Reducing SL2 File Size

Hi Les,

Some things that could be still included in your file which are expanding the file size are slide masters or screen recordings that are not in use, so you may want to look at removing those. Also, when you delete the elements and save Storyline, if you're still looking at the file size of that project while having Storyline open the file size will not change as those items are still accessible with the "undo" button. 

Hi Ashley,

I opened my sample file, copied a slide over from another project, removed most of the masters (no screen recordings), did a 'save as'.  The file went from 809k to 2.4mb...  :-)

So that wasn't it, but I appreciate your reply.

Hi Les, 

I tested this on a file of my own and deleted an audio file and then resaved it, and the file size decreased. I'm not able to replicate what you're describing so I wonder if you could share your sample file so that I could play around with that to see if I can recreate it. 

Ashley,

Thanks for the reply.  Unfortunately, I can't share the file. 

Hi Les,

Certainly understandable - and if you're able to share privately, I can take a look at it if you'd like to share here. 

I'd also suggest looking to confirm that you're working on local project files as described here and then if you're seeing this issue regularly I'd go through the repair of Storyline here. 

Les,

I've had projects in the 500MB range, where I then removed all the media since it was embedded in iframes. I had to do a "save as" in SL three times in a row, to different file names, to finally have all of that media removed from my .story file. Try that.

Odd that SL doesn't clean up the removed media itself. Maybe it's saved as part of an "undo" cache?

Thanks,

Mike

Ashley,

Yes, I am working locally, not over the intranet.  I'm just going to live with it for the time being.  I do appreciate your quick responses.  Thanks.

Mike B,

Cool.  I'll give the multiple saves a try.

Thanks.

Les

No problem Les - and as Mike mentioned it may be a part of the "undo" cache, but I wouldn't think it would take 3 saves! Keep us posted!

Ashley,

My particular file reduced in size a little more each time I did a "save as". Once I got to under 2MB, I figured that was it. :)

Thanks,

Mike

So bizarre Mike - do you have a sample file you could share? I've played around with this myself and haven't run into an issue yet? Is it a particular file type or length? 

Sorry, my file is already "fixed" after running save as multiple times.