Chapter 6: Adding Images And Animation; Adding Images - Adobe CAPTIVATE 2-USING CAPTIVATE Use Manual

You can add a wide variety of images and animations to your Adobe Captivate projects.

Adding images

Images can add a new dimension to Adobe Captivate projects. There are a variety of ways to
incorporate images into projects, including using them as logos, splash screens, pointers,
backgrounds, buttons, and more.
You can add images in the following formats: JPG, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, ICO, EMF, or WMF.
Tip: Adobe Captivate contains a gallery that has buttons, sounds, and animations (in SWF format)
for you to use in your projects. By default, the gallery is stored in the following location when you
install Adobe Captivate: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Captivate 2\Gallery.
To add an image:
Open an Adobe Captivate project.
1.
In Storyboard view, double-click the slide to which you want to add an image.
2.
From the Insert menu, select Image.
3.
The Open dialog box appears.
(Optional) You might be asked if you want to crop or rescale the image.
4.
Crop This option centers the image and crops the edges of the image that do not fit into the
capture size area.
Rescale This option resizes the image to provide a good-quality resized image that fits the
capture size area.
Select an image from the list or browse to a new location for a different image. Click Open.
5.
The New Image dialog box appears.
Set properties and options as required:
6.
The Image tab has the following options:
Transparency
between 0-100% with a low number resulting in a brighter version of the image and a higher
number displaying a dimmer image.
Adding Images and Animation
This option defines the transparent quality of the image file. Select a value
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