If, for example I am creating a screen recording of a navigational instruction, I may start with my PC cursor on a button in the middle of the page, but when I get the 3-2-1-GO!, the cursor on my PC jumps back to the "Pause" symbol on the recording controls, so I have to fly it back upto where I want it to be.
Yeah, that's not supposed to be happening. Is it every time? Does it change depending on what you're recording? Would you mind submitting it for us to explore? Thanks for all the catches
Hey Connie. Are you referring to the mouse cursor object in a step-by-step screen recording? You can change that by selecting the mouse cursor object on your slide, and then go to the Format tab and use the Enter From buttonIf that button is grayed out,it's because the path direction is already determined by the previous slide. When you have multiple consecutive slides with mouse cursors, the end point of the first will automatically be used as the beginning point of the next.
Ah okay. Since a screen recording that you insert on a single slide is really just a video of the actions performed during the recording, there isn't a way in Storyline to alter the way the mouse cursor looks or behaves within the video.
Your best bet, other than re-recording, would probably be to insert the movie as Step By Step slides. To do that, go to Insert > Record Screen, choose the screen recording you created earlier, and then choose View Mode Steps. This way it'll resemble just a plain video that shows the series of steps you recorded, and on the slide that contains the mouse cursor, you'll be able to alter its direction as I mentioned earlier. (Also, if you don't want captions to appear on your video, just click View Mode Options and unmark "Add text captions" as shown below.)
Bruce, I am also experiencing the same issue you describe while attempting to record software tutorials. Were you able to discover what was causing the issue?
I may have identified a solution to this issue. When I want to pause a screen recording, instead of clicking on the "pause" button, I select the keyboard shortcut. The default shortcut for me is Alt+D, but you can reset to something else via the settings (gear/wheel symbol).
When I am ready to resume recording, again I select the keyboard shortcut. The cursor will now be where you left off. This was the part that fixed my issue. Originally, I was manually clicking on the playhead to resume, which caused my mouse cursor to also go back to the top.
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You're referring to the cursor SL creates for a recording right for something like show me; not the one in the actual video?
You can move the starting point a bit, but editing the mouse location is quite restricted. Not as powerful as say camtasia's.
I've noticed that if you edit the video slightly for multiple slides the cursor location does get wonky.
If, for example I am creating a screen recording of a navigational instruction, I may start with my PC cursor on a button in the middle of the page, but when I get the 3-2-1-GO!, the cursor on my PC jumps back to the "Pause" symbol on the recording controls, so I have to fly it back upto where I want it to be.
Hope that makes sense.
Bruce
Interesting, I haven't run into that one. Might want to submit a ticket for that unless someone has more info.
Hey Bruce,
Yeah, that's not supposed to be happening. Is it every time? Does it change depending on what you're recording? Would you mind submitting it for us to explore? Thanks for all the catches
No worries Peter...
Every time.
If I start with my on-screen cursor nicely placed near one of the buttons, it always gets returned back down to the "Pause" symbol on the SL playhead.
Bruce
I would like to know how to change the path of a cursor that has been recorded, can you help me with this?
Hey Connie. Are you referring to the mouse cursor object in a step-by-step screen recording? You can change that by selecting the mouse cursor object on your slide, and then go to the Format tab and use the Enter From button
If that button is grayed out,it's because the path direction is already determined by the previous slide. When you have multiple consecutive slides with mouse cursors, the end point of the first will automatically be used as the beginning point of the next.
No it is actually a video on a single slide.
Ah okay. Since a screen recording that you insert on a single slide is really just a video of the actions performed during the recording, there isn't a way in Storyline to alter the way the mouse cursor looks or behaves within the video.
Your best bet, other than re-recording, would probably be to insert the movie as Step By Step slides. To do that, go to Insert > Record Screen, choose the screen recording you created earlier, and then choose View Mode Steps. This way it'll resemble just a plain video that shows the series of steps you recorded, and on the slide that contains the mouse cursor, you'll be able to alter its direction as I mentioned earlier. (Also, if you don't want captions to appear on your video, just click View Mode Options and unmark "Add text captions" as shown below.)
Thank you so much for your quick response. I will try the Step by Step.
Bruce, I am also experiencing the same issue you describe while attempting to record software tutorials. Were you able to discover what was causing the issue?
Hi Rebecca,
I never solved this one, it just seems to be the way the Screen Recorder is designed.
Still behaves this way even in the latest release, it's a pain.
Bruce
I may have identified a solution to this issue. When I want to pause a screen recording, instead of clicking on the "pause" button, I select the keyboard shortcut. The default shortcut for me is Alt+D, but you can reset to something else via the settings (gear/wheel symbol).
When I am ready to resume recording, again I select the keyboard shortcut. The cursor will now be where you left off. This was the part that fixed my issue. Originally, I was manually clicking on the playhead to resume, which caused my mouse cursor to also go back to the top.
I hope that this helps anyone else!
Thanks for sharing Christine :)
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