Add Images to a Presentation

You can add images to any service item in Proclaim as either background images or foreground images.

Skip ahead to:

• Add a Background Image
• Add a Foreground Image

Add a Background Image

Proclaim offers a wide variety of options for your slide backgrounds.

1. Expand the Background panel.

With any service item(s) selected, click the Background button.

2. Choose Background Image

Choose between three options:

1. Browse Media opens the Media Browser where you can locate media
2. Import… opens a window to select files your computer’s file system.
3. The Image section displays options for transparent, textured or solid fills.

Did you know? You can change the default media for content, song, Bible, or announcement items from the Settings menu > Default Media. Did you know? By default, new service items display on a black background with white text. If you're reusing items only to find a background you use regularly, change your default media to a different template.

Media Browser

Select your desired background image from the Media Browser and click:

• Apply as Smart Media: Smart Media (media with the lightbulb icon ) automatically adjusts the text formatting for the background you selected.
  OR
• Apply as background: when applying as a background, Proclaim statically replaces the background image.

Import

Click Import… to open a file browser window. Navigate to your desired image, select it, and click Open.

Before the image is imported to Proclaim, you have the option to rename the image, add tags to facilitate future searches, or add it to a board. Once you’re done everyone in your group will be able to use the images on their own slides.

Note: If you don’t want to make the image available to others in your presentation team, check the box Use on this computer only.

Background image options

Do you have a piece of art you’d like to use for a background, but the aspect ratio is different from your screen? Proclaim fills the area around the image or resizes it to fill the slide. Your slides come out looking great even using non-standard aspect ratios.

1. Insert background image

   Select or add a service item. Open the Background dropdown menu and add your background.

2. Select background fill

   To set a transparent, textured, or solid background, select your desired thumbnail from the Image section. The slide background updates immediately when you click a thumbnail.

If you have uploaded an image that does not match your slide dimensions, you can choose where the image is positioned on the slide and the color of the fill for the slide background.

Fill Color

Proclaim detects the best matching colors for your slide’s border. Choose a color from the palette. If you do not select a fill color, the transparent portion of the slide is automatically filled in by your output transparency color. Check the Image blur box to fill the additional space with a blurred version of your image.

Note: Selecting Image blur does not replace the fill color, which is still visible on the fringes of the image.

Image Position

Choosing Fit to Height automatically scales the image to fill the height of the slide. Select whether you want the image centered or aligned with the left or right edge. Any remaining slide area is filled with the selected fill color.

Choosing Fit to Width automatically scales your background image to fill the width of the slide. Select whether you want the image centered or aligned with the top or bottom edge. Any remaining slide area is filled with the selected fill color.

Note: The aspect ratio of your image determines whether the Fit to Height or Fit to Width option fills the slide.

Add a Foreground Image

Foreground images are images placed on top of the background on a presentation slide.

1. Expand the Foreground Image panel.

With any service item(s) selected, click the Foreground Image button . (Click the arrow on the right to show all options.)

2. Choose a Foreground Image

Choose between three options:

1. Foreground Image inserts a placeholder for a foreground image you can place on your service item.
2. Browse Media opens the Media Browser where you can locate media
3. Import… opens a window to select files your computer’s file system.

Media Browser

Select your desired background image from the Media Browser and click Apply to foreground.

Import

Click Import… to open a file browser window. Navigate to your desired image, select it, and click Open.

Before the image is imported to Proclaim, you have the option to rename the image, add tags to facilitate future searches, or add it to a board. Once you’re done everyone in your group will be able to use the images on their own slides.

Note: If you don’t want to make the image available to others in your presentation team, check the box Use on this computer only.

3. Position the foreground image.

Once you have added the foreground image to your presentation slide, add text, resize, scale, and more.

4. Adjust image layering.

You can move adjust the layering of foreground elements to reorder your elements. 

1. Select any element.
2. Under the Arrange menu, select a layering option.

Note: You can also access the arrangement options by right-clicking or with the provided keyboard shortcuts.