Control Bar

The Control Bar in Curator is how you Add content, change modes and Generate or Publish your Sphere

There are currently 9 areas within the Curator Control Bar.

From left to right, these areas are:

Control Bar Label	Usage
Add / Import	Add objects to the canvas
Setup	Adjust Horizon Line and Start Point
3D Preview	Enter non-interactive preview mode
Layers	Toggle on/off layers panel
HUD	Displays current Sphere name or Mode
Cluster	Add a Cluster to the canvas
Actions	Enter Actions mode
Sphere Icon	Save or Generate current Sphere

Each object type or mode has various Contextual Edit Panels. Take a look at the Edit Panel guide for more information.

Add / Import

This is how you add various object types to the canvas.

Object Type	Guide
Product	Select one or more product/s to add to the canvas
Category	Select an entire product category to add to the canvas
Tag	Select a tag group of image assets
Text	Add a text element to the canvas (renders in the centre of the canvas)
Image	Select one or more image/s to add to the canvas
Video	Add a video object to the canvas
Background	Add/Edit background used for the Sphere
Shape	Add a shape element to the canvas (Currently limited to rectangle)
Line Drawing	Turn on point based drawing tool

Setup Mode

Setup has two contextual edit panels on the right side of canvas area

Icon	Label	Description
	Horizon Line	Adjust the Horizon line of your Sphere
	Start Point	Set the start position of your Sphere

The horizon line has a default setting which we have selected but is not always appropriate for the concept you want to produce.

Adjusting the value up or down is essentially moving the 'camera' (viewer perspective) on a horizontal access.

You can preview any change you make to the Horizon line by switching to 3D preview mode. To reset to the default, use the reset button which appears when you select the Horizon Line option from the edit panel.

3D Preview Mode

3D preview allows you to see how your design will look once generated in a Sphere. This is currently a non-interactive state but we are actively working on this mode to give you an enhanced preview of your final design.

Layers

Use this button to toggle the layers panel on/off. You can also find the Grid and Safe area guides function within the layers panel.

Clusters

Use this button to add a Cluster to your canvas.

Clusters are how we group data in Curator. When you import a category or tag, a cluster is automatically generated. This is indicated by a dashed line on the image container.

Clusters are powerful layout tool as they are responsive containers which you can add, remove and edit the position of contained content. Content within a Cluster will also scale to fit the available space.

Experiment with the Packing Settings when working with Clusters to fine tune the automatic layout options.

Actions

Actions are how you bring your Sphere to life. The list below gives an overview of the Actions currently available within Curator.

You can add an Action by dragging the Action you have selected to an object, or by having the object selected and then clicking on the desired action

Icon	Label	Description
	Product Overlay	Trigger an Ecommerce Overlay when the viewer clicks on this object
	Info Overlay	Display an Overlay of text content (Configured in Sphere Settings)
	Overlay Content	Display a custom overlay (needs to be uploaded to Assets first)
	Link Action	Send view to an external link or display iFramed content on the Sphere
	Image Overlay	Trigger an image lightbox
	Content Carousel	A type of "Image Overlay" action to put more than one image/video into the Overlay (more)
	Video Overlay	Trigger a video overlay on the Sphere
	Audio Action	Trigger an audio on the Sphere (more about audios)
	Animate Action	Animate the viewer to a set destination on the current Sphere or any published Sphere within your Cozmos Space

Actions will only be interactive on a Generated or Published Sphere

While in Actions mode, you can tell if an object already has an action applied by looking for the orange icon on the top right of the object container.

To view the action, simply click the orange icon and you will be able to view, edit and delete the action.

Save and Generate

The final Control Bar item is where you Save or Generate your Sphere.

Saving will store the current state of your design in Draft stage and Generate will create a referenceable link where you can view an interactive version of your Sphere.

Generation time will vary based on how many objects you have in your Sphere design but we find it is generally complete within 30 to 60 seconds.

Once complete you will be presented with an overlay where you can either return to Pubtools to Publish your Sphere or you can link to the Generated version.

Clicking outside of, or closing this overlay will return you to the Curator canvas where you can continue to work on your design.