In order to use ScreenBullet you must have Adobe Flash Player installed. We recommend version 10 or newer. You can get Flash Player at http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ for Windows, Mac and Linux.

Table of contents:

1. Studio login screen and dashboard
2. Adding assets
3. Creating simple show
4. Registering Web Player
5. Adding content to the Player
6. Registering Desktop Player
7. Playlists

1. Studio login screen and dashboard

To start using ScreenBullet Studio sing in using your e-mail and password on http://studio.screenbullet.com:

You can also set Remember me option, choose language or use password reminder tool. After logging in you should see Dashboard screen:

Important news, like software update notifications, new features or information about your account should be visible here.

You can navigate between the Dashboard and other screens in the Studio by clicking on the tabs.

2. Adding assets

After clicking on Assets tab your see your media library – place where you can add images, videos, audio files, SWF or PDF media etc.

To add new file click on the plus button:

You should see File Upload Manager window, where you can control status of your downloads:

Press Add button, choose files to upload and press OK:

Single or multiple files can be uploaded at once, and for each asset you will see progress bar in File Upload Manager window:

As for now, we accept:

• images: png, jpg, gif

• videos: mpeg, avi, mp4, flv, mov

• Adobe SWF files (both swf and flv)

• Adobe PDF files

• sounds: mp3

We are constantly updating the list of supported file formats, content types and content sources.

After uploading most assets needs to be converted to format accepted by Flash Player. You will see content being converted in Assets screen:

To check asset status click on the refresh icon in Studio:

Converted assets will have thumbnail icon.

Each asset has properties like name, size, dimension, duration. They can be viewed or changed using Properties box on the right. They can be also previewed – just select them and choose Preview icon:

Preview window might change depending on asset type. For example, when previewing video assets you will see basic play options and sound control:

With media assets in your library you are ready to create first show.

3. Creating simple show

ScreenBullet show is very similar to the regular TV show. Show editor allows you to arrange assets on the canvas and timeline in the same way as you would do it in professional graphical tools. Depending on the asset type that you used, you can change different properties (such as transparency, volume, speed, etc.) and apply a number of effects.

To create your first show navigate to Shows tab and click Add icon:

You will see Show Properties window, where you can set basic properties of your show, like name, screen resolution, orientation (portrait or landscape), duration. If you are not sure about them – do not worry, they can be changed later.

After accepting selected properties show edit tool should appear – place where you can mix your assets and other media sources, like YouTube:

At first our show is empty – but adding new content is really easy. Just click on the one of icons at the left side of screen – first of them will add image, second will add video asset:

Just choose your asset and click OK. It will be placed on the canvas – now you can change its size and position. It will be also visible on the timeline in the bottom – as default it will be visible since the beginning to the end of the show.

You can add as many assets as you want, and set their position, size and start/end time. To change position, click and hold left mouse button on the asset and move it around. Sometimes you will see vertical and horizontal lines – it means that your asset is aligned to the center of screen or other asset.

Similarly, you can change asset size by clicking on the handle and moving your mouse:

To change asset start time, just press and hold your mouse on the timeline, and set desired time:

As mentioned earlier, there can be much more assets in one show. They can be aligned to each other, moved up and down, arranged in the time. Just try to move them up and down, resize, arrange on the timeline:

To see which asset is visible at the specific time, change time pointer position – click on it and move left or right:

To see result of your work use preview function. Select Show menu, and choose Preview option:

New window should appear, with your new show displayed the same way you will see it on your player:

To save result of your work choose File menu and then Save option – it will be stored under the name you have chosen earlier:

4. Registering Web Player

To see the result of your work, navigate to http://player.screenbullet.com. It is web version of the ScreenBullet Player. It is the simplest tool to play your content – you need only web browser with Adobe Flash Player support to turn your device into media player.

Enter your email and password, choose name to identify your player and click Assign. Hooray, your first player is now connected to ScreenBullet – yes, it is that simple!

Remember that ScreenBullet Web Player is excellent tool to start, but it lacks some functionalities compared to the Desktop Player.

5. Adding content to the Player

After registering Player, both Web and should appear in the Studio, on the Dashboard and Devices tab (if you do not see them, click on the refresh button on the Devices tab).

Click on Select content button, and choose your show to assign it for this device.

Immediately your Player should start loading content:

After loading player will play selected content - watch and enjoy your work!

6. Registering Desktop Player

As mentioned earlier, there are two versions of ScreenBullet Player - Web and Desktop. Desktop player has some advantages over Web version - it does not require a web browser and can cache your assets on the disk to save bandwidth. It, however, needs to be installed. This step might require administrator right on Player device.

To install Desktop Player, go http://get.adobe.com/air/, download and install Adobe AIR Runtime. You can omit this step if AIR Runtime is already installed on your Player Device.

After installing AIR Runtime go to ScreenBullet website - http://www.screenbullet.com/ - and choose Desktop Player Installation. It should start installation process:

7. Playlists

Group of shows is called a playlist. You can add, arrange and remove shows to/from the playlist. Such a group of shows can later be assigned to devices. Playlists are not limited in length.

To create playlist open Playlists tab and click Add button:

Playlist editor window should appear. You can add shows to playlist by dragging them from left to right:

To change show position just click on it and drag to desired place: