I'm working with a course where I would like to have "the same zoom" on multiple slides. I found how to change the zoom speed, but I don't find anything that tells me the zoom size and position. I also don't seem to have functionality to copy and paste a zoom region from one slide to another. Is there anyway, other than eye-balling it, to make identical zoom sizes on multiple slides? The timing will be different, but I want the size and placement to match.
Absolutely agree with Carl above that the features listed would save hours of otherwise tedious work for Storyline developers. I'm forced to use the 'rectangle' workaround which remains tedious when it needs to be applied over many slides. Fine-tuning still needs to be done in order for the scene to render properly with no 'jumping around' when zoom regions aren't perfectly aligned between slides. This application would jump from good to great with either the ability to copy zoom regions between slides or to be able to configure the zoom region coordinates and size directly. This is a universal pain point among developers in my organization.
I've worked with a Customer Success Manager to submit a feature request for this issue. They told me to encourage others who have been impacted to submit a feature request as well as it will add traction to the request. Please take a moment and help get this long-overdue feature added. Here is the link: Feature Request
Me too - but i'm not hopeful we'll see it anytime soon. Given its been discussed for so long, seems to be an easy thing to implement and hasn't been. Well, I hope I'm wrong!
I could not agree more. This seems like something that should be a no brainer for development. It ends up either making the design work so difficult it isn't worth it, or the end product with so many little jumps that it looks cheap.
I would like to add my voice to the chorus here--I would love to be able to copy a zoom region to another slide layer, keeping it the same position & size as the original.
Can you PLEASE look into this Articulate! It's all well and good copying a slide with a Zoom region but this is not practical when recording screen simulations.
Come on everyone, get your colleagues to contribute to this discussion, Fixing this will make our development lives a lot easier and our work look a lot more professional.
Let us all show Articulate how much this means to us and finally get it fixed in 2023!
I really hope they will implement a fix for this very soon, I have another Sim project and I am seriously not looking forward to hours of trying to line up Zooms, even with the grid its painfully slow and if its so much as a millimetre out it stutters and looks unprofessional.
Sadly, it appears that Articulate doesn't implement feature requests, this is one of many fundamental issues which have been outstanding for years.
I can't overstate the importance of a decent Zoom feature. These days everyone is becoming more and more aware of user accessibility, and Articulate promotes some accessibility features.
While a lot of e-learning works along the line of PowerPoint on steroids, with bullet point lists, interactive tools, etc.
Many developers are also creating e-learning modules to train the use of Computer Software and they/we often will make use of the Storyline player to wrap around the subject matter/Software images, with SL menu items and a table of contents, etc. This border takes up screen space that reduces the available space for the image of the subject being discussed, resulting in smaller text and objects - often to the extent that these are no longer legible.
This effect worsens when we consider Accessibility for learners with visual impairments.
In these scenarios it is really important to have the ability to zoom in on specific regions of the subject image, to clarify and highlight the current topic of interest.
Thankfully Storyline does do this.
However, it is often necessary to keep the zoom area fixed over a number of slides. And by not having any numerical means of setting/matching the zoom areas, Developers either have to do this by eye- which can result in unprofessional and jerky slide transitions. Or they need to duplicate the first zoomed slide and base the rest of them on it.
This of course may be acceptable when creating new eLearning modules from scratch, but it can be very, very time-consuming when updating pre-existing modules.
Having a zoom feature was one of the main requirements my colleagues and I had when we decided to subscribe to the Articulate software suite of products.
Substantial pain point, we want to control zoom regions like shapes and be able to copy and paste. 9 years is way, way too long. Frankly, I am surprised at some of the functions that you haven't been able to implement, I'm guessing this is a really hard one to do for some reason, or there are just too few of us who need to use it.
Disappointingly Articulate is also very tight-lipped about the whole thing and has not explained why they have completely failed to address this issue. Personally, I would feel less annoyed if they explained themselves.
I want to add my support for a Copy/Paste function for zoom regions so that the next slide looks identical to the previous one for continuity. At the very least, we should have control over size and placement so I can line it up with something other than my eye.
I'm just guessing; I suspect that they are thinking that we developers will duplicate the previous slide and then rehash the Zoom for the next slides. That's OK for new projects, but it can be tricky/fiddly to do when updating modules.
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+100
Can't believe this hasn't been implemented. Just came across this myself after having used Camtasia for screen recordings.
Absolutely agree with Carl above that the features listed would save hours of otherwise tedious work for Storyline developers. I'm forced to use the 'rectangle' workaround which remains tedious when it needs to be applied over many slides. Fine-tuning still needs to be done in order for the scene to render properly with no 'jumping around' when zoom regions aren't perfectly aligned between slides. This application would jump from good to great with either the ability to copy zoom regions between slides or to be able to configure the zoom region coordinates and size directly. This is a universal pain point among developers in my organization.
