I'm trying to get this picture of dice to move from center stage to the upper corner of the projection screen, where it'll sit as an icon and just chill until the end of the slide. I'd also like it to shrink down to size at the same time. However, when I program the motion path and the "shrink" animation to begin at the same time and last the same amount of time, it freaks out on me. What am I doing wrong? I couldn't find any tutorials about this.

I wasn't able to get the effect I wanted, but here's what I used as a workaround: 1. Create two copies of your object, one to shrink and one to move. Make the move one the size you want when the object is done shrinking, arrange it so it's on top of the shrink object, and give it an opaque background. 2. Align the two objects so that they have the same center, then move them where you want the object while it shrinks. 3. Time the move object to appear exactly when the shrink object gets to be that size. 4. Move the object. I've attached the finished interaction. The first object appears at 5 seconds, then shrinks and moves at 11.5 seconds. I hope this helps, and I hope the next version of Storyline has a "shrink to a specific size" and "while you move" feature.

I have had a bit of luck with this problem. I needed an object to grow and move at the same time. It was a popup window with information pertaining to a specific section of the screen. Would work with shrinking too. Build the shape/image. If there are multiple components, copy them into the normal state of one of the components or a shape (as opposed to grouping them). Then apply the grow or shrink animation to this shape. Now I added a transparent shape around my original image. I then grouped my image with the new transparent shape. You need something to group with, it doesn't matter what. I chose a transparent shape so it wouldn't change the look of the image. Apply the motion to the group. SL will apply the motion path on the group and the animation on the shape simultaneously. I found it looked better if the zoom was 0.25 seconds longer than the motion path. I found this easier and smoother than using states to change the size of the object.

Hi, Here is the solution posted for this. Hope this will answer your query. https://community.articulate.com/discussions/articulate-storyline/changing-the-size-of-an-image-during-a-motion-path

Hi Kelly, The issue here is that SHRINK is an exit animation, so the timing of when that animation occurs is off. You have to take into account: - the duration the animated object is on screen (timeline) - this affects when the animation starts- the duration of the object's animation- when the motion path begins and ends- the duration of the motion path I have made some adjustments to give you an example and attached it here.Changes:- adjusted the object timeline to end at 2.5 seconds- set the object's exit animation for 2 secondsThen I followed the remaining steps:- grouped the object with the transparent object- added a 2 second motion path to the groupYou can play around to get the right timing for the effect and for the duration you want it to be on screen. In order to grow the green box again, you might have a couple of options. Here are my thoughts.-A. You might consider an additional layer that doesn't have the shrink and motion path on it. Then add the needed objects and animations that are triggered by clicking the Information button.-B. You might be able to make another object that is in a Hidden State until you click the Information button. Then when you click the button have the hidden object set to become a different state that is no longer hidden and has a grow animation.You'll have to play around and see what works. Good luck and let me know if I can be of help.

Okay, so how do I get that effect of it shrinking as it moves?

Shrink and Motion Path...at the same time!

29 Replies

Jerson-Campos
Community Member
11 years ago
Storyline runs animation after the motion paths. The reason it may be freaking out on you is because you have the time overlapping for both of them. If the item on for three seconds long and you have the motion path running for 2 seconds, and the shrink animation for 2 seconds, you have 1 sec where the animation overlaps and this is where Storyline will freak out. You can't have both animations running at the same time.
StatEaseAdmin
Community Member
11 years ago
Okay, so how do I get that effect of it shrinking as it moves?
Jerson-Campos
Community Member
11 years ago
We'll you really can't do both at the same time. And you can't shrink an image down to certain size. It will just shrink till it disappears.
SheviYuval1
Community Member
10 years ago
Any new options to answer this question? I'm also trying to move an object and than shrink it to a specific reduced size (and not have it disappear).

Thanks
StatEaseAdmin
Community Member
10 years ago
I wasn't able to get the effect I wanted, but here's what I used as a workaround:

1. Create two copies of your object, one to shrink and one to move. Make the move one the size you want when the object is done shrinking, arrange it so it's on top of the shrink object, and give it an opaque background.

2. Align the two objects so that they have the same center, then move them where you want the object while it shrinks.

3. Time the move object to appear exactly when the shrink object gets to be that size.

4. Move the object.

I've attached the finished interaction. The first object appears at 5 seconds, then shrinks and moves at 11.5 seconds. I hope this helps, and I hope the next version of Storyline has a "shrink to a specific size" and "while you move" feature.
shrink_and_move.story353 KB
- AnnDyellig-1018
  Community Member
  6 years ago
  Thank you for this demo file!
- AmbreQuinn-7be8
  Community Member
  3 years ago
  Note to Articulate -- this is similar to what you can do in PowerPoint with the Morph function.
- AmbreQuinn-7be8
  Community Member
  3 years ago
  Unfortunately, the Storyline timeline doesn't give the fractions of a second needed to get my second object to appear at the right point in the fade of the first object. So frustrating.
SheviYuval1
Community Member
10 years ago
Looks great

Thanks for sharing!
PriyankaShar302
Community Member
10 years ago
Hi,

Here is the solution posted for this. Hope this will answer your query.

https://community.articulate.com/discussions/articulate-storyline/changing-the-size-of-an-image-during-a-motion-path
- teribridges-f78
  Community Member
  3 years ago
  This does not help
- AmbreQuinn-7be8
  Community Member
  3 years ago
  This doesn't go to a solution, it goes to a community landing page with a bunch of different topics.
PhilipDeer-048a
Community Member
8 years ago
How can we add a simultaneous motion path and animation as a feature request, please?

Trying to make this happen with workarounds, whilee, is quite a time consuming especially if the items aren't nicely shaped objects. Try doing that with a skeleton. I got it to work and it took me a couple of hours for something that should have taken a few minutes at most.

Thanks in advance!
AshleyT-Pollard
Staff
7 years ago
Hi Philip,

We love to hear new ideas and what would help with your course building. I’ll be happy to pass your thoughts on to our product team, but you can also feel free to detail them more through a feature request!
PhilipDeer-048a
Community Member
7 years ago
Thanks, Ashley!