FAQ
What is it?
Section titled “What is it?”It sends your presentation to the screen in layers.
Instead of flipping through one flat slide at a time, the screen is stacked, and each layer is handled on its own.
- Background — video or an image, looping underneath
- Foreground — the slide you cue: text, video, an image
- Five overlay slots — lower thirds, logos, alerts
Each layer goes up and comes down by itself. Change the text and the background keeps running; take the logo down and nothing else moves.
Video, images, text slides and YouTube all go into a playlist and out in order. On your own screen you can see what is coming next; the audience only sees what you send.
Where do people use it?
Section titled “Where do people use it?”Anywhere there is a screen facing people and somebody has to run it.
| Worship services | Lyrics over a moving background, sermon notes, announcements |
| Events, large and small | Walk-in slides, speaker lower thirds, sponsor loops |
| Concerts & theatre | Looping scenery behind the act, surtitles above it, a blackout on the beat |
| Talks & classrooms | Clips, slides and YouTube references, in the order you’ll tell it |
| A presentation of your own | One laptop. Lay a background down and put your material on top |
| Shops & cafés | Menu boards, promos, a notice in the window |
How does it relate to professional tools like ProPresenter?
Section titled “How does it relate to professional tools like ProPresenter?”ProPresenter and the other professional tools are large, well-worn programs that have been refined in this field for years. What LayerCue is aiming at sits in the same place — the goal is to hold what those programs hold.
What differs is who gets to use it.
Professional tools are priced accordingly. For a team running services every week that price earns itself. For someone who runs a few events a year, or is putting together a talk on their own, it was never an option to begin with.
LayerCue is being built to be affordable for that person too.
What does it cost?
Section titled “What does it cost?”Nothing during the beta. You sign in, but there is no charge.
The price of the finished version has not been set. The direction has: a price one person can pay without thinking twice. When it is decided, it will appear in What’s new first.
Does it run on Windows?
Section titled “Does it run on Windows?”Not yet — macOS only (13 or later, Apple silicon and Intel).
A Windows version is being prepared. The interface and the file format were built to work on both from the start; what is left is the part that touches the operating system. There is no date to give yet.
Does it need an internet connection?
Section titled “Does it need an internet connection?”No. Checking that you are signed in does not use the network, so a dropped connection during a show will not lock you out.
The one exception is YouTube streaming. If the room’s connection is unreliable, download the video beforehand — press Download on the slide and it plays from a file like any other video.
It is a beta. Can I use it for a real event?
Section titled “It is a beta. Can I use it for a real event?”People do, and that is what it is being built for. Because it is a beta, please do these three things.
- Run the whole playlist once before the event. Missing files and sound problems show up there
- Do not update right before the event. Do it the day before
- If you use YouTube, download the videos in advance
Help collects the problems that actually come up on the day, and where to look for each one.
What if the feature I need isn’t there?
Section titled “What if the feature I need isn’t there?”Tell us, and it becomes the next thing we build. Several features got here exactly that way.
At the bottom of the app there is an envelope button, “Tell us what’s wrong”. Press it, choose Question, Idea or Bug, and write. You need to be signed in to send.
If email is easier, write to [email protected].
What is coming next?
Section titled “What is coming next?”- Text animation — lines arriving one after another
- Fill & key output — sending alpha alongside the picture, so it can sit where a dedicated titler would
- Several screens at once — a different monitor per playlist or folder
- A Windows version
There is an order to these, but what comes first depends on what people ask for. If you need something, use the button above.