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Replace image once to change its multiple occurences
Hello, been a long time...
I'm (re)working on a project split in multiple parts (say 20 .story files).
I need to change a picture in all those files. As it's the background of a top, foreground menu bar, it's been copied in every single slide of each file.
As Storyline has no library, I cannot update picture once for each .story file.
To make matters worse, Storyline "knows" this picture is unique because it appears only once as a swf in the output folder.
So, is there any workaround to dozens of "change picture" ?
- update and publish only one file and then find and replace the swf with the new swf-picture in any other published story folders
- explore .story source file and replace picture resource (have yet to find a way !)
- ???
Thanks !
- LaetitiaMarleyCommunity Member
Hi all,
Would this work the same way when publishing to html5?
thanks
- PierreJouanCommunity Member
It might be easier because every picture ends up in the "mobile" folder.
I suppose you just have to swap it there...
I made a quick test and it works !
- LaetitiaMarleyCommunity Member
Hey Pierre,
thanks! I´ve just run a quick test and seems to work! I guess you get optimum results when images are the same size, so I´ll keep this in mind but good to know.
- ChristiePollickCommunity Member
Thanks for your assistance here, Pierre, and I am glad to hear you are all set, Laetitia! :)
- EitanTeomiCommunity Member
that is a great workaround, but honestly - a list view of assets is actually (ahem) pretty basic to ask for a software of this caliber (and price). Especially since we are all wanting to create nice looking projects with a big visual impact. We all know how creative keeps changing all the time (hence this is a rudimentary feature in pretty much any Adobe product)...
Thanks,
Eitan
Hey Eitan - Looks like I responded to a similar post here, so be sure to get that request in :)
Hi Tony,
Thanks for reaching out and sharing your candid thoughts.
We agree with you and have worked to better this process for our users. We've come a long way in two years :)
I'd even like to share some information we shared over a year ago:
We're super excited about the features that we've been adding to Storyline. If you take a quick look at the version history of Storyline 360 compared with the version history of Storyline 2, you'll see a pretty remarkable evolution in the pace and volume of new features these past 6 months!
We expect that new model to continue, including a major release with some much anticipated features and bug fixes before the end of this quarter. Keep an eye on our What's New, What's Next page for frequent previews.
We understand that the features we build won't always align perfectly with the features you think are important. Prioritizing what's most valuable is one of the hardest things to do, and here's a peek at how we try to make those decisions.
Keep an eye out for more exciting features soon!
That said, we do submit many of the feature requests for customers as long as we fully understand the demand, the need, and the use-case. Personally, if I do not understand all of those things, I will still request for them to submit directly so that no important aspect is missed or poorly communicated.
I see a few posts from you this month:
- Custom Replay Button on Slide Master which Alyssa handled for you.
- Text Entry without a Submit Button
- and of course this one about replacing images
Have I missed anything? I'd be happy to be sure that these are submitted to the team and that the conversations you have posted on are attached so that you will be notified when we have any updates to share.
- PierreJouanCommunity Member
Hi Leslie,
Still no feedback though. That's why I gave up Feature Requests.
Hi Pierre,
I wanted to let you know that Storyline 360, build 3.24.17733.0 is available today, and I hope you find the latest feature valuable. Here's the snippet mentioned in the Version history:
- Manage all the assets for your project in one place with the media library. Easily add, remove, replace, reuse, and export images, characters, audio clips, and videos. See every slide and layer where an asset is used and jump to each location instantly. You can even edit assets with third-party apps and save your changes directly to Storyline
Please keep the feedback and ideas coming!
- PierreJouanCommunity Member
Hi Ashley,
Thanks for the news.
Now, that's a great improvement!
Unfortunately, SL360 remains too expensive for us. I'll stick to SL2 for now. Hope SL360 owners will enjoy it.
Next step : timeline scrubbing?