Every theme profile in LIGR Live starts from a ready-made LIGR theme. This article shows you how to find the right theme for your sport, open it, and check how each graphic looks before you start making it your own.
Before you start
Themes and overlays are part of the Broadcast Graphics module. If you can't see the Themes tab, check with your organisation's Owner or Admin.
You'll save your finished theme profile against a competition, so it helps to have your competition set up first, for example LIGR Demo League.
Open Theme Management
Click Themes in the left menu.
In the sub-menu at the top, you'll see Theme Profiles, Theme Management and Control Rooms. Click Theme Management.
This is the LIGR themes library. It shows every ready-made theme you can use, laid out as a grid of cards. Each card has a preview image so you can get a feel for the look straight away.
Under each card you'll see a short summary in the format "N graphics, used by N comps". The first number tells you how many graphics come with the theme. The second tells you how many competitions are already using it. A theme with more graphics gives you more options later in your control room and game plan.
Filter by sport
Use the Sport filter to choose your sport.
If the list is still long, use the Theme Type filter to narrow it further.
Filtering by sport means you only see themes built for your sport, with the graphics that sport needs, such as the right kind of scorebug and match stats. It saves you scrolling through themes that won't suit your matches.
Some generic themes, such as Borealis, Columba, Corvus and Gemini, can suit several sports. If you don't see one you like under your sport, it's worth checking these too.
Open a theme
Click a theme card, for example LIGR FOOTBALL.
The theme opens in the theme profile editor, on the GRAPHICS & STYLES tab.
Opening a theme doesn't change anything for your competitions. You're starting your own version of it, which you'll save later as a theme profile on the DETAILS & SETTINGS tab. Other organisations and competitions using the same theme aren't affected by the choices you make.
Preview each graphic
On the left, you'll see the list of graphics included in this theme, such as Lower Third, Match ID, Scorebug, Team Lists and Match Stats.
Click a graphic. It appears in the preview in the middle of the screen, showing how it looks in this theme.
Click REPLAY ANIMATION to watch the graphic animate in again, or turn on Loop Animation to keep it playing while you look.
Click through the other graphics in the list to check each one.
The preview uses example details, so you can judge the layout and style without needing a live match. Picture how it will look for a fixture like Harbour City (HCF) v Ridgeview (RVR) on your stream.
On the right is the style panel, with a Theme and Graphic toggle at the top. The Theme settings change the look of every graphic at once, including style, colour, texture, font, animations and edges. The Graphic settings let you adjust one graphic on its own. You'll use this panel in the next steps.
Tips and common mistakes
Check the graphics list before you commit. Not every theme has the same graphics, and your control room and game plan can only use the graphics the theme includes.
Watch the animations. A theme can look great as a still image but feel different once it moves. Use REPLAY ANIMATION on a few graphics before you decide.
Can't find a theme? Check the Sport and Theme Type filters. The theme may be listed under another sport or type.
Want something completely your own? Click REQUEST CUSTOM THEME at the top right of Theme Management. See Requesting a custom theme.