Is it possible to have a spotlight or highlight animation in storyline. I am creating a software simulation in storyline. I need spotlight or highlight animation. I searched the forum for tutorials but couldn't find one. I used the zoom in region animation but it didn't work that much because I am not able to edit the zoom region freely according to my necessity.
A couple of additional methods that work for still graphics.
Add a zoom region. While you are editing it, it creates a highlight that you can take a screen capture of. Insert the screen capture and delete the zoom.
PowerpointLabs has a free add-in to PowerPoint that allows you to create any shape and make it a spotlight (along with a lot of other special effects).
PowerpointLabs has a free add-in to PowerPoint that allows you to create any shape and make it a spotlight (along with a lot of other special effects).
I'm searching for a way of doing an animated highlighting circle. With software and expectations moving so fast it's hard to keep up! Here is a tool I use on a website that animates a circle - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C0Q53vGEKc .
This would be a good feature to have in storyline. It seems like such an obvious feature, once you've seen it. However, so far, looking around the web I haven't found any animated gif that can be used for this purpose.
I guess another way would be to take a screenshot of the storyline file and paste into a drawing program. Draw a circle while videoing the screen, then edit it to remove the background. Then save as an animated gif. Phew.
The idea to add the image to the slide background only works if the image is the same size as your slide, otherwise it's distorted as Storyline doesn't seem to have a way to just use the image without stretching it. Is there any way around this?
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Hi Srinivasan,
This screencast should help you out:
https://player.vimeo.com/video/204871734
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Fantastic solution...thanks
A spotlight app like in Camtasia would be great to develop tough.
A couple of additional methods that work for still graphics.
Add a zoom region. While you are editing it, it creates a highlight that you can take a screen capture of. Insert the screen capture and delete the zoom.
PowerpointLabs has a free add-in to PowerPoint that allows you to create any shape and make it a spotlight (along with a lot of other special effects).
thanks Walt.
This as well is a smart way of doing it...I will give it a try!
Thanks for sharing this gem Walt :-)
I was hoping to achieve a similar effect. After a number of searches I found this.
https://youtu.be/be2T95BMVjc
Thanks Sindy for linking that here! I'm glad it helped you out.
The "Creating highlight annotations in Storyline" video is great, but how do I get that yellow diamond to control and adjust the line weight?
Hi Donovan,
Did you insert the shape called Donut? That shape should have the yellow diamond to adjust the width of the shape.
I'm searching for a way of doing an animated highlighting circle. With software and expectations moving so fast it's hard to keep up! Here is a tool I use on a website that animates a circle - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C0Q53vGEKc .
This would be a good feature to have in storyline. It seems like such an obvious feature, once you've seen it. However, so far, looking around the web I haven't found any animated gif that can be used for this purpose.
I guess another way would be to take a screenshot of the storyline file and paste into a drawing program. Draw a circle while videoing the screen, then edit it to remove the background. Then save as an animated gif. Phew.
The idea to add the image to the slide background only works if the image is the same size as your slide, otherwise it's distorted as Storyline doesn't seem to have a way to just use the image without stretching it. Is there any way around this?
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