PanoPaper v0.1 Documentation

PanoPaper shows live video from your UniFi Protect cameras as your desktop wallpaper - a different camera on each display, or on each Space. It lives in the menu bar, stays behind your windows, and steps back while you work.

Topics

• Getting Started - from first launch to a live camera on your desktop.
• The Menu Bar Menu - choosing cameras, pausing, sound, and what the icon tells you.
• Signing In to an NVR - which account to use, and how PanoPaper keeps it safe.
• Choosing Cameras - a camera per display or per Space, stream quality, and when the video pauses.
• Zooming and Looking Around - show just the part of the picture you want.
• 360° Cameras - a fisheye picture flattened into a natural view that can look around by itself.
• PTZ Cameras - turn and zoom the camera itself, and go to its presets.
• Desktop Keys - steer the wallpaper and switch cameras with the keyboard while the desktop is clear.
• Behind Windows - dim, fade or tint the video while windows cover it.
• Camera Sound - hear a camera, at its own volume behind windows, with a shortcut to mute it.
• Updates - how PanoPaper tells you about a new version.
• Settings - the General, NVRs and Displays tabs.
• Keyboard Shortcuts - every key PanoPaper understands.
• Troubleshooting - when the video does not show, and other problems.

Editions

PanoPaper comes in two editions:

• Web Edition - downloaded from panopaper.app. Each Space can show its own camera, and PanoPaper updates itself.

• App Store Edition - from the Mac App Store. Each display shows one camera on all of its Spaces, and updates come from the App Store.

The About window shows which edition you have: choose 'About PanoPaper' from the menu bar menu.

Need more help?

Each tab of Settings has a ? button in its bottom-right corner that opens the help for that tab, and the NVR sign-in sheet has one in its bottom-left corner. 'PanoPaper Help' in the menu bar menu (or ⌘? while Settings is open) opens this page. More about PanoPaper is at panopaper.app.