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1. Perception Manual Version 1 0 Contents OUO UO eee cece ce tga cp nee ecg cr nee enc tenes ect me nea nee Rectang crc nen EEEE e estas EEEN E enema EEE EE A EA 3 Understanding Parcep UO cave aerate veccet voc cniee eas taveiave nverarctve ieee ETE ES veiase ieveae avereee mu NEREP TEONE OR ETE RE TEE REA ninri 3 P a E E E A E E E ee ee 3 Mocca ace nen etapa ct ete acceptance E EE EEE 3 S EDLO A E E E 3 Hsalauon and Prepar ION earn p aana Eeee EAEE EEEE EE EENE EASE EEA EE ee 4 FS NN V1 E E EE E veatimiavevsintevierscatavesees PE TO U a E E E EEEE E A AE EEEE E E EEA A E EEE E E AEE A E z Experiences TAD aurane aE Ea TETE iE ee 5 Appearance OVELVICW o cccccccccccscesesssseecseesessascatseesassascstssessassassetssesuassassesssassassaesatssaseassaesesiaseascatesssascatcstssseascateatessseaseatens 6 Pea CS Wa LS E E E A E EE E E EEE E E E EE ER T SI E a E T E E T E T 8 Configuring the Media Dock WHEE cccccccccccccssescsssecsestercessevasstsetsssevasstvasitsevesisatitvatstrsasitsasiteasitereatirsasteetenes 11 Configuring the Media Dock SCrollb ar cccccccccscccssecsessescsssecssstseesseecassevassssevsssesasitvasitevassecasiteasitersatievatteasenes 13 Appearance Tab Pop UPS ccccccccccsssssssecsecsesssscsccsecsessesascsessessassecsecsessessecsesseseassscseseaseasesscatsaesascsestsnseaseates 14 A MM T e E E EE E E E E E E ER 18 Settings TAD cccccccccccccccsscsecsscecsecsecsecsecsecsscsecsecsscsecsecsecsecsecsecsacsscsecsecse2. Auto swipe flicked popups master mode only When selected swiping a pop up on the master will cause its flicked copies on slaves to also swipe Input the IP addresses of the computer s that you wish to share to and make sure that they are set to Slave mode in the Settings Tab 24 Perception Manual Version 1 0 Launch Tab From here you can either save or launch your project Your settings will be saved Perception Editor Licence Licensed a e Experience Restaurant t k a licence If you are happy with your settings you are ready to Ready Steady GO go Launch your Perception experience now Or save for later and close Presentation mode Keep on top To transfer your Perception experience to another machine or to back it up create a deployment file Presentation Mode Select this option if you wish to play in presentation mode Ticking this option will include a close button on your launched presentation In later versions you can click on this button to navigate to different experiences while in launch mode Keep on top Attempts to keep your launched experience on top of other opened programs TIP Once launched you can escape the player mode by pressing the Esc Key Licence Tab If you are using Perception as a 30 day trial you can check the number of days remaining on your trial here You can also access contact details if you have a Support query or wish to purc
3. Click the add theme button as highlighted Give your new theme a name and press OK Enter a theme name A Nother Sample Theme Please note that you cannot edit or make any changes to an existing Theme but you can use attributes of a sample theme by creating a new theme Customize Appearance Select UI Theme Close Button Whee Skin Use the options in the Customize eae Appearance window to create your new Wheel Overlay theme id Pop Up Scrollbar Arrow You can base your theme on a sample UI Theme by selecting a theme from the drop down menu Swipe Indicator Unselected Icon Selected Icon Any of the options left blank in this window will use the component from the UI theme selected Pup Up Background Play Button Perception Manual Version 1 0 Understanding the Customize Appearance Options above Close Button Close buttons appear on any Pop up that can be closed once opened This is a PNG file measuring 55x55 pixels You may vary measurements depending on your design Wheel Skin The wheel skin acts as a housing for your content categories Make wheel skins 3950x3950 so that wheels can be scaled up to 4k resolution and save as a transparent PNG file Wheel Mask If using the wheel media dock you will need to create a when mask The mask is the area in which you want your images to appear as son your wheel These can be shapes These masks mask o
4. You can flick to other screens on your PC Network flick sharing You can flick to screens on different PCs across your network a ee F7 Understanding the settings options Create thumbnails for your experience Word upscaling Normal video volume E PowerPoint upscaling Normal low high PDF upscaling Normal Auto loop videos F IF m AT j F Use loading screen Pop up growth Normal Create Thumbnails for your experience Press the Go button to Instruct Perception to create automatic thumbnails These appear in the Category Scroller Bar and on the media dock unless you otherwise specify a preferred image to use 22 Perception Manual Version 1 0 Video Volume Use the slider to set the video volume note Perception plays the sound from only the last video selected Auto loop videos Select to automatically play the videos again when they reach the end of playback Use Loading Screen Replace the loading screen with an image of your choice Check the box and select the file you require Microsoft Word upscaling Perception will convert Microsoft Word documents into images Using the drop down menu you can select the quality of the upscale by selecting Small Normal Large or Extra Large The larger the upscaling the better the quality which is useful if allowing users to zoom in for more detail PowerPoint Upscaling Perception will convert PowerPoint documents into images Using the dr
