Onscreen subtitles and zoom regions don't mix! :-(
Aug 11, 2015
I have created a project with subtitles that appear on the screen but I've just discovered that the few slides where I've used zoom regions, my subtitles end up offscreen as soon as the camera moves. Does anyone have any ideas for how to get around this? I could use the Transcript function and have them in the sidebar but this is the third in a series of three courses and the subtitles are consistent throughout so I would have to change them all to accommodate 2 slides out of almost 200! The subtitles are on a separate layer - it would be great if you could control whether or not layers are affected during a zoom - that would be a good feature request.
Any suggestions that don't involve switching everything over to the Transcript function?
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Hi Mel, what about including subtitles within those specific zoom regions? Include them within the timeline of that zoom region so they only appear when it does zoom in, and pertain to the narration happening during that time frame.
Hi Rachel - I have considered that but, unfortunately, the zoom happens in the middle of a line of dialogue so it would have to actually zoom with it. I might try playing with the possibility of having two layers (one full-size and one zoomed) that fade into each other but it will definitely not look seamless. It might be the closest I can get without having to redo them all, though! Thank you for your suggestion!
Hi Mel,
I can't think of a way around the zoom functionality blocking out the transcript, as it lives on the slide and therefore if it's not included in the zoom region it won't be seen.
Hopefully others in the community have had to work with something similar and can share their expertise here!
The advice I received from Articulate staff that seems like it will work the best is to record the slide playing so that I have it as a video, then insert the video into the slide so that I get the zoom effect without having to keep the zoom on the slide. Then I can still insert my subtitles over top and have them not get cut off. I am going to try that!
Thanks Mel for sharing that here and I saw you were working on the case with John - so feel free to let us know if you need more help.
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