Captivate thinks Video Demo recording already includes Pan & Zoom

Thank you for responding.

I am using the 2019 Release, version 11.0.1.266.

Technically a zoom will not automatically carry over several clips, as it is an effect added directly to a video clip, rather than a separate "object".  As a workaround, the following can be done:

1. Initial pan & zoom effect is added to the first clip; assume this is set to the default speed of 0.5 secs;
2. A pan & zoom effect is added to the second clip, with the exact same scale, size and position; however, the speed is set to 0.0 sec, and the effect is set to start at the very beginning of the clip.

Using this workaround, the second clip immediately starts with the exact same zoom as the prior clip, effectively giving the appearance that the zoom is continuous.

In this case, Captivate will not allow me to position the p&z effect at the very beginning of the second clip.  Instead, it "bumps" it to the 0.1 second mark of the second clip.  In the past, I was able to set the effect to the 0.0 second mark of any clip without issue.  Forcing the effect to the 0.1 second mark results in the video momentarily jumping in and out of the zoom at the beginning of each clip, rather than maintaining a smooth, continuous appearance.

Upon further review, there is a triangle shadow from 0.0 to 0.1 second on the timeline for each of my video clips, giving the appearance that there is already an effect in place at that time.  However, I have added no effect, there is nothing indicating what effect is there, and there appears to be no option to remove the effect.

So, essentially the issue is not directly related to chaining together the zoom effect, but rather that the software seems to believe there is a 0.1 second effect at the beginning of each of my video clips (originally recorded via video demo), and will not allow me to set a pan & zoom effect to begin at the 0.0 second mark of any clip.

I hope that makes it clear.

Thanks