5. Gs up to 15000x15000 pixels a typical 12 Megapixel photo is 4200x2800 pixels In fact you can even use transparency in your PNG graphics to make them appear as a shape Videos AVI video files h 264 QuickTime DivX and h 265 video formats are supported higher than 4K UHD resolution Perception Manual Version 1 0 Web Links Web pages either on the computer or on the Web can be used with full HTML 5 support note that you may want to be careful what pages you allow people to browse on the web and Install an anti virus package 3D support for OBJ and files that you can rotate and zoom PDFs PDFs are automatically converted into multiple paged documents for your users to scroll through Microsoft Word docx PowerPoint pptx and Excel files automatically converted into images Installation and preparation Click on the download link to download the installer When you run the installer it will then download and install the Perception program onto your PC Do this on the computer you will be running the Perception program on IMPORTANT be aware that Perception can run in Player mode or Desktop mode Typically when Perception is being used in a self service or unattended environment you will want to choose the Player mode as this includes System Sentinel which protects the operating system and automatically runs the software when the computer starts up In this mode you will not be able to access any other progr
6. These are created when you click the Create thumbnails for your experience button in Settings Go click to create thumbnails for your experience These appear in the Item Scroller 5 Media Pop Up When a thumbnail is selected the item will pop up as an enlarged version The appearance of these can be changed In Appearance Pop Ups Media Pop Ups section 6 Media Dock Media Docks can either be in a wheel format shown here or as a scrollbar You can have multiple media docks which can be configured in Appearance U Skin 7 Thumbnails These thumbnails are also created when you click the Create thumbnails for your experience button in Settings Go click to create thumbnails for your experience Perception Manual Version 1 0 Appearance Tab UI Skin Use the settings in this tab to set the appearance of the UI and Pop Ups to suit your design and layout The UI skin refers to the appearance of the on screen elements including buttons pop up masks overlays Swipe Indicators and play buttons Begin by choosing your UI theme Select the Ul theme from the options or click add theme to upload your own design Please see the Creating a New Theme section for details of how to create artwork for your own unique theme Perception Editor s Licence Licensed aa perception Experience Restaurant experiences appearance categories settings launch licence Set the appearance of the Ut and pop ups to
7. Wheel Scrollbar Offset 4 Use the Dock Scale slider to resize the media dock 5 Position your scrollbar dock along the X left and right and Y up and down axis by using the slider buttons 6 You can move the position of the text by setting the X left amp right and Y up and Thumbnail Mode Scroll direction Forwards down slider buttons muon Tes Text position External Show text on all items Dock Snapping Thumbnail Mode Turn this on to have all media items contained In the scrollbar This will ignore any categories you have made and include all items together Show Text Select if wish text to appear on the Media Dock Show Text on all Items Will show text on all items within the media dock Dock Snapping Allow the media dock to snap back to original position if placed near to the original location when in Launch mode Scroll Direction Set which direction you want the scroller to move through content Text Position Set the text positon This can appear internally or externally lee Perception Manual Version 1 0 Appearance Tab Pop ups Click on the Pop Ups section on the left hand side to configure the appearance of your pop ups Perception Editor Licence Licensed a o Experience Restaurant kl ad perception Set the appearance of the UI and pop ups to suit your 7 l E content Item scroller position Left ha x Auto rotate category on open Item size px 250 im Close b
