Is there any way to add your own character to a Rise scenario? I don't think adding them to a background image will work well since the image it blurred a bit on purpose? I'd appreciate any ideas?
Just keen to add my + 1 despite the fact it's clear that Articulate have probably abandoned this fairly necessary suggestion.
For those of us who like to keep our online Rise packages updated and ready to accurately export or customise to new SCORM based on client need, Mark's hack is just too much faff.
For a product that offers so much in-build customisation for varied cohorts, it's such a shame that there's such a blindspot with making functionality improvements to Scenario.
Hey all, we've managed to follow the instructions here at ASOS and replace the avatars in the back end files. This is really time consuming but the result is great (see the attachement). @articulate please can we get this fix higher up your dev list as it would save so much time and be an awesome feature for others :)
This would be helpful for my company as well. Meantime, just the ability to not have a character and upload our own images with our characters on them would be okay.
We have our own characters that we have created that are 2D animation style. Having them for use in the scenario block would be amazing. Really need to put this on the roadmap for product development.
This feature has been requested for 2 years now, I think it's time you get working on it. I'll add a comment so you know its still wanted, but think of how many people searched this question and found this thread and gave up without posting that they are interested too.
I would like to be able to add my own characters and my own unblurred background. Our courses tend to have vector images, instead of photography style and have their own branding altogether.
I actually need this feature right now, but will need to pull out my Windows computer (that's a whole other story) to build it in Storyline and pull it over to Rise.
Basically, until this is updated, I am unable to use the scenarios feature in Rise.
Hi, there was a user that had a work around for this , I tried it out and it worked completely fine - you basically just had to swap out the assets in download.
It's a great video and work around for some but, unfortunately I can't really use it due to our development timeline and process. I need I to show natively in Rise, so that when I send it out for various reviews (via 360) it shows in the course, not just in the SCROM package version.
Custom characters in Rise would be an amazing feature. I use Vyond for branded characters in video clips and gifs throughout my courses. Using one of the stock characters in Rise for scenarios is so jarring because they standout in a bad way from my branded stuff.
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Just keen to add my + 1 despite the fact it's clear that Articulate have probably abandoned this fairly necessary suggestion.
For those of us who like to keep our online Rise packages updated and ready to accurately export or customise to new SCORM based on client need, Mark's hack is just too much faff.
For a product that offers so much in-build customisation for varied cohorts, it's such a shame that there's such a blindspot with making functionality improvements to Scenario.
Hi - ist there a timeline that says we will be able to add our own Characters?
We don't have any update on this feature request yet. We'll make sure to inform everyone in this thread once we make changes that will help!
Hey all, we've managed to follow the instructions here at ASOS and replace the avatars in the back end files. This is really time consuming but the result is great (see the attachement). @articulate please can we get this fix higher up your dev list as it would save so much time and be an awesome feature for others :)
I would also like the ability to add our own characters to scenarios. It would be a nice feature for the Photoshop proficient users.
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This would be helpful for my company as well. Meantime, just the ability to not have a character and upload our own images with our characters on them would be okay.
We have our own characters that we have created that are 2D animation style. Having them for use in the scenario block would be amazing. Really need to put this on the roadmap for product development.
Please add my vote to this feature being added. Would be very useful.
Hey, is there any update on this? This really seems like a feature that should be available from the get go - how peculiar !
This feature has been requested for 2 years now, I think it's time you get working on it. I'll add a comment so you know its still wanted, but think of how many people searched this question and found this thread and gave up without posting that they are interested too.
Upvoting this - we need to be able to add our own graphics for the character.
I also vote for custom characters for the scenario block!
Any update on this?
I would like to be able to add my own characters and my own unblurred background. Our courses tend to have vector images, instead of photography style and have their own branding altogether.
I actually need this feature right now, but will need to pull out my Windows computer (that's a whole other story) to build it in Storyline and pull it over to Rise.
Basically, until this is updated, I am unable to use the scenarios feature in Rise.
Hi, there was a user that had a work around for this , I tried it out and it worked completely fine - you basically just had to swap out the assets in download.
This was it - https://community.articulate.com/discussions/rise-360/using-custom-characters-for-scenarios-in-rise
It is a bit of a faff though but you can see people have made it work (see Brian from ASOS)
Thanks Dan!
It's a great video and work around for some but, unfortunately I can't really use it due to our development timeline and process. I need I to show natively in Rise, so that when I send it out for various reviews (via 360) it shows in the course, not just in the SCROM package version.
Also (if I'm right) with that work around you need to do the whole thing again if you update the course later. It's a pain.
The last person that mentioned the need for this feature was a year ago.
Crystal, any advance? also, how can I prevent the blurry image in the background?
Finally, how can I remove the character? so I can go around this?
Thanks in advance!
Hi Miguel,
You can replace the background image, but it will always be blurry. The blurry background is the reason our organization cannot use scenarios.
The character can be replaced by another character but cannot be completely removed.
Hi, bumping this thread up.
Custom characters in Rise would be an amazing feature. I use Vyond for branded characters in video clips and gifs throughout my courses. Using one of the stock characters in Rise for scenarios is so jarring because they standout in a bad way from my branded stuff.
Is there any update on this being introduced?
Hi Howard,
While we don't have plans in the next 6 months to make this change, we're still tracking the request.
Hi there, has there been any updates on this? Our company wants to add characters made by our designers for scenarios so this would be great to have!
I have not seen any updates at all , this is still the best way from fellow user Matt, Using custom characters for Scenarios in Rise - Rise 360 Discussions - E-Learning Heroes (articulate.com)
Completely doable and looks great!
I need custom characters too.