A Campaign Playback Mask is a Campaign which OnSign plays on top of every other Content published to a Player. Use it to keep a logo or footer visible on a Player at all times, without adding that logo to each piece of Content individually.
Available only with Pro plan or higher.
The mask will only cover the area where the logo appears. The rest of the mask stays transparent, letting the Player’s regular content show through.
There are two ways to achieve this:
- place an image with a transparent background in a Full Screen layout, or
- use a custom layout which covers only the logo’s area.
This article walks you through both.
Create a Full Screen Campaign Mask
This requires you to prepare a full screen image with a transparent background.
- Go to Content, then click New to create a Campaign.
- Name it in a way you can recognize later, for example Campaign Mask.
- Under Screen Layout, select Full Screen.
If you only have a small logo, use a custom layout which reserves only a small area for the logo instead, as described in the next section.
- Add your logo image to the timeline.
- Click Save. OnSign saves the Campaign and shows a confirmation that it was not published to any Player. Instead of publishing this Campaign, assign it to the Player as a mask, described in the next section.
Alternative: Place the logo in a small area of a Custom Layout
If you only have a small logo image and/or it does not have a transparent background, you can place it in a small area of a custom layout:
- In the Screen Layout section of a Campaign, click Add Custom Layout.
- Set Device Orientation and Device Resolution to match the Player’s resolution.
- In the Layout Preview, resize the region to the area where the logo shall be, or enter its position and size directly in the Screen Divisions table.
- Click Create Layout or Save Layout.
With the custom layout the logo covers only the region and the rest of the canvas stays transparent.
Assign the Campaign to the Player as a Mask
- Click the Players tab.
- Select the Player you want to add the mask to.
- Click Settings in the menu on the left.
- Scroll down to the Campaign Playback Mask section.
- Click to open the Select Playback Mask Campaign dialog, select your Campaign Mask, and click Select.
- Click Save Changes at the bottom of the Player Settings page. The playback on the Player will be updated to show the new configuration.
OnSign now displays the mask over all Content played on that Player. To remove it, clear the Campaign Playback Mask from the Player Settings.