8. You can also choose to download a number of sample experiences from the Add experience button which are a great way to get started 1 Once the Sample Experience Zip file has downloaded you will need to Extract all files 2 On completion run the Install Experience exe file to deploy to Perception 3 You will need to restart the program for the Sample Experience to appear 8 Perception Editor Licence Licensed Experience Restaurant settings add experience Welcome to Perception Select your project Create new projects or download a sample experience by clicking add experience delete change icon A Sample DIY Moodboard Restaurant Experience Perception Manual Version 1 0 Appearance Overview Before configuring your project it is worth familiarising yourself with how an end project may look This project has been created using the DIY Board Mood Sample Experience which can be downloaded here 1 Background Image This is the default back image that comes with the DIY Mood Board Sample Experience This can be changed in Appearance Tab U Skin 2 Category Font Font that appears next to the Category This can be turned on or off and can be edited in Appearance Tab Pop Ups Category Font button 3 Category Pop Up When an item from the media dock is selected the Category pop up appears First level category 4 Thumbnails
9. ams on your computer Desktop mode does not install the System Sentinel program so allows you to run Perception on demand simply by double clicking the desktop icon this mode is aimed at users who wish to use Perception as a presentation aid and require the use of their PC for other uses Before running the software for the first time it is recommended that you choose the screen resolution and rotation connect the touchscreen and check that all the drivers are up to date to ensure that you are getting the best experience TIP Ensure you take a note of the passwords you entered in the Perception Setup Password and System Sentinel Password sections to ensure that you can escape out of Perception back to Windows Perception Manual Version 1 0 Perception Trial When first installed you will be able to run Perception in Trial Mode for 30 days after which you will be required to purchase and install a licence to continue using Perception Follow the on screen instructions to set up your trial Once licensed Perception will lock down your PC and run the default browser layout Perception Setup Experiences Tab Use this tab to start an experience From the welcome page choose an existing experience to edit by selecting an experience and clicking the next button or click Add experience located on the left to create a new experience with default settings You can choose a name and an Icon picture for your experience TIP
10. at If a video is enlarged by the user the quality of the play button remains high Pop up Background The boarder that appears around the outside This works best as a Solid object with no transparency as a PNG or JPEG 10 Perception Manual Version 1 0 Configuring the Media Dock Wheel Use the options on the right to configure your media dock layout amp appearance You can insert multiple media docks by pressing the button and then configuring each dock in turn To ensure that the media dock remains on top of opened Pop ups select the Media dock Dock 1 Docks always on top option Docks always on top 1 Select a positon for your media dock Mid Centre 7 you can refine the position using the x left and right amp y up and down axis position sliders below Position Dock Style Wheel 2 Change Font style by pressing the Dock Scale Font button See Text options below small 3 Choose the media dock type X axis position choose between a Scrollbar or Wheel left 4 Use the Dock Scale slider to resize Y axis position the media dock 5 Position your dock along the X left and right and Y up and down axis by using the slider buttons 6 You can move the position of the text by setting the X left amp right and Y up and down slider buttons Touch Prompt Clockwise Show Text Dock Dragging Text rotation Thumbnail offset 7 a v Dock Snapping Ea T
11. csecsecsecsscsscsecsecsacsecsscsecsacsscsacsecsecsecsecectactseseneens 22 PAOR SiMe r E E E E ee iedatoee tienen tee ee to 24 I 9 916 Gil 0 eee em ee nn ne ne E E E EEE EE ENE 25 T e E eevee E sce E E E EEE EEE E E EE E pas EST CO SOT CONS saa E tesa een tees seek esate eet espn at eevee E E eel eee ee eee eee 26 Remotely Managing Perception ccccccccccccccccccsscsecsecsecsscsecsecsessecsecsessecsessessesssssessessessessessessssssssessessssstessssessesseseseesteen 27 Perception Manual Version 1 0 Introduction Acquire Perception is a new way of working with media that lets your demonstrations and presentations shine It has been designed for self operation by people with little or no training with a simple to use natural user Interface which is easily configurable for many different uses Use across touchscreens interactive surfaces walls and table tops allowing users to Interact and play with content that you load into the system Arrange content into categories and subcategories for better navigate and as a way of filtering content Perception is powered by the Acquire engine and as such forms part of the larger Acquire family of products By combining Perception with our other range of products this allows you to add advanced functionality and features including social network integration digital signage QR and NFC triggers remote updating support tools and much more To get the best out of Perception we recommend yo
