Export to Video from Storyline???

Unfortunately, I haven't worked with Storyline much, so hopefully someone else in the community with more knowledge can weigh in. Here are some thoughts based on my experience with Presenter, which may or may not differ significantly from Storyline.

Presenter creates a collection of html and Flash files that are assembled by a web browser into an interactive presentation. Converting what is basically a web application into a video is an unusual and difficult workflow. After Effects is much better suited to creating animations, but if you wanted to use Articulate you would probably need to create your presentation, then use some sort of screen capture software to record it as it plays. Adobe Captivate is a good tool for screen captures. Storyline also makes screen recordings that you can export as video clips, but I don't see a way to export Storyline presentations as video clips directly. Note that there are quality and frame rate challenges with incorporating screen captures into a video. That's why an animation program like After Effects (or the animation tools in Premiere) are probably better suited for creating video animations.

Again, my Storyline experience is limited so maybe someone will chime in with another solution.

Hi Peter!

Thank you so much for your quick response.  Okay, I guess that is the route I will have to take.  Is Articulate planning on including this feature in the future?

Thanks!

Hi Andy!

Thanks for responding.  Okay.  I guess I will have to give it a try and see how it goes.

Blessings,

MD

Hey Mandi!

Outputting Storyline content to an MP4 or other single file is a really popular feature request. Feel free to add your voice if that's something you'd like to see in future versions. 

Thanks, and good luck!

Great!  Thanks Peter! 

Hey Pete,

How would i use Storyline's built in screen recording tool and then export it as an MP4? I get how to record it just not how to export it as an MP4.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Tracy

Hi Tracy!

Is this what you're looking for? 

Lemme know

That is it!!! Thanks Peter!!

This was a great discussion...I needed this for a project due today, recorded my output and it worked GREAT!  Thanks so much for ideas and suggestions, Articulate community!

Thanks Peter - that answer was really helpful for me too

Hi Martina and welcome to Heroes!

I'm glad that Peter's suggestion helped you out here and if you need anything else just let us know! 

Storyline is a very useful tool indeed for making simple showcase-like presentations (i.e. that can advertise one's eLearning projects). The simple workflow there is in putting together a straightforward kiosk-like animation and a recorded narrative is a delight.

I have used several screen recorders to capture what is playing on screen and by and large they have worked perfectly. Or least perfectly well for content to be shown on the web. However, video only: I have yet to find anything that adequately captures recorded sound also. Things like Screenr work fine if one is narrating a live vocal at the same time the screen is being captured. But every product I have tried that can capture both video and audio, that the player is playing, has produced audio that is echoing, or phased, or worse.

Of course one can dump the recorded sound to MP3 and then assemble it all again with something like Adobe Preview, but that doubes the effort. I'd be interested in any success stories - I'd love to be proved wrong.

Hi

Can you tell me if it is possible to export a Storyline file that contains both slides and screen capture to Mp4?

Alternatively is it possible to export a 'step by step' screen capture file that has been edited to include hints etc to Mp4.

I have managed to export a basic screen capture file to Mp4 (following the steps on the e-learning heroes site) but would like to expand on that now and export a file that I have done additional work to.

Thanks to anyone who can advise!

Regards

Susan

Hi Susan and welcome to Heroes!

You may want to look at recording a published Storyline course with a tool like Replay which is free with an existing Storyline license to capture all those elements and the hints you've added.

Also, you won't be able to export a step by step screen recording as they have been turned into slides. You could still export the original screen recording as an MP4 though. 

Hi,

I have some audio exercises combined with images for language learning. If I use for example Screenr to turn them into a video, do I have to place a mic next to the PC's loudspeakers to capture the audio or is there another way? Thanks.

Hi Manuel,

You may want to do a few test runs, as your microphone may or may not pick up the system sounds. If you have the original audio files, you may want to look at using Replay as then you could add the audio to one track and your images or video to the other track. 

OK, thanks, I'll try that. I didn't think about it.

Hi Chuan,

The step by step view mode is made into individual slides and images, so there is no way to export it to an MP4. You could export the original screen recording video, but it wouldn't include your captures or information added to the step by step elements. You may want to look at using another instance of Storyline to record the step by step being played, or even Replay which is free with a Storyline license. 

I have tried this, but the screen quality really suffers. Basically, I made a brief "video" using Storyline, because I found this to be the best and easiest tool to work with to create a little slideshow with some information for my course. However, instead of having the participants watch 11 different pages, I wanted to embed it as a video in my course that can be lightboxed to play at any time during the course. I recorded the output using the Storyline screen capture, and them embedded the screen capture as a slide in my course that could be accessed from the player. But the "video" of the screen capture is grainy and not up to our standards. I am adding my two cents for an export to video option. I completely understand some of the arguments I've seen in other threads that Storyline courses are meant to be interactive, etc. But in some cases, a project can be stand-alone and function like a video.

Thanks Jennifer for sharing your thoughts here - and you'll also want to send that along to our product development team in the form of a feature request here. 

Export directly to video really needs to be added as a native feature. Video is becoming more and more an expected modality on Facebook, YouTube and vid/podcasts. Furthermore, your competitors offer this feature. I recently switched from Captivate (which has had this feature for years) and was really disappointed to discover there was no native video export in Storyline 2.

This thread was started 2 years ago and the feature still has not been added. Screen-capturing the playback is a hack at best. Students and clients expect high-definition video.

I have submitted my feature request via the form.

Hi Alex,

Thanks for submitting your feature request and also sharing your thoughts here. I know that the ability to export to video has been something mentioned often in the forums - but my take on it has been that there are a few different ways in which you could have video only content by using another instance of Storyline or a tool such as Replay to conduct a recording of it. Also since Storyline is designed to be interactive I suspect that's why the export to video feature hasn't been a high priority? Continue to keep the ideas coming though - as they do go right to our product development team for review and to determine inclusion in a future version. 

Hi everyone! I really need the MP4 export. Is this feature in the works or being talked about at all as an inclusion in a future version? It sounds like it is well needed.

Adobe Captivate has that as a feature. Why not Storyline?