Smart shapes and caption styles

The default Halo Blue caption style has a pleasing 3-dimentional look with shading, but the pointer on it is not resizable. The smart shapes give the ability to resize the pointer, but they look very flat. Is there a way to add the shading of Halo Blue to a smart shape?

Jay, each smart shape can have a solid fill, a gradient fill and a texture/image. In the screenshot I have the gradient that corresponds with Halo Blue. Try also the Texture functionality out.

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    Hi!
    I´m trying to add a smart shape on a question slide in the failure and success captions. However, the shapes aren´t visible and I can´t add audio which is my main purpose. I want the participant to have the option to click on the smart shape when they have answered a question and the success or failure caption shows, and by clicking on the shape the audio plays. Adding smart shapes with this function on other parts of the question slides works fine, I just have problems with the failure and success captions.
    I use Captivate version 8.
    Kind regards, Gunilla

    @andreleal Just to rectify: in Captivate 8 you can replace the default captions by default shapes, there is a style for bot in the OSM. When you check this option, it is not only valid for Success/Failure/Hint captions on interactive objects but also on Question slides. I never use captions anymore when I can avoid them.
    But I don't think that is what the OP was asking for. He wants to insert a shape in the SHF captions to create a shape button that can trigger an audio clip. Inserting something interactive in a caption has never been possible. And inserting an interactive object on a question slides is only possible, within limits for shape buttons. Maybe some clarification, although not the exact solution in this blog post:
    Buttons on Question/Score Slides in Captivate 6? - Captivate blog

  • Smart shape and changing shape, Captivate 8

    When capturing a demo, I want the smart shape to be the oval callout, but that is not an option in preferences.Instead I'm getting a cloud callout. Is there a way to set up preferences for the oval callout?
    Is it possible to change a cloud callout to a round corner rectangle?

    For the automatic shapes during capture, there are only four options, for the rollover shapes you have only three (which can also be used for Assessment and Training simulations). And you are correct (logged the request for it already for CP7, as you can suspect) that there is no Default Capture Shape style as there is a Default Capture Caption style. But normally if you choose the rounded rectangle before capture, it will use that one instead of the cloud shape...I did choose the rounded rectangle right from the start using Preferences before opening any file. And I always get that shape, with the fill and stroke of the Shape style that is within the theme:
    Lilybiri

  • How to deal with non-continuous shapes and graphic styles

    I am not sure how to frame this question so I will try to describe the problem.
    Imagine I have two shapes. One is a hollowed out circle (like a doughnut chart). The second is a smaller filled in circle. The smaller filled in circle is then poitioned inside the hoolowed out one, so you have like a target but with no "middle" band. What I would like to do is apply a graphic style to the COMBINED shape. The problem is that if I select both shapes and apply the style, each shape will have its own style, whereas what I want is for the style to be distributed over the two shapes as if they were one. And if I use the shape builder tool, when I join the two shapes, from the outer hollowed out circle to the inner filled in circle, I fill in the shape for the "middle band" whereas I want that middle band to be empty.
    You can probably tell I don't know Illustrator and come from Photoshop. In PS, I would simply select my two shapes and apply a style. Since my selection forms a shape that ignores the middle band, the style applies evenly to the whole selection. Can I do something similar in Ilustrator? In reality my network of shapes is more complex that the example above and I do need to keep it a vector.
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    Chris

    There are really two types of Graphic Styles - Object level styles and Group level styles. There is no way to tell which style is which. So if you have an Object level Style and try to apply it to a group of objects or often a compound shape, you get each individual object having the style. If you have a Group level style and try to apply it to only an object, you often get nothing applied.
    It perhaps sounds like you have an Object level style and are trying to apply it to a group.
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    Whether or not a style applies correctly has a great deal to do with specific aspects of the style in addition to what level the style was generated from. This is a frustrating aspect of Graphic Styles.

  • How do I add a hover state to a smart shape button on the master slide? CP7

    I want to use a button with a hover state on my master slide in CP7. I created a smart shape and checked the box 'use as button.' I then created 3 image files with the "x_up, x_down, x_over' extensions. When I select my smart shape and choose a custom pattern from the fill menu and select my 'x_up' image file, the smart shape does not recognize the hover state. Is there another way to achieve this?
    Thanks!

    Thanks I think I get it now after reading your post. Shape buttons can only shrink when they are pressed and nothing else. I was thinking a work round for me would be to use a regular button with the up, over, down state, put this regular button on the first slide and set the timing for 'display for rest of project.' However I don't see this option in the timing panel:
    Is this option somewhere else?
    Thx!

