Adding multiple audio clips to a slide

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November 30, 2017
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I'm trying to build frames that include voice over audio and video. I want to begin with an audio clip, add a fade up and fade down video, and then finish the frame with another audio clip. If I import the second audio clip, Captivate 2017 indicates that I need to replace the first clip. How do I use multiple audio clips within a single frame?

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rchil

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You could also break this into 3 slides:

Slide 1 - First audio clip

Slide 2 - Video clip

Slide 3 - Second audio clip

Lilybiri

Legend

Sorry, I changed the subject, because you are talking about audio clips added to a slide, not to a frame. Each slide with a default duration of 3 seconds has 3x30 frames because the default speed when playing is set at 30 frames per second. I wanted to avoid confusion for other users.

You are talkinn about slide audio, and Captivate allows only one audio clip as slide audio (unless you tweak and use the extra System audio timeline). Slide audio is necessary if you want to use the CC feature of Captivate. In that case youo'll need to merge the two audio clips into one longer audio clip with any audio editing application. I do use Audition, but you can use Audactiy (free) as well.

If you don't need CC you could replace one or both audio clips by audio attached to an object. If you are in a normal, non-responsive project, that object can be invisible to the user. Example: a shape with Alpha and Stroke set to 0. That audio will play when the object appears, so you can time it on the timeline.

Where does the 'video' fit in? Is it event video or synchronized video?

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videodan7Author

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The videos I'm adding are event videos. I think attaching audio to an object might be a solution for me.

I'm actually converting 25, 8-10 minute training videos into 5, hour long interactive programs by re-editing the longer videos into shorter clips which will be delivered to the audience over multiple slides (thanks for correcting my terminology), one 90-120 second set of interviews per slide. The videos themselves are interview-driven with about 15% narration. My thinking is that I can extract the edited interviews (encode at a low bitrate) and rebuild into a slide format by adding the narration within Captivate slides. I'm also planning to add some new hosting video, question slides and links to related online sites.

The end result should be compelling (I'm hoping) unless there are performance issues in dealing with that much video. I'm able to encode a 90 second video down to about 15 mb at reasonable quality which means each that each video could be converted into a module under 100 mb. I would then link modules together to create video-driven hour long trainings.

Am I missing something or do you think this will work?

Lilybiri

Legend

Beware: event video plays totally independent of Captivate, you cannot control it with the timeline. Have a look at the interactive movie embedded in this blog post:

Timeline - Advanced Workflows - Captivate blog

If you want to use the timeline for timing audio clips and video, you need to use synchronized video.

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