Skip to main content
P
PennyParker
Participating Frequently
May 10, 2018
Question

colour looks different when published

  • May 10, 2018
  • 2 replies
  • 596 views

Hi - I have Adobe Captivate 8. My colours look as I need them when I preview my project, but when I publish to video they look a lot darker, not just the bright=ness but the hue too. Any ideas?

    This topic has been closed for replies.

    2 replies

    David Burnham HBA
    David Burnham HBA
    Inspiring
    May 10, 2018

    I find that when I publish out my .cptx file to mp4 that I get colour brightness and hue changes. My experience with video encoders over the years is that if you maintain high quality settings you get more staturated colour in the resulting video output.

    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
    Legend
    May 10, 2018

    Thanks for that information, David! I never use Captivate's publishing to video, except for cpvc-files of course. You can help this user better than me.

    David Burnham HBA
    David Burnham HBA
    Inspiring
    May 10, 2018

    Lieve, that's just my experience again having work with AME and Premiere.

    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
    Legend
    May 10, 2018

    Are you talking about publishing to mp4?  Did you preview in Browser of HTML in Browser?

    P
    PennyParkerAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    May 10, 2018

    Hi :-) Yes publishing to MP4 by selecting the Publishing option and then Video. I used Preview - Project - and the colours looked fine at that stage. It is only when I played the MP4 that I noticed the darker colours

    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
    Legend
    May 10, 2018

    I suppose this is a non-responsive project since you want to publish to mp4. You should never use Preview, Project in that case because that is based on a temporary SWF file.  That is for sure not what you'll get when published. There is no real WYSIWYG preview for video. Reason: Captivate is an eLearning authoring tool, mp4 is meant for passive video. IMO it is not a good use of an authoring tool, because you lose all interactivity. But that is off topic.

    After publishing, how did you test the published video: did you upload it to YouTube or another video site? I cannot really remember a similar question complaining about hue shifting for video, and I moderate Captivate forum since many years. Could you insert screenshots?

    Terms & ConditionsAccessibility statement
    Using the community Terms of use Privacy Cookie preferences Do not sell or share my personal information ad choicesAdChoices