Adding Animations to Scorer

Adding Animations to Scorer

                        How to add scoreboard animations for cricket, soccer and netball on Spawtz Scorer

 

This guide will enable you to add your own images and animations for scoring events on Spawtz Scorer.

 

File requirements

The dimensions of your image/animation should match the TV (typically 1920 x 1080)

For static images you may use JPG, PNG and GIF files. 

For animations you need to use SWF files.

File size is recommended to be under 500kb. 

 

Recommended Animation times

Netball: 1 second maximum

Soccer: 5 seconds maximum

Cricket: 5 seconds maximum

 
Adding goal animations to soccer/netball matches

Open Configuration settings



Navigate to the Non-cricket Scoreboard Settings tab.

Select the sport you would like to add/remove an animation for.



Then click “Add new image/animation”.

Browse to the file that you would like to use.

Remember to change the duration of the animation for Netball to 1 second.






Adding goal animations to cricket events


 Navigate to the Cricket Scoreboard Settings tab.




Select the event that you would like to add an animation for.

Then click “Add New Display Option”.






In the window that pops up you can choose to have text display, a static image, or an animation.

For images and animations browse to the file you’d like to play.

Then set the duration of the text/image/animation and click “Save”

At the bottom of the page click “Save”.








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