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Product Update 2.4 + 2.5: Customize all the colors šŸŽØšŸ§‘ā€šŸŽØ

· Lukas Hermann Lukas Hermann

Hey there,

I have two big changes to announce today:

  1. The all-new and improvedā„¢ customizer gives you (almost) full artistic control
  2. And the new pricing šŸ’ø

So letā€™s cut right to the chase.

Hereā€™s a video. Then thereā€™s a text telling you the same thing again in case you canā€™t stand my bad mic quality.


6 things you never knew you wanted to customize. Number #4 will blow your mind!!!

The all new and improvedā„¢ customizer
The all-new and improvedā„¢ customizer

The much-asked-for and long-delayed (sorry about that) full customizer is here. Packed to the brim with features and hopefully devoid of bugs šŸ¤ž.

Customize logo

Okay, I admit, that one was there before. Itā€™s not really new or exciting. But I did put in some work to make sure that logos align better with the rest of the page and donā€™t clip into any text. For an even better ā€œit just worksā€ experience.

2. Full theming of all the colors

Customize Theme 1 Customize Theme 2

Yes, all the colors. Click on the color to reveal a color-chooser. You can also just paste a hex code if you have one at hand. For convenience, I added some themes of my own creation.

Thereā€™s also a new ā€œTransparentā€ background option for special vMix and OBS use-cases.

Customize Header and Footer

This is the one thatā€™s supposed to blow your mind, huh? Well, letā€™s see if that clickbait title can hold up ā€¦

You have three pieces of information, the title, speaker, and (uhh, ohh šŸ˜²) the next cue. Place them in the header or footer just as you prefer. Additionally, choose the font and styling for the header and footer individually.

The next cue will show up like this: Next Ā» Keynote 1 (45:00)

5. Timer and Message

Customize Timer Customize Message

Quite straightforward this one. Choose fonts, weights, and sizes just as you like them. I also moved the general settings here, ā€˜cause I think theyā€™re easier to find here.

Note that thereā€™s a new URL parameter on the viewer page that allows you to isolate individual timer elements. More about it in the documentation.

6. Progress Bar

Customize Progress Bar

Thereā€™s a circular progress bar now šŸ˜ƒ. (I may or may not have stolen this idea from John Barkerā€™s H2R Graphics šŸ˜‡)

You can also move the progress bar to the top, some of you requested that, or let it vanish altogether just like David Copperfield with the Statue of Liberty šŸŖ„.


New pricing šŸ’ø

Good news first: If you purchased a subscription before July 2022, nothing is going to change. You keep all your access at the same price.

But Stagetimer is not programming itself, as I found out, someone has to do it. And that someone needs to eat šŸ˜„

Stagetimer has become a complex and powerful app and the new pricing reflects that. The Pro license is now at $15 and thereā€™s an all-new Premium license for $29. The main difference is the maximum number of connected devices and access to all the customization options.

The popular one-time payment, 10-day access version is available for both options.

New pricing
New pricing

Thatā€™s it for releases 2.4 and 2.5. As always, feel free to contact us, especially if you find a bug or have helpful feedback.

Check out the full list of changes on https://stagetimer.io/changelog/

Cheers,
Lukas


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