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BrianCoughlin
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3 years ago

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

  • 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.

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      BrianCoughlin
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      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

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    BrianCoughlin
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    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

     

  • 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.

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    BrianCoughlin
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    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.  

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    BrianCoughlin
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    I updated the 360 Review link above with an example of the difference between grouping and not grouping the objects.  

  • I see what you are trying now. I was not clear on your specific outcomes - grouping is a great option