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February 15, 2017
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New Stone Theme from Learning Brothers -- where is it?

  • February 15, 2017
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I'm trying to figure out where the new theme "New Stone" is located. I see it promoted when I view the Learning Brothers assets from within Captivate. But they only have four "interaction" files to download. No theme file. It's not listed in the themes in my Captivate. I have Captivate 9.0.2 so should be up to date. How do I get this theme so I can apply it to a project I already have?

Thanks.

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    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
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    February 15, 2017

    You should ask the eLearning Brothers. For some reason, as I told already many times, they don't seem to know that a theme is normally a cptm file that can be applied to any project (provided it is a responsive theme for a responsive project of course). They deliver everything, also interaction as simple cptx files. You'll have to save the used theme in the project. The theme color palette will automatically be saved with the same name as the name used for the theme. You'll be able to browse to that theme (cptm) file and use it in a project.


    Same for their so-called templates, which are no cptl-files. I'm sorry to sound so sarcastic, but the eLearning brothers could "learn" something from this article. They probably used a book that is not explaining themes, nor its content well.

    What's in a Theme - a Template? - Captivate blog

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    snowgurlAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    February 15, 2017

    Thanks for the reply!

    So I'm NOT crazy to think this is all really confusing? The theme/template/etc thing weird. So, here's what I tried ... I opened up one of the "interactions" that are in the New Stone theme. Then I chose Save Theme. By default it wants to save the new .cptm file as this: C/\Users\Public\Documents\Adobe\eLearning Assets\Layouts\9_0\en_US\Blank.cptm

    First of all, I'm on a Mac. And second, when I do rename it and save it in a spot on my Mac, and then apply it to a new project, the colors are not at all what I see in any of the "New Stone" interactions. No orange, anyway. There are no slides other than "blank" in the "insert new slide" option.

    So New Stone really isn't a theme at all, is that right? I don't know how they can make this any more difficult. I just want to click on a theme and get all of the slide layouts, colors, and fonts that I see in those interactions. Guess I will just have to cut/paste what I want to use.

    I might try contacting them to see what they say.

    The article is good and did help. Good to know I can ignore the whole "template" thing now.

    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
    Legend
    February 15, 2017

    Sure, it is confusing, don't understand why most users don't know the terminology. To me it is all very clear, and well structured in Captivate. I never use a theme (nor an interaction) from the eLearning Brothers. A good theme can save so much time, but apparently what they label as being a 'theme' is not a theme at all if I understand what you now tell.

    Whenever I offer a basic training for Captivate I focus on three stumbling blocks that cause most problems for CP-starters:

    1. Timeline (it is sad meeting so many users that have created CP-files since  years but don't understand the Timeline)
    2. Quizzes: design in Captivate including all new features and tweaking
    3. Themes: best way to have consistent design and to save time. I always start a project by creating a theme.
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