In addition to supporting screen share, the Socialive Green Room and Studio support sharing slides as part of a livestream or live-to-tape recording. For slides to be presented in a stream as a source, there is a pre-show task to convert them into a PDF to be included in the video being produced.
This article will provide an overview of this behind-the-scenes preparation process and some tips for successful conversion.
- Convert your slides to Portable Document Format (PDF).
- Upload your PDF to Socialive
- A Note about Fonts
Step 1: Convert your slides to Portable Document Format (PDF).
PDF files are formatted for interoperability and portability across systems. PDF documents will generally preserve the look and feel and pagination of static slides and embedded images.
Still, in most cases, they will not include complex slide-building transitions, hyperlinks, animations, or embedded video. If your content has these requirements, it’s recommended to share your screen or window during your recording or livestream, showing the slides in their original application, rather than use the conversion process described here.
If you elect to convert slides, always preview your converted slides in Adobe Reader or with your operating system’s PDF viewing tools before proceeding to step two.
Review the following for instructions on converting native slides to PDF.
Step 2: Upload your PDF to Socialive
For help with the specific steps in either workflow, see the articles on Sharing Slides in Socialive Studio and Green Room: Sharing Slides.
Socialive prepares your PDF to become streamable as a source during the upload process. This process also involves a format conversion, which might result in a font substitution or other slight changes to layouts.
After uploading, preview your slides one by one within the Socialive Studio or Green Room to ensure that the content is still showing as you intend. What you see on the screen at this step will be shown during the recording or live stream as you advance the slides.
A Note about Fonts
Font substitutions are rare, but they could occur if the PDF references a font that is not available during either conversion step. To avoid this possibility, here are recommended font options for your slide creation process.
Other fonts may also work without substitution; these are simply guidelines to consider in your content.
Sans-Serif Fonts (Modern & Readable)
Arial & Arial Black
DejaVu Sans
FreeSans
Liberation Sans
Noto Sans
Open Sans
Trebuchet MS
Verdana
Serif Fonts (Classic & Elegant)
DejaVu Serif
FreeSerif
Georgia
Liberation Serif
Noto Serif
Times New Roman
Monospace Fonts (For Code & Technical Writing)
Inconsolata
Courier New
Liberation Mono
DejaVu Sans Mono
Noto Sans Mono
FreeMono
Andale Mono
Decorative & Display Fonts (Special Use)
Comic Sans MS
Impact
Noto Sans Display
Noto Sans Symbols
Noto Serif Display
Weddings
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