storyline running slow - will this carryover to live version?

Hi Sarah,

I'm wondering if the "100 people" are from the Storyline character pack perhaps?

I would suggest, once you get your people images resized/cropped/etc. to your desired size, optimize them to that size. If you look at the size of any image and it says it's current size is anything less than 100%, you are showing at a smaller size, but the file still retains all the data needed to show at its full size, which with many images can slow things down.

Optimize image(s):

• Save your image at its current (edited) size (right-click > export picture > save picture).
  • JPG for anything not requiring transparency 
  • PNG for transparency only
• Import that image to your stage, using your existing image as a placement guide, if needed.
• Delete the original image.

Hope that helps.

I used a person icon 100 times (which is 2 freeform objects, so really 200 items) - would all of this still apply to icons not an image?

Hmm, I don't believe so as I think they are SVGs (scalable vector object).

It might not be related to image sizes, but was worth a shot. I guess the only other suggestion would be to simplify things as much as possible. Is it possible to group/combine some of these 200 items into a single graphic that can then be manipulated?

Care to share your file that others or myself can troubleshoot or come up with other ideas?

Just reporting back that this worked beautifully! Thanks for the suggestion!

Awesome! Happy it worked for you.