Text drop shadow or glow

Welcome to E-Learning Heroes, Guy!

If you're not applying this effect to a text box, how are you placing the text over the image? Have you tried highlighting the text itself and applying the shadow (from the formatting menu - not the shape effects)? Try that and then preview the project. Does it show up now?

If you haven't already, you could try placing an object, or button over the image. Make the background and border for the object transparent.

You could also do this with a caption box - I believe the text applied is automatically shadowed. 

If you still have trouble with this, can you share a screenshot or the .STORY file? I'd be happy to take a look and see if I can help.

Thanks and welcome again!

Hi,

I am having this issue too. There appears to be no way to apply glow effects to the actual text. Whereas in PPT when you highlight text you can click "Text Effects" to give the text itself shadows, glows etc. In Storyline is appears to only let you apply the effects to the text box itself, which isn't what we want to achieve.

Unless I am missing the options somewhere. (I know it still has shape effects, but that only applies the effects to the box)

Thanks

Hi Jake, 

Within Storyline the only option would be to add the 'shadow' effect to the text as Christine mentioned previously. You're welcome to share your thoughts on including this as another feature here. 

Hi Ashley,

I have submitted this as a feature request, do we have an update on when it will be available?

It seems an odd thing to leave out as Storyline 2 generally has all other text and image effects/formatting options available.

Most of our library courses use text glow as it is great for showing text over the top of an image so we cannot move to Storyline until this is resolved. (the rework would be considerable!)

It's annoying as other than this and its inability to export to PPT Storyline 2 is almost perfect in every way!

Thanks

Jake

Hi Jake,

We don't share any updates or road maps in regards to feature requests or new updates/versions. The best way to stay up to date on news from Articulate is to follow along with our Word of Mouth blog. 

I don't know if this is what you want, but I applied a glow to text in Powerpoint, copied and pasted the text box, not the text, and the glow followed.

The drawback is that it pasted as an image, so you want to have it in its final form before you leave PP.

Hi Ashley,

I understand, but it does make planning for the future nigh on impossible.

I guess we will just have to go on the assumption that it won't be fixed and go with a different product.

Thanks

Jake

Hi Walt,

Yes we were able to do that to, unfortunately this raises 2 key issues for us:

1: If the text needs amending it is a lot more troublesome

2: Much more of an issue, is that our courses are translated into numerous languages, text saved as an image is a problem.

Thanks

Jake

Thanks Jake - I certainly understand and I know that thought is something we've shared with our product development team in the past, and you're welcome and encouraged to share your thoughts as well in the form of a feature request for a road map. 

I'm a newbie here and scoured to find something on this subject after unsuccessfully trying to apply a hover glow over text and not the text box. I tend to use hover and glow features quite a bit. I agree with Jake that it seems an odd feature to leave out, considering the other ppt like options built into to S2.