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⏩ Auto-Advance Set up a looping pre-show in seconds inside Showcase. Seriously - it's soooo easy! In the play screen, toggle this Auto-Advance on and you're good to go! Every slide will play for the set time and then advance to the next slide. When it reaches the end it will loop back to the [...]
Some older versions of Sidekick are having trouble updating. If you don't have the latest version and the updater is giving you blank errors, you can manually update Sidekick. Go to https://sidekick.tv and download the latest version. Then install over your previous version. All of your files are completely safe. Once it's installed, give it [...]
? Bug fix Sorry folks. We found an issue where videos were not importing sometimes. This update should fix that! Play on!
? Showcase Showcase is a brand new builder in Sidekick. With Showcase you can import any image or video and display it. Showcase can display your sermon slides, playback videos, show your announcements, etc. You can drag images or videos from any game you buy from DYM right into Showcase and play it from within [...]
☕️ Improved Performance - Fixed a bug where certain files would get stuck while importing. - Fixed a bug that some files wouldn't delete properly. - Other security and performance fixes.
? Playlist has arrived! Plan and organize your files that you plan on using in your service with the brand new Playlist! Use the star icon in the upper-left of any file in your Library to add/remove items to your Playlist. And, in the new Playlist pane you can reorder and go to any file! [...]
? Drag and Drop reordering is here You can now reorder and organize any file manually! Put your Trivia questions in the order you're going to play them, layout Boxes or the Wheel of Destiny the way you want, or order the teams in Leaderboard to make it easier to update. Reordering anything! ? Hide [...]
??? Bulk Add Images Now in Photo Fury and Pixelate you can use the Bulk Add button to drag-n-drop as many images as you want! Play Poser (Photo Fury), but right before service you take pictures of leaders doing the Poses. In one operation you can drop in all the images! Pick your next volunteer [...]
? Discover New Files Now you can find MORE Sidekick files inside the brand new 'Library' pane. Discover engaging Sidekick files from DYM’s growing library of amazing, trench-tested library... created by youth workers like you! ☕️ Improved Performance bulk-add and remove items in any builders... it's waaaaay faster and more reliable. tons of tweaks and [...]
⌨️ Keyboard shortcuts We've added keyboard shortcuts per each builder in Sidekick. For example, in Wheel of Destiny you can use the space bar in the Play tab to spin that wheel! In Trivia, you can use the up/down arrows to go between questions, or "a"-"e" to reveal the answers! There are more hidden gems [...]
