Interactivity. That’s what turns an uploaded TV spot into an effective online Xspot.
Where does that interactivity reside? Primarily in the overlays you add in the Mixpo Studio.
Overlays play a key role in an Xspot’s appearance and appeal. The better you are at working with overlays, the better your Xspots will be.
In case you haven’t discovered them yet, here are three key overlay efficiency tips.
Turn on the grid
Overlay placement and alignment affect Xspot appearance and influence viewer interaction. Turning on the background grid gives you a more refined level of control.
Using the grid to align overlays in the Studio
Clicking the Grid control, outlined in red in the picture above, turns the grid on and off.
Move overlays together
You spend time carefully placing and aligning overlays. Then, because you add new creative or decide the overlays don’t appear at quite the right time, you decide to move them.
If you move each overlay individually, all the time you originally spent getting the relationships and alignments just right is wasted.
Fortunately, you can select multiple overlays and move them all at the same time.
Multiple overlays selected on the Timeline
To select all overlays, click the T at the left end of the Timeline. To select multiple overlays, select the first, and then press CTRL (or the Command/Apple key on a Mac), and then select the others.
Preview at 300×250
Just because overlays look fine in the Studio preview window doesn’t mean they’ll look fine in a banner-sized live ad.
Before you leave the Studio, use the handy preview feature to see how your overlays look in a 300×250 box.
Preview at 300x250 in the Studio
Clicking the Preview control, outlined in red in the picture above, turns the 300×250 preview on and off.
For more efficiency tips, see the Best Practices section of Help.