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Sutton Bay Media
Inspiring
July 21, 2023
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Captivate text is locked to picture

  • July 21, 2023
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I just started the free trial with the new Captivate and am following the tutorial videos included. I chose the Leadership template for practice. The tutorial person chose a different template. He says to adjust the picture on the title slide, click the pencil next to the asset/system folder. On my Leadeship template there isnt a pencil, even though I can change the image. When I try to move the texbox title, it moves the picture too, so I feel sure the text is locked to the picture (so no pencil to adjust the image). I can't find an unlock anywhere. Help! Thank you! 

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Correct answer Sutton Bay Media

None of the courses for CP2019 have any value for the new version, because everything has changed. The only video tutorials - which I refer to as very old-school and lacking real insight in the problems for newbies - are those on the eLearning community created for Adobe. There is nothing else around worthwhile, whereas for CP2019 tons of tutorials, good and crap, could be found everywhere. 

I did see the images you showed on the first question, but you showed a Title slide. I already explained about the containers and their components.  I had promised myself not to help for the new version (am an expert in CP2019 but all expertise is lost for the new version), but feel so sad about the lack of support. Here is a summary of the construction of that slide:

  • The image is a background image for the slide. You'll see it in the Properties panel for the slide which is when nothing is selected.
  • The text is in a container of the Text Block type 'Paragraph'. It has three components: two texts and a button.
  • You cannot delete any thing by selecting it and click Delete (as would be the real intuitive way). You need to open the Properties panel for the Text Block. It can by clicking the text block, but personally I prefer to use the Timeline to select, to be sure I select the Paragraph_Group_61 (which is the generic name of that group in this slide).
  • In the Properties panel for the group, you'll see the three components seelcted with a check box. Uncheck what you don't want. There is one unselected component 'Subtitle'. 
  • I will not expand on the Card option here, think you have gotten the answer.

Is that new version not intuitive? Please, tell me your opinion.

 

I am sorry not to have answered the original question with this information which will probably be stolen as happened so much in the past.


Thank you for the help. I am coming from Storyline so based on what you said, I looked for a comparison between the two. That led me to Tim Slade's video which answered all my questions. He said it is more like Articulate Rise in its responsiveness.  He demonstrated the text lock issue I asked about and said he feels the inability to edit and add graphics makes it less intuitive than Storyline and I agree. Both softwares have their place and with the popularity of Rise, it makes sense for Adobe to go in that direction, easier and faster design. The addition of the scrolling slide is really interesting.  https://youtube.com/watch?v=hV-SVu_lmAQ&feature=sharec

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Lilybiri
Legend
July 21, 2023

You are probably bumping on the difference between a container and the included components like Text, Image. It would help if you not only identified the Quick Start Project you use (in this case 'Leadership') but also the specific slide. Images are included in lot of containers, I opened that Quick Start Project and promise to help you if you tell me which slide you are talking about, or show a screenshot of the slide. The video tutorials are rather 'old-school' (sorry, I am a professor with decades of experience) and do not really focus on the hurdles a newbie to the application has to jump. It is saddening...

Sorry to correct the term 'template' to Quick Start Project. Template is used for cptl files which existed in previous versions of Captivate, they were used in another workflow than these Quick Start Projects which are cpt files.

Sutton Bay Media
Inspiring
July 21, 2023

Hi, Thank you for the help. I added 2 images to my post, the Leadership Communication project screenshot, and an image of my moving the text off the slide. All the text will move, the image disappears, but as soon as I let go it snaps back. I also right clicked and there are no options to unlink.  I made a video of it as well. https://youtu.be/MAO2HdZU220

And this is probably a stupid question. I accidently bought a Udemy tutorial series for Captivate 2019. Is that at all relevant to this new version or is there a way to download 2019? Thank you! 

RodWard
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 22, 2023

If you have a subscription for Captivate 2019 or the new Captivate 12 then you are allowed to download and use both versions (at the moment).  If you want to create non-responsive e-learning modules then Captivate 2019 is what you would have to use at the moment because the new Captivate is only responsive.  So, the Udemy course might prove to be useful when you use Cp 2019, but not for the new Cp.

Participating Frequently
July 21, 2023

Hi , Click double click on Image on stage or go to Property Inspector of Image and next to Image source you should be able to see pencil icon. let me know if this reolve your issue.

Sutton Bay Media
Inspiring
July 21, 2023

I included an image in my post titled no pencil. It will let me change the image but there isn't a pencil on the Leadership Communication project.