WooHoo! Captivate 3 is announced!

Thanks Rick. Totally didnt think of that (Creating a highlight box in say white and using that to fix small problems ! Great idea !

The Slide transitions on your link look good. BUT are these simply for effects between slides ? Or can these transitions be used on a graphic on screen or a piece of text etc ?

The standard effect of fading in isnt bad for graphics but i hope theres more different ones to choose from and some more basic ones for text.

So were those effects for the transition between slides or they can be used on any graphic etc ?

Thanks

In looking at the Captivate 3 demo ( click here to view), does anybody know if we can turn off or replace the Adobe Captivate logo (?) on the right side of the playbar?

If not, I'm going to have to seriously rethink selling that other kidney to fund my Captivate 3 upgrade. My customers will have fits if every project says "Adobe Captivate" on it for no discernible reason...

Rather than posting about it in the forums, I imagine we might do better in making a point of the issue by all writing a letter to Adobe illustrating our discontent with the situation.

Unfortunately Camtasia isn't the answer for many of the people unhappy with the bugs in Captivate 2. I myself use Captivate to build courses that are rarely software demonstrations.

Even those who feel making the switch to Camtasia might be beneficial would do well to send in their thoughts. Given Adobe's current business model I doubt letters will amount to a whole lot, but they will let Adobe as a whole know that their actions are very much not appreciated among their user base.

All I can think to liken this situation to would be Microsoft charging Vista users half the cost of the original purchase price for Service Pack 1. Sure, there are a few "added features" in the "upgrade," but when you get responses such as "We are doing our best to work on any issues you are having to resolve them as soon as possible" you feel a bit betrayed when the fixes to your problems end up costing you $300.

I must admit i thought there might be more features.

I'm surprised there isnt an easy way of adding text/graphic effects, i know we already have Flash text and effects but something similar to what Authorware had. Eg you select a piece of text or a graphic and can then apply an effect to it, reveal to right or mosaic or venetian blind etc. It would have been great if you could do that in Captivate.

Also perhaps there is a way, but often i have to build a screen in Captivate and want to create say a brown border at the bottom to put a logo/page 1 of 7 text on etc. To save memory i import a 5 x 5 pixel block of brown and then obviously stretch it. If i want to cover up something on a screen grab which was a mistake i import a 5 x 5 block of white and then stretch it over the thing i want to hide.

Its a pity there wasnt some internal tool to do this, eg add standard blocks of colour ? Bit like an ultra-basic Paint tool.

Is there an easier way to do this rather then creating a 5 x 5 block of white to import and then stretch over what you want to cover etc ?

Is there a trial/demo version available for download? Or does that usually come after the release? Thanks

I'm not sure that I agree that powerpoint is garbage, but, I do hope the
import mechanism does more than just import a 'snapshot' of each slide. It
would be much more useful if it could record the text on a powerpoint slide
as separate text objects in Captivate.

We have a lot of folks send us powerpoint that we convert to captivate. But
that process is completely manual.

"keithroby" <krobideau@upi.umaryland.edu> wrote in message
news:f87evl$p2s$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> captivate 3 will need to do more than enhancing the quiz function (which
is
> effectively non-existent in my opinion) or allowing the import of
powerpoint
> animation.
>
> powerpoint is garbage. there's a reason we're here using adobe products!
>
> give me integration with the creative suite apps, the palettes from
> illustrator, etc etc.
>
> don't turn this into powerpoint 2.0...it can be SO much more.
>
>
>

Anyone know if "Full-Motion" recording is still the same old? Or should I just stick with Camtasia for that? ;) Also, if anyone knows what has and has not been fixed as far as major issues.... Thanks!

captivate 3 will need to do more than enhancing the quiz function (which is effectively non-existent in my opinion) or allowing the import of powerpoint animation.

powerpoint is garbage. there's a reason we're here using adobe products!

give me integration with the creative suite apps, the palettes from illustrator, etc etc.

don't turn this into powerpoint 2.0...it can be SO much more.

Is anyone else deeply concerned about Adobe's rapid fire software version release policy?

Captivate 2 was only released last fall, and already they are releasing Captivate 3 at a huge cost to upgrade (I think I should get a free upgrade!!!). Two releases per year of ALL Adobe software products is quite hard on my budget! Gee I only purchased Captivate 2 about 7 months ago at the time it was released. I see Captivate 2 as being quite buggy and Captivate 3 is likely predominantly a bug fix. What about a vendor's obligation to provide bug fixes through software version updates. Instead, Adobe releases a totally new version and charges an arm and a leg for it. Not just Captivate, I fear Adobe is on a totally uncontrolled new version release schedule for all their software products, at the customers expense!!!

I guess my question is, is this Captivate 3 REALLY a new release, or a bug fix version? If so, surely Adobe could have waited 6 more months and released Captivate 3 as a fully functioning bug free Captivate 2! They also released a non-Vista compatible version of Captivate 2 at a time when other vendors were releasing Vista compatible products in anticipation of MS Vista!

Hey Adobe, take a lesson from Microsoft! A new release every 3-4 years, and free version updates/bug fixes in between!

I am extremely disappointed in Adobe.

Suzan

Does it allow recording a scrolling webpage without making work-arounds such as putting boxes at the bottom of the screen that advance to the next screen? The ability to import PDFs would solve this problem.