Audio Recording for Training Simulations
I tried to record audio while I was crating a training simulation but stepped over the audio whenever I made an input. How do you avoid stepping over the audio and how do you set it to coordinate with user inputs?
Regards,
Rick Vranesh
Many thanks for the quick response, I looked everywhere within the software and couldn't find the solution so I thought that this might be the case. I've been manipulating the raw video to give an approximation of the action and its effect but its just not the same. We have Captivate on trial at the moment so I'm not sure if this is the iceberg that might sink the purchase ship! I'm going to have to convince the boss that there's no alternative. Thanks again.
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