I am wishing to find a way to use Articulate to create GIFs that can then be embedded into various elearning trainings as well as in targeted emails to draw attention to important details.
Is there currently a way to do this? If not, is there a way to utilize screen capture within Articulate and change the file to an mP4?
Great - 2023 version of Adobe Photoshop has lot of improving features, including creating animated gifs, illustration and designs. Thanks for sharing Sara.
Yes, you can use Articulate to create GIFs for embedding into elearning trainings and targeted emails. While Articulate itself doesn't have built-in GIF creation capabilities, you can use third-party screen recording or GIF creation tools to capture your Articulate content as a video or GIF.
I think to capture a specific process or animation, you can use screen recording software. There are several screen recording tools available, including Snagit, Camtasia, OBS Studio, or even the built-in screen recording capabilities of your operating system.
To export content as MP4, you can publish your Articulate project as a video file. You can then embed these GIFs or MP4 videos in emails using various email marketing platforms or email service providers.
What are the pros and cons of using MP4 files versus GIFs for eLearning content? Are there any third-party tools that can be used to create GIFs from Articulate content?
Beth - I was looking into this today - I think the licensing terms for Canva state you can't export standalone items from Canva to be used elsewhere. It's a shame because they have some lovely GIFs!
Are you talking about the free version rights? Because it may be different for paid version.
What I am seeing - "Customer Material. Customer represents and warrants to Canva that Customer owns all rights, title, and interest in and to the Customer Materials or that Customer has otherwise secured all necessary rights in Customer Material as may be necessary to permit the access, use, and distribution thereof as contemplated by this Agreement.As between Canva and Customer, Customer owns all right, title, and interest in and to Customer Material. Customer hereby grants Canva, for the duration of the Subscription Term, a royalty-free license to display, host, copy, and use Customer Material solely to the extent necessary to provide the Service"
We have the pro version so I don't think this is true if you are on the Pro version. Also if I didn't have a license with Canva for work, I would pay for my own Pro version because it's the best and lowers my design time versus doing design in Adobe.
Right now, along with the Nvidia graphics card driver, there's built-in software for screen video capture. I save the video and then convert it to GIF using free online converters.
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Hi Sarra,
Matthew is right that you can use SnagIt to create GIFs. Here's an article that shows you how you can create GIF-like animations using Storyline 360.
I hope that helps!
Hi all, you can also use MS PowerPoint to create GIFs. Then import in SL as any normal media.
Thanks to tell me that. I am also searching for how can I create GIFs in MS PowerPoint.
And with some special tricks you can use animated SVG in Storyline too :-)
You can create animated gifs using Adobe Photoshop. There's a quick guide here: https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/photoshop/how-to/make-animated-gif.html
Hi SARA,
How to created animated video, using Canva ?
Great - 2023 version of Adobe Photoshop has lot of improving features, including creating animated gifs, illustration and designs. Thanks for sharing Sara.
Yes, you can use Articulate to create GIFs for embedding into elearning trainings and targeted emails. While Articulate itself doesn't have built-in GIF creation capabilities, you can use third-party screen recording or GIF creation tools to capture your Articulate content as a video or GIF.
I think to capture a specific process or animation, you can use screen recording software. There are several screen recording tools available, including Snagit, Camtasia, OBS Studio, or even the built-in screen recording capabilities of your operating system.
To export content as MP4, you can publish your Articulate project as a video file. You can then embed these GIFs or MP4 videos in emails using various email marketing platforms or email service providers.
If the animation is relatively short you can easily use states / motion paths / triggers in Articulate SL . Below is a link to a great example of using states, by Jonathan Hill there is a download file so you can check out the backend. There are also a number of great tutorials and examples of using Motion Paths for animation. Check out youtube as well David Anderson has some great examples there.
https://community.articulate.com/discussions/building-better-courses/free-spinning-plates-quiz-with-animations-powered-by-the-new-jump-to-time-trigger
What are the pros and cons of using MP4 files versus GIFs for eLearning content? Are there any third-party tools that can be used to create GIFs from Articulate content?
Canva gives you the option to download a GIF. I use it regularly and pretty simple to do with Canva.
Beth - I was looking into this today - I think the licensing terms for Canva state you can't export standalone items from Canva to be used elsewhere. It's a shame because they have some lovely GIFs!
Are you talking about the free version rights? Because it may be different for paid version.
What I am seeing - "Customer Material. Customer represents and warrants to Canva that Customer owns all rights, title, and interest in and to the Customer Materials or that Customer has otherwise secured all necessary rights in Customer Material as may be necessary to permit the access, use, and distribution thereof as contemplated by this Agreement.As between Canva and Customer, Customer owns all right, title, and interest in and to Customer Material. Customer hereby grants Canva, for the duration of the Subscription Term, a royalty-free license to display, host, copy, and use Customer Material solely to the extent necessary to provide the Service"
We have the pro version so I don't think this is true if you are on the Pro version. Also if I didn't have a license with Canva for work, I would pay for my own Pro version because it's the best and lowers my design time versus doing design in Adobe.
Creating GIFs opens up a world of creative expression, sparking opinions and reactions across the internet.
Right now, along with the Nvidia graphics card driver, there's built-in software for screen video capture. I save the video and then convert it to GIF using free online converters.