Multiple layers and timeline
Jul 09, 2012
Haven't found this discussed in the forums.
I have a slide with two layers. Both layers have audio. I've designed it such that the base layer plays its audio, then the second layer is shown via a trigger, and its audio plays.
The seekbar is tuned to the base layer, so it conforms to the 17 seconds of the base layer's audio. Therefore the seekbar appears finished although the second layer is now playing its additional 15 seconds of audio.
Additionally, I would prefer that the slide advances automatically rather than by user.
Proposed solution: I haven't tried this yet. Wanted to check here first. I'm wondering whether extending the base layer timeline an additional 15 seconds, to match the additional time of the second layer, will simultaneously cause the seekbar to be more in sync with the entire slide content, and whether that will also allow the slide to advance automatically at the proper time, not when the base layer is finished, thus proceeding to the next slide before the second layer has had a chance to begin.
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Hi Greg,
That's exactly the suggestion I was going to make. If you haven't tried it yet, I'll put a quick demo together today to test it out and let you know how it works.
Thanks Peter,
When I get a chance I'm going to give it a try myself.
Hi Greg,
Yes you can try the option as you mentioned.
Additionally, click the gear icon on the new layer(s) and you will see options of how that layer interacts w/ the base layer. Also, you can put a layer trigger to advance to the next slide when the layer timeline completes.
HTH,
Bill
I have the same conundrum, but the base as it's more of a menu. So I just hid the timeline on the base layer, and display the timeline on the layers.
Am I correct in assuming that the base layer's timeline (in seconds) should be the sum of any layers timings as well as the base layer's timing?
Base Layer in seconds + All other layers in seconds = Base layer timeline
Crystal V.
Hi Crystal!
The base layer has it's own timeline, and each layer has a unique timeline, as well. For example, it's possible for the base layer to have a 5 second timeline, and a slide layer to have an 8 second timeline.
Can you tell me more about what you're looking to do with the timeline? I'm happy to help!
The timeline expires, for the slide, before the layers are through.
As shown in the “Where” slide in the below project, on the “Fixtures” layer.
http://s3.amazonaws.com/tempshare-stage.storyline.articulate.com/sto
Hi Crystal!
If you want the player seekbar to display the layer timeline, enable the "Pause Timeline of Base Layer" feature in the Layer Properties Window.
After enabling that feature, preview the slide, and let me know if that works better for what you had in mind.
I think that worked, but I did also notice that on all other layers, the “Prevent the user from clicking……………” option was clicked. On this particular layer where the timeline seems to be out of sync, it was not. I am not sure if that makes a difference or not. The differences are shown below.
Crystal
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Hey there, Crystal. It looks like you replied via email, which means your attachments won't come through. Also, it pulls in your email signature with you contact information into the public forum. Feel free to edit it out here.
Do you have clickable elements that are on the base layer that need to be clicked when on the layer? Interacting with those base layer elements won't resume the base layer timeline while you're on the slide layer. The base layer will remained paused until the slide layer is hidden.
I do not have clickable elements on the base layer or any other layers.
Hey Crystal,
Any chance you could share your .story file so that we could take a look and best assist?
Hi Crystal,
Were you able to share a copy of your .story file here with us? That way we can take a look at what you've got set up.
I would need to share it outside of the public forum.
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Absolutely. You are welcome to share it with me directly here. Just please be sure to include the forum url/link as well.
Is it possible to hide the layer timeline, when I have selected 'Pause timeline of base layer', so that I can see the paused base layer timeline when the layer is open?
Hi Red Pen! While you can't hide the seekbar on the layer alone, you can show the paused seekbar while on the layer.
Set your layer properties like this:
✅Allow seeking: No
✅Pause timeline of base layer
When the layer opens, the seekbar will remain paused for the base layer, and when the layer hides, the seekbar resumes with the timeline. Here's an example.
Hello guys, not sure if this has been resolved, but I'm having a similar problem:
I have a slide with a series of layers triggered by tabs, and one extra layer which shows the progress bar.
Progress layer comes up when user clicks the Info Marker and it closes when the same Marker is hit inside the Progress layer.
When that happens though, the layer that was on display disappears and videos or audios on it do so as well.
I have added a trigger to stop timeline when Info Marker is clicked, a trigger in the Progress layer to resume Timeline on main slide and I changed the properties to revisit where you left.
It doesn't look terrible, since I can still see the buttons for the layers and the instructions after first animation, but I was wondering if it wouldn't be possible to just resume where you left, regardless of a specific layer, audio, video, animation, etc...
Hello norka!
It sounds like it might be a change within the Slide Properties or Layer Properties. It would be helpful for me to take a look at the .story file to see how the project currently flows. Would you mind either attaching it to this discussion or uploading it privately in a support case?
Thanks Alyssa Gomez for sharing this solution of the slide layer properties. This is what I was looking for for my project.