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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
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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.
At the moment, I just want to draw straight lines with sharp 90 degree corners that I can edit later. I need to create paths that like the ones in the attached image. As it is, it doesn't seem that I can edit a line after it's been drawn.
A fully functioning bezier tool would be amazing.
Of course, I could do the whole thing in illustrator, but then I don't have the option of editing the shapes within Storyline to make simple adjustments. All my adjustments would be made "blind" in the two separate apps, making my process 2 or 3x slower.
Still experiencing the same issues as others have reported. Wow, 6 years and no curved lines??
Same here, Articulate team. For what we pay for a Storyline 360/Articulate 360 license, this issue should have been resolved years ago. PLEASE hire a former Adobe Illustrator or Microsoft PowerPoint graphics employee to help you code curves properly! Geesh!.....
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.
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. :)
Draw in Illustrator.
Copy
Paste
Ungroup
and there it is a perfect line.
Like this.. only works on PC though.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....?!
Everything connected to drawing lines needs major update. We can't "join" lines, we can't specify where the outline should be (inner, outer), thus making everything like flowcharts are needed to be done in another program and then you cannot edit it in Storyline. Not being able to draw single curve is just one part of the overall "lines" problem. Maybe we will see something in the future.
"Maybe we will see something in the future." is a terrifying sentence to read about a simple problem which hasn't been resolved in a decade.
