Freeform shape editing: can't change fill colour of a freeform shape as its being treated as a picture.
Feb 18, 2018
By
Robert White
Hoping for some help.
I've redrawn a model in articulate 360 by adding a shape as a freeform line shape as its a unique shape.
When I first created the shape I was able to edit each shape's fill colour.
After progressing with the build it now appears to be treating the shape as a picture.
Compare this to a normal shape I can click the object and get the drawing tool format options to change the fill colours.
Have I done something wrong during editing?
Is there any way the unique shape can changed etc. so that the drawing tools are available again?
I have to copy the model to other slides so I'd rather not recreate the model with freeform objects every time just to change the fill colour.
2 Replies
Ok, I figured out the issue.
I had to think back to how I created it. I created the diagram in Powerpoint as I was working on another computer and imported it across to Storyline at a later stage.
When it imported the .ppt file across it changed the objects in the diagram to a picture.
Is this able to be addressed to prevent the same problem occurring to someone else?
Hi Robert,
If you create a shape in PowerPoint then import it into Storyline, the shape will be imported as a PNG file and will not be editable.
I did want to mention that Storyline has the same shape you created in PowerPoint--it's called Chevron.
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