  • Captivate 7 - Shrinking Smart Shape Buttons II

    Since my last question was a little difficult and no one seemed to be able to help I'm hoping to receive a better response on this one as it is most definitely a little easier to explain and I think will be simpler to troubleshoot.
    I was able to create a .swf with smartshape buttons that keep all the smart shape buttons at their needed size but once I load them into our LMS/Flex Wrapper the buttons contine to shrink per click (I think this is because Adobe Flash Player doesnt know what to do with it).
    My solution is I'm trying to find a way to either do one of the following two things (reload or "refresh" the button in advanced actions after a click so that it will always have the first click sizing) or ...
    The second is a little more involved as I found that the sizing happens on the 'down' action of the button and not the 'click'. This means that if I could remove the 'down' graphic functionality from my smart shape buttons and keep the up and click actions in theory the button might work and not cause the image shrinking...
    Thoughts....
    Anyone....
    Thanks,
    Stephen

    Hi Stephen,
    I don't think there is any simple solution to this and the problem needs to be addressed by Adobe. The solution that I've applied (In CP8) seems to be working for when users accidentally click the edge of a smart shape button. What happens at this point is the button shrinks and the user's cursor is no longer under the active area of the smart shape and the action attached to the smart shape does not fire. In some situations I have noticed that the smart shape button has continued to shrink with each click that does not fire the action.
    I have found that this issue is partly resolved in CP8 with the introduction of different button states. If I use smart shapes as buttons in CP8 I make sure that I apply Rollover and Down states for my buttons. Where possible provide a slightly larger stroke width to the down state which increases the size of the button so that when the default shrinkage happens on the down state the additional stroke width compensates for this. This appears to have solved the problem for me with the actions not firing and to some degree the shrinkage issue. If you are still on CP7 then I sorry this does not provide you any real help but I hope that it gives you some other ideas to work on.
    AndyK

  • Captivate 7 - Shrinking Smart Shape Buttons

    Adobe Community,
    Currently we are starting to creating training modules in Captivate 7, we use a "wrapper" for the output which simply means this. The wrapper is simply designed to listen for specific Adobe standard 'actions' or 'calls', which I'm told is derived from the Adobe Connect compiler library. The Adobe actions/calls have changed since Captivate 6/7 but the Adobe Connect library binaries were not and this has caused a disconnect with the new Captivate actions.
    Our chief problem that has arisen because of this are Smart Shape buttons, we are excited to use them for training modules but once clicked they continue to shrink the button until the user is unable to see them and in large modules the next button disappears before they are completed.
    My questions are this:
    What causes the buttons to shrink in CP7? I see other people referencing this issue but not alot of information outside of "this is a problem in Captivate 7" but no attempt at a solution.
    Has anyone come up with a solution to this? Can it be addressed/repaired in the Captivate output possibly in the javascript?
    I can provide screenshots of how this is happening on both the Master Slides and Normal Slides with Smart Shape Buttons if need be.
    Thanks in advance!
    -Stephen

    Hi Stephen,
    I don't think there is any simple solution to this and the problem needs to be addressed by Adobe. The solution that I've applied (In CP8) seems to be working for when users accidentally click the edge of a smart shape button. What happens at this point is the button shrinks and the user's cursor is no longer under the active area of the smart shape and the action attached to the smart shape does not fire. In some situations I have noticed that the smart shape button has continued to shrink with each click that does not fire the action.
    I have found that this issue is partly resolved in CP8 with the introduction of different button states. If I use smart shapes as buttons in CP8 I make sure that I apply Rollover and Down states for my buttons. Where possible provide a slightly larger stroke width to the down state which increases the size of the button so that when the default shrinkage happens on the down state the additional stroke width compensates for this. This appears to have solved the problem for me with the actions not firing and to some degree the shrinkage issue. If you are still on CP7 then I sorry this does not provide you any real help but I hope that it gives you some other ideas to work on.
    AndyK

  • Adobe Captivate 6 Master Slide Smart Shape Button

    If you create a Smart Shape and use it as a button on a Master Slide is there any way to not have it show on one slide of a presentation or is it all or nothing?
    Thank you

    Objects on master dsliiides have no  ID , no way to control their
    visibility. That is possible with a shape button that is displayed for rest
    of project on first slide. Or, since you talk about some slides, creat a
    duplicate of master slide that has no button?

