Copying States from one picture to another

Hi there!

This is my first post, and I am very new to Storyline, but it looks like an exciting and different way of doing things!

My question may already be out there, but after an hour of searching, I thought I should ask.

Can you copy states from one picture to another? For example, I have 5 pictures which I want to have 3 states. Normal (which is normal), visited (which is greyed out) and active (which is increased contrast and brightness). Rather than having to set these up for each individual picture, is there a way to copy the states over quickly?

Thanks!

Josh

15 Replies

Ashley Terwilliger-Pollard
Staff

9 years ago08/02/13 at 8:48 am (UTC)

Hi Josh and welcome to Heroes!

I'm glad your enjoying Storyline so far! There isn't a default way to copy the state onto multiple images or buttons. This does sound like a good feature request though!

If you need anything else, please let us know!

Rebecca Fleisch Cordeiro

9 years ago08/04/13 at 6:50 am (UTC)

Hi Ashley and Josh,

I just wanted to throw something out here. Although it's true you can't select multiple images and copy states over, you can select the image that already has the desired states, then double-click the format painter, and single click sequentially on each picture that should have these same states. Apologies if I'm misinterpreting the question...but just in case I thought I'd post.

Phil Mayor
Hero

9 years ago08/04/13 at 10:13 am (UTC)

Rebecca Fleisch Cordeiro said:

Hi Ashley and Josh,

I just wanted to throw something out here. Although it's true you can't select multiple images and copy states over, you can select the image that already has the desired states, then double-click the format painter, and single click sequentially on each picture that should have these same states. Apologies if I'm misinterpreting the question...but just in case I thought I'd post.

Agree with Rebecca this should achieve what you want.

Ashley Terwilliger-Pollard
Staff

9 years ago08/05/13 at 6:24 am (UTC)

Thanks Rebecca and Phil! It sounds like that would accomplish what Josh wants, but if not - let us know Josh!

Josh Onikul
Author

9 years ago08/06/13 at 4:15 pm (UTC)

Thanks everyone! I'll give the format painter a go!

Mary Lynne

9 years ago08/06/13 at 6:37 pm (UTC)

Hi there

Another way to accomplish that is to copy the picture that has the adjusted states and paste a new instance on the stage. Then I right click and select 'change picture'. The 'Format Picture' settings to each state will automatically apply to the new picture.

Mary-Lynne

Ashley Terwilliger-Pollard
Staff

9 years ago08/07/13 at 12:29 pm (UTC)

Thanks Mary-Lynne for the additional suggestion!

7 years ago07/30/15 at 5:16 pm (UTC)

Rebecca,

Thank you!!!

This just saved me HOURS on a large project that I am working on.

Ashley Terwilliger-Pollard
Staff

7 years ago07/30/15 at 5:29 pm (UTC)

This thread is a bit older Duane, but glad it still assisted you.

Duane Dickey

7 years ago07/30/15 at 5:31 pm (UTC)

What can I say....I'm a bit slow, but I eventually get there.

Ashley Terwilliger-Pollard
Staff

7 years ago07/30/15 at 5:37 pm (UTC)

No worries Duane. ;-)

That's why we don't delete threads.

Dean Reed

almost 6 years ago09/09/16 at 12:01 pm (UTC)

It just goes to show you that no matter how long you've been using something you can always learn something new. It didn't even occur to me to use the format tool to copy states. I've been working on multiple process flows connected to description layers and recreating all the states for each process step individually. What a time saver!

Ashley Terwilliger-Pollard
Staff

almost 6 years ago09/09/16 at 12:36 pm (UTC)

That's what I love about this community Dean!

almost 6 years ago11/05/16 at 1:24 am (UTC)

Rebecca Fleisch Cordeiro

you can select the image that already has the desired states, then double-click the format painter, and single click sequentially on each picture that should have these same states.

Unfortunately, the format painter doesn't work if your states use any of the following formatting adjustments: