You've created individual (state) PNGs and want to use them in SL? If so, insert the first one > select it > click States > Edit States > create a new state and then Change Picture to one of the other PNGs. Hover, Visited etc have preset properties, but you can also create your own.
Thanks for the info, you can't believe how much time I spent trying to find the info on the forums. It would have been nice to insert the button like Captivate but at least I can use my existing buttons in storyline.
A make button wizard would be great! So if I pointed to a specific folder, all graphics named in a particular way would be grokked as states:
_Normal
_Over
_Down
_Hover
_Selected
_MyCustom
I spent quite a bit of time manually setting up buttons this weekend... Doesn't take that long (pretty fast once you get rolling) but it's a tedious task that is best left to the robot slaves connected to our keyboards
A make button wizard would be great! So if I pointed to a specific folder, all graphics named in a particular way would be grokked as states:
_Normal
_Over
_Down
_Hover
_Selected
_MyCustom
I spent quite a bit of time manually setting up buttons this weekend... Doesn't take that long (pretty fast once you get rolling) but it's a tedious task that is best left to the robot slaves connected to our keyboards
This is a great idea, please add this as a feature request
You've created individual (state) PNGs and want to use them in SL? If so, insert the first one > select it > click States > Edit States > create a new state and then Change Picture to one of the other PNGs. Hover, Visited etc have preset properties, but you can also create your own.
HTH.
Hello everyone,
It might be simple, but it is driving me crazy. How do you change or insert a picture in the EDIT STATES panel?
Hi Gonzalo, you don't actually change or insert the picture in the actual Edit States panel - you do it on the slide.
What you do is open the States Editor for the image you want to work with - then in the States panel select the state you want to change.(I'm assuming that you already have added states for your custom image and are now just trying to figure out how to change their appearance)
Once you have selected the state in the States Editor panel - go up to the main slide area and add the image or symbol you want to include for that state. If you are trying to swap out the image with another one that you have created, just right click on it and select change picture.
Just in case, for someone coming after me, remember that all the images that will make the different states should be on the same spot, one on top of the other, in the slide.
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You've created individual (state) PNGs and want to use them in SL? If so, insert the first one > select it > click States > Edit States > create a new state and then Change Picture to one of the other PNGs. Hover, Visited etc have preset properties, but you can also create your own.
HTH.
Hi Simon
Thanks for the info, you can't believe how much time I spent trying to find the info on the forums. It would have been nice to insert the button like Captivate but at least I can use my existing buttons in storyline.
Another option from Tom: http://community.articulate.com/forums/p/13598/80145.aspx#80145
Just create your first button and use format painter from a regular button to create your states and then edit if you need to.
A make button wizard would be great! So if I pointed to a specific folder, all graphics named in a particular way would be grokked as states:
_Normal
_Over
_Down
_Hover
_Selected
_MyCustom
I spent quite a bit of time manually setting up buttons this weekend... Doesn't take that long (pretty fast once you get rolling) but it's a tedious task that is best left to the robot slaves connected to our keyboards
Grokked? Robot slaves?
I feel like I'm watching Star Trek. 
Where can I get some of those robot slaves?
I call dibs on Steve and Phil and Jill and you, Nancy.
Hello everyone,
It might be simple, but it is driving me crazy. How do you change or insert a picture in the EDIT STATES panel?
Thanks
Hi Gonzalo, you don't actually change or insert the picture in the actual Edit States panel - you do it on the slide.
What you do is open the States Editor for the image you want to work with - then in the States panel select the state you want to change.(I'm assuming that you already have added states for your custom image and are now just trying to figure out how to change their appearance)
Once you have selected the state in the States Editor panel - go up to the main slide area and add the image or symbol you want to include for that state. If you are trying to swap out the image with another one that you have created, just right click on it and select change picture.
Thank you Nancy! It worked
Just in case, for someone coming after me, remember that all the images that will make the different states should be on the same spot, one on top of the other, in the slide.
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