> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.slipity.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Looks, clearing and blackout

> Decide which layers each screen shows, and take things off the screens quickly.

What's on the screens is built from layers:

| Layer | What's on it |
| - | - |
| **Media** | Backgrounds, pictures and films |
| **Video Input** | A live camera or capture card |
| **Slides** | Lyrics, scripture and everything on a slide |
| **Overlays** | Lower thirds, logos, and scripture placed by Voice Follow |
| **Countdown** | Countdowns and timers |
| **Audio** | Music and soundtracks |

## Clearing

The clear buttons beside the preview take one layer off the screens — **Clear Slides**, **Clear Media**, **Clear Audio** and so on — with the service's transition, so words fade off the way they came on.

A slide can clear layers by itself when it goes live: right-click it and choose **Clear**, then a layer or **All**.

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To capture: The clear buttons beside the preview, with Clear Slides highlighted.

## Blackout

**Blackout** fades every audience screen to black and back again, leaving everything underneath as it was. Run it from a remote, MIDI, OSC, or Siri and Shortcuts.

## Looks

A **Look** decides what a screen shows and how. A Look can:

* leave layers off — a lobby TV on the countdown and announcements while the auditorium shows lyrics,
* set the slides in another theme — larger words for the overflow room, a lower third for the livestream.

Make Looks in the **Looks Editor**. Switch the live Look from the **Screens** menu on the Mac, the **•••** menu on iPad and iPhone, a slide's **Add Action › Look**, or Siri and Shortcuts (**Make Look Live**). A change of Look dissolves rather than cuts.

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To capture: The Looks Editor with two Looks: Auditorium and Livestream lower third.

## Overlays

An **overlay** sits over the slides and stays up while they change: a lower third with the speaker's name, a logo, a line of words. Design them in the **Overlay Editor**, and show them from a slide (**Add Action › Show Overlay**) or Shortcuts.


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