Watermark

I believe there may be several approaches  You can possibly make your watermark or logo image apart of your master slide and then make sure your Engage & Quizmaker slides are transparent players so that the watermark/logo will show through.  This, of course, is assuming that you are integrating all into one presentation and not separately.

You could create a custom skin with the water mark over the top of the slides, To be honest watermarks are a waste of time

my solution would be very easy to get the swfs from under without the water mark.

Phil

Thanks Robert and Phil,

Robert, can you please tell me how I make the Engage & Quizmaker transparent?

Thanks,

Lorraine

Hi Lorraine,

Please see the method in the link below to learn how to create transparency in Quizmaker and Engage:

http://daveperso.mediaenglishonline.com/2009/03/05/transparency-and-consistency-in-studio-09/

Hi Lorraine,

One thing you can do is create a single Flash file that loads an image file with your logo in it. It requires Flash, but you can simply modify the URL and image file to quickly customize for your own uses.

1. Create 2 flash documents at 980x640
2. Name one file watermark.fla and name the other loader.fla
3. Add one line of code in loader.fla to load your watermark file: 

    loadMovieNum("http://articulate-community.s3.amazonaws.com/david/z/watermark/watermark.swf", 100); 

4. Insert loader.swf into your first slide via Articulate > Insert Flash Movie

Demo with watermark in lower right corner: Preview

Screencast: https://player.vimeo.com/video/204933200

Articulate Package: Download

Flash CS5 file: Download

Thanks David, that is very cool. Into the toolbox...

That is very cool. 

One question though: so, none Flash movies on any slides unload after the slide has finished? That is, if I have 20 custom Flash interactions, they all sit in memory until the last slide? That is... not optimal?

The slide itself unloads, Brian. Any Flash movies you place on a slide are replaced as the entire level reloads. As I remember (It's been awhile) movies or clips shuttled into a layer cause the destruction of the previous contents within the player. They should be dropping from memory space.

They don't in David's example above because he's forcing the watermark into an unused level. It never gets overwritten.

Hey Brian - honestly, I dont know how Flash files are handled in memory vs. cache. 

But if you load 20 custom movies into the same level, then each newly loaded movie will replace the previous movie--only one movie can exist in a level at one time.

How are you inserting/loading your custom Flash interactions? If you're inserting them via Articulate > Insert Flash, then they'll work like your other slide content.

This example is a bit of a hack since I'm circumventing Presenter's normal way of inserting Flash files. Presenter won't know what I load or unload--I have to tell it what to do each time. I reckon you could include either a line of code or a Flash movie that unloads the movies. 

I'm using normal Articulate > Insert Flash, yes. This loadMovieNum approach can come in handy though for, say, a continuous soundscape (office noises, nature noises etc.) in some courses, since there is no layering in Articulate narration. Thanks again!

Right, that's a great use for the load movie!

My guys here just offered building a "snow storm" overlay on the courses that is only visible on 25th December... But I guess it's because the working week is over here in Europe already

LOLOL You know, I've built a few courses that warranted a thunderstorm or two. Maybe you could create a "Seasons pack" and throw in all kinds of weather elements.

I'd think more in the direction of Holiday Pack. A different overlay for Xmas, Valentines, Easter, 4th of July etc I'm sure it'll be a welcome feature in bland corporate environment that some of our clients operate in.

That's funny. I will definitely try this idea sometime. Pleasant surprises brighten otherwise soul-less endeavors.