Hello,
I’m trying to create an 30-second flash animation of
our software, with some textual callouts. Since I’ve got the
Adobe Technical Communication Suite, I figured I’d use
Captivate for the job, but I’m new to it and can’t get
my head around some things. If someone has the time to point me in
the right direction, I’d appreciate it. I have tried checking
the help and rummaging through forums, but still can’t get it
to work the way I want.
I’m using the “Full Motion Recording” mode,
since our software is pretty interactive in real-time and I want to
show that. All I want is to do is record about 30 seconds of me
using our software, and afterwards add text callouts here and
there, before exporting to an .swf file.
Question 1: Captivate automatically chops up my recording
into several “slides”, is there a way to make it put
everything in just one slide? Or set the default time of a slide in
order to get my entire recording in one single slide? The problem
is, if I want to place a callout just between two slides…
well, I can’t do that right? I just want one and the same
timeline for my entire recording.
Question 2: After the recording is done, is there a way to
adjust the speed, or pause, certain segments of the recording? For
example, if I realize that the viewer of my flash video needs a
couple of seconds longer to read a certain callout, I want to
“pause” or “extend” that point in the
timeline for a bit. Can I do that, or do I need to record the
entire thing from the beginning and actually pause myself at the
appropriate time?
I’d be thankful for all advice and suggestions. I
realize I’m new to this, so any nudges in the right direction
would be appreciated!
/Tom