I have a screen record done in Storyline that is currently a seperate scene. I want to have a laptop frame (graphic) around it and reduce size so that I can put instructions to the right of the recording. (like the Sales Orientation sample by Thinkgap in the Comunity Showcase).
When you insert your screen recording, really the only way that you can resize it on your slide is if you insert is as a "Video On A Single Slide" (when you insert, you'd need to choose the first option as shown in the picture below). If you really need the video to be a series of "Step-by-Step Slides" , it's not possible to resize the video clips.
Regarding the Sales Orientation course in the Storyline Showcase, the course authors used a very clever approach. The step-by-step video slides that you see in that course are actually the full size size of the slide (the video clips weren't resized or repositioned)... all of the background items, such as the tablet screen, the cube wall, the whiteboard, the post-it note, etc. are actually part of the video; they're not background objects on the Storyline slide. I believe what ThinkingKap did was create the graphic that they wanted to use as the background (they probably used a graphic design program or PowerPoint), then opened that graphic on their desktop and positioned the SalesForce application on top of it, to make it look like the application was displaying on the tablet screen. Then they created positioned Storyline's screen recording window over the whole thing and recorded it.
Do you think this might work? Create a SL separate project. Size the pages to what size you need the final step-by-step video to be. Create the video and insert on the slide. Publish out. Rename story.html to index.html. Insert the published output as a local web object in the project that needs it.
Lot of work and you lose some functionality . . . but I'm wondering if it might work. Too lazy right now to try it out.
That's a great idea Gerry! I think it could totally work! The only downside I can think of is, since the screen recording/simulation would be inserted as a web object, it would be completely independent of the course and therefore wouldn't be something that the "shell" course would report back to the LMS. Maybe that's not important in Lara's situation though?
Gerry - If I go with your idea and the course is loaded on the LMS, how should I enter the web address. Storyline does not seem to allow an abbreviated folder URL.
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Have tried clicking on the recording placeholder in the slide and grabbing the handles and resizing the video?
Or right-click on it and go to size and Position and resize it with the controls there?
It was recorded using Storyline and when I click on it, I do not get those options. It is a step by step "Try Mode" recording.
Hi Lara!
When you insert your screen recording, really the only way that you can resize it on your slide is if you insert is as a "Video On A Single Slide" (when you insert, you'd need to choose the first option as shown in the picture below). If you really need the video to be a series of "Step-by-Step Slides" , it's not possible to resize the video clips.
Regarding the Sales Orientation course in the Storyline Showcase, the course authors used a very clever approach. The step-by-step video slides that you see in that course are actually the full size size of the slide (the video clips weren't resized or repositioned)... all of the background items, such as the tablet screen, the cube wall, the whiteboard, the post-it note, etc. are actually part of the video; they're not background objects on the Storyline slide. I believe what ThinkingKap did was create the graphic that they wanted to use as the background (they probably used a graphic design program or PowerPoint), then opened that graphic on their desktop and positioned the SalesForce application on top of it, to make it look like the application was displaying on the tablet screen. Then they created positioned Storyline's screen recording window over the whole thing and recorded it.
Hey, Jeanette!
Do you think this might work? Create a SL separate project. Size the pages to what size you need the final step-by-step video to be. Create the video and insert on the slide. Publish out. Rename story.html to index.html. Insert the published output as a local web object in the project that needs it.
Lot of work and you lose some functionality . . . but I'm wondering if it might work. Too lazy right now to try it out.
That's a great idea Gerry! I think it could totally work! The only downside I can think of is, since the screen recording/simulation would be inserted as a web object, it would be completely independent of the course and therefore wouldn't be something that the "shell" course would report back to the LMS. Maybe that's not important in Lara's situation though?
Gerry - If I go with your idea and the course is loaded on the LMS, how should I enter the web address. Storyline does not seem to allow an abbreviated folder URL.
Also can I only test/preview in the LMS?
Do you understand what I'm asking?
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