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Cut a hole in a shape?
Hi there. This is probably a really simple thing to do; but I'm spending way too much time on figuring it out! I would like to cut out a square/circle from a transparent shape to "highlight" a portion of an object behind it.
Essentially what I'm doing is explaining different sections of a form via the slide layers. When the user hovers over that section of the form, it shows the layer with an explanation.
What I'd like to do is grey-out the form (put a grey transparent shape over it) but leave the section I'm explaining highlighted, or in normal light.
Is there a way to do this without too many steps?
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What I usually do is to make a copy of the highlighted object and crop it down to just the parts you want to highlight. I attached a .story file demonstrating this.
You could also use Powerpoint's 'Shape Intersect' feature to cut out a shape from another shape, but that I think would be kind of a pain to try to size properly when moving it into storyline.
This would make a great feature request. Having PowerPoint shape intersect features natively in Storyline would be extremely helpful.
@Jackson: thanks for the work-around... This might work well (although potentially tedious to get the exact placement)
@Gerry: I will definitely request this, now that I know that this isn't already an existing feature that I just couldn't find! Thanks for the link.
I decided to use a "page tear" look to the shadow... (attached)
Here's the method that I found that works best for me:
https://community.articulate.com/discussions/articulate-storyline/highlight-areas-of-a-screen
