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Hannah Quinton
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January 19, 2016
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Captivate 9: Publishing to HTML5 causes motion path problems & timings are off

  • January 19, 2016
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Hi everyone,

We are creating a 'normal'/ blank project in Captivate 9, publishing to HTML only.

We have small 4 slide project. On each slide, there are a few images and text objects that have motion paths on. Then we have a smart shape, used as a button, with a 'pause' - and the action is set to "continue" when clicked. When the user clicks this button, the objects are timed to have a motion path that takes them off the screen neatly.

When published or previewed in SWF, this works perfectly.

In HTML it has these glitches:

  • Any 'line' shape with a motion path on it, does not move at all.
  • All the objects/ images/ smart shapes with a motion path on 'flicker' when entering the slide.
  • The pause seems to be set at a different time to what we see on our timeline. Objects start moving off the screen even though they ar set to a second after the pause button.
  • In general, all the objects seem to be not moving at the correct time, or are not as smooth as the SWF version.

Please can anyone advise what is happening? Is this a frames vs. seconds problem? Why do lines not support motion paths? Is there anyway to stop the flicker?

Thanks!

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Hannah QuintonAuthor
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January 19, 2016

If it helps, here is a screen grab of my timeline. Please note that the "ease out top" effect on the group appearing at 3.8 seconds, after the pause at 3 seconds, starts before the pause in HTML.

Lilybiri
Lilybiri
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January 19, 2016

Some of those issues were solved with the hot fix. Did you install it?

Hot fix | Adobe Captivate 9 issues

You applied the effects to a group, which is OK. But I see that you made the first, and especially the second effect very short. That can cause issues as well.

As for the flickering, that is an old pain since many versions. The only workaround that helps sometimes is to add a fade in transition (has not to be too long) to those objects.

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Hannah QuintonAuthor
Known Participant
January 19, 2016

Hi Lilybiri,

I have installed the hot fix, and it did solve a lot of our initial problems!

With the effect length, why would this cause an issue? Does the effect have to be a certain length to work?

Do you have any ideas about the problem I mentioned here >>  "The pause seems to be set at a different time to what we see on our timeline. Objects start moving off the screen even though they ar set to a second after the pause button"

Thanks

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