  • Grouped smart shapes as button

    I am trying to use 2 smart shapes as a button. I select the grouped smart shapes and if I select use as button, the actions sections show up and I can choose my action. However, once I am finished Captivate automatically deselectsuse as button. In other words, whenever I select those two grouped smart shapes, they are no longer in use as button mode. Any suggestions?

    I wonder if I misunderstand the question? Of course a group, even if it is a group of shapes, can never be set to act as a button. Some properties can be set for a group, but not the change from a non-interactive shape to a shape button. And if Rod's answer is to the point, what was the reason for the grouping of two shape buttons?
    But I wonder if the OP was not talking of wanting to have an 'image' constructed by two smart shapes to be turned into a button, that is why he tried to do it by grouping, which would be a normal intuitive action in a lot of other software applications. Please, if that is the case, could you explain better?
    For those who are indeed in the situation I describe: lot of users do not know that you can 'fill' a shape with an image, or that you can turn each shape into a freeform shape and by manipulation of the vertexes (points) change its form. This is (trying to be diplomatic) not very well documented in the Help.

  • Is it possible to convert text captions to Smart Shapes?

    Hello,
    I have a collegue that is using Cp 5 to record software simulations which then need to be brought into Cp6. The problem is that our standards (for software simulations) employ Smart Shape call outs (not the Cp 5.5 and earlier text captions).
    Is it possible to convert these text captions into our themed Smart Shapes either automatically inside Captivate 6 or by modifying the content within the CPTx file?
    Thank you,
    Shawn

    Hello Lilybiri,
    As always you are awesome! :-)
    >I don't believe an automatic switch will be possible, because smart shapes are totally different objects.
    I understand because there are a huge variety of shapes in either format. But I suspect that it should be easy to convert a text caption from any style to one specified smart shape style.
    Actually, I am asking before the simulations get started. So nothing has been done yet. I am unsure what you are suggesting I should do in the preferences under Cp 5.5. Are you suggesting that there is a way to convert 'some format' of text callouts, in a Cp5.5 demonstration simulation, to Smart Shapes in Cp6?
    >but since you already have created the simulations, it has to be done manually. Hoping for you that
    >someone has a bright idea, but I do not see one immediately.
    For anyone else in this situation, it would be handy to have a solution (rather than painstakingly convert each manually).
    I am wondering if this might be a relatively easy search/replace within one of the xml files within the CPTx file. I'm going to look at this tonight.
    Thanks for your assist.

  • Drag and Drop Smart Shapes Not Scoring Correct

    I have 6 smart shapes as drag sources and 6 smart shapes as drop targets. All of them are the exact same size, but I can't get them to recognize a correct answer using an absolute snap behavior and a 20 pixel hit padding. There is more than enough space around each target so there is no overlapping going on. It continues to show a failure when all of the drag sources are correctly placed on the targets.

    I checked your interaction and here are my observations. I have also added how I went about testing, so that you can probably repeat the same when face a similar issue. My approach is just my way, and not necessarily the best way.
    It was clear that the interactions were not accepting your correct answers. So, to identify which "correct" answers were considered incorrect by the interaction:
          a) I created a variable "CheckAns" and displayed it in a text caption.
          b) In the Acceptable Drag Sources of each Drop Target (select the drop target, click Accept.. in the Drop Target accordion), I executed the following advanced action for the correct combination.
                 i) Increment CheckAns by 1
                ii) Assign cpCmndGotoFrame with cpInfoCurrentFrame
         For example, the Vision drop target accepts all sources. I executed the advanced action only for Vision source. Thus, when the Vision source is dropped on the target, the variable value in the text caption I created in 1.a) increments by 1.
    Result: When I took a preview of this version, I noticed that Vision and Integrity sources were not considered as the right answers even when I place them on the right targets, probably because I was not placing the sources in the right positions. (I played around your targets before this step. So, when you test, this might happen for some other objects.)
    Next step was to identify the exact "right" position for these two sources. So, I enabled the On Hint caption for these objects. The On Hint caption appears only when you drag the source to the "acceptable" position of the drop target. To enable it, select the drop target, go to Drop Target accordion, and select the On Hint check box.)
    Result: The On Hint caption appeared when I drag the source a bit too far from the actual Drop Target object. And, when I placed the source in that position, my CheckAns variable value increased by 1.
    Conclusion: The issue is because of the position. It will be better (and perhaps more easier) to create this interactivity from scratch. Do not use the drop sources and targets from this interaction. Also, for Failure, I suggest you assign the "Go to next slide" action instead of Continue. This is just to ensure that the project moves to next slide and not necessarily the next frame (Continue command moves only next frame). Also, as a best practice, I strongly encourage you to use appropriate names for any objects in your project. For example, you can name Vision source object as Vis_Src. The Next button can be named "Next_Bt". When I opened your project, that is the first thing I did. It will be extremely useful when you are using these objects in advance actions. Imagine how difficult it will be if you want to hide the Next button on the last slide of your project, and you will see a huge list of buttons, named Button_1 to Button_127. Which button will you hide?
    Additional info: I started a blank project. I created similar drop sources and targets (circles with outlines) and layout, and used only your success caption. Added the verification elements I mentioned above and everything worked fine.
    Hope this helps.
    Sreekanth

