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Animation in Storyline through the Morph Transition
Some time ago, PowerPoint came out with a transition called Morph that literally morphs shapes, colors, strokes, graphics, etc. from one slide to the next. In other words, if you build a design on one slide, duplicate the slide, and make changes to the shapes on the second slide, the Morph transition will smoothly deform the shapes from the first slide to the next.
This transition is POWERFUL for animation. I feel that small animations of this kind are especially important for a product like Storyline. In a sense, the ability to build animations is one of the key features that I feel is missing from Storyline. If Articulate would consider adding the Morph transition to Storyline, it would allow users to animate the graphics on the screen with triggers, and I believe that would open up new worlds of possibility with Storyline.
Is this something you all would consider adding to Storyline?
+1. I definitely would like to see this feature. It would certainly take our animation to the next level. I suspect the feature has a considerable amount of development time behind it.
We do need new animation effects (e.g. powerpoint 'emphasis') and other animation shortcuts. There's so many competing (& fast) software options out there these days, it's great if Storyline can keep pace with faster building blocks.
Yes, please
SL already has motion paths. I have been able to manually "fake" morphing in SL by
- placing an object
- Use a motion path to move it to another position on a trigger
- Paste a second copy of the original object in the final position over the first object.
- Cut the second object and then paste on the next slide at 0sec with no animation
- Morph!
So, the concept is not undoable. I can imagine the process to make that MORPH event a built-in transition could be something similar? 2 objects on adjacent slides/layers that are linked. The end position of the first object is the start position of the second.
Great idea Jerry! I am inspired.
At Storyline, can we have an update as to whether this is being considered?
Yes. And the magic we can't get from motion paths is the morphing of shape and size. I'd like to have this effect between layers too!
Agreed Paul. Not a morph replacement, but could work in some circumstances.
I have been able to find a work around by using a layer which duplicate the base, and using exit animations to create a morph-like transition. It’s obviously not ideal and does take a bit of addition time, but in lieu of an actual fix, it works.
More than happy to create a little screen recording of what I’m referring to if this helps anyone?
If it's not too much extra work for you, I'd love to see a screen recording. Others might also be interested to see.
Thanks so much for your willingness to share your work around.
Yes please Troy :)
Jim, I have extensive experience with iSpring. I understand why you're making the comment, but there's still a lot you can do with Storyline which is very labour intensive to replicate with iSpring.
I agree that not supporting the Morph feature is frustrating and reduces the usability of Storyline, but I guess I'm just saying: don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
I was first introduced to Articulate about 5 years ago, right when the Morph transition was first being implemented in PowerPoint. My job's path took us away from Storyline and only now (new job) am I finding the need to work in it. And here I am, on my very first project using Storyline, I really want to utilize the Morph transition. And it's 5 years later, and apparently no, they never acted on it. They either can't, or won't. Shame, as the Morph transition (from a quick animation standpoint) gives the user a LOT of bang for the buck—quickly.
Please add me as a vote for bringing morph into Storyline!
I’d like to see an Articulate company response as to WHY this support has not been added. Too costly? Not possible? Don’t think enough people want or need it?
It’s kind of a big deal.
I would also love to know as well. I've wondered if it was a patent
thing? But it would be awesome to hear from Articulate if this is the case
or another explanation. Fingers crossed we'll hear from them soon.
I appreciate everyone sharing how there is still a need for the Morph transition in Storyline 360! Right now, we are prioritizing other feature requests, so I don't have a timeline to share. When we have more information to share, I'll report back to this discussion.
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Five years it’s been
Agreed. this is an ongoing active thread, and you've got customers going from discussing work arounds to discussing alternative software solutions. I do appreciate the staff update, but the answer is coming across as dismissive. Why is this not a higher priority? Our work in Articulate has to compete with work produced by designers using your competitors' software, and as the months go by, my work is starting to feel clunky and old fashioned without this option. Please consider reevaluating your priorities and moving this request up.
Agree, Articulate's answer is dismissive. It's not a higher priority to them because of their arrogance. They don't listen to customers.
We shouldn't plead with them.
We need to move on and use a competitor's product, to a competitor that cares about the users of its product.
If we can influence more Articulate users to leave Articulate for the competitors, then watch how Articulate will be begging customers to come back by offering all sorts of enticements.
Everyone ... I think the issue here is that:
• Obviously, Articulate doesn't care about its customers. If they did they would listen to customers. Pure arrogance. Same excuse again and again.
• And Articulate doesn't have the developer knowledge and skills to develop the Morph transition.