12. e dropdown menu Enable Image Marks Select if you wish to enable Image Marks These are the small dots that appear at the bottom of the popup that indicate how many files are present and which file you currently have selected You can also touch one of these to jump straight to that image Wrap Text at If text is a certain number of pixels text will be wrapped This refers specifically to the item description that is adding in the Categories Tab Le Perception Manual Version 1 0 Categories Tab Use this tab to upload and arrange content Categories Overview Content can be arranged into categories and sub categories Each item shown on the media dock Is a category For example a restaurant may wish to show the following content Main Category Sub Category Items Dinner Sausage amp Mash Drinks Coka Cola Lunch Carrot Soup Vegetables Sorbet Raspberry Perception Manual Version 1 0 Understanding the categories options Perception Editor sA EZ Licence Licensed Experience Restaurant gt a k perception appearance settings launch licence Category Name Dessert Background Image Breakfast Do you want sub categories Brunch ase i vessen Dinner DLE lunch edit description BBQ amp Gnill Chocolate Hors D hoeuvre Strawberry Sides Sorbet Caramel Supper Sweets Rasperry Ripple ORE RNS Apentif Vanilla add ur add file Begin by adding a category These are
13. ff your photo defined by the mask you create These should be saved as a solid black object with a transparent background A round mask has been used here Wheel Overlay The wheel overlay is created to define the spacing between the categories on the media dock If there are less than 12 categories the Wheel Overlay will correctly space the categories This should be a transparent PNG file which should measure the same width as your Wheel Mask shape above and measure from the centre point on wheel to the top of the Mask in height Pop up Scroller Arrow This arrow appears above and below the sub categories scroller in the pop up f Swipe Indicator The arrow appears when there are several media items to scroll through Allowing you to scroll left and right up or down these are normally semi opaque Selected Icon If your subcategories contain several media items these can be scrolled through by the user The number of items in a subcategory are represented by dots which are displayed as Selected or Unselected In our restaurant project the selected item is shown as a blue dot Perception Manual Version 1 0 Unselected Icon The unselected items are represented by the grey dots When creating the files the icons do not need to be any bigger than 50x50 pixels and can be saved as a JPEG or PNG file Play Button Play icons appear over video files and can be saved as JPEG or PNG files It is worth creating a large file so th
14. hase a licence of Perception 20 Perception Manual Version 1 0 Using Microsoft Content Perception shows content from a variety of different sources and is capable of rendering Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint content However due to Microsoft licencing you will need to also install a copy of the Microsoft Office products on the same PC When you run Perception it will automatically create thumbnails and images of the PDFs Word documents and PowerPoint presentations and will then use these in the Perception presentation When developing Perception we looked at using other tools to convert the content which would not need to have these programs installed but none of them actually rendered the content correctly and would never give a true representation of what you had created If you want to use Perception to display Word and PowerPoint content without installing those additional licences Word and PowerPoint both have options which allow you to export the file in an alternative format including Videos PowerPoint and a series of JPEGs PowerPoint or as a web page or PDF Word and PowerPoint all of which Perception can present for you gt ThisPC gt wl Search This PC Organize a Favourit a oe 4 Folders 6 Pictures Ep A Public Desktop l Documents Downloads Shared favourites 3 j This PC D Music E Pictures Videos Desktop F Documents a Devices and drives 2 J Download
