Vectors (EMF, WMF) rasterized when imported

Hi Gerry,

We've shared the idea with our product team and continue to keep them updated on customer insights and needs. Nothing official on SVG support to share yet, but I promise once we know more we'll certainly let folks know! 

Thanks, Ashley.  I've also found that complex SVG graphics on PowerPoint slides do not get imported into SL360 as editable objects--they come in as a single PNG.  I've reported on this in the beta forum.

Even a simple SVG image sometimes gets imported into SL360 "very strangely."

It'd be good if your documentation was updated to reflect these things.  It can be read like anything imported comes in as editable shapes.  That's simply not the case.  Right now the feature is pretty bare bones and a roll of the dice.

Hello, Gerry!

Appreciate your insight; I know you've been working closely with Vanessa on this, too, so all your valuable feedback is making its way to the right team.

If we make any changes to this feature and its documentation, we'll share the news here!

Thanks, Katie!  :)

Yup, Vanessa is just a fantastic resource.  Good folks here.  :)

I've been encountering similar issues. Now, it's causing corruption to the source file and, as a result, leading to an unrecoverable source file. The rasterized images begin with Storyline going unresponive, then escalate into a corrupted, unrecoverable file.

I've noticed that Storyline doesn't import WMF files anymore. When imported, as before, there now is a large box with no content visible. Fortunately, I haven't encountered the corruption yet. This is another disappointing example of the flimsy quality controls Articulate have in place 'implementing new features', by breaking existing methodologies.

Hi Dan,

Thanks for reaching out and sharing that you are running into a similar issue. What file type are you using when you run into this issue?

With your permission, I'd like you to share your project file with our support engineers to investigate what's happening. You can share it privately by uploading it here. It will be deleted when troubleshooting is complete.

Hi Diarmaid,

WMF is still a supported file type for adding pictures to your course. It sounds like you are consistently running into a problem with this format, so it'd be great if we could take a look.

With your permission, I'd like you to share your project file with our support engineers to investigate what's happening. You can share it privately by uploading it here. It will be deleted when troubleshooting is complete.

Hi Leslie. No problem. The attached file shows a logo consisting of a number of WMF files. This was copied over from an older existing file. The WMF shapes have been successfully inserted in the past.

However, when I inserted the shapes again, directly from the hard drive (local - as before) they import as invisible squares of nothing! :)

Hello Diarmaid!

Thanks for attaching your file!

I opened everything in Storyline 360 - looked perfect! Then I reattached the .wmf image files, and everything looked perfect too.

Lastly, I created a new file and imported the .wmf files - everything loaded!

Have you tried importing all the .wmf images to a new project?  

Hi Lauren. Thank you for taking a look at the file. I think I may have been a little unclear what the example supplied by me was illustrating.

The blobs that display are from an old module and show that it was indeed possible to import WMF files. One can clearly see them on screen and as WMF files within the timeline.

However, if I try to import new WMF files into my document (basically inserting the same WMF files as above) nothing appears on screen (see empty boundary box below) and the timeline shows a generic picture import - the file names do not import/insert.

You are indeed correct in that if I export the original WMF files out and reinsert they do appear, but this isn't practical as I need to insert new icons/WMF files.

Thanks for your assistance though. It is appreciated.