Custom Vector Shapes

Mar 10, 2016

Sarah Mottaghinejad
By Sarah Mottaghinejad

Is there a way to add custom shapes to the shape bank that will recolor with the theme?  I’ve tried to import many different types of vector files, but Storyline rasterizes all of them and I need the color to change with the color scheme just like the shapes built into Storyline.

So, there are two things I'm trying to do:

  1. Create custom vector shapes in Illustrator that will change color with the chosen color scheme just like native shapes.
  2. Add my own shapes to the shape asset bank.

Obviously, if I could create these shapes in Storyline, the change color thing would not be a problem, but the shape editing capabilities in Storyline are very limited.

29 Replies
Martin dean
over 3 years ago10/22/20 at 11:28 am (UTC)

I can confirm that .EMF files created in PowerPoint and imported into SL can be re-coloured and have outline attributes added.  The .EMF file first has to be 'un-grouped (as Alexander Spep pointed out).  There is of course, no EDIT POINTS option - even after many years of asking!

I think it is high time that there was an international user convention run by Articulate to allow us (the user community) to fully express our frustrations about the lack of response to many of our feature requests.  We pay a substantial amount to use your software and we should (by now) have a faster-moving and more satisfactory product roadmap.

I fear that the constant reversion to the 'send a feature request' option no longer has any credibility.  I am constantly looking for alternatives to SL, which is counter-productive.  I want a software application I can invest in, love and know that it is being constantly evolved to be better.   I do not feel this is the case with Articulate.

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