Skin

A skin is displayed as a background on which video, image, and ticker play. SMP player provides some templates (skins) for you to create attractive presentations easily. You can also create your own skins either online via SMP's management user interface or offline on your computer. In this section, we will introduce how you can manage Skins in LIBRARY > Skin page.

• Add a New Skin
• Manage Existing Skins
• Upload Skins
• Export Skins
• Online Resources

Add a New Skin

1. Click Add New Skin; then the system will open the online Skin Editor.
2. You can create a completely new skin from scratch or click Open a Template to modify configurations based on an existing skin file.
3. Fill in the Name and Description.
4. Add a resolution. Click in Resolution window on the upper left corner and you will see a pop-up window. Please select a resolution in the drop-down menu and choose a screen orientation.

   Note
   The skin only applies to those resolutions which you pre-edit by CAYIN Skin Editor. So, we suggest you edit all possible resolutions, in case you need to use the skin in different situations with different screen resolutions.

5. Click Save; then you will see one resolution showing in the Resolution window. You can also see an area with a black background that matches with the resolution you choose. You can repeat step 3 if you need to add more resolutions.
6. Now, you can start to edit the background and each zone. At the bottom left corner, you will see a small window containing all zones and background options.
7. You can change the background color for your skin. Just click on the Background icon and choose the color you want. You can also import your own background image.
8. Then choose which zones you want to edit. For example, if you want to edit a multimedia zone, please click the checkbox in front of Multimedia-1 in the Zone window and you will see the Multimedia-1 zone being enabled . Then drag an area on top of the background image. When it is done, you can see an area with a multimedia icon in it. If you want to disable a zone, just click the icon again, and the zone will be grayed out.

   Note
   For Multimedia, Image, Ticker and HTML/Flash zones, you cannot start the setting with zone 2. You must finish configuring zone 1 before you can move on to zone 2.

9. For Clock settings, please enable the clock zone first and click the clock option . Then you can see all available clocks. Select a clock design and a suitable size and click CLOSE. Then place the clock zone at any location you want.
10. If you want to adjust the size of each zone, just click the zone you want to adjust and move your cursor to the edge of that zone. When you see the arrow, please left click your mouse and drag to the size you want. You can also type the coordinate value on the columns on the upper side toolbar to change the zone size. If you want to move a specific zone, just drag and drop the zone to the place you want.
11. If you add more than one resolution to this skin, please select other resolutions from the upper left Resolution window and start over the configuration process.

    Note
    You may find in some zoom ratio, the quality of the background image seems not good. The image preview window is for reference only. It will not affect the final quality of published skin file.

12. After completing all configurations, click Save or Save as to save your skin file (.csk).

    Note
    If you use "Open a Template" to edit this skin and want to keep the original skin file, you need to click Save as. The original skin will be completely replaced by this new skin if you click Save in this case.

The following table summarizes the main functions of the toolbar.

Icon	Name	Introduction
	Zoom in/Zoom out	Enlarge or reduce the view of a skin
	1:1	Display the skin in the actual size
	Fit	Fit a skin to the screen
	Align Top/ Bottom/ Left/ Right	Arrange selected zones to align top, bottom, left or right with each other. Click a zone first and press Ctrl to select other zones.
	Position	Adjust the coordinate value of the upper left corner of the selected zone
	Width/Height	Adjust the size of each zone you add in the skin

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Manage Existing Skins

Preview Skin

1. Move your mouse over the Skin you want to preview. Then you will see a magnifier icon.
2. Click the Preview icon; then you will see a pop-up window with detailed information of this Skin.

Preview Image	You can see the larger image of this skin. If the skin file (.csk) contains both portrait and landscape layouts, you will also see both portrait and landscape preview images here. The system will mark the suitable one with a blue frame based on the current screen settings.
Skin Name	the skin's name
Resolution	A skin file can include multiple resolutions. The resolution with an asterisk (*) is the one matches the current screen resolution.
Zone Information	You can check the type and size of each zone included in this skin.

Edit Skin

1. Move your mouse over the Skin you want to edit. Then you will see a pencil icon.
2. Click the Edit icon; then you will open the online Skin Editor and start to modify the skin.
3. After you complete editing, click Save or Save as to save the changes.

Delete Skin

1. Move your mouse over the Skin you want to delete. Then you will see a trash can icon.
2. Click the Delete icon; then you can delete the skin from the SMP player.

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Upload Skins

You can upload your own skin file to the SMP player.

1. Click the , Upload button, and you will see a pop-up window.
2. Click Browse to select the file; then click Upload.
3. After you upload a skin successfully, you will see it showing in the LIBRARY > Skin page.

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Export Skins

You can export skins, save them in your PC, and then upload to other SMP players or CMS servers. You can also open those skin files and modify them in Skin Editor.

1. Click Export and you will see all skins in the pop-up window.
2. Please select those skins you want to export and click Export.

   Note
   You can export a Skin to a CSK file or multiple Skins to a CSKS file. The CSKS file can be uploaded to another SMP player or CMS server but cannot be opened by CAYIN Skin Editor for further modification.

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Online Resources

CAYIN may release new skins from time to time. Click Online Resources, and you can find more skins here. If you delete any default skin, you can still download it again from Online Resources.

On the upper right corner of the window, you will see the sorting function. You can sort Skins alphabetically by the Skin name or sort by upload date. Just click Skin Name or Upload Date to do it.

Each skin contains the following information and functions:

Skin Preview	You can view the skin preview image here. Click and you can see the detailed information of this skin. If you see the downloaded icon below the preview image, it means this skin already exists in the SMP player. Please note that you can only see this icon when you connect to Online Resource directly from a SMP player, not from other entrances.
Name	the skin's name
Date	the upload date
Downloads	how many times this skin has been downloaded
Resolutions	the size(s) of this skin
Download	Save to PC: Select this function; then you can save the skin file (.csk) to your computer and upload to SMP players later. Save to SMP: Select this function; then you can save the skin directly into this SMP player (LIBRARY > Skin).

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