Adobe CAPTIVATE 5 Help Manual page 61

Last updated 4/22/2010
You can create a sequence of effects by applying multiple effects to a single object.
4 Click Live Preview Mode to preview the effect on the object. Click Edit Mode to return to the editing mode.
5 To apply the effect to multiple objects, click
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Apply To All Items To apply the effect to all objects that belong to the object type.
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Apply To All Items Of Same Style To apply to all objects that use the same object style.
Defining motion paths for objects
Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the object and select Effects.
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In the Animation Trigger drop-down list, select a trigger for the effect. By default, the time-based trigger is selected.
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To apply the object effect when a specific event occurs, create an event-based trigger, and then select it in the Effects
panel.
Click , select Motion Path, and then select the type of motion path you want to apply.
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Click the symbol that appears at the right corner of the object. The direction of the motion path indicated by an
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arrow appears.
To change the direction of motion, click the arrowhead and drag it in the new direction.
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Modifying object effects
Use the Effect Properties panel in the Effects panel to modify the properties of an object effect. To show or hide
properties, change the default values, or the range of values, edit the <effect_config></effect_config> section in the
XML file of the object effect. The XML files for the default object effects are at <Installation folder>/Gallery/Effects
(Windows) \Applications\Adobe Captivate 5\Gallery\Effects (Mac OS).
Creating custom effects in Adobe Flash
You can save the classic tweens as XML files in Flash and then use the effects in Adobe Captivate. To select and apply
an effect created in Flash, select the object, click
You can create the effects with any default duration you want. For a 30 FPS project, an effect with 60 frames has a
default duration of 2 seconds.
To make the parameters of the effect available on the UI for editing, edit the XML file to add the effect_config tag and
the required attributes. These attributes appear on the left side of the Effects panel.
Best practices for creating effects in Flash:
• Store the work-in-progress custom effects in a folder other than Installation folder > Gallery > Effects to prevent
them from getting loaded when Adobe Captivate is launched.
After you have finalized the effect file, you can move it into an appropriate folder in Gallery > Effects.
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Save the effect files with a unique name, each time you modify them. Otherwise, a cached effect file gets used in
Adobe Captivate and the latest modifications to the file are not reflected in the project.
It is a good idea to finalize the effect completely in Flash before exporting it to Adobe Captivate.
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Make sure the value of the attribute 'property_value' in the effect_config section of the effect file (XML file) is the
same as that of the one in the keyframe.
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Break a single effect into multiple effects if the number of parameters is more than five. You can then create a
sequence of these effects to achieve the desired result.
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and select either
in Window > Effects panel, and then click Browse.
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