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Jul 09, 2013

Hi,

I have a slide on which I have a circle of titled buttons.

I have an audio track on the slide. The audio provides a description of features associated with the button title.

I have synched the audio to the progression around the circle of buttons.

I want to stop the progression around the circle at various buttons to enable viewers to click on the button and activate an associated layer.

I need to be able to pause the timeline without involving the viewer in the process, eg clicking on a "pause" button. Is it possible to build such a pause into the timeline?

many thanks,

Arthur Loughran

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Michael Hinze

almost 11 years ago07/09/13 at 4:36 am (UTC)

One option is to use offstage objects that show the layers and pause the baselayer's timeline (incl.the audio). here is a crude example that, I hope, illustrates the concept.

circle.story

Arthur Loughran
Author

almost 11 years ago07/10/13 at 3:48 am (UTC)

Hi Michael,

Thanks for your solution. Works a treat.

My layer contains a number of images which students need to have time to review and consequently I have modified your solution slightly by adding a "Return" button trigger to the layer.

regrads

Arthur Loughran

PRAKASH B

almost 11 years ago07/10/13 at 5:25 am (UTC)

Hi Arthur i have upload one file . I think its useful for you

circle.story

Arthur Loughran
Author

almost 11 years ago07/23/13 at 1:30 am (UTC)

Hi Michael and Prakash,

Thanks both for your input.

I solved the problem by making giving each image in the circle an opaque hotspot linked to a layer which contains the relevant piece of audio. I then introduce the story and invite the viewer to "discover" the additional information by clicking on each image.

regards,

Arthur Loughran

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