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To create a new BrightWall presentation, navigate to Create > BrightWall™ (if the Create a new Video Wall window doesn’t open automatically, click File > New BrightWall™). A BrightWall presentation requires a BrightWall Configuration file to set the platform, dimensions, and layout of the video wall. Once you create a BrightWall Configuration file, you can use that file to quickly generate BrightWall presentations with the same video-wall setup.

• Save As: Enter the name of the new BrightWall project.
• Where: Choose where to save the BrightWall project file. Note that the project file is different from the presentation files that will actually be published to the players.
• Configuration file: If you have created a BrightWall Configuration file, you can use it to generate settings for the BrightWall project.
• Create BrightWall Configuration: Click this button to create a new BrightWall Configuration file. Use this option if you haven’t created a BrightWall Configuration file yet, or if you would like to create an additional BrightWall Configuration file with new settings.

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• BrightSign Model: Choose the BrightSign player model that will display the video wall. All players that are part of the video wall must be of the same model type.
• Connector type: Choose the connector (HDMI, VGA, Component) that each player will use to connect to its display. All players that are part of a video wall must use the same connector.
• Screen resolution: Choose the resolution of each screen in the video wall. All video wall screens must have the same resolution. You can view all available screen resolutions in this FAQ.

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• Type: Choose whether the BrightWall presentation is Regular or Stretched: 

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  • Regular: Each panel of the BrightWall presentation is made up of a different video file. To create a single video surface out of multiple screens, video assets will need to be tailored for the video wall using the source application (e.g. Adobe After Effects): You will need to split the videos into their respective screens and adjust for bezel width before adding the assets to BrightAuthor.

  • Stretched: The video wall is made up of a single video. BrightAuthor automatically splits the video among the screens. This option allows you to display video files, as well as Streaming Video, Live Video, and RF Input.

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    Stretched presentations render the whole video on each display first then zoom to show the assigned portion. This behavior limits the maximum resolution for Stretched presentations to the maximum render resolution of the player. For information on what maximum resolution players support, please refer to its specific hardware page.

• View mode: Choose the view mode of the presentation. In Regular presentations, this option applies to videos on individual screens, similar to the View Mode option found in the Zone Properties menu. In Stretched presentations, this option applies to the entire wall. The following descriptions apply to Stretched presentations only:
  • Scale to Fill: The video will be stretched over all screens in the video wall. If the aspect ratio of the video wall does not match the ratio of the video content, the video will likely appear stretched or distorted.
  • Letterboxed and Centered: The video will not be stretched. Instead, it will appear at the center of the video wall at its original resolution, which may cover one or multiple screens. Areas of the video wall that are not filled by the video will display the background color of the presentation.
  • Fill Screen and Centered: The video will be stretched to the height or width of the video wall (whichever length is greater). If the aspect ratio of the video wall does not match the ratio of the video content, the video will be cut off at the height or the width (whichever length is lesser).

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