Here are some screenshots of the menus you’ll see on stories in the Create tab:

   
>> 10lines: Jump ahead ten lines in your story - will auto-pick answers to any choices.

< 1 line: Jump back one line, and remake any choices that were there.

<< 10lines: Jump back ten lines, and remake any choices that were there.

Update Script:  Updates the script to the newest one on the portal.  This is important if you are making edits and playing along.  

Directing Helper:

 

  • Zoom Helper: Helps with zooms, and adjusting focusing

    • Switch tool: will toggle between Focus and Zoom

      • To Zoom drag your finger up to Zoom In, and down to Zoom Out
        • Note the helper in the bottom left script. It’ll let you know exactly where your camera is. It’ll look something like “@zoom on 457 406 to 222% in 0”
      • Similarly, to Focus, drag your camera anywhere in the zone.
    • Reset Zoom will put your camera back to the default
    • > button will move ahead a single line (See < 1 Line at the top)

 

  • Spot Helper

    • Switch tool: will toggle between Move and Scale

      • To Scale make sure you’re on the correct character (see the script in the left corner) and drag your finger up to Scale Up your character, and down to Scale Down your character

      • To Move, make sure your character is selected, and then drag them anywhere in the zone

    • Change Char cycles between the characters present in the scene. So if you’re in the tool, but defaults to the character you do not want to Move/Scale, tap this button to switch characters
    • > button will move ahead a single line

 

  • Bubble Helper

    • Show/Hide Speech will show or hide all speech/thought/narrator bubbles in the zone.

    • Cycle tail will cycle where the speech bubble tail are: bottom left, upper right, upper left, or bottom right

    • Toggle Positions will toggle what side of the tail the speech bubble will be on

    • Switch tool: will toggle between Move and Scale

      • To Scale drag your finger up to Scale Up your bubble, and down to Scale Down your bubble

      • To Move drag the bubble anywhere in the zone

    • > button will move ahead a single line

  • Overlay Helper
    • Switch tool: will toggle between Move and Scale
      • To Scale make sure you’re on the correct overlay (see the script in the left corner) and drag your finger up to Scale Up your overlay, and down to Scale Down your overlay
      • To Move, make sure your overlay is selected, and then drag it anywhere in the zone
    • Change Overlay cycles between the overlays present in the scene. So if you’re in the tool, but defaults to the overlay you do not want to Move/Scale, tap this button to switch overlays

 

  • Filters Helper

    • None <next> is the default button when your story has no filters set. Tapping this will pull up the option to add filters

    • HSL <next> brings up the menu to see all your filter options. There are preset options, or you can create your own custom filters.

      • Hue adjust the base hue of your scene. 0 being normal, maxing at -180 and 180. Drag your finger up /down OR left / right to adjust.
      • Saturation adjusts the saturation of color in your scene. 0 is baseline, -180 is black & white, and 180 is oversaturation.
      • Lightness adjusts the white/black balance in your scene. 0 is base, -180 is black, 180 is white.
      • Colorize OFF/ON toggles a color filter on/off.
      • Blend options refer to how the filter will interact with the base scene. Experimentation will help show which one if your preference.
        • Normal
        • Add

        • Multiply

           

           

        • Overlay

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        Opacity refers to the transparency of the filter

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    Navigation: This helps you navigate within your story.
    • Resume: close this menu and do nothing
    • Reset Story Progress:  This removes any choices you’ve made before this.
    • Restart Chapter: Start this chapter from the beginning
    • Scenes: “Scenes” happen whenever you change backgrounds.  This will take you to the beginning of a scene (background change).
    • Chapters: This lets you jump between the starts of chapters.
    • Disable/Enable Picker:  This turns the “Picker” on and off.  Learn more about it in the Picker Article.