Morph Reveal (AKA the Pull My Finger Storyline Project)

 

My first Storyline project using morph transitions! I wanted to create an asset that would gradually reveal a financial report, allowing learners to explore it via clickable markers. With each click, the report would reveal more columns, almost like pulling a window blind sideways.

Normally, I would use the timeline and state changes (maybe good old-fashioned layers) to achieve what I wanted here, but I decided to step out of my comfort zone with morph transitions. It was... different. 

It was very persnickety. Sometimes I had to group objects to make it work; sometimes I had to leave them ungrouped. Sometimes I had to make sure that there was no text involved in the object's non-normal state. For instance, I couldn't create a hover state on a hand that included additional text that says "Click here to reveal." The animation got all wonky with that. After many hours and curse words, I finally tamed the beast.

So here it is, with all our financial data redacted so I don't get fired. If anyone has some best practices for using morph, I'm all ears and eyes!

Zdaily Report Tour (Redacted)