I've worked with a Customer Success Manager to submit a feature request for this issue. They told me to encourage others who have been impacted to submit a feature request as well as it will add traction to the request. Please take a moment and help get this long-overdue feature added. Here is the link: Feature Request
Done! I've been waiting for this for EIGHT YEARS!!!
Me too - but i'm not hopeful we'll see it anytime soon. Given its been discussed for so long, seems to be an easy thing to implement and hasn't been. Well, I hope I'm wrong!
I've submitted a feature request but would also like to express my frustration that this feature has still, after years, not been considered.
So it is 8 years since the issue was raised and no solution? I am kind of surprised about behaviour like this for a market leader in the field.
Why does Storyline even have a simulation mode when something as fundamental maintaining the same zoom over multiple pages is not supported?
I am on a project with extensive simulations and using the grid to manually place the zoom every time is a serious time drain.
Are we up to year 9 and there is no workable solution yet?
At least display the zoom region dimensions and position like it was a shape.
I could not agree more. This seems like something that should be a no brainer for development. It ends up either making the design work so difficult it isn't worth it, or the end product with so many little jumps that it looks cheap.
PLEASE GET THIS FEATURE IMPLIMENTED.
Come-on Articulate. Storyline Objects have adjustable size and position - numerical variables.
How difficult can it be?
I would like to add my voice to the chorus here--I would love to be able to copy a zoom region to another slide layer, keeping it the same position & size as the original.
Ten years and counting and still no resolution!
Can you PLEASE look into this Articulate! It's all well and good copying a slide with a Zoom region but this is not practical when recording screen simulations.
Yes please, this would make the zoom region feature much more useful and quicker to apply across multiple slides (or layers)
Come on everyone, get your colleagues to contribute to this discussion, Fixing this will make our development lives a lot easier and our work look a lot more professional.
Let us all show Articulate how much this means to us and finally get it fixed in 2023!
Thanks
I really hope they will implement a fix for this very soon, I have another Sim project and I am seriously not looking forward to hours of trying to line up Zooms, even with the grid its painfully slow and if its so much as a millimetre out it stutters and looks unprofessional.
Sadly, it appears that Articulate doesn't implement feature requests, this is one of many fundamental issues which have been outstanding for years.
This is a fundamental design feature, and should be implemented into the software.
I can't overstate the importance of a decent Zoom feature. These days everyone is becoming more and more aware of user accessibility, and Articulate promotes some accessibility features.
While a lot of e-learning works along the line of PowerPoint on steroids, with bullet point lists, interactive tools, etc.
Many developers are also creating e-learning modules to train the use of Computer Software and they/we often will make use of the Storyline player to wrap around the subject matter/Software images, with SL menu items and a table of contents, etc. This border takes up screen space that reduces the available space for the image of the subject being discussed, resulting in smaller text and objects - often to the extent that these are no longer legible.
This effect worsens when we consider Accessibility for learners with visual impairments.
In these scenarios it is really important to have the ability to zoom in on specific regions of the subject image, to clarify and highlight the current topic of interest.
Thankfully Storyline does do this.
However, it is often necessary to keep the zoom area fixed over a number of slides. And by not having any numerical means of setting/matching the zoom areas, Developers either have to do this by eye- which can result in unprofessional and jerky slide transitions. Or they need to duplicate the first zoomed slide and base the rest of them on it.
This of course may be acceptable when creating new eLearning modules from scratch, but it can be very, very time-consuming when updating pre-existing modules.
Having a zoom feature was one of the main requirements my colleagues and I had when we decided to subscribe to the Articulate software suite of products.
Please Fix this issue.
Many thanks
Couldn't agree more! Would love to see this copy Zoom region feature in the next update!
Hi everyone, In case you haven't already, you can raise a feature request. Let's up the numbers here! https://www.articulate.com/support/contact/feature-request
I have raised a feature request for this
Substantial pain point, we want to control zoom regions like shapes and be able to copy and paste. 9 years is way, way too long. Frankly, I am surprised at some of the functions that you haven't been able to implement, I'm guessing this is a really hard one to do for some reason, or there are just too few of us who need to use it.
Disappointingly Articulate is also very tight-lipped about the whole thing and has not explained why they have completely failed to address this issue. Personally, I would feel less annoyed if they explained themselves.
I want to add my support for a Copy/Paste function for zoom regions so that the next slide looks identical to the previous one for continuity. At the very least, we should have control over size and placement so I can line it up with something other than my eye.
+1M! Over a decade later, how has this not been implemented yet!
I'm just guessing; I suspect that they are thinking that we developers will duplicate the previous slide and then rehash the Zoom for the next slides. That's OK for new projects, but it can be tricky/fiddly to do when updating modules.