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Select Image movie and click OK.
3.
The Image movie dialog box appears.
Captivate uses a default capture area of 640 x 480 pixels. To change the size, select User defined
4.
(custom) and type new numbers in the Width and Height text boxes, or use the arrows to enter
new numbers. You can also select Preset size, and then select a commonly used size from the
pop-up menu.
Note: In general, movies larger than 800 x 600 pixels may not stream well over dial-up
connections.
Click OK.
5.
Captivate is displayed in Storyboard view, and the Open dialog box appears.
Navigate to the first image you want to include as a slide in your Captivate movie.
6.
Select the image and click Open.
7.
Note: If the image you selected is larger than the movie size you specified, a dialog box appears and
gives you the choice of cropping or resizing the image. Cropping will trim parts of the image (from the
sides) so the image will fit into the movie.Resizing keeps the entire image, but scales it smaller to fit
into the movie.
The image you selected opens as a slide in Edit view.
You can add more images as necessary by clicking the Insert menu and selecting Image Slide.
8.
Recording movies with a template
You can use Captivate templates to create a new movie. Templates are simply other movies that
you have created and saved as a template with the cptl file extension.Because templates can be
used numerous times, they can save you time and help you maintain consistency.
When you open a template, the Captivate recording window appears so you can record new slides
and add them to the end of the template or within the template. When you are finished you can
save the new project as a new movie, as a new template, or both.
Note: Templates are particularly effective if you have specific movie preferences you want to use
repeatedly. Simply create a blank movie, set preferences, save the blank movie as a template, and
create a new movie with the template by following the steps below.
To use a template to create a new movie:
Open Captivate.
1.
On the Start Page, under Other movie types, select Create movie from template.
2.
The Open dialog box appears, showing the contents of the Captivate Templates folder (My
Documents\My Captivate Projects\Templates).
Select the template you want to use and click Open. If the template you want to use is not listed,
3.
click Browse to navigate to the template. (Captivate templates have the file extension .cptl.)
The Template Options dialog box appears.
Select the option to add new slides to the end of the movie or after a selected slide, and click OK.
4.
The Recording window appears.
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