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Exit Animation While Moving Across Path Bug?
Hello,
I'm having an issue with moving an object across a path and using entrance/exit animations during the movement.
Seems that only the entrance animation works. Then the motion jumps to the end of the path when the timeline hits the exit animation.
Fade w/ Motion | Review 360 (articulate.com)
I'm on the current version.
Thanks for any tips.
Brian
- RonPricePartner
Hello Brian
Your timeline needs to be longer or your animations shorter. Motion paths are not controlled by the timeline, but entrance and and exit animations are. . . therefore a 2 second exit animation needs to have 2 seconds allocated for it in the timeline. In your file, the motion is taking 5 seconds, which is the same length of the slide timeline. So the 2 second exit animation has to begin half way though the motion to finish at the end of the timeline.
Hopefully that makes some sense.
- BrianCoughlinCommunity Member
Hi Ron,
Thanks for the reply. On my object, I have 2-second enter/exit animations, and an overall 5 second motion path.
I changed the fades to 1 second, and also extended the slide timeline to 6 seconds (leaving the motion path at 5 seconds) and I still get the glitch.
Brian
- BrianCoughlinCommunity Member
Ok, so I was able to find a workaround.. or at least a "method" for doing this, based on feedback from a similar post: entrance and exit animations and motion paths - Articulate Storyline Discussions - E-Learning Heroes
I created a group with 2 objects and then set the in/out fade animations on the individual objects. Then I applied the motion path to the group level. Worked like a charm.
I still feel like this might be a bug with the original way I did it, however.
Thanks again!
Brian
- RonPricePartner
Glad you found a solution. One of the ways of checking your animations is in the timeline with the new visualization feature. If they are overlapping, you may need to extend the time further.
- BrianCoughlinCommunity Member
Thanks, again, Ron. In your screen cap, the object still finishes its path before the exit fade starts. I was trying to fade during the motion.
- BrianCoughlinCommunity Member
I updated the 360 Review link above with an example of the difference between grouping and not grouping the objects.
- RonPricePartner
I see what you are trying now. I was not clear on your specific outcomes - grouping is a great option