Basic entrance effects problem - please advise

Report · Nov 17, 2015

I have recently started using Captivate (9) having been developing with Storyline for a couple of years.

Please take a look at this published slide:

http://content.wortech.ac.uk/CP-test/index.html

I am having problems getting the entrance effect to run smoothly.

Basically the tab button uses an advanced action to show, apply ease in from left effect, then disable button.

The problem is the element sliding in flickers on before it arrives, why?

Tested in Chrome and Edge on Windