Sliding Skin

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A template for Seamless skin, that allows for the easy creation of a Sliding skin creative. The format allows for two background assets to be uploaded, with a "sliding" interactive mouse effect that transitions from one asset to the other. Overlays are then added on top, to allow static content to be responsively placed on the sides of the skin.
 When used in conjunction with the Skin Top with Sticky Streaming Video top banner, it is possible to enable sticky video functionality, which keeps the video in view when the top banner is scrolled out of view.

Guide to skins

The guide covers:

- The difference between our Seamless Skin & Fluid Skin formats
- The respective templates (i.e. Seamless Image Skin, Seamless Sliding Skin, Fluid Skin Image, Fluid Skin Video, etc.) within our Seamless & Fluid Skin formats
- Tips and best practice for using overlays  

Examples

Adventure

Maybeline

Asset Specs

Backgrounds

Two of either:

  • Image: 2560x1440px (JPG, PNG or WEBP)
  • Video: 1920x1080px (MP4) 
Overlays:
  • Main overlays - Max size of 800x1440px (PNG or WEBP with transparent background), one asset for each side of the skin.
  • Top/Bottom overlays - additional optional overlay elements that will be top/bottom aligned with the overlay container. Max size of 800x500px (PNG or WEBP with transparent background).
  • For best results, export the overlay PNG assets without any excess empty space - the size and position of the overlay is configurable within the skin settings.
Sticky Video
  • Sticky video will be automatically enabled when used in conjunction with the Skin Top with Sticky Streaming Video top banner

Top Banner

  • Top Overlay:
    Maximum size of 1000x180px* (PNG with transparent background)

*Top banner height varies by country:
DK: 180px, FI: 400px, NO: 300px, SE: 240px, UK: 250px.

Top banner dimensions can also vary from publisher to publisher. You should always confirm specs with the publishers on your plan before creating skin assets.

Format description and guidance

A template that allows for the easy creation of a “sliding skin” style creative. The format allows two assets (image or video) to be uploaded, with an interactive (mouse hover) sliding mechanic that moves the boundary between the two assets. Overlay images are then added on top, to add static branding and messaging elements to the sides and top of the skin.

Use the overlays to add your static branding and messaging elements on top of the background. The overlays automatically scale and resize your content to fit within the available space, enabling responsive functionality for your skin. You can define the overlay container width & height (as a percentage of the total side-panel area) , as well as define minimum and maximum widths (in pixels) to constrain their scaling. 

The main overlay is the primary overlay asset, which will fill as much space within the overlay container as is available. Optional top and bottom overlays can be added on each side, allowing for static branding elements such as logos and CTAs to be placed separately from the main overlay, allowing for more advanced responsive layouts. The top/bottom overlays will match the full overlay container width, and you can adjust their heights to control how big they will appear 

You can additionally configure how the overlays are positioned within the skin side-panels. By default they are centered, however you can modify the horizontal and vertical alignment of the overlays using the preset positioning options, and add an offset to fine-tune the position (you can use any valid css unit eg 250px, 50%, 20vh etc, measured from the selected position edge).

For best results, export the overlay PNG assets without any excess empty space - this allows the template to handle the overlay scaling and placement more effectively.

The Top Banner of the skin should be added as a separate image/video/HTML/template banner.

To enable the sticky video behaviour, you must use the Skin Top with Sticky Streaming Video template for the top banner.  You can choose which side of the screen the video should move to when you scroll down (left, right or both), as well as whether the video should be positioned at the top or the bottom of the screen.

Max total file weight

3.5 MB.

For best performance, all assets should be compressed and optimized to the lowest possible file weight. We recommend using tinypng.com to compress PNG overlays.

Click tags and tracking

The template supports two separate clickURL & trackers - one for the main skin body, and another for the top banner.

Audio

No