  • Adding and deleting points on smart shapes

    Is it possible to add and delete points to reshape a smart shape?

    Sorry to disagree with Rod, there is no option 'Redraw Smart Shape' (that is the option for Rollover Slidelet Areas, not for regular Smart Shapes) in the right-click menu, you have to choose the option 'Convert to Freeform'. Then you will be able to select individual points and can not only move those points but also change the tangents like for Bezier curves and thus create curves - see example here, where I started with a pentagon shape. For the moment it is not possible to add points, I immediately introduced a feature request to have full editing possibilities for smart shapes as is the case for Photoshop and Illustrator. If you want to support that request, please do the same...
    Lilybiri

  • Playing Smart Shape Audio Only When Clicked

    I’m working on a project in Captivate 6 that has a lot of audio usage. When a slide begins, an audio file plays automatically. There are also two visible buttons per slide, made from smart shapes, that each contain a different audio file. After the learner clicks one of the smart shape buttons, I need it to play an audio file in response to the learner’s answer.
    The problem I’m having is that both the slide audio and the two buttons’ audio begin playing concurrently when the slide begins (an auditory triple exposure). Can an advanced action be created to pause the smart shape button audio so it won’t play until the button is clicked?
    NOTE: I tried attaching the button audio files to success captions (which are connected to the smart shape buttons) to cause them to wait until clicked before playing. This worked successfully, but this also is problematic. If the second success caption is clicked before the audio from the first one is done playing, they both play at the same time. If there was a way to apply advanced actions to success captions to fix this, that would be great, but, I don’t see any options in the properties window.
    Is there a solution to my problem?

    @Sreekanth  You have a superfluous command. No need to stop a triggered audio when you want to play another audio clip. Both statements/commands are designed so that you can only play one audio clip at the same time, which means that 'Play Audio...' will automatically stop the former audio clip. However the slide audio can not be stopped with Stop Triggered audio. Did you check your solution? Slide audio can not be controlled separately, you can only mute it with cpCmndMute. But that will mute all audio.
    @5deMayo (significance of that nickname is puzzling?) If you want to be able to control the slide audio, you have to get rid of the slide audio and use the Play Audio command on entering the slide. Use that same command to add to the advanced action triggered by the shapes. No need to add the command Stop Triggered Audio, which is only necessary when you want to stop an audio clip without starting another one.
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    Lilybiri

  • How to create a custom caption style?

    Hi,
    I'm trying to create a custom caption style in Captivate 6 and am unable to do this. I do not want to use any of the inbuilt caption styles such as Adobe Blue, Halo, etc. instead I need to create a caption style based on the color of my client's brand. I thought this would be as simple as creating a box with the color I need in an image editor and pasting the bitmap into the folder where the other caption styles are but this didn't work. When I select the caption style that I created, the preview shows me a transparent box with only the text "Line 1, Line 2" and when I use that style all I get is a transparent box. Can someone please help.
    Thanks,
    Sean

    It is not that simple... reason I almost never use those old captions anymore but replaced them by shapes (much easier to format).
    Have a look at the available captions: for each caption you'll need a bmp and a fcm file, and follow naming conventions. See:
    http://helpx.adobe.com/captivate/using/text-captions.html#creating_custom_text_caption_sty les

  • How to export/Import default prefs and object styles with no project open?

    I would like to export my preferences and object styles with no projects open and them import them on my team's machines so that no matter what project we create, we all start from the SAME set of defaults.  When I open captivate and check both with no projects open, there is no ability to import/export.  I know I could open a project and export, but then importing is an issue.
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    Thx.
    Lori

    After a fresh install I start by editing the Preferences globally, that means by using Edit, Preferences before opening any project (like switching to Expert UI, default language, replacing feedback captions by shapes). There is indeed no way to import preferences from a specific file. I will do the same for some object styles (like creating a blank Highlight box for audio objects). You can only export/import from and to a project,  same like for all Library assets.
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