Storyline vs Studio

Amy:

There's a decently steep learning curve with Storyline. And slide builds will generally take longer than PPT, but it's a richer ID tool, if not a richer graphic design tool.

Hi Lucy! Great question! You're right that a lot has changed...lots of newer features. 😊 We have a few updated resources that explain it in more detail:

•  Comfortable with Studio 360 but Curious About Storyline 360? This Article Is for You (This article shows some of the benefits Studio 360 users appreciate about Storyline 360)
• Why You Need the Apps in Articulate 360 and When to Use Them (This article explains when to use each app)
• Storyline Features Table (This list compares features across older versions) 
• Studio 360 Features Table (This compares features across older versions)

Hope these resources are helpful!

Amy:

I have moved to Storyline, because from an ID perspective it allows me to do more. However, there are some things you will not be able to do in Storyline, mostly graphic design related:

1. motion paths

2. advance text editing and image editing (including the cool PPT text and image effects)

3 Storyline slides take a bit longer to build that ppt, mostly because it's a more robust tool

I imagine Articulate will address most of the above with the next release.

You'll most likely do a lot of your design work in PPT (if you don't already do it in the Adobe suites), and then bring those elements into Storyline. I know I've gotten very used to all the cool graphic design add ons in PPT. Hard to live without them now.

Having said that, I really dig Storyline. Here's a brief Storyline presentation on my favorite features. https://dl.dropbox.com/u/28783158/Top%208%20Articulate%20Storyline%20Brigham%20Communications/story.html

Thanks Daniel and Bruce

This is really helpful. I am an amateur and do not have content invested but the people I work with do and I will have to likely reload, share  and work collaboratively with them so I don't want to increase their learning curve or complicate things for me. Great Presentation Daniel!

Amy

Like Daniel says, SL isn't great for creating images (or rather, custom shapes/objects that group together to form a "picture") natively.  PPT - and indeed any other graphics tool, e.g. GIMP, PS etc - are still better for that.  

But once you have your images you can do a lot more with them in SL mainly due to layers, states and variables (with conditions etc).  Visually it's a lot more dynamic and interactive when compared with Studio output.  As a result I'd say it encourages you even more to "drop the word count" and get more visual, but without being gimmicky.

Hi Daniel - Is there another way to view your presentation on SL?  My company blocks that website so I cannot access.  If possible, could you upload as an attachment to this blog?   

As background, my company is in process of reviewing SL as compared with Studio 9 (which we have now) and the 2013 release of Studio 13.  My feeling is that the upgrade to Studio 13 will be best for us, although hard to know with the little that's published on the "official" site.  How would you rate SL against the upcoming Studio 13 features?  Any insights are appreciated.

Storyline is easier to master in comparison to studio

Hi, just wondering if there's an up to date version of the Studio v. Storyline functionality comparison?

The only one I can find (https://articulate.com/support/article/comparing-articulate-storyline-and-articulate-studio-13) is from 2016 and compares SL2 and Studio 13.... I'm guessing a bit has changed since then?

Trying to help my colleagues who are new to Articulate 360 understand the differences. 

Thank you :)