Overview

An overview of Layers, Layer Layouts and Variables

Layers

A Layer in LightAct is a very flexible concept. It can do many different things so playing video or audio is just one of them.

Layer Layouts

Good to know: Layer Layouts is LightAct's node-based visual scripting system.

Good to know: we've created dozens of Stock Layer Templates for you that fulfill all the most common functionalities you'll need in a typical project. In most cases, you won't have to modify any of the nodes.

The main building block in any layer layout is a node. With various nodes, you can build complex behavior and even conditional action flows.

Variables

A variable is a placeholder that represents some kind of value.

In LightAct there are a lot of different variable types that are capable of storing different kinds of information, such as integer, float, and boolean.

You can read more about the variables here:

Variables

Layer Templates

When you create a layer from scratch, you can save it as a template and use it for future use. This collection of nodes and variables we call Layer Templates.

There are 2 kinds of them:

1. Stock Layer Templates: these are templates that we provide with every installation of LightAct. Among them there are some typical ones like Video or Audio and some very unique ones. Explore them in Stock Layer Template pages.

2. User Layer Templates: these are templates that users create themselves. Read more about them here.

Good to know: sometimes we refer to layer templates as simply templates or simply layers.