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August 29, 2015
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Can I create software simulations as a responsive project?

  • August 29, 2015
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Let's say you create Software Simulations. (You set up your desktop, bring up the software that you'll be capturing, and then go for it.) Then, let's say you have a need to also create Responsive Projects (for mobile devices).

Is there a wizard that helps you do both at the same time?

Can I capture a software simulation and then 'SaveAs' a responsive type later?

If it cannot be done now, will it be available in a future version? And,

If you were tasked with making Software Simulations, responsive, what are the steps you would need to use now?

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    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
    Legend
    August 29, 2015

    First the bad news: No, you cannot save a normal project as a responsive project, and I doubt it will ever be the case.

    Second the confusing news: it is not easy to find how to capture a software simulation immediately as a responsive project, not in Captivate 8 nor Captivate 9 (although I begged to add a more obvious way )

    Third the good news: you can create a responsive project that has software simulation slides if you know the work flow

    • set up a responsive project from the welcome screen, choose the resolution of the breakpoint views
    • click on the Big Button labeled 'Slides' and choose 'Software Simulation'
    • you'll now be able to capture the simulation, and Captivate will even zoom in on what it esteems to be important for the Mobile view (you can edit later on).
    MarkWFD
    MarkWFD
    Inspiring
    September 16, 2015

    Hi

    When you do a responsive simulation how do you deal with the fact that when it goes into FMR mode and it creates a slide that does not have the 'use a portion of the background image' option? This seems to be a major obstacle to the responsive simulations.

    Any suggestions welcome!!

    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
    Legend
    September 16, 2015

    Even for other output I try to avoid FMR slides as much as possible. Often you can replace mouse movements, dragging by other solutions like clicking in the scrollbar instead of scrolling.

    It is not only the 'use a portion ...' that is missing, FMR-slides don't work that well for HTML5 output, I mostly replace them by cpvc-slides. You could then edit the video for each breakpoint, using the Pan/Zoom from the video editor. It will be a lot of work though.

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