Add media to projects

To visualize and illustrate your points clearly, add mulitimedia files to your projects. You can interact with the added media on the canvas, and record those interactions to share them later as videos.

Media basics

• You can add various media file types to the canvas: images, documents, spreadsheets, presentations, videos, audio, web browsers, and equations.
• You can move every media object on the canvas independently using the  Hand Tool.
• You can access the media controls by selecting them once.
• You can make annotations on media with the  Draw Tool and they will automatically group.

Note Once added, documents, spreadsheet, and presentation files can't be edited directly and will not import with animations and transitions (e.g. you won't be able to resolve a suggestion made in an imported Google Doc).

Adding media to your projects

To add media to your project, select  Add Media from the toolbar and select a desired type of media you want to add.

When browsing for multiple file types select  File as it will allow you to add any of the supported file types from a source of your choice.

File types that Explain Everything imports

Here you can find types of files you can add to Explain Everything projects. Check back occasionally as this gets an update each time we add support for a new file type.

Note Files added to Explain Everything convert to a universal format. This way projects can be shared cross-platform regardless if they support a certain file type or not.

Supported images

.png	.jpg	.jpeg	.bmp
.gif	.tiff	.tif	.svg

Note .gif files will import as static images.

Supported documents

.pdf	.pages	.key	.txt
.xls	.xlsx	.htm	.html
.csv	.pptx	.ppt	.pps
.numbers	.doc	.docx	.rtf

Supported videos

.mp4

.mov

.m4v

Supported audio

.mp3	.aac	.m4a	.wav
.aiff	.aif	.aifc

Additionally, on iOS Explain Everything supports project formats based on its legacy engine.

Supported projects

.xpl

.ipt

.vpt

.far

To visualize and illustrate your points clearly, add mulitimedia files to your projects. You can interact with the added media on the canvas, and record those interactions to share them later as videos.

Media basics

• You can add various media file types to the canvas: images, documents, spreadsheets, presentations, videos, audio, web browsers, and equations.
• You can move every media object on the canvas independently using the  Hand Tool.
• You can access the media controls by selecting them once.
• You can make annotations on media with the  Draw Tool and they will automatically group.

Note Once added, documents, spreadsheet, and presentation files can't be edited directly and will not import with animations and transitions (e.g. you won't be able to resolve a suggestion made in an imported Google Doc).

Adding media to your projects

To add media to your project, select  Add Media from the toolbar and select a desired type of media you want to add.

When browsing for multiple file types select  Photo, Video, or File as it will allow you to add any of the supported file types from a source of your choice.

File types that Explain Everything imports

Here you can find types of files you can add to Explain Everything projects. Check back occasionally as this gets an update each time we add  support for a new file type.

Supported images

.png

.jpg

.jpeg

.bmp

Supported documents

.pdf	.ppt	.pptx	.doc
.docx	.csv	.rtf	.txt
.xls	.xlsx	.odp	.ods
.odt

Supported videos

.mp4

.mov

.m4v

Supported audio

.mp3

.aac

.m4a

.wav

To visualize and illustrate your points clearly, add mulitimedia files to your projects. You can interact with the added media on the canvas, and record those interactions to share them later as videos.

Media basics

• You can add various media file types to the canvas: images, documents, spreadsheets, presentations, videos, audio, web browsers, and equations.
• You can move every media object on the canvas independently using the  Hand Tool.
• You can access media controls by selecting them once.
• You can make annotations on media with the  Draw Tool and they will automatically group.

Note Once added, documents, spreadsheet, and presentation files can't be edited directly and will not import with animations and transitions (e.g. you won't be able to resolve a suggestion made in an imported Google Doc).

Adding media to your projects

To add media to your project, select  Add Media from the toolbar and select a desired type of media you want to add.

When browsing for multiple file types select  File as it will allow you to add any of the supported file types from a source of your choice.

File types that Explain Everything imports

Here you can find types of files you can add to Explain Everything projects. Check back occasionally as this gets an update each time we add support for a new file type.

Supported images

.png

.jpg

.jpeg

.gif

.bmp

Supported documents

.pdf

Supported videos

.mp4

Supported audio

.mp3

.aac

.m4a

.wav