Animations in Storyline

Not really any options for using animation files directly in Storyline  - I create animations in Powerpoint, Vyond, or Flash and output them as video. I will clip them down to just the size that is needed (I use the crop fliter in AviDemux to do that more precisely). You can of course crop in Storyline but it is not as pixel precise as AviDemux. To make things more efficient the background elements can mostly be static images with just the area around the animated portion as video. 

Instructions for cropping in AviDemux.

https://www.leawo.org/tutorial/crop-video-avidemux-1334.html

You can link to a web object and have the source stored locally. When you publish, Storyline should copy the files in to the package.

This would allow you to use Adobe Animate (formerly Flash) to output HTML5 animation.

He stated that he didn't want to use Web Objects.

I got the impression that was because he couldn't host the source externally. I just wanted to mention that it was possible to use them without this being a hang-up.

I use Adobe After Effects, and I wish I could take my lossless alpha videos into SLine. The best I can do is just take the whole mp4 into SLine and work with it from there. But there is no way to bring those transparent alpha clips in. Some helpful article: https://www.redesignedminds.com/articulate-storyline/

I'm using Vyond to create animations. So there is no way to insert an animated video with a transparent background into Articulate Storyline?

Hi Jeff, there isn’t a way to make video backgrounds transparent in storyline.