I'm creating a tutorial in Storyline using screencasts. Is there a way to cover up or blur person information on the screen? I've been doing it manually by taking a screenshot & blurring out the the info in Snagit, but that gets difficult when the screen scrolls. Any way to do this in the recording so it filters onto all step-by step slides or other ideas that would be helpful?
Hi Della! Welcome to the community. Here is video from David Anderson that shows a few different ways of cleaning up what info is shown in a screencast.
Thank you Ashley & Mike! I hadn't seen that video before, but the screen capture trick is essentially what I'm doing. I was hoping there was an easier way because I have a lot of student names/phone numbers on scrolling screens that I need to mask. I'll try utilizing the timeline more, that may help.
Mike I am attempting to do this masking in storyline but not winning. When I get to the point of the video where I need to add a shape to mask details, the video returns to the opening screen (the beginning).
I am desperate as I need to mask customer details for banking system simulations.
Hi Lilencia, when we build screen recordings we do so using images. That allows us to mask screens and easily replace as needed. The default workflow for creating screen recordings creates each screen as background image than cannot be edited. If you instead export a frame from your screen recording you can mask as required. Then import that image into the required slide. These simulations have been built using this approach. Ideal for large scale screencast projects. https://blendedminds.com.au/storyline-screencast-plugin/
The problem is that I need to blur - not obliterate the options. Also the video says to save a frame from the simulation by right clicking. Then I could blur manually in photoshop. But that is simple not an option in Storyline 360. So I am stuck.
What might help here is to edit the content using the Media Library in Storyline 360. David Anderson has a great walkthrough on how to achieve this here:
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Hi Delia - I think this link should help:
http://www.articulate.com/support/storyline/simple-ways-to-hide-sensitive-information-in-screen-recordings
There are a few different options here.
Hi Della! Welcome to the community. Here is video from David Anderson that shows a few different ways of cleaning up what info is shown in a screencast.
Thank you Ashley & Mike! I hadn't seen that video before, but the screen capture trick is essentially what I'm doing. I was hoping there was an easier way because I have a lot of student names/phone numbers on scrolling screens that I need to mask. I'll try utilizing the timeline more, that may help.
Thanks again!
Della
Mike I am attempting to do this masking in storyline but not winning. When I get to the point of the video where I need to add a shape to mask details, the video returns to the opening screen (the beginning).
I am desperate as I need to mask customer details for banking system simulations.
Hi Lilencia and welcome to E-Learning Heroes :)
This thread is a bit dated, but I'd love to be able to help you out with this.
What version of Storyline are you currently using?
You can add a shape then move to the proper place in the timeline to mask the items as needed.
Hi Lilencia, when we build screen recordings we do so using images. That allows us to mask screens and easily replace as needed. The default workflow for creating screen recordings creates each screen as background image than cannot be edited. If you instead export a frame from your screen recording you can mask as required. Then import that image into the required slide. These simulations have been built using this approach. Ideal for large scale screencast projects. https://blendedminds.com.au/storyline-screencast-plugin/
The problem is that I need to blur - not obliterate the options. Also the video says to save a frame from the simulation by right clicking. Then I could blur manually in photoshop. But that is simple not an option in Storyline 360. So I am stuck.
Hi Paris,
Happy to help here!
What might help here is to edit the content using the Media Library in Storyline 360. David Anderson has a great walkthrough on how to achieve this here:
Please let us know if you have any questions!
This is perfect. I have Snagit already, so I can follow this tutorial completely.