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HeyGen and Storyline Integration Tips?
Hi CarlaGoldberg-e I did this on my last project (which was also localized—meaning we created new HeyGen videos for each language). As the avatar introduced the module, the training title, logo, module title, interactive table of contents buttons, and instruction text appeared one after another with entrance animations. You don’t need triggers—just the timeline and cue points. You drop your video alone onto the timeline. You listen and mark the moment when your avatar says “Welcome to…” and then place the title text on the timeline. And so on. That’s it. (And it works just as easily with localization, since you can move or extend each text block depending on the language.) Especially if you need to modify an item (a single word in a text, animation), you don’t have to redo the video. I highly recommend it.
Sometimes, to work “faster,” you need to break the process down so you can quickly fix a single step, rather than having to redo the whole thing every time. In your case—and mine—creating the video separately from the various animations that overlay it will prevent you (and has prevented me) from going crazy. As a 100% storyliner, I really insisted that the video creator do it this way, and I was right. Trust me.😁 Have a good CarlaGoldberg-e