Can I make objects move across the screen?

Unfortunately motion paths are not available in the current version of Storyline. There has been a lot of discussion on this topic in the forum and it's a lot peoples' hope that the next version includes them. I suggest you put in a feature request to add your name to the list of those wishing it were an option.

Hi Chrisanne,

If you'd like to follow Brett's advice - you can submit the feature request here. 

Hi Chrisanna,

Yes, if you'd like to see motion paths, please add your voice. Many of us have made that request.

Also, though, you can make things appear to move from one spot to another by using masking or by positioning items along the timeline. I've attached a story that has 3 examples.

The first uses a rectangle to mask the character who's popping into the frame

The second positions arrows incrementally along a timeline and has them animating in from right to left

The third shows a motion path, created in PowerPoint, saved as a video file, and brought into SL.

If you have any questions about these, please do shout out.

Thanks Becky!

Wow, Rebecca, this is awesome! Thanks for the feedback, everyone!

Glad it worked for you Chrisanna and thanks for updating us! 

@staff...

Will motion paths be in the next release?

And please don't tell me to subscribe to Gabe's blog.

Hi El,

I don't have information to offer in terms of what features may be included in future releases or updates or a time frame to offer. I'd suggest submitting a feature request if you haven't done so already, and when we have information to share on a update we'll share it a number of ways. 

Hi Chrisanna,

Yes, pretty cool that some things ARE doable without motion paths. Hope you (and El Burgaluva if you haven't already) take Ashley's advice re submitting a request for them....it would be nice to have them! (squeaky wheel and all that)

Hi Everyone,

I need some help I want the two circles when they come together to move in a more smoother way and was wondering if you have any suggestion and also what else I could do to make the slide look more professional

Hi Saira,

I just amended one of the circles to be filed with a different colour, right-clicked and set to 35% transparency, and deleted the "oval".

You may need to explain about the overlap/intersection, but graphically it looks fine.

Hope that helps.

Hi Saira and Bruce,

I was intrigued by this and played around with it. Thought I might as well upload what I came up with. See slide 1.2. I:

• hid the "eat" oval
• lengthened the "1st state" oval for the entire length of the slide
• moved "oval 1" to fade in slow at 3.25 seconds (when the 1st state and food ovals merge)
• changed the fly in animation speed to very slow
• Centered all the ovals on the slide, and the word or
• Repositioned the words "women" and "female"

Shout out with any questions.

Hi Saira! Looks like you are getting some great assistance here from Bruce and Becky Thanks!

Nicely done Rebecca.  Thanks

Tx for taking time to comment, Andrew. I enjoyed the "challenge."

...and we enjoy your assistance Becky

THANK YOU

very much for all the replies and I am so impressed with the way it looks now I cant believe they move in soooo smoothly.  I'm really excited... and so grateful to you all for replying and taking the time out to help me. 

Nice job Rebecca - thanks for running with this one....

Glad you were able to get the assistance that you needed here Saira

Aw shucks, Bruce . Saira, glad it's all working well. Community, hip hip!

hi everyone! I am a little new to Storyline-- I am working on a course and I have the main menu page set as a cubical office space. I want to add fun personalized customization so I though by having them pick certains objects to place in  their cubical ( picture frames, a radio, calendar...) it would be fun! however I do I make this possible--meaning how can I have them "set up their cubical " and have it stay like that throughout the course? thoughts?

Melissa

Hi Melissa,

Welcome to E-Learning Heroes!

I love the idea :) Personally, I would probably keep everything (if possible) on one slide. Initiate the course with the drag-and-drop slide and allow learners to customize their space. When they're done, you could have them click a button (either a player button or custom button on the slide), then include your additional course content using layers.

If you use layers, you can show content over their work space. So, not only are you retaining the customization they've chosen, you can also now include new content in that space. If you need to show more, just use more layers. 

This is just my personal opinion though - I'm a big fan of layering :D

Here's some resources that may help:

Adding and Editing Slide Layers - E-Learning Heroes

Working with States, Triggers, and Layers - E-Learning Heroes

Best of luck with the project!

Christine