Special animation (hand wiping)

Jan 24, 2014

Hi to all of you !
In the www I found learning units produced by simpleshow. Here are some examples : http://simpleshow.com/us-en/use-cases/diabetic-macular-edema/ http://simpleshow.com/uk-en/use-cases/good-clinical-practice/ I would like to develop similar learning units. In my opinion the videos are builded via camera shooting from the top. Does anyone of you have an idea whether it is possible to implement such learning units with storyline (especially with the hand wiping) ?
Sincerely
Nikolaus

11 Replies
Michael Hinze

I agree, this looks like it was shot with an overhead camera. I guess you could create a bunch of hand photos that represent the various gestures and then try to use the (limited) built-in Storyline animations. Here is a quick attempt: http://dev.keypointlearn.com/xcl71_SL/HandAnimation/V1/story.html Or you could try animating in PowerPoint (or some other tool like Flash), export and then import the video into Storyline.

Nancy Woinoski

Hi Nikoluas, I don't know if you have the budget to purchase additional software or not but if you do you might want to checkout Sparkol Videoscribe http://www.sparkol.com/

It bought it a while ago and think it is great. You can use it to have the hand draw objects on the screen or have the hand place them on the screen like you have shown in your examples. It is really easy to use. Once you are finished you publish as a video and insert the video into Storyline.

Here is one silly little example I created http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8cuNZ7vPnQ

It shows a number of different techniques that the tool supports.

Jerson  Campos

I dont think this could be built as nice as those videos are natively in Storyline (or any rapid development tool).  Those hand movements could have been filmed especially for that video or may have been part of a "stock" set. I would use After Effects to create this and then export it out as a video to be used in storyline. To me it would be easier that way then having to deal with the multitude of layers required for 1 simple animation. This way you could also have an assessment after the video.

Michael Hinze

Nancy Woinoski said:

Hi Nikoluas, I don't know if you have the budget to purchase additional software or not but if you do you might want to checkout Sparkol Videoscribe http://www.sparkol.com/

It bought it a while ago and think it is great. You can use it to have the hand draw objects on the screen or have the hand place them on the screen like you have shown in your examples. It is really easy to use. Once you are finished you publish as a video and insert the video into Storyline.

Here is one silly little example I created http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8cuNZ7vPnQ

It shows a number of different techniques that the tool supports.


Hi Nancy, what a neat tool, thanks for sharing!

Nancy Woinoski

Jerson campos said:

@Nancy,

Very funny example.  So it is a web based app or can you download it?


You download it but I think you need an internet connection to use it because it is subscription based by month or year unless you buy for lifetime. It is a really nice tool and it comes with all kinds of assets (you can also use your own images (vectors work best).

Bruce Graham

Nancy Woinoski said:

Hi Nikoluas, I don't know if you have the budget to purchase additional software or not but if you do you might want to checkout Sparkol Videoscribe http://www.sparkol.com/

Here is one silly little example I created http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8cuNZ7vPnQ

It shows a number of different techniques that the tool supports.

Loving the use of the "nose morph" feature there Nancy

I use this too - in virtually all of my courses now. The UI is VERY unusual, and will drive you mad if you try and use this powerfully. They had to withdraw the last two releases due to problems, but think they are addressing some of their internal processes. At the moment I think they have a wonderful idea that is let down by UI - the SCG Studio products (for example) are incredibly hard to actually search and use in the real world. It might be worth waiting a few months if you want more stability and usability.

Saying that, I bought the lifetime licence, as I can see it as a product that supports my new company role of "Chief Simplicity Officer" beautifully, and it does allow some very impactful presentations to be created.

Here are some examples of how it can be used, (all except the last one were imported into Storyline as videos). The last one had virtually everything I could think of in it, (except "nose morphing"!), and was primarily a test of how well you could synch the animation to music. I think it works quite well....

A Venn diagram explaining how perceptual overlap may not be true - http://youtu.be/QIhq-RWEpSE (voiceover yet to be added)

Filling in forms - http://youtu.be/XwTyE4ZCH-8

Building charts - http://youtu.be/s3e1U7ACIKA

As an introduction "slide" for a section in a sales training course - http://youtu.be/Qh1U4iLB8CQ

As a tribute to Frank Sinatra - http://youtu.be/93aXwOJnLpg

Bruce Graham

Paul S. said:

Sorry to bust in on the thread but that tribute to Frank was great Bruce!!!


Thanks!

I actually think, for example, that something with that look and feel could be used for an induction.

Imagine a "walkthrough" of departments - with their mission and an illustration, linked to a piece of well-known music.
Perhaps "My Way" for a CEOs vision of a company?

This sort of tool has a million applications. I'm currently doing some similar POC work (using another tool as well as VS inside Storyline) for a massive US client who has never had ANYTHING that looks like this from a visual perspective, and my sponsor thinks it will blow their proverbial socks off when completed.

Here's another example - "Jazz and Scribing in Perfect Harmony" - http://youtu.be/P6YIsu5MM8k

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