Editing Video & Integration of Snag It

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June 22, 2007
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Hi! I'm using Captivate 2.

I noticed that I cannot edit video (NOT static screens) captured during the recording. Let me clarify - when I capture scrolling of the screen, I cannot edit video (i.e. delete sensitive information from each slide in that video). I'm fine editing static screens using MS Paint. Is there a way to efficiently edit video as well? If yes, what software can I use (free or other)?

I also noticed that when editing using Snagit, when I save and close Snagit, the screen that I edited does NOT show as edited in Captivate (it works fine with Paint – it looks that Paint is integrated with Captivate and Snagit is not). Is there a way that I can integrate Snagit with Captivate, so when I edit screens with Snagit it looks edited in Captivate (I guess, I can import Snagit-edited screens, but this creates unnecessary step).

Many thanks!

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Thanks!!!

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Thanks, Rick.

How do I make SnagIt to be my default editor in Captivate (not MS Paint)? Do you import edited screen shots to Captivate?

Captiv8r

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Hi again ShareO

How exactly are you editing? Here's the deal. Captivate 2 introduced the ability to click objects in the new Library panel and make edits. Normally, image and sound files. So I regularly right-click images in the Library and edit them. When I right-click, I see "Edit with..." on the context menu. Upon doing this for the very first time, I believe Edit with... is the only option, as you have never selected an editor. After you make that first selection, it is then locked in as the default editor. But you should still be able to select the "Edit with..." whenever you need to.

Personally, I like to use multiple editors with images. I might use SnagIt one moment and Microsoft Paint the next. Then Photoshop possibly after that. So here's a little trick you can employ. Create Windows shortcuts that point to all the assorted .EXE files of each editor. Copy the multiple shortcuts and place copies in the folder where each of the .EXE files are found. This allows you a super easy avenue to switch editors kind of "on the fly".

Here's another issue to consider. If I have imported an image into Captivate, then later wish to edit it. Be careful when editing. Captivate does open the desired editor and loads up the image. But when you click the Save button? Not only is the image inside Captivate changed, but the original on your hard drive changes too! Personally, I dislike that behavior, but you needed to be aware of it.

Cheers... Rick

Captiv8r

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Hi ShareO and welcome to our community

As far as I know, there is no "integration" between Captivate and Paint or SnagIt. I regularly edit things in Captivate using SnagIt and it seems to work fine for me. Perhaps it would help if you could outline the exact process you are using?

As for the video editing, all I can say is "good luck". Captivate records as .AVI during the capture process, but once the capture process is complete, the .AVI is converted to .SWF. There is no way I'm aware of to capture the .AVI before it gets converted. I've tried on many occasions. There is an ability to insert other objects on a slide containing video. Perhaps you could insert a highlight box or an image object to cover the sensitive information at the time it appears. You would certainly need to remove any transition, because a fade in or fade out would probably reveal the sensitive information ever so briefly.

Cheers... Rick

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