Overview
Skins are color profile variations within a theme. Each theme includes multiple skins that change the color scheme of graphics while keeping the same layout and design structure. When you select a theme for a competition, you can choose which skin to use, and you can change the skin later by editing the competition's theme instance.
What skins control
Skins determine the color profile of all graphics in your broadcast. This includes:
• Overlay colors
• Text colors
• Background colors
• Graphic element colors
The layout, design structure, and graphic types remain the same across all skins within a theme. Only the colors change.
[SCREENSHOT: a theme preview showing the same graphic layout displayed with two different skin color profiles side by side]
Selecting a skin when creating a competition
When you create a competition and select a theme, you can choose which skin to use. Start by clicking the Assets tab, then Competitions, and click Create a Competition. Next, browse the available themes and click Select and Configure on your preferred theme.
Once inside the theme configuration screen, review how the theme looks during different match moments, such as break graphics, in-match graphics, and player graphics. If you'd like a different color scheme, select one of the other available skins to change the color profile while keeping the same layout. When you're happy with your choice, click Use this theme, then complete the competition details and click Create Competition to finish.
Changing the skin for an existing competition
You can change which skin a competition uses at any time by editing its theme instance. Begin by clicking Assets, then Competitions, and select the competition you wish to edit. From there, click the Theme Instances tab and find the theme you want to modify in the list.
Click the Edit icon button next to that theme, then select Change Skin to modify its color profile. The new skin will apply to all matches under this competition once saved.
[SCREENSHOT: the Theme Instances tab with the Edit icon button and Change Skin option highlighted]
Theme instances
Each competition has at least one theme instance. The theme instance stores which theme is assigned to the competition and which skin is active. If you want to change the theme entirely (not just the skin), you add a new theme instance to the competition.