Curve line shape
Mar 29, 2014
By
Dominique D
Hi everybody,
I really often use bezier curves in my graphics. I never managed to control the curve line. The drawing process is unclear and there is no point edit mode.
I have been drawing them in external applications so far but would like to have it native in storyline.
example : 
Have a nice day
42 Replies
Fantastic! Thanks for the update.
https://360.articulate.com/review/content/7fd0e70e-3751-4921-8abb-caf501184229/review
Still not fixed from my experience.
Also of note, Peek 360 Screencast gets rather confused with dual monitors. It never recorded the area I chose. I had to revert to single monitor to get the capture. Here is an example of what it captured with my dual monito setup
https://360.articulate.com/review/content/7fd0e70e-3751-4921-8abb-caf501184229/review
Hi Gerald!
Thank you for including the Peek! I'm noticing the same on my end, so I've connected with our Engineers to gather more information.
I'll keep you posted in this discussion!
I have the exact same issue as Gerald, above. And everyone else in this 6-year-old thread.
https://360.articulate.com/review/content/a8db0f08-38b1-415c-9c38-68d7b9f66115/review
Apologies for the poor Peek screencast.
I wasn't clever enough to have curves to base my tests on as Gerald has, but it gives an indicator of how wild it is to control and draw any type of curve. And then, the end result that suddenly pops into life is just... weird. In no way an accurate reflection of the curve drawn.
Why is this still happening?!
Do you live in an earthquake zone?
Your mouse is on a wobbly table?
Or maybe have some form of unfortunate tremens?
Or maybe that is the curve you actually really subconsciously wanted to draw.
it really is quite shockingly bad. It’s almost funny (the software - not your wonky drawing).
It is shocking, I keep drawing simple curves in inkscape, exporting them as PNGs and then adding them to storyline. Tedious.
The curve tool in storyline is unusable in my opinion.
The other alternative is the arc tool which is also super difficult to work with.
I think a option to go in and out of Adobe Illustrator would solve the issue !
I'm so sad. If I do the graphics/curves in PPT and import them, I lose a lot of functionality on the imported image (change color, glows, etc.). However, I don't see another option right now, because as it is I draw a curve that "looks good" while drawing, but as soon as I finish, it "re-draws" the path and I end up with a spaghetti bowl of overlapping curves/lines that don't go where I draw them. Please fix this, or add bezier control points so the individual point curves can be adjusted afterwards.
At the moment, I just want to draw straight lines with sharp 90 degree corners that I can edit later. I need to create paths that like the ones in the attached image. As it is, it doesn't seem that I can edit a line after it's been drawn.
A fully functioning bezier tool would be amazing.
Of course, I could do the whole thing in illustrator, but then I don't have the option of editing the shapes within Storyline to make simple adjustments. All my adjustments would be made "blind" in the two separate apps, making my process 2 or 3x slower.
Still experiencing the same issues as others have reported. Wow, 6 years and no curved lines??
Same here, Articulate team. For what we pay for a Storyline 360/Articulate 360 license, this issue should have been resolved years ago. PLEASE hire a former Adobe Illustrator or Microsoft PowerPoint graphics employee to help you code curves properly! Geesh!.....
Another decade-old feature request with no results. I still can't easily draw the curved line I need or adjust curve points after I draw one. The curved line feature is substandard at best. It would certainly be nice if this were native to the app. A bezier too would be nice, but understandably difficult to add. PowerPoint, allows point editing after a curve is drawn. Not sure which style would be easier to add, but please add one of them.
Can anyone draw a smooth curve?
Sure.
But not the one I want. The tool has become much better but there is still no bezier control, so if I wobble or deviate a fraction I have to delete and try again. And again.
I guess the issue now is that it's TOO accurate. :)
Draw in Illustrator.
Copy
Paste
Ungroup
and there it is a perfect line.
Like this.. only works on PC though.
Thanks Diarmaid and Math - just wanted to make sure I hadn't missed any progress (and I hadn't because nothing has improved). I use Powerpoint and then import in similar workflow to yours Math - thanks for sharing the tutorial video!
I suppose we could ask ChatGPT to author something better than Storyline360....?!