Magoo guide

What every button, counter and label does.

Your Magoo card

This is how a Magoo looks in My Magoos.

Manage your Magoo

The four buttons next to the name.

Edit

Open this Magoo in Studio to change its video, layers or buttons.

Shop

Open the Magoo store.

QR code

Get the QR code for this Magoo, ready to print or show on a screen.

Delete

Remove this Magoo for good. Its link and QR code stop working.

See how it is doing

The row under the name. The numbers are counters.

Views

How many times this Magoo has been opened, by scan or by link.

Likes

How many people liked this Magoo.

Comments

Read what people say about this Magoo and reply.

Share

Send the link to this Magoo by text, chat or social.

Who can see it

The labels at the bottom. Each one shows how this Magoo is set right now.

Transferable

You can hand this Magoo over to someone else. Once they claim it, it is theirs.

Published or Draft

Published: anyone you share it with can open it. Draft: only you can open it. Publish it to share it.

Discoverable or Not Discoverable

Discoverable: found by pointing a camera at its image. Not Discoverable: scanning its image does not find it.

Public or Private

Public: shown in Experiences on the home page. Private: kept out of Experiences on the home page.

The Magoo camera

This is what you see when a Magoo comes alive on your screen.

The Magoo camera showing a video playing on top of a save-the-date card, with buttons on the top right, the right edge and the bottom

Move the video

The buttons at the top right, and the corner of the video.

Full screen

Make the video fill your screen. Tap again to put it back on the image.

Pin

Keep the video on your screen even if you move your phone away from the image. Tap again to attach it back.

Resize

Drag the corner of the video to make it bigger or smaller.

Close

Leave the camera.

React and share

The buttons on the right edge.

Creator

The profile picture of the person who made this Magoo.

Like

Tell the creator you liked this Magoo.

Share

Send the link to this Magoo by text, chat or social.

Comments

Read what people say about this Magoo and leave your own comment.

Create a Magoo

Start your own Magoo.

Capture and share your reveal

The controls at the bottom, the window that opens after you record, and the buttons on the Magoo itself.

Capture

Take a photo or record a video of the Magoo playing on the image.

Photo or Video

Choose what the capture button takes. The one in white is selected.


After you record, a window opens with three options.

Share reveal

Share your reveal with other people by link. To show it in Experiences, open My Reveals and tap Post to Experiences. You need a user name and a profile picture, and the Magoo must be Public. It appears there after it is approved.

Save

Keep the recording.

Delete

Remove the recording.


Buttons on the Magoo

Some Magoos have their own buttons. Tap one to open what the creator added. Each creator designs them, so they look different on every Magoo.

Experiences

Experiences is the Magoo home.

Two kinds of cards

Each card is something a person shared.

A Magoo

The card shows the image that holds the hidden video.

A reveal

The card shows a video someone recorded of a Magoo coming alive.

On the card

The name at the top and the row under the image.

Creator

The picture and name of the person who shared it.

Views

How many times it has been opened. The number is under the button.

Like

Tell the creator you liked it.

Comments

Read what people say and leave your own comment.

Share

Send the link by text, chat or social.

QR code

On videos. Opens the image of the Magoo in the video, with its QR code and link, so you can discover it.

Always on screen

The bar that floats at the bottom while you scroll.

Sound

Turn the sound on or off for every video on the page. A line across it means the sound is off.

Discover

Open the camera and point it at an image to find the Magoo hidden in it. No link or QR code needed.

Start Your Magoo!

Create your own Magoo.

What will you hide in yours?