Turn a TV on its side and play tall layouts made for vertical (portrait) screens. Vertical layouts work for both simple and multizone layouts.
What you’ll need
- A TV mounted on its side, linked to your account.
- Content designed for a tall screen (1080 × 1920).
Steps
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Create a layout as usual (in Layouts, click New layout) and set Orientation to Vertical · 9:16 · 1080×1920. The editor then shows a tall canvas.
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Add the layout to the screen’s playlist (see Adding Layouts to the Screen’s Playlist), then set up the player:
- Roku: mount the TV turned 90° counterclockwise. Quickesign turns all content, including videos, images and text, so it reads upright. Nothing needs to change on the Roku.
- Fire TV, Google TV and Android TV: mount the TV turned either way. While Quickesign is open, press the menu button on the remote (the button with three lines) and choose the orientation that matches the TV. Some Fire TV sticks can’t play videos turned on their side.
Tip: On a Roku you can also keep a horizontal simple layout and upload images and videos that are already turned on their side, or turn them with the rotate button under each slide (see Creating a Simple Layout).
What’s next
Creating a Simple Layout: build your first vertical slideshow.