'How to ...' articles

This part of the documentation consists of a number of articles describing how to create and use content for the SPi-V engine. The articles will describe the basic steps to perform a common task, and will link to the nodes documentation for more information where appropriate.

First steps

• Preparing your material
• Using the standalone viewers to display your content
• Embedding the SPi-V movie in a HTML page
• Simple mode VS XML files
• A simple SPi-V XML document

Basic use

• Adding preview layers to image nodes
• Using 'scriptlets' in your XML files
• Spicing up simple mode using a default.xml
• Adding a cap image (mixing projection types)
• Creating hotspots and tours
• Adding a floorplan
• Adding sound to scenes

Advanced features

• Using meter nodes to add Adaptive Dynamic Range
• Using lists to create motion paths
• Animated elements
• Using SPi-V in Director