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- PatrickNolanCommunity MemberGreat work, the animated portions gave it a great sense of movement!
- SarahHodgeFormer StaffThank you for the kind words, Patrick!
- PHITHIMaiAnhCommunity MemberThis is a stunning project !!!! I love it !!!!
- SarahHodgeFormer StaffThank you, Anh!
- AnthonyGossCommunity MemberThis keeps crashing on my phone. Any ideas?
- SarahHodgeFormer StaffHi Anthony! This course was designed for the desktop. I've tested it briefly on the iPad and phone and it didn't play as fluidly. I wish I had more time to make it work just right on those devices. In another forum, I've recommended that people view it on a desktop in the Chrome browser for the best experience.
- TiffanyGregoryCommunity MemberSarah I have been practicing with the information you gave us yesterday on creating a video in PPT and exporting it to Storyline. At one point you had us to copy the screen in PPT and save it as an image for later use. Would we need this in order to put the picture on top of the video in Storyline? I added a hover state to my images picture above my 3D images but they are not moving. On your SL timeline you have picture images listed and I only have the movie listed, can you help?
- SarahHodgeFormer StaffHi Tiffany! I only use the image to help align any text that will be over the video since the exported video doesn't show the end result without playing the video. Once I've aligned the text, I delete the image, leaving only the video visible in Storyline. Hope that helps!
- JamesYorke-c668Community MemberThis is so good, I've been following your stuff on youtube and here so as soon as I saw slidesugar I knew it was going to be good :) how did you animate the leaves - motion paths? ...so good!!!!
- SarahHodgeFormer StaffYou made my day! Thank you for the kind words, James! I've had quite a few people contact me about the falling leaves, so I went ahead and made a tutorial on how to do it. I just posited it. I also included a free pre-made PPT resource too. Let me know if this helps!
https://youtu.be/bCz5kPAW3b0
- AnnaGarCommunity MemberAwesome! Thanks for the inspiring example and detailed answers to the questions.
In the third part, did you also use PPT features or something else?- SarahHodgeFormer StaffThanks, Anna! For the third section, I used Photoshop to cut images into multiple layers or to remove pieces of an image I didn't need. I then saved those as pngs to keep the transparency. I inserted those images into Storyline and used motion paths to create the 2.5D/parallax effect. We are in the process of making a tutorial on how to create that effect.
- ShannonMcGinnisCommunity MemberThis is great--thanks for sharing!!!! Just curious--how much time did it take you from concept to the final product?
- SarahHodgeFormer StaffThank you, Shannon! I can't recall the exact amount of time I spent on this project since I was working on multiple projects at the time, but I generally like to give myself somewhere between 6-14 weeks to complete a project similar to this. It depends on the readiness of content, availability of SMEs and how long they need to review, the complexity of the subject matter, and the goals of the project, etc.
- ShannonMcGinnisCommunity MemberThat's perfect--just needed a ballpark. Thank you. I've never created something as involved or complicated (still a newbie with SL) but I like to give stakeholders realistic expectations. I know how much time my courses typically take but if/when they see examples like this, they tend to think a) I could pull it off also and b) in no more time than a much simpler course. I really appreciate you sharing!
- CindyShaverCommunity MemberThis is great, thanks! I didn't even know Powerpoint had 3d! Can you please tell me how you added the moving fog at the beginning? I wanted to do something like that in a course, but couldn't figure out how.
- SarahHodgeFormer StaffThank you, Cindy! Microsoft also has a free 3D model library, Remix. You'll need the Office 365 subscription to use the 3D models in PPT.
To achieve the fog effect, I used transparent fog images made with Photoshop brushes (there's also stock footage options) and then used motion paths to animate at different times.- FaizanMumtazCommunity MemberI was also going to ask about the fog. I couldn't tell if it was something cooked up in After Effects and essentially a trasnparent video. Your use of Photoshop brushes and animating them is very slick looking. Congratulations on an exceptionally designed course!
- RickSellCommunity MemberHaving encountered black bears in the Appalachian wilds, I appreciate and concur with the advice.
- SarahHodgeFormer StaffOh my! Glad you made it back here to comment. :)
- RickSell-23957eCommunity MemberIt was a long time ago. You shoulda seen the bear! Don't think he ever really recovered...
- ReisHillCommunity MemberHi Sarah, this is great. Did you use a 3D model or develop a GIF sequence for the rotation/ transition of the bear?
- SarahHodgeFormer StaffThanks, Reis! I used 3D bear models in PPT and exported as a video. Here's a tutorial I created on how to do it: https://youtu.be/fX3cRLzrsis