I have an image and I would like to be able to click on each character on the image or to press a button and for the character to be in colour and for everyone else to be in black and white and for text to be revealed.
Take a look at this. I used powerpoint to cut out the people and then took the original picture and made it black and white. I then pasted the people on top of a the picture again. Copied both images and pasted it into storyline as a state for the image. I inserted a free form shape and made it transparent and added two triggers, one to change the state of the image and the second to show a layer with the caption.
Hi, Andrew - Looks like you are getting some great suggestions here! Please feel free to update if you are all set or have found a solution for what you are trying to accomplish! :)
Thanks Cary and Michael. I have amalgamated both of your suggestions and used PowerPoint to cut out the characters and saved them. Then I used PP to change the image, to act as a black and white background. Then I used layers and triggers to make each character visible and in colour and the rest of the image in black and white and out of focus.
I would love to show you but as I am still a novice at this....I don't know how :(
Andrew you can save a version of your project with just the slide that you have used the technique on. Then use the "add attachment" button to upload your .story. Then others can see it.
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Hi Andrew,
Take a look at this. I used powerpoint to cut out the people and then took the original picture and made it black and white. I then pasted the people on top of a the picture again. Copied both images and pasted it into storyline as a state for the image. I inserted a free form shape and made it transparent and added two triggers, one to change the state of the image and the second to show a layer with the caption.
Here is the link to show how to work with Powerpoint. You basically need to remove the background on all but the person you want in colour. http://blogs.articulate.com/rapid-elearning/how-to-create-characters/
Hi, Andrew - Looks like you are getting some great suggestions here! Please feel free to update if you are all set or have found a solution for what you are trying to accomplish! :)
Thanks Cary and Michael. I have amalgamated both of your suggestions and used PowerPoint to cut out the characters and saved them. Then I used PP to change the image, to act as a black and white background. Then I used layers and triggers to make each character visible and in colour and the rest of the image in black and white and out of focus.
I would love to show you but as I am still a novice at this....I don't know how :(
Thanks so much for the update, Andrew. :)
Andrew you can save a version of your project with just the slide that you have used the technique on. Then use the "add attachment" button to upload your .story. Then others can see it.
M Oppenheimer, I appreciate the clarification on the steps Andrew can follow to share his file here in the thread. :)
Thanks M Oppenheimer for your help. As simple as that....how embarrassing!
Anyway, please find below my slide. Click on each character to make them talk and click off to remove speech. Enjoy!
Very cool, Andrew! Thank you for sharing with us. :)
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