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IDBen
IDBen
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October 29, 2015
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Adding audio in Captivate 8

  • October 29, 2015
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Hi Everyone,

Wanted to ask what people's general approaches are to adding audio in Captivate 8?

I'm finding it quite lengthy and counterproductive to add a full voiceover recording to a whole project, and divide it up by slide markers. Captivate seems to only really like you doing this 'once', as when you save, all subsequent slide lengths are altered to the audio length.

The best way I have found is to edit and export clips from Adobe Audition, and then import these on a slide by slide basis. Even this is slightly problematic if you have audio that needs to stretch over several slides in a software simulation.

Thanks in advance for your comments,

Ben

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    Correct answer Lilybiri

    Hi Ben,

    I prefer recording in Audition myself (control freak ), but will also create separate audio clips, one for each slide. Then I'll import them all to the Library and drag each one to the slide in case of slide audio. Good labeling helps a lot.

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    blancaa62576824
    Known Participant
    October 29, 2015

    I have a question, I imported a powerpoint into Captivate. On my intro slide i added a wav file with intro music but I also want to add a welcome message but when I try it keeps replacing the music audio file with my voice. Is it not possible to add 2 wav files to one slide??

    IDBen
    IDBenAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    October 29, 2015

    Hi Blancaa,

    I would use the background audio for the music file. You should then be able to add a welcome message on your slide.

    Ben

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    blancaa62576824
    Known Participant
    October 29, 2015

    Okay I will try that, thank you!

    Captiv8r
    Captiv8r
    Legend
    October 29, 2015

    Hi there

    I believe the standard approach is to narrate each slide as you go along.

    Cheers... Rick

    IDBen
    IDBenAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    October 29, 2015

    Hi Rick,

    I agree, if you are voicing that is very doable. However, I am referring to audio recorded with a voiceover artist, in a separate session away from Captivate.

    Ben

    Lilybiri
    LilybiriCorrect answer
    Legend
    October 29, 2015

    Hi Ben,

    I prefer recording in Audition myself (control freak ), but will also create separate audio clips, one for each slide. Then I'll import them all to the Library and drag each one to the slide in case of slide audio. Good labeling helps a lot.

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