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Transitioning a slide layer to a new slide and shrinking it??
I am trying to use Storyline 360 to recreate an animation/transition that was created in PowerPoint 365. There is a large group of images at the bottom of one slide, which through the morph transition gets smaller and moves up to the right corner of the next slide. The example of what I'm trying to do is shown in the video below.
I've searched the animations and transitions and I just don't see a way to accomplish this. Does anyone have any ideas for me? Please advise. Thank you!
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- Hello Julia,
It seems that this has been a feature request in the past. I checked the feature roadmap and it has not yet made it on the roadmap.
A potential workaround until it becomes a feature may be to morph in Powerpoint and then export it as a video to be inserted in Storyline.
I hope this was helpful! Hi, Julia.
As Gonzalo mentioned above, we are tracking a feature request for the morph transition in Storyline.
I will add this discussion to the report and return with updates if I have any news to share or if this request makes it to our feature roadmap.
In the meantime, I'm looking forward to suggestions from our community members on how you can accomplish a similar animation.
Hello JuliaAllen-1574 and GonzaloCorralGa, 🎉
I have some great news to share! We just released another update for Storyline 360. In Update 98, we’ve included essential fixes and new features. One of the new features we’ve included is:
- Engage learners with fluid transitions that seamlessly animate objects, shapes, and other content between slides.
Launch the Articulate 360 desktop app on your computer to take advantage of this update, and click the Update button next to Storyline 360. You’ll find our step-by-step instructions here.
Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have additional questions.
I have tried this. The import from PPT when the slide contains morphed transitions does not convert. I was able to rebuild the morphed animation inside Storyline, but when I import the slides I've attached to this response, the only elements that import are the shapes (and not correctly) and the text. The images on BOTH slides are absent from the import.
Hello JuliaAllen-1574​,
Thanks for reaching out! I can view the images when importing your file into Storyline, so I'd like to learn more about your setup!
- Just to confirm, you mentioned the images are not showing up on your end. Are these missing images in your Storyline file indicated with the text Reflection, Shininess, and Opacity?
- Are you working with the latest version of Storyline 360? We released Update 99 this week!
- Do you still experience this behavior if you import your PowerPoint into a brand new .story file?
If you are running the latest version of Storyline and are still not seeing images as expected in multiple .story files, I recommend a repair of Storyline 360. A repair can fix some erratic behavior across multiple files.
It would be helpful to take a closer look at your .story file and a screen recording of this behavior. We can take a closer look at your project file in this thread or privately in a support case.
Looking forward to hearing from you!
Hi, Luciana,
Thank you for getting back to me. Yes, I had updated to the latest version of Storyline yesterday just for the purpose of testing this new update.
I had not tried importing the slides into a new Story file, so for testing purposes, I tried that. Yes, when I imported them into a new presentation, all the images came over. The circular arrow was still misshapen, but I disregarded that and tested it as it imported. The Morph function did not come over intact. Nothing morphed between the two slides.
Figuring that the problem might have been that the elements on the second slide did not share the same ID as the ones on the first slide, I tried deleting the elements on the second slide. I fixed the arrow on the first slide and copied all the elements I wanted to morph, and pasted them onto the second slide. Then I resized and re-positioned them where I wanted them to be. I tested again, and ONLY the Munsel color system (the multi-colored image) morphed, even though all the elements had IDs that matched from one slide to the next.
I'm attaching the Story file for your review. As you can see, it is NOT going to be a smooth transition between PPT and Storyline as you advertised. If I want morphed transitions in Storyline, I will have to plan to build them from scratch, and I still cannot be assured that it will work as I would expect it to work.
Hi JuliaAllen-1574,
Thanks for the additional information. I wanted to share that PowerPoint morph transitions are supported in Storyline 360 and will be imported. However, certain elements, like images that use morph, may not work as expected. I did check the object IDs of the arcs in your slides, and the arcs in both slides do use the same IDs, indicating that the morph transition should work. I've opened a support case so we can have a support engineer test if you're running into an issue with the morph transition feature or a limitation of the PowerPoint import process. Please keep an eye out for an email from our team in your inbox!
