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DominiqueDelcom
Community Member
11 years ago

Curve line shape

Hi everybody,

I really often use bezier curves in my graphics. I never managed to control the curve line. The drawing process is unclear and there is no point edit mode. 

I have been drawing them in external applications so far but would like to have it native in storyline.

example : 

Have a nice day

  • Hi Gerald!

    Thank you for including the Peek! I'm noticing the same on my end, so I've connected with our Engineers to gather more information.

    I'll keep you posted in this discussion!

  • RaphaelleGagn's avatar
    RaphaelleGagn
    Community Member

    It is shocking, I keep drawing simple curves in inkscape, exporting them as PNGs and then adding them to storyline. Tedious.

    The curve tool in storyline is unusable in my opinion.

    The other alternative is the arc tool which is also super difficult to work with.

     

  • MarkPostma's avatar
    MarkPostma
    Community Member

    I'm so sad. If I do the graphics/curves in PPT and import them, I lose a lot of functionality on the imported image (change color, glows, etc.). However, I don't see another option right now, because as it is I draw a curve that "looks good" while drawing, but as soon as I finish, it "re-draws" the path and I end up with a spaghetti bowl of overlapping curves/lines that don't go where I draw them. Please fix this, or add bezier control points so the individual point curves can be adjusted afterwards.

  • Still experiencing the same issues as others have reported. Wow, 6 years and no curved lines??

  • RichardSlate's avatar
    RichardSlate
    Community Member

    Another decade-old feature request with no results.  I still can't easily draw the curved line I need or adjust curve points after I draw one.  The curved line feature is substandard at best. It would certainly be nice if this were native to the app.  A bezier too would be nice, but understandably difficult to add.  PowerPoint, allows point editing after a curve is drawn.  Not sure which style would be easier to add, but please add one of them.

    • DiarmaidCollins's avatar
      DiarmaidCollins
      Community Member
      Mark Kirby

      Can anyone draw a smooth curve?

      Sure.

      But not the one I want. The tool has become much better but there is still no bezier control, so if I wobble or deviate a fraction I have to delete and try again. And again.

      I guess the issue now is that it's TOO accurate. :)

  • Thanks Diarmaid and Math - just wanted to make sure I hadn't missed any progress (and I hadn't because nothing has improved). I use Powerpoint and then import in similar workflow to yours Math - thanks for sharing the tutorial video!

    I suppose we could ask ChatGPT to author something better than Storyline360....?!