Adding Animation Slides - Adobe 65029940 - Captivate - PC Using Manual

Adding animation slides

If you have a SWF, AVI, or animated GIF file, you can add the file to your Captivate movie as a
new slide. This is a fast and easy way to make your movie more informative using content you
have already created.
Note: Adding animation as a slide is most appropriate with larger animation files.
To add an animation slide:
Open a Captivate movie.
1.
From the Insert menu, select Animation Slide.
2.
The Open dialog box appears.
Navigate to the animation file you want to insert (SWF, AVI, or animated GIF) and click Open.
3.
The animation slide is generated is added to the movie.
Note: It is important to set the correct frame rate. All imported animation files will play at the rate
selected in the Movie preferences dialog box, regardless of the rate prior to when the file is imported.
The default setting is 30 flash frames per second and is appropriate in most cases. You may need to
change the rate if you are embedding your Captivate SWF in another SWF file that has a frame rate
different than 30.
Note: When you create an animation slide, the amount of time the slide is displayed in the movie
automatically defaults to the length of the animation file itself. For example, if the animation file that
you use to create a new animation slide is only 1.2 seconds in length, the animation slide appears for
1.2 seconds. To change the amount of time the slide is displayed, open the slide in Edit view, select
the Slide menu, select Properties, and enter a new number of seconds in Display Time. Or, use the
Timeline to change slide display time.
96 Chapter 6: Adding Images and Animation