Storyline works with vector graphics (shapes, cartoon characters, etc.) but I can't figure out a way to import them. I can insert an eps file in PowerPoint and import into Storyline, but the vector is converted to a raster. Can it be done somehow?

In story line 3 i can paste straight from illustrator and ungroup.

Hi everyone, I know this thread is old. I signed up just to comment. I may be late but here's how I managed to work-around importing vector into AS2 without raster conversion or compromising the quality of my vector images. This will not allow me to manipulate the shapes and colors after I've brought it into AS2, however. This will only preserve the integrity of my image regardless of how much I scaled it within AS2. Note: You will need Illustrator, Powerpoint, and Articulate Storyline 2. This was done on a Mac with AI installed native on OSX, PPT on Windows 7 of Bootcamp, and AS2 on Windows 7 of Bootcamp. You may find better or different results depending on your rig. There is a possibility this method may not work if you are running both AI and PPT native on OSX, though. Just a theory I haven't the luxury to test out. Chances are, however, if it works on mine, it should definitely work on yours. Design your shape (or even your entire scene/slide) in illustrator with as many art boards needed. Each artboard will represent different slides if you choose to do the majority of the designing in illustrator. Avoid clipping masks if possible... you'll thank me later. Save your work as AI (for backup). Save your art boards as EPS. Be sure to check the size of your slide (art board) and convert your pixel measurements to inches before saving it to EPS. This will save you some headaches later when jumping into Powerpoint. This step may take awhile for the app to process. Import your EPS file to a Powerpoint slide via drag and drop (be sure to adjust the size of your slide to match the measurement of your art board). You will notice that your images will look a bit jagged. That's just how Powerpoint is interpreting your file. Size up your image to the desired dimension. If done correctly to this point you should only just need to center your image to fit snuggly into your slide (give or take a few hundredth of an inch). Select your image, right-click, and choose "edit image". A warning appears telling you Powerpoint will convert the image to something more native than EPS. Accept it and you should now see the wonderfully clean vector-type image you had been expecting. Select your image, ungroup, clean up bounding boxes accordingly. You should be able to adjust fills, strokes, and whatever else within the constraints of Powerpoint to each and every object you ungrouped. Group any objects you will want AS2 to interpret as a single object such as logos and outlined text. Repeat steps 3-7 for each art board you want on their respective slides. Save your work as a Powerpoint presentation (.PPT). Start a new project in AS2 and adjust your dimensions accordingly. Click on the INSERT tab, click New Slide, click the Import tab, click on the Powerpoint logo, select your PPT file, click Open, click Select All, and finally click Import. Grab a beer. It may take awhile to load. Once it's in you'll see you have objects stacked up on your timeline ready to be triggered and sized to your liking without worrying about image quality. There you go. I hope this was helpful and I hope I didn't explain anything that was already mentioned. As far as importing actual text/font is concerned... you're on your own and I'm definitely all ears. Anyone else see the irony in having to learn so much about an eLearning software? Cheers

All vectors come in as images unfortunately, you can add a feature request. One of my hopes is that they add addtional editing features to objects such as combine shapes etc and make it an accomplished vector editor. At the moment, the only vectors are the objects and characters

Good suggestion, Gary! Unfortunately, Storyline converted it to a raster graphic as well.

Hi Andrew, Can you share a bit more about what issue you're encountering - this thread is a bit long, and I'm not sure which piece you're referring to. Did you try any of the solutions mentioned here about using Adobe Illustrator to export the image or using Fireworks?

Importing vector graphics | Articulate

KayChan
Community Member
10 years ago
Hi P,

There shouldn't be any rastering with the method I described. It sounds to me you're either importing your files incorrectly, missed a step, or you are trying to change the fill and/or outline color of the objects you imported to storyline and realizing you just can't outside of rectangles (inability to change color was also explained in my intro/disclaimer in case you missed it). Understand that SL2 places all imported images into a rectangular bounding box. Although you may have imported a vector-like image into storyline, you are only able to make actual edits to that bounding box.

Without further details of the problems you're having, I don't know how else to respond. I would like to help but you're going to need to narrow it down a bit.
AnthonyPerki224
Community Member
8 years ago
I just spent an hour saving an original vector graphic in a variety of formats trying to retain the crispness of the original image. Finally managed to arrive at one that was head and shoulders above the rest (even though once pasted into Storyline, I'm sure it was converted to raster.) Out of Adobe Illustrator (CC) I selected: Export\Export As... then .png file format. When you click "Export" again, it brings up a dialog box where you can set your resolution to High Resolution 300 dpi, Anti-aliasing: None. Transparent background.

Bring this into Storyline as a normal .png image. This will give you a larger file size, but the image quality is FAR greater than anything else I have tried.

Hope this helps someone.
Jerson-Campos
Community Member
7 years ago
@Ashley, since Storyline 3 and 360's illustrated characters are created using SVG graphics, isn't this already supported?
LeslieMcKerchie
Staff
6 years ago
Hi John,

It's only in Storyline 360 at this time.

Hi Brian,

All questions are valid, no judgments or forgiveness needed :)

At this time, it is when imported into your Storyline course via PowerPoint only. Storyline 360 doesn’t support importing SVGs directly (this detail is included in Step 1 of this documentation).
- BrianAllen
  Community Member
  6 years ago
  Thanks Leslie, I wasn't sure on importing SVG directly into Storyline, but I was hoping :)
JohnBlack
Community Member
13 years ago
I used Flash, saved it as a swf, and imported into Storyline. That also converted it from a vector to a raster.
GerryWasiluk
Community Member
13 years ago
Bring it in as a local web object?
JohnBlack
Community Member
13 years ago

Kevin,

Thanks for your help. Your wmf works fine. However, I opened an eps vector graphic in Illustrator CS5, exported it as a wmf, and inserted it as a Picture in Storyline. It converted it to a raster, as before. I wonder what I'm doing differently that causes it to fail. I attached the files for you to evaluate. (BTW, I'd already tried a emf and it didn't work either.)
camel.eps827 KB
JohnBlack
Community Member
13 years ago
other attachment
tiny+camel.wmf27 KB
KevinThorn
Super Hero
13 years ago

Hey John,

I converted your Camel.eps to both .WMF and .EMF formats. While they both work fine, the .WMF format works better in Storyline when enlarging it to max scale. I took it up to 2000 x 2150 and didn't lose any of the line quality.

Attached are two files. One with the background as your EPS file, and one with just the Camel. This forum only allows one attachment per post. Here's the one with the background...
camel+w-backgraound.wmf1.1 MB
KevinThorn
Super Hero
13 years ago
And here's the one of the Camel only...
camel.wmf37 KB