I am trying to create a clock affect for my objectives slide. As each new objective enters the slide, the clock hand moves to meet it. I did this very easily in PowerPoint but I can't replicate it because there is no custom effect option. Can anyone help?
That sounds very similar to the effect in the project mentioned in the thread below. Check out how I converted Don's spinner object into a dial. I had uploaded his updated project file in one of my posts. This was done in Storyline 3.
Thanks very much for the ideas. This needs to be something that moves automatically so I think I need to make copies of the needle, paste into the correct position and have it move at the appropriate place in the timeline. Unfortunately, it will jump to the new spot rather than spin the way I want but it might be the best I can do. This is very frustrating as it literally took 5 minutes to do this in ppt but I can't duplicate it in SL2. I will also try Walt's suggestion of making a video but I don't know how to do that either so that's something else to investigate. I really appreciate your help. Have a great day. Lynn
Yes, I placed the hour hand in a different position for each time/state. I can't see a way in Storyline 2 to have the hand smoothly animate the rotation in that small of an increment. If you can create the animations in Powerpoint, then maybe you can create a separate video for each move of the hand, and play each video at the appropriate time. Which version of Powerpoint are you using, because I didn't see the option to spin less than 1/4 turn?
I tried it and it actually looks better than I thought it would. Not quite as smooth as in PPT but not as choppy as I expected. I think this will work quite nicely. Thanks so much for all your assistance. Lynn
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That sounds very similar to the effect in the project mentioned in the thread below. Check out how I converted Don's spinner object into a dial. I had uploaded his updated project file in one of my posts. This was done in Storyline 3.
https://community.articulate.com/discussions/articulate-storyline/creating-a-spinning-object-that-advances-from-point-to-point
If you don't have SL3, create the slide in PP and export it as a video.
Good suggestion Walt. Lynn, if you need a little more control of the clock effect, you can use states to simulate a dial effect. See if this helps. http://www.andersonelearning.com/demo/Dial_Simulation_Using_States_SL2/story.html
I've attached the Storyline 2 project here.
Thanks very much for the ideas. This needs to be something that moves automatically so I think I need to make copies of the needle, paste into the correct position and have it move at the appropriate place in the timeline. Unfortunately, it will jump to the new spot rather than spin the way I want but it might be the best I can do. This is very frustrating as it literally took 5 minutes to do this in ppt but I can't duplicate it in SL2. I will also try Walt's suggestion of making a video but I don't know how to do that either so that's something else to investigate. I really appreciate your help. Have a great day. Lynn
Yes, I placed the hour hand in a different position for each time/state. I can't see a way in Storyline 2 to have the hand smoothly animate the rotation in that small of an increment. If you can create the animations in Powerpoint, then maybe you can create a separate video for each move of the hand, and play each video at the appropriate time. Which version of Powerpoint are you using, because I didn't see the option to spin less than 1/4 turn?
I tried it and it actually looks better than I thought it would. Not quite as smooth as in PPT but not as choppy as I expected. I think this will work quite nicely. Thanks so much for all your assistance. Lynn
Great, I hope you're happy with the end result.
Take 5 min to create in PPt, Click File->Save As->Export and choose video.
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