Richard Hill
Richard Hill
Instructional/Simulation Designer
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    Richard Hill

    Creator of Froguts.com, and unofficially honored by Articulate here: http://blogs.articulate.com/rapid-elearning/why-dissecting-an-e-learning-course-will-improve-your-skills/ Link to me here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardleehill
  • Florida, USA
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Richard Hill replied to the discussion I can't use audio files in the Storyline anymore.
"Hi Diana, Your file might be corrupt or damaged.  Have you tried to import audio into a new .story file?  If it works in a new one, then ..."
  • over 7 years ago11/07/16 at 8:09 pm (UTC)
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Richard Hill replied to the discussion Huge file size (350MB) due to video - adjusting video compression did not help
"Hi Paula, I think I've seen this.  In my situation I had imported in the files as webobjects so this might not help, but here's what help..."
  • over 7 years ago11/07/16 at 8:02 pm (UTC)
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Richard Hill replied to the discussion Storyline 2 Seekbar Options
"Hi Emily, This is fairly interpretive, but  I'll give it my best shot. 1. You can drag the End bar on the timeline to match the length ..."
  • over 7 years ago11/07/16 at 4:05 pm (UTC)
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Richard Hill replied to the discussion HeroLand- an adventure built within Storyline (and only storyline)
"Hi, the button now always shows."
  • over 7 years ago11/04/16 at 9:36 pm (UTC)
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Richard Hill replied to the discussion HeroLand- an adventure built within Storyline (and only storyline)
"Actually I should be saying that to you Adam, thanks for the foresight to make such a great tool.  I can't wait to see your next iteratio..."
  • over 7 years ago11/03/16 at 8:16 pm (UTC)
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Richard Hill replied to the discussion Record screen. MP4
"Upon publishing there will be a .mp4  hidden within the publish folder contents. Hope that helps."
  • over 7 years ago11/02/16 at 5:56 pm (UTC)
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Richard Hill replied to the discussion Disabling "Next" button until all layers and their respective timelines are complete
"Hi Kyle, Here's an alternative. Upon completion of your material, have it go to a dummy slide that looks exactly the same( or whatever yo..."
  • over 7 years ago11/02/16 at 5:31 pm (UTC)
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Richard Hill replied to the discussion targets to start animation
"You can also do this with layers. Just have your spinning object appear above itself, and make sure that it hides itself on complete."
  • over 7 years ago10/30/16 at 2:24 pm (UTC)
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Richard Hill replied to the discussion Next Button disappeared
"Hi Rachel if you press the cog on the Base layer ( bottom right ot the Slide Layers panel) there's a checkbox that should be triggered ( ..."
  • over 7 years ago10/28/16 at 5:45 pm (UTC)
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Richard Hill replied to the discussion .SWF Query
"Hi James, Trick question.  If you can edit the fla for the  swf, know a little javascript, pass some vars, and are willing to edit the so..."
  • over 7 years ago10/26/16 at 3:15 pm (UTC)
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Richard Hill replied to the discussion Rotating on central axis with animation - Why state is being skipped
"Hey Jay,  ( this may be too late) But your problem illustrates an interesting effect with rotating animations within states.   Apparently..."
  • over 7 years ago10/26/16 at 2:54 pm (UTC)
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Richard Hill replied to the discussion Weird scrub bar shenanigans in video
"Trent, This is just a work around which I've used just in case you need it.  Create a webObject and use this player http://www.w3schools...."
  • over 7 years ago10/25/16 at 2:09 pm (UTC)
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Richard Hill replied to the discussion Timing of Object Triggers and Appearances Doesn't Match Timeline
"Hi Meghan, When you work with Groups make sure you open them up and align All elements like your Rectangles to start at the same time.  I..."
  • over 7 years ago10/24/16 at 5:09 pm (UTC)
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Richard Hill replied to the discussion Looking for better simulation software
"As far as I know Storyline and Captivate are the only programs that create simulations on the fly.  You could build something more robust..."
  • over 7 years ago10/24/16 at 3:58 pm (UTC)
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Richard Hill replied to the discussion Looking for better simulation software
"hi Ben,  the staff here probably aren't going to recommend an alternative, however what you describe should have a work around in Storyli..."
  • over 7 years ago10/21/16 at 1:17 pm (UTC)
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Richard Hill replied to the discussion Embedded video sometimes plays as it buffers, other times it must load completely
"Hi Stian,  this is just a work around(not a fix) just in case you are really in a bind.  You can create an index file in a folder along w..."
  • over 7 years ago10/13/16 at 2:18 pm (UTC)
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Richard Hill replied to the discussion Flash Player 23 and Later in Google Chrome - Local Playback of Published Content
"Agreed Ashley!"
  • over 7 years ago10/06/16 at 12:46 pm (UTC)
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Richard Hill replied to the discussion voice changing plugin?
"Hi Tal, If you have adobe audition this tweak helps:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x__NthInRs&list=PLc9berBEoo85XMKlkMT0ySv7Vv_6I..."
  • over 7 years ago10/02/16 at 8:17 pm (UTC)
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Richard Hill replied to the discussion Slider condition value changes mysteriously
"Hi Tracy, you might be able to force it back using this.   It is odd behavior though."
  • over 7 years ago09/30/16 at 6:52 pm (UTC)
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Richard Hill replied to the discussion How to replay a layer?
"Hi Tal, You can do this with 4 simple triggers inside the layer itself. You'll need a trigger to hide your layer on timeline end , and ..."
  • over 7 years ago09/25/16 at 1:09 pm (UTC)
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Richard Hill replied to the discussion Scale and Move an object
"Sorry Mark, not out of the box.   It doesn't mean there isn't a work around, like using states, but not easy for sure."
  • over 7 years ago09/23/16 at 6:00 pm (UTC)
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Richard Hill replied to the discussion Controlling the Web Objects
"The simple answer is Yes. The more complex answer is that you must use Javascript.  I wish I could help more, but I've only needed to go ..."
  • over 7 years ago09/21/16 at 5:12 pm (UTC)
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Richard Hill replied to the discussion Motion Path Start Point Relative to another object
"I am continuing at the other post."
  • over 7 years ago09/20/16 at 4:16 pm (UTC)
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Richard Hill replied to the discussion Objects Group/De-Group using Trigger OR Static Motion Path OR Reset Motion Path Starting Point?
"The problem your having with that method, seems to stem from the way animations are executed.  They typically need to follow through befo..."
  • over 7 years ago09/20/16 at 3:53 pm (UTC)
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Richard Hill replied to the discussion Objects Group/De-Group using Trigger OR Static Motion Path OR Reset Motion Path Starting Point?
"Hi Simon, here's your answer. NO groups. Create variables called xposition and yposition set their default value to 0,0. ( this will be r..."
  • over 7 years ago09/20/16 at 3:44 pm (UTC)