I know the markers have them but is there anyway i can get other shapes to 'pulse'?

Hello, I figured out a way to make any picture/object pulsate. First I set the entrance and exit animations of the object to fade and adjusted the time of the animations (I used 0.5 cause I didn't want it to be too fast or too slow and it works quite well). After that I created 2 triggers - one of them is to change the state of the object to hidden once the entrance animation completes and the second one changes the state to normal when the exit animation completes. It works really well - tested it both on pictures and shapes. :)

Thank you! Here's a simple slide I made with what I suggested. The speed of flashing can be controlled by changing the duration of the entrance and exit animations.

Is there a reason Articulate hasn't created a "Pulse" animation? I think it would be awesome. It's a simple subtle way to call something out.

Hi Howie, I wanted to use something similar on a previous project, so I settled for a series of objects with a glow. Each only lasts 0.75 seconds on the timeline, but it does give a pulsing effect of sorts. You can play with the object timing and entrance/exit animations to alter the speed or look of the pulse. Published slide It's not very high-tech, but it might work depending on your needs. Good luck!

I don't think so Howie but there is a way to use the markers for navigation and set them to pulse when the timeline ends. I created a screener showing how this can be done. Here is the link if you want to take a look. http://pinchedhead.com/blog/?p=1529

Pulse Effects | Articulate

NancyWoinoski
Super Hero
11 years ago
I don't think so Howie but there is a way to use the markers for navigation and set them to pulse when the timeline ends. I created a screener showing how this can be done. Here is the link if you want to take a look. http://pinchedhead.com/blog/?p=1529
HowiePearson
Community Member
11 years ago

Nancy Woinoski said:

I don't think so Howie but there is a way to use the markers for navigation and set them to pulse when the timeline ends. I created a screener showing how this can be done. Here is the link if you want to take a look. http://pinchedhead.com/blog/?p=1529

Thanks for that Nancy, i can see myself using that. It wouldn't work for my project unfortunately.
OwenHolt
Super Hero
11 years ago
You could use photoshop or gimp to create an animated "pulsing" gif. Then use it in combination with button states &/or variables to control its behavior (i.e. toggling between a static image and the animated gif image)
AshleyT-Pollard
Staff
11 years ago
Nice screenr Nancy, I hadn't seen it before, so thanks for sharing.
DianaMyers
Community Member
11 years ago

Hi Howie, I wanted to use something similar on a previous project, so I settled for a series of objects with a glow. Each only lasts 0.75 seconds on the timeline, but it does give a pulsing effect of sorts. You can play with the object timing and entrance/exit animations to alter the speed or look of the pulse.

Published slide

It's not very high-tech, but it might work depending on your needs. Good luck!
pulse+using+glow.story252 KB
- AdenaWilson
  Community Member
  9 years ago
  I know this from a while back but this was just what I needed! Thank you.
  - DavidIstvan
    Community Member
    9 years ago
    Glad it was useful ;)
- JazzmineO
  Community Member
  9 years ago
  Yup. This is what I did in another project too. Work arounds... I was hoping there was an easier way. :(
  Oh well.
HowiePearson
Community Member
11 years ago
Thanks for that Diana. That'll work
RebeccaFleischC
Community Member
11 years ago

Hi All,

In addition to the great examples provided by Diana and Nancy, I've been trying to create a Screenr to show how we applied a "nonstandard" use of markers to highlight points during narration of a slide. Unfortunately. the Screenr site refuses to recognize Java, which I have updated. (Note: I have reported this via email to Justin at Articulate, and on the Get Satisfaction site. I have gone through ALL of the troubleshooting steps repeatedly, and still Java isn't recognized in IE, FF, or Chrome).

At least I can share an excerpt of the published slide...the part with the markers highlighting the narration. Note that this slide is shared Courtesy: Becker College's Accelerated Program

http://refco27.com/Demos/Markers_nonstandard_use/story.html

I hope to get resolution regarding Screenr not seeing the Java install so that I can record a description of how I did this.
MichaelFimian
Community Member
11 years ago

Darn, you are GOOD Becky...
RebeccaFleischC
Community Member
11 years ago
Tx, Michael! You made my day
RebeccaFleischC
Community Member
11 years ago

UPDATE ON LATEST JAVA UPDATE NOT RECOGNIZED BY SCREENR

All, I just rec'd a confirmation from Justin at Articulate that he can reproduce the problem and currently has no resolution. He has opened a case and is reporting this to the Dev team.