Animating Simple Motion Paths

Hi Allisum,  unfortunately you can't do motion path animation in SL. This was one of the biggest complaints that the beta testers had with Storyline.

There are some things you can do to simulate motion paths in Storyline - by using layers, states etc, but if  you have PowerPoint 2010  you can create the motion path in PowerPoint and then save the powerpoint file as a windows media file.

You can then use the import video option in SL to bring in the animation.

I seem to be one step behind Brian today.

We're all usually one step behind Brian. 

The Batt rules! 

I'm just proud to be apart of such an awesome community.  When I see customers rock the forums, it inspires me to bring my best every day.  I appreciate the effort you all put into supporting the forums.

Brian, are motion paths ever going to be supported in Storyline? 

Hi Joe,

We’re building very powerful animation capabilities for a future release.  Be sure to subscribe to the Articulate Word of Mouth Blog to receive notifications when new updates and features are released.

Awesome!! I was thinking about mocking up a feature prototype for animation features I've always wanted but never seen. High hopes.

Brian, please make sure this is just not a rehash of powerpoint.  This is the perfect opportunity to really showcase storyline

Just saying

Phil

Another option is to create the animation you want in a single-slide PPT file and publish it (obviously using Studio).  Drill down into one of those newly created folders and you'll find a SWF (I think it has "...slide..." or "...bg..." somewhere in the name").  Insert this into SL and it works a treat.  Okay, the file size can be larger than you'd like but the effect IME works perfectly well.  One (just one) of the many great features of SL is that you can resize the SWF window to any size you want, therefore you should find a size that suits your SL output exactly as required.

Or you can just have the series of images that last, say, .25 seconds that butt up next to each other on the timeline (one ends when the next one begins) without the animation.  But on the slide itself, they slightly overlap.  Used the align command to space them equally on the slide.

Something I did during the beta:  http://dl.dropbox.com/u/21556107/UFO-flight%20output/story.html

Not my first choice to do this (I'd probably do the SWF or video from PowerPoint) but it can be done this way totally in SL.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4349561/StorylionMotionPath%20Example%20output/story.html

Nice, Bruce!

Nice simple work around Bruce.  

Thanks for sharing - I just need a lion now!

Jilo

That was awesome!

Thanks Helen

You can see all the episodes  here ...

Bruce

After having updated my Storyline-version today, I'm having troubles getting my animations shown correctly. I've set up the animations in powerpoint 2010 using fade in and fade out. Then I import the powerpoint into Storyline, but only some of the animations are working and some of them are not. I can't seem to find a different in the set up of those that are working and those who are not - can you help me?

Welcome to Heroes, Mette!

Your fade in and out animations should be supported when importing them into Storyline. Is there anything else going on with them that may be causing an issue? Mind sharing your .story file with us so we can get a better idea of what you're experiencing? Thanks!

I just stumbled across this thread and thought I'd post my latest comment on a similar topic along with the demo.

Hi Brian,

Any time frame for those new animation capabilities. Something like object properties animation is fundamental to me.

Many thanks.

Welcome to the community, Dominique

We can't offer a specific timeframe on new features and future releases, but if there are specific animations that you'd like to see included, please feel free to share them directly with our development team. 

Thanks, and welcome again!

Um... the original post was two years ago. I know you can't tell us any more specifics, but I just want to confirm that I didn't miss something somehow. Is there still no way to add basic animations paths to Storyline after all this time?

Hi,

Do not get me wrong. I LOVE storyline, but this "We’re building very powerful animation capabilities for a future release. " was written two years ago!! So after two years we still have to use workarounds or other products!

Seriously ???

Hi, Dominique!    Some workarounds are just never fun.  We are with you on your frustration.

I believe the best way to handle situations like this is to make a cogent and professionally-written feature request to Articulate.  And in it make a brief business case and reasons why any change or new feature makes sense. 

The more people request things like this with a feature request, the better.  Submitting feature requests is the best way to make your needs known.  Believe me, it works.