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Anonymous
June 30, 2014
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how can I animate a line to show the creation of a circle?

  • June 30, 2014
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hello there, I need to animate a line to show the creation of a circle. This is very easy in powerpoint as I can decide how the line has to enter the slide. I cannot believe that captivate cannot do that.... any hints?

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    dennerj
    Inspiring
    July 1, 2014

    Off the top of my head you can do this with 3 objects. The circle and two rectangles that will have motion path effect applied to them that will have an effect of wiping away and revealing the circle below. There's probably an easier way but like I said I just pulled this outa my...

    This will work nicely and cleanly in HTML5 since it's a simple motion path effect.

    The screenshot shows the two rectangles moving in opposite directions. The lower box should move AFTER the first one is done. I'm showing some transparency so you can see the circle below.

    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
    Legend
    June 30, 2014

    Which version?  Did you look at the animations? Do you need SWF and/or HTML5 output? Why not use PPT then and capture it, if it so important?

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    Anonymous
    July 1, 2014

    Hello, ver is 8. I have tried with animations but there is nothing about animating lines. I have used ppt but I would like to know if there is a way to do this with capivate, just to use 1 program...

    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
    Legend
    July 1, 2014

    Do you need HTML5 output?

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