Does anyone know where I can find/buy an African American illustrated character (in the same style as the Storyline characters)? I noticed that there aren't any that come with the software. It also seems as if the ones you can purchase from Articulate are real people rather then illustrations. I don't have time to manually change skin color and features either.
I could have sworn there were African American characters included with Storyline. When I go to insert an illustrated character, there are 40 available (20 each of male and female). It looks like a little less than half of them are African American.
I have two African American character on my website, One in business attire and one construction attire. (only two because I'm still building up my items.)
I agree. These are not african american characters--they look eurocentric with dark skin tones. At best we might say they are Indian. Articulate needs to do one of the following:
Provide true characters of other ethnicities (african, asain, hispanic, american indians, etc.) or
Create a tool to allow people to create their own character sets.
"The ACP file is created specifically for Articulate Storyline and Studio ’13. They are easy to install and will work like the default illustrated characters. You’ll be able to pick the expression and pose you want."
The ACP file format is what Articulate uses for it's software to read the character information. I'm sure a staff member can provide you with the technical definition for it.
While it would be great to have every true ethnicity represented, it wouldn't be practical. Then they would have to draw them in a variety of different uniforms or outfits and to a majority of people it still wouldn't "look" right. This is why I offer my custom character service.
I think a tool that helps you create your own characters would be great, but the user would still need some artistic talent. Even if you purchased a character online, you would still need enough technical expertise to modify it so that it would work in the tool and export it in the necessary file format (WMF).
Hi Jerson -- Luckily I have the illustrative skills. In my mind this would be similar to when photoshop opened itself up to 3rd party plugin development. I understand that it may not make sense for Articulate to develop specific character set(s). However, if there is an earnest power user who has the gumption and talent to create a useful character set, then Articulate should lower the barriers to making it integrate-able with the software. Thanks for the info Re: ACP. - Michael
New characters and different styles have been a popular request - and you're welcome to jump in on that here in the form of a feature request. Also feel free to share your thoughts on the ability to edit/create your own directly in Storyline.
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Hi Andrea,
I could have sworn there were African American characters included with Storyline. When I go to insert an illustrated character, there are 40 available (20 each of male and female).
It looks like a little less than half of them are African American.
Cheers,
Simon
Hi,
Yes, I was told by my client that their features were too Eurocentric and
not really African.
You might try elearningbrothers...
http://library.elearningtemplates.com/product/20187-Storyline-Character-Karl-Business/
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Hey Andrea,
I have two African American character on my website, One in business attire and one construction attire. (only two because I'm still building up my items.)
https://visual-e-learning.com/downloads/anthony-business-illustrated-character/
Great thank you!
Andrea
I agree. These are not african american characters--they look eurocentric with dark skin tones. At best we might say they are Indian. Articulate needs to do one of the following:
- Michael
Can you explain what the ACP format is?
"The ACP file is created specifically for Articulate Storyline and Studio ’13. They are easy to install and will work like the default illustrated characters. You’ll be able to pick the expression and pose you want."
- Michael
Hey Michael,
The ACP file format is what Articulate uses for it's software to read the character information. I'm sure a staff member can provide you with the technical definition for it.
While it would be great to have every true ethnicity represented, it wouldn't be practical. Then they would have to draw them in a variety of different uniforms or outfits and to a majority of people it still wouldn't "look" right. This is why I offer my custom character service.
I think a tool that helps you create your own characters would be great, but the user would still need some artistic talent. Even if you purchased a character online, you would still need enough technical expertise to modify it so that it would work in the tool and export it in the necessary file format (WMF).
Hi Jerson -- Luckily I have the illustrative skills. In my mind this would be similar to when photoshop opened itself up to 3rd party plugin development. I understand that it may not make sense for Articulate to develop specific character set(s). However, if there is an earnest power user who has the gumption and talent to create a useful character set, then Articulate should lower the barriers to making it integrate-able with the software. Thanks for the info Re: ACP. - Michael
Hi Michael,
New characters and different styles have been a popular request - and you're welcome to jump in on that here in the form of a feature request. Also feel free to share your thoughts on the ability to edit/create your own directly in Storyline.
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