Storyline vs Studio

Storyline is a much better product than Studio but it is also a different product.  There is a learning curve that has been facilitated by elegant design and overal an intuitive interface.  If you are comfortable with powerpoint, you will instantly feel at home within Storyline.

Form my point of view the advantages of Storyline compared to Studio are

Single file that can easily be shared with colleagues

Ability to track variable across slides

States of objects so building rollovers and other interactive elements is very easy.

Layers on slide, so more content can be added to slides in a "more information" style

Markers can be used on any slide.

The player has a single interface so no more engage or quizmaker controls

Drag and drop is so easy to implement

Things you may miss

Prebuilt engage interactions (although can be inserted into Storyline)

More comprehensive animations

I have stopped any Studio development, Storyline is more of a blank canvas tool that allows you to create stuff that you could only imagine in Studio.

May sound like evangelising but look at the showcase, and then think how you would go about developing that in Studio

Hope this helps

Phil

Phil - many thanks - as a perennial ditherer - this is just what I needed!

Quick question on the prebuilt Engage interactions.  Do you still use these and import them - or just simply use Storyline for everything?

Best wishes

Alec

Alec,

To answer your question, I now build everything from scratch HOWEVER, I do miss the "Circle" interaction", which I think is better pre-built.

I do completely understand the "build-it-yourself" concept, and you can with SL, however, I also understand the concept of here's a basic format/template that looks and feels the same as the rest of the product, (whereas e.g. Raptivity does not...)

Bruce

Bruce

Thanks also.  The circle interaction is great (and so simple to use) - and for clients has a 'wow' factor.

Alec