I've seen this done in PowerPoint and wondered if I could do this in articulate. I have 3 rounded rectangles grouped together each sitting atop the other aligned with some background spacing in between each. When I fill with a picture, each rectangle gets its own copy of the picture rather than the picture being distributed throughout the 3 grouped shapes. Hope this makes sense. I've attached a picture similar to what I'm trying to accomplish.
Is this possible in Articulate? Or do I have to go to PowerPoint to do this?
Unfortunately, Storyline doesn't have a great level of capability in terms of masking effects.
However, looking at your example, you could easily achieve this effect by using the slide background fill option. Set your slide background to the image of the ocean, add a box on top to cover your whole slide and set it to the real background colour you want, then add your rounded rectangles on top and set them to use the slide background fill (right click > format shape > slide background fill). They should inherit the background image based on where they are positioned, similar to a mask.
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Unfortunately, Storyline doesn't have a great level of capability in terms of masking effects.
However, looking at your example, you could easily achieve this effect by using the slide background fill option. Set your slide background to the image of the ocean, add a box on top to cover your whole slide and set it to the real background colour you want, then add your rounded rectangles on top and set them to use the slide background fill (right click > format shape > slide background fill). They should inherit the background image based on where they are positioned, similar to a mask.
Hope this helps!
Awesome. I knew there had to be a way. Thanks, Ben.
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