Live Feed settings are customized after opening your Live Feed link from your gallery settings.
Feature Availability
Special Event & Lite
All customization options are available, except for advertisements.
Standard
All customization options are available, plus one advertisement.
Pro
All customization options are available, plus unlimited advertisements.
Photo Customizations
Number Of Pictures Displayed
Choose how many photos from your gallery will display during Live Feed. Options range from 25 most recently added photos up to 1,000.
This is a great tool for sorting out older photos with permanent installations, where your gallery may have several months or years worth of photos.
Featured Photos
Make participants feel like superstars by calling out each new photo full-screen before continuing your Live Feed.
Transitions
Refresh Mode
Customize whether the photos in your feed cycle simultaneously or individually.
Cascade
All photos in your layout will cycle in a smooth succession, starting with the top left corner and ending with the bottom right corner.
Individual
Each photo will refresh individually, starting with the top left corner and ending with the bottom right corner.
Visual Effect
Choose how the photos in your feed appear as they transition.
Scale
Photos in your feed will shrink to disappear and new photos expand in their place.
Rotate
Pictures rotate or flip into the feed as it cycles through.
Slide
Photos slide from left to right into place within your layout.
Fade
Pictures fade into and out of place.
Delay
The delay tools allow you to slow down your feed and give participants a better opportunity to find and admire their upload.
The delay option that is available will depend on the refresh mode you plan to use.
End of Cycle Delay
When using cascade, the cycle delay pauses your feed after the cascade finishes loading all photos in your layout grid.
The cascade will begin again after your cycle delay or advertisement(s).
Delay Between Photos
When using the individual photo refresh mode, the delay option will determine how long your feed pauses between each individual photo. We recommend a shorter pause for larger layout grids.
Layout
Customize your layout to best fit your screen and event theme!
Layout Formats
Auto Layout
This option automatically adjusts to the optimal number of rows and columns for your screen size.
Manual Layout
After disabling auto layout, you can choose how many rows and columns to display.
Background Color
The background color allows you to adjust the feed's background. Use a color picker to select any color, or the thumbnails to select one of the colors from your gallery settings.
Ads
Advertisement options will display a full-screen slide periodically during your feed. Use ads to highlight your brand or sponsor, shout out a special guest at the event, and more.
Supported Files
Live Feed ads are very flexible and we support a number of different file types! You can use a JPEG, PNG, GIF, or MP4 file. The recommended resolution is 1920x1080 pixels, and the file size should be no larger than 6 MB.
Ad Duration
Decide how long and how frequently ads will display during your Live Feed. Ad duration options are only available on the Standard and Pro plans.
Default Ad Duration
This tool customizes how long your ad will be displayed on screen. The default duration will not apply if a video or GIF are selected.
If you are using mixed media, the default duration will apply to JPEGs, PNGs, and GIFs but not MP4s.
When videos are in use, the ad will appear long enough for the file to play back, and then transition to your next ad or back to your feed depending on your settings.
Cycles Between Ad Sets
Customize how frequently your ad will play. You can choose to display an ad after each cycle or to show it more infrequently.
Ads Per Cycle
Determine whether all of your ads will play in succession each time advertisements appear on the screen or if they will play periodically one at a time.
Tips & Tricks
Live Feed uses a lot of resources and depending on your customizations, it might test the limitations of the device you are projecting from. If your device is less powerful, keep these tips in mind.
Mixed media (i.e., a combination of GIFs, stills, etc.) is not recommended for use with Live Feed.
Avoid the cascade refresh mode when using the Rebound layout. Rebound cycling in such quick succession can be difficult to load on certain devices.
Using a smaller layout grid and increasing the delay between photos can help things load more smoothly. This is particularly helpful with motion-based layouts like Rebound, and in circumstances where your internet connection is weak.
If you’re experiencing a lag in Chrome, try enabling hardware acceleration for your browser. This can be found in Chrome settings under Advanced > System.
Close other browser tabs and programs on your device.
Accessing & Sharing Live Feed
Best practices on sharing and projecting your Live Feed.