Using Full Motion Recording - Adobe CAPTIVATE 2-USING CAPTIVATE Use Manual

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Using full motion recording

Adobe Captivate contains a useful feature called "full motion recording." When you auto-record a
new project or additional slides for an existing project, you can use full motion recording to
automatically capture frames at a higher frame rate, particularly when you record any drag-and-
drop actions. By capturing at a higher rate, drag-and-drop actions display much smoother in the
final Adobe Captivate SWF file. This results in a more realistic experience for users.
If you enable the full motion feature, Adobe Captivate starts to capture frames at a higher rate
when you click an object while auto-recording a new project or slides. You know that full motion
recording has begun by looking at the Adobe Captivate icon in the system tray (lower-right corner
of your computer screen). When you are recording normally, the icon appears as a regular icon.
When full motion recording automatically begins, the icon is displayed with red borders and
flashes. To stop full motion recording, stop dragging, or press an end recording key (defaults are
F10 to stop full motion recording or End to stop recording completely).
When you finish recording, Adobe Captivate generates the slides that comprise the project and
displays them in Adobe Captivate Storyboard view. Any drag-and-drop actions that were recorded
as full motion slides are displayed in Storyboard view with a movie camera icon in the lower-right
corner of the slide. Full motion slides are saved and included in projects as animation slides.
Tip: For best capture results, especially with full motion recording, perform actions (dragging, clicks,
typing) slowly.
The full motion recording feature is enabled by default. You can disable it, though, at any time.
To disable full motion recording of drag-and-drop actions:
Open an Adobe Captivate project.
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From the Options menu, select Recording Options.
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Click on the Full Motion Recording tab.
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Clear the Automatically use full motion capture for drag-and-drop actions option and the
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Automatically use full motion capture for mouse wheel actions option.
Click OK.
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About full motion slides
Using Adobe Captivate, you can record full motion movies (also known as "drag-and-drop
recording") in SWF format that show detailed motion such as drawing/painting features and
drag/drop operations. The Full Motion Recording option is a powerful and flexible tool that can
be used in numerous ways. You can include as many full motion slides in your project as you need
in order to accurately show a concept to users.
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