Free Storyline 2 Slider! (And it Sings!)

Jackie, this is one part SPLENDID and three parts AMAZING! I can't decide whether it is even more clever than your fabulous slider demo from last week, but I am certainly harmonically inspired to continue learning from your incredibly creative compositions.

Thank you so much for your continued generosity in sharing your incomparable talents and templates!

This is lovely Jackie - really crisp and clean.

Question, I tried downloading the story file and got a zip file with a bunch of files I can't open. Is the link to a .story file or a zip? Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks, Nancy! Glad you like it. The file download works just fine for me (one SL2 .story file comes down and is fully functional), and I just tested it on Dan's computer, too, and it downloads and functions properly. Are you trying it on a machine without SL2? 

No, I have SL2 installed. I get this every once in a while and I don't know what causes it.

So strange! I wonder if it's happening for anyone else?

I renamed the file during the download and it now works fine.

See? You just had to apply your Super Hero super powers.

@Bruce: Thank you!! I'm so glad you like it.

@Adele: I'll take whatever measure of splendid and amazing you're ready to hand out. :) You're oh-so-very welcome for everything - and thank you for your lovely and generous comments!

I have one, but didn't use it for this project. I'm on a PC with Win7.

Hi Nickolas -

You're very welcome! I'll take a rave review like that any day.

I'm so glad you like it and I hope it helps you build even more amazing and cool stuff of your own.

Jackie

Hey - thanks Nick!

Coming from you - a visual craftsman extraordinaire - I'll take that as a major compliment! Yes, it's 100% pure PowerPoint shapes. No fillers; no additives.

The only reason I was able to manipulate those shapes so well was because I watched Mike Taylor's video where he talked about how to fine tune editing points. I've known about - and used - the Edit Points option on PowerPoint shapes for years, but found the lack of fine control frustrating. All it took was Mike showing me that there were point control options, and I was off and running!

I link to it in my blog post, but here's Mike's video. The Edit Points section (including the super secret part I never knew about) is at 7:20. 

That's great, Nick! I'm so glad it's working well for you. I agree - it feels very unnatural to draw this way as compared to pen and paper, but it was a good challenge.

But more importantly...you're animating my barbershop guy?! The mind reels at the wonderful things you could do...  

Thanks so much..another lesson to study. Thank you Jackie!

That's a great way to look at it, Tanya - as a study piece. (And if you're like me - something to mess around with at your desk.)

You're very welcome - I'm glad it'll be useful to you!

The thing that coms back to me from this example, is the scenario when someone asks us to quote for business.

I had a client who had moved to a new company, and has now asked me to work with him, (YEY!).

On our first call - he mentioned a ratio of 50:1, (for every 1 hour content it will take 50 hours production time).

It is beautiful and thoughtful content like this that helps explain why the best among us quote, and charge what we do.

Once again Jackie - a beautiful piece of work.

Thank you again, Bruce!! Congrats on the new (refreshed) client, too.

You make a good point about pricing vs. quality, creativity, and level of detail. Always seems like a simple supply-and-demand equation to me.

Another great idea.  That's why I enjoy returning to your site time and again.  So much to learn.  Do I need storyline 2 to download your file?  Having trouble using SL1.

Hi Glen - Thank you so much!!

Yes, I'm afraid this is a Storyline 2 file. SL1 doesn't have the slider feature that I used here.

Nonetheless, if you could use the pictogram images, I did those in PowerPoint and I made them available here. 

Thank you Jackie.  SL 2 on order and should be just what I need.  Your help is always appreciated.

How exciting, Glen! You'll love it. (And you'll also have 4 happy barbershop guys waiting to greet you once you install it!) 

Thanks for all of your kind words.

Hi Nancy

I have had that happen with SL2 story files I have uploaded for people.  They download them and it doesn't retain the correct file extension.  Once they rename to .story it seems to work...not sure why it happens...and yes I use a Mac.  Well I did until SL2 crashed last week and I can't reinstall it ;-(

Very well done!  

Cool template. Thx for sharing!