Animation Easing
Oct 03, 2014
By
Matt M
Was working on some slides yesterday with entrance and exit animations. Mostly fly ins/outs and fade ins/outs and everything was easing very nicely.
When I opened it today and starting working on it I noticed the animation easing wasn't quite working. Animations were still firing but they were very abrupt and not easing into place giving that nice natural look.
Not sure what I could have done to cause this. Any help would be appreciated.
14 Replies
Hello Matt, and welcome to Heroes!
Are you seeing this in preview, publish, or both?
Please makes sure that you are working locally as described here.
You can also check out theses steps here if you continue to see this odd behavior.
Both. But we do work on a network drive.
Can I copy the file locally and continue or do I have to rebuild?
Hello Matt,
You should be able to save the project directly on your hard drive using the save as. Or if you have the ability to move the file from the network to your local hard drive, you can do it that way as well.
You can also import the file directly onto your hard drive from the network drive
I copied the .story file to my local machine but I still have the same issue with animations.
But when I create a new slide and try some new animations I get the easing back.
Hello Matt,
It sounds like there could be an issue with the file itself.
You can try importing the file into a new Storyline file as described here.
Hi Emily
Been doing some work in storyline 2 and I can't seem to get over this issue. It seems that no matter what every time I open the .story file (usually the next day) all my entrance and exit animations loose their easing quality.
I will link 2 examples to show. the difference is subtle but I am relying heavily on animation to add flavour to the user experience and when the easing fails it effects the whole look of the presentation.
The first link was created from a new file yesterday and published in the same session. So basically the file was never closed and reopened before publishing. The second link is the same .story file opened today and then published with same settings.
Link 1 (working):
http://www.hanen.org/Online-Tutorials/hanen-digital-catalogue/story.html
Link 2 (not working):
This is very much a work in progress so it's pretty bare bones except for a couple slides which I am trying to nail down before moving on to the rest of the presenation.
Click on get started, then click on "Language Delay".
This bluish greenish slide is the first spot where the animation differ between the two as you will see the titles and product shot slide in. Interestingly if you click on the info icon, I am using some motion path animations that never lose their easing quality. You can click on next icon (arrow in bottom corner) to see the slide animate out and back in again and really see the difference.
I can't seem to figure out why this would happen.
sorry link 2 is:
http://www.hanen.org/Online-Tutorials/hanen-digital-catalogue-2/story.html
Hello Matt!
Unfortunately the second file you posted is not working. Can you reload the file?
Try this:
http://www.hanen.org/Online-Tutorials/hanen-digital-catalogue-2/story.html
Also try copying and pasting URL in address bar if doesn't work.
thanks
Hello Matt!
Thank you for the new link. I looked at your 1 and 2 outputs side by side, and unfortunately I am not seeing the difference in animations. They both seem to smoothly come in and go out.
Can you share the .story file with a marked spot on the timeline where you see the changes on your end?
You can also check the timing of the animations to see if they were changed, even by .10 of a second.
Ok here is a screen recording to illustrate. The first half of the video is what I am seeing when I publish now, the second half is what I want and was when I first published after creating the initial presentation.
http://www.hanen.org/Online-Tutorials/storyline-example.webm
It's most notable on the title and product shot to me .The first example has very flat entrance/exit animations, the second example has much more dynamic and realistic animations. The .story file is the same file for both instances. The only difference is the incorrect one was opened the next day after creating it and published.
Hello Matt,
Thank you for sharing that. Unfortunately I am not able to see the difference in ease. Hopefully some of the community members may be able to assist if they have experienced the same issue.
You could also submit a support request here, if you would like someone to take another look.
OK sounds good, thanks for your help Emily.
Hi! Just wanted to pop in and let you know that Update 2 for SL2 has been released which includes correcting this issue with animation easing.
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