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animating a rectangle

New Here ,
Apr 24, 2012 Apr 24, 2012

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I am haveing a rectangle that covers the bottom of my display "fly in from the right".  Why does the rectangle always start from the middle of the display and move to the right and not from off the display and move to the right.

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Community Expert , Apr 25, 2012 Apr 25, 2012

Hi,

Can you check the motion path? When the rectangle is selected and Effect applied, you'll see a small number 1 bottom right, click on that number and you'll see the motion path. Normally, for Fly In, the end location is the present location on the stage, you'll see an arrow at the center point of the rectangle. The start point should be off the stage, but you can change both start and end points by dragging.


I tried to explain this work flow in an old blog post, but the explanation is still val

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Apr 24, 2012 Apr 24, 2012

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Can you show us a screenshot of where the rectangle is positioned on your slide in Edit mode in Captivate?

If your rectangle is shown in the middle of the slide then that's what Captivate will regard as it's starting point.  You may be accustomed to other apps such as PPT which show the starting point differently.

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Apr 25, 2012 Apr 25, 2012

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Rod, it is a Fly In, position on the stage is then the end position, not the start position

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Apr 25, 2012 Apr 25, 2012

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Sorry.  Lieve is correct.  The end position is shown by the arrow head of the effect motion path.

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Hi,

Can you check the motion path? When the rectangle is selected and Effect applied, you'll see a small number 1 bottom right, click on that number and you'll see the motion path. Normally, for Fly In, the end location is the present location on the stage, you'll see an arrow at the center point of the rectangle. The start point should be off the stage, but you can change both start and end points by dragging.


I tried to explain this work flow in an old blog post, but the explanation is still valid for latest version of CP:

Editing motion paths

Here is a screenshot with an edited motion path (start point has been dragged upwards)

MotionPath.png

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Apr 25, 2012 Apr 25, 2012

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start edit view.jpgStart Preview.jpg

this is how I created the rectangle  and this is where it starts from

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Apr 25, 2012 Apr 25, 2012

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Did you try to show and check the motion path, please?

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You'll have to choose a smaller size to see the area around the stage as well, because the start point of this effect (see my screenshot in previous answer) will be outside of the stage.

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Apr 25, 2012 Apr 25, 2012

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If you look very carefully in the bottom right corner of the top red rectange in your screenshot you can see a small square with the number 1 in it.  In edit mode with the Effects panel active, you can click on this little square and then you will see the moton path with an arrow at one end that helps you to configure how the movement will work.

From what you said you wanted to happen, your motion path arrow end should point to the middle of this top rectange, with the other end of the motion path sitting outside and below the edit area.

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Thanks all, Once I found the motion path and set that took care of it.  Thanks Again

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