The first public release of SongShow Plus version 8.1 is now available from the Downloads page on the SongShow Plus site.  You must have a current subscription and be logged in to the SongShow Plus site to get this download.

This is a Preview release, which means that it isn't at "test" status yet. The purpose of the release is to let you have a look at the new features and offer feedback. It's not necessary to report every little problem you find. We are still working through bugs and defects. However, if you are having a significant problem using a feature, go ahead and post a question about it on this forum. If you have a question or comment, please start a new thread.

New features of Version 8.1 are:

• Stage Display is now customizable using slide properties.
• Stage Display will now show video, PowerPoint, and web page media items when presented from the source display.
• Auto triple-wide mode to image and video backgrounds.
• Environmental projection support (additional display that uses the background of the source display)
• Display masks to block out projected content, used primarily for environmental projection.
• Global background brightness adjustment lets you quickly and easily adjust the brightness of the background to slides quickly where there is insufficient contrast between background and text.