15. have websites or local web pages PDFs 3D models and Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint content in an item however you can only have one per item Please note if using Microsoft documents you will need to have Microsoft on the computer In use for more information please refer to Using Microsoft Content 20 Perception Manual Version 1 0 The thumbnails you see on the dock will use the first image you add but you can change this to a preferred image Either choose a piece of media you want to show as the thumbnail and press Add Selected to choose that instead or press Change to load another file and select the file you wish to use 2 Perception Manual Version 1 0 Settings Tab Configure more general settings using the options listed here Perception Editor Licence Licensed perception Experience Restaurant licence Use the options on the right to configure your Create thumbnails for your experience Word upscaling Normal Video volume PowerPoint upscaling Normal low high PDF upscaling Normal Auto loop videos i i op up growin f Use loading screen image Pop up growth Normal Category Pop Ups Item Pop Ups Inital pop up size px o E x Inital pop up size px x Minimum pop up size px x Minimum pop up size px x Maximum pop up size px x Maximum pop up size px x Displaying Content Display screen Screen ha PC flick sharing
16. hines across your network Displaying Content Display screen Screen2 Y PC flick sharing You can flick to other screens on your PC Network flick sharing You can flick to screens on different PCs across your network Computer mode Master ha Auto close flicked popups Auto swipe flicked popups Enter the IP address of the computer s you wish to flick to Top 000 000 000 000 Left 000 000 000 000 Option 1 PC flick sharing If you have more than one screen attached to your computer first set which screen you want as the main display screen by using the drop down menu Perception will automatically detect the number of screens you have If you would like to use sharing in this way then tick the PC Flick sharing option so that you can flick to other screens on your PC Option 2 Network flick sharing If you would prefer to flick content to independent machines across your network click this option to reveal more set up options Computer Mode Define whether the computer you are using is the master or a slave Please note that each PC you wish to share content with will require a licensed version of Perception installed Hide close button on flicked popups slave mode only When selected pop ups on slaves flicked from master will NOT have a close button Auto close flicked popups master mode only When selected closing a pop up on the master will cause its flicked copies on slaves to also close
17. op down menu you can select the quality of the upscale by selecting Small Normal Large or Extra Large The larger the upscaling the better the quality which is useful if allowing users to zoom in for more detail PDF upscaling Perception will convert PDF documents Into images Using the drop down menu you can select the quality of the upscale by selecting Small Normal Large or Extra Large The larger the upscaling the better the quality which is useful if allowing users to zoom in for more detail Pop up growth Choose the speed at which the Pop ups enlarge to the default size Category Pop Ups amp Item Pop Ups Category Pop Ups ltem Pop Ups Inital pop up size px Inital pop up size px O X Minimum pop up size px Minimum pop up size px os os Maximum pop up size px Maximum pop up size px Initial pop up size Specify the initial size of Pop ups If this is set to O then the system will automatically choose a size Maximum pop up size Specify a maximum Pop up Size If this is set to O then the system will automatically choose a size Minimum pop up size Specify a minimum Pop up Size If this is set to 0 then the system will automatically choose a size ZO Perception Manual Version 1 0 Displaying Content amp Flick Sharing There are two ways to set up Flick Sharing Content can either be flicked to a second screen which is attached to the same machine or you can share content to individual mac
18. ouch Prompt Select if you wish to have a touch prompt appear on the screen to encourage users Show Text Select if wish text to appear on the Media Dock Wheel Text Rotation Allow text rotation Dock Snapping Allow the media dock to snap back to original position if placed near to the original location when in Launch mode Clockwise Allow wheel to rotate only clockwise Dock Dragging Enable user to reposition media dock while in playback mode 11 Perception Manual Version 1 0 Thumbnail Offset Set the thumbnail offset position O is the default position IZ Perception Manual Version 1 0 Configuring the Media Dock Scrollbar The following options will appear when the Scrollbar is selected as the preferred media dock You can insert multiple media docks by pressing the button and then configuring each dock in turn You can add Scroll bars and Wheels to the same project if you wish To ensure that the media dock remains on top of opened Pop ups select the Docks always on top option Docks always on top Media dock Dock1 1 Select a positon for your media dock you can refine the position using the x left Dock Style Scrollbar Font and right amp y up and down axis position sliders below Position Bottom Centre 2 Change Font style by pressing the Font Dock Scale button See Text options below small large 3 Choose the media dock type choose between a scroll bar or
19. rs to the text that appears next to a selected sub category pop Description Font refers to the text that appears next to an item Descriptions are added at the same time of adding media items within the Categories Tab The same options appear for each Font button Customize Font Font Anal ha Size g0 B Colour H omy voces gt A ED I Drop Shadow Shadow Colour mv Shadow Offset x Shadow Offset Y Shadow Transparency 56 gt B Media pop ups Allows you to configure the behaviour of the Pop Ups Media Pop Ups Enable bouncing Wrap text at px Auto rotate on open Enable Rotation Off Swipe indicator position Internal Text position Internal Enable image marks Enable Rotation Select if you wish to allow pop ups to be rotated 16 Perception Manual Version 1 0 Enable Bouncing Select if you wish to enable content to bounce off the sides of the screen This can still be used with the flick to screen option Swipe Indicator Position Position the swipe indicator using the options from the list These are the arrows that appear to let you Know there is more content to browse through Auto Rotation on This will rotate media items to the same angle of the category pop up Please note that Enable category rotation must therefore be switched on for this to work Text Position Refers to the item description text added in the category Tab Position text by selecting an option from th
20. s Border thickness pixels Use the slider to alter the thickness of the border outline for categories Subcategories and Item pop ups Pick up Effect pixels This sets the height that items appear to be lifted off the screen when touched by the end user Take a look at the how the final project will look based on the settings selected on the above page Understanding the Project options 1 Close Button Position has been set to external and close button scaling is not turned on 2 The Category Font The Category name position has also been set to External position 3 The Sub Category Font 4 Usea solid colour option for the border has been selected and the border colour is blue 5 Item size has been set to 250 pixels which is the maximum size for Items in the scroll bar 6 The Item Scroller Positon has been set to the left hand side 7 Item scroller colour has been set to yellow with a 50 transparency Perception Manual Version 1 0 Fonts All fonts for any Pop up windows can be changed on this page Simply click on the button to launch the Customize Font window the options shown below are the same for each Font button Fma r e c a 2 E y a i ry ff i i T a a r F t i T a FO F U i t i F ae i ie C LJ Y LJ B n te A nae LJ LJ Category Font refers to the text that appears next to the Category Pop up which opens when selected from the media dock Sub Category Font refe
21. s a Windows C Old Windows D Music e E G E n 814 GB free of 923 GB SA 28 2 GB free of 97 6 GB Pictures Videos ia Windows C rns kan Cia File name Save as type Word 97 2003 Document w Word Document Word Macro Enabled Document Word 97 2003 Document Word Template Word Macro Enabled Template Word 97 2003 Template Authors a gt Hide Folders XPS Document rl ll Fo Ak Me 20 Perception Manual Version 1 0 Remotely Managing Perception Perception forms part of the family of products known as Acquire which is used for a variety of interactive and digital presentation tasks including Digital Signage As much of this is remotely installed Acquire contains a number of features and services which enable you to remotely deploy content to 1 or 1000 s of screens and also remotely maintain them from a support perspective Typically the main Acquire package is the preferred option as this includes all of the required features and Perception is available as an App within the Multi touch App Pack Using this is similar to using this stand alone solution and you can then include playlists of content remote deployment and more Visit www acquiredigital com buildyourown or contact your local reseller for more information Zi
22. suit your content Docks always on top Media dock Dock Ed Dock Style Wheel ie Position Bottom Centre v Dock Scale small large X axis position a left righ Y axis position g gown up Local A Nother Text Offset X a T eft igh Add Background Image Text Offset Y a gt i gown awesome restaurant interior design ideas 1 classic r al Add Screensaver Image v Touch Prompt v Clockwise V Show Text Dock Dragging Length of inactivity before screensaver launches 60 seconds v Text rotation Thumbnail offset 0 Al g v Dock Snapping aa A Local theme will appear in all projects by default Please be aware that any changes made to the local theme are stored locally and will only be accessible in the Experience in which It was created If you wish to create a theme that can be used across all of your Experiences then you will need to create a new theme See Creating a New Theme for more details Under the UI theme there are also options to include a new Background To do this click next to the box to navigate to your background Image You may want to include your company logo or include an instructional message for example please play with me Perception Manual Version 1 0 Add a screensaver if required and using the sliding button specify the length of time in seconds that the unit should remain inactive before the screen saver Initiates Creating a New Theme In the Appearance Tab UI Skin
23. the main categories that appear on the Media Dock The Background image Is the image that appears on the first pop up when the category is selected from the media dock p lt a IS AAs eee alee 2 bhi gt tulad eu i S a gt hin P mi Co UF tae lt A aS SRTA oN AR gt Mae a ed T ge s Wet et Sr a4 74 a 4 s TORRT RR r r e z Ap Ta Parera Eo T ahs Seta tt Ue 4 4 ea tits PRES ES TS SLET E T A AAS a Perception Manual Version 1 0 Sub Categories If you want a sub category for this category then click Yes The Sub Category column will now appear Click add sub category and give your sub category a name It is a good Idea to think of Sub categories as filters When your project is launched your sub categories will be displayed like this The filter text appears on the right hand sand Adding content Once you have added a Category and at least one sub category If you are using them you can add items into Perception using the Add File and Add URL buttons at the bottom of the page You can add multiple items into a category or sub category which can be a mixture of all media files including video images etc Tip Although you can add multiple items of content and Perception will resize the container on screen when people swipe through them it is recommended to make all of your content In an item the same size for a better visual effect You can also choose to
24. u read through this guide at least once ideally as you configure the solution for the first time Understanding Perception Touchscreen Perception is designed for multi touch experiences so you will need to use a Windows compatible touchscreen which supports at least 2 touch points Additional touch points are not usually necessary as most users only use one or two finger gestures anyway but it can be beneficial when using larger displays to allow multiple people to use the application simultaneously Computer The computer should have at least Windows 7 installed however a better experience may be had using Windows 8 1 or Windows 10 as these Include more functions to allow you to use higher resolution videos and graphics and allow for more future proofing for you as newer technologies are released Perception can run on most modern computers However if you are looking to use higher resolution images and videos or want to be able to open more files at the same time you may require a more powerful If in doubt always try and over spec the computer As a minimum we recommend 2GB of RAM an Intel 13 processor or similar and 2GB of graphics memory ideally using a DirectX11 compatible card For a better experience graphics cards with faster memory hard drives which are solid state will speed up the system and give a more responsive experience Supported formats Perception is designed to show Graphics JPEGs Bitmaps and PN
25. utton position External ha Close button scaling Item scroller transparency 3 50 Enable category rotation Off Y Drop shadow Item scroller colour l Category name position Extemal Kal Use solid colour Border colour mal Border thickness 2 pixels Pick up effect 5 pixels Jescription Font Understanding the options Item scroller position Position of the Item scroller within the Category pop up Enable Category Rotation Allows the category pop ups to be rotated by the user Category Name Position The position of the text that appears next to the category when popped up Auto rotate category on open Rotates category items to face the outside of the screen Use this option If displaying your project on a table top Close button scaling Will scale the close button when images are enlarged So when images get bigger so too will the close button Drop shadow Add a drop shadow to the category subcategory and Item pop ups Use Solid Colour Use a solid colour for the borders categories subcategories and item pop ups Item size Set item thumbnail size the size that it will appear in the scroller This can be a minimum of 50px and a maximum of 250px Item scroller transparency Set the transparency of item scroller bar Item scroller colour Select background colour for the item scroller bar 14 Perception Manual Version 1 0 Border colour Select pop up border colour categories subcategories and item pop up
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