will be automatically created. It will display a “rendering” temporary message while the PDF is converted to a slideshow.
Method 2: From the add content menu
Click on the Pencil icon / Add content menu item
Paste the URL to your PDF file and click import
Select slideshow from the media type selection popup
The mediaboard will be automatically created. It will display a “rendering” temporary message while the PDF is converted to a slideshow.
Method 3: Sharing the URL in the chat
In a multiuser experience, urls can be pasted into the chat.
A red pin icon will appear next to the url. Clicking on that icon will import that url into the 3D environment.
After clicking on the pin icon, select slideshow from the media type selection popup.
The mediaboard will be automatically created. It will display a “rendering” temporary message while the PDF is converted to a slideshow.
Updating slideshow contents
If a slideshow was created by converting any kind of file (for example, pdf), updating the source file will not update the slideshow in the 3d environment. The file will need to be processed again by doing the following:
Access the slideshow settings by going into edit mode or by clicking on the settings option from the slideshow menu. (Editor permissions are required)
Click on the Update slides button.
The button will change to reflect the status of the conversion. It might take up to 30 seconds for it to complete. When it’s completed, the button will turn green and show “Success” on it.
Force slideshow HD quality
In order to force a slideshow to use the HD quality (only advised when necessary, since this has an impact in performance and stability), this property needs to be added to the metadata field of the slideshow:
"slideshowImageQuality": "hd,ld" |
Adding actions to slides
Actions can be configured to be executed when a determined slide is shown. The property “slideActions” must be added to the metadata field. It is an array of objects with the following properties:
- slide (required): Slide number in which the action will be triggered
- mode (optional, default null): Special rule for determining whether the action will trigger or not. Values:
- onlyForwards: Action will only execute when the slide was reached from the previous one (by clicking the ‘next’ button)
- onlyBackwards: Action will only execute when the slide was reached from the following one (by clicking the ‘previous’ button)
- executeOnlyOnce: The action will only execute once in the session
Note: Actions don’t need to be configured to propagate themselves, as the slide will execute the action for all users.
This is a full example for a slideshow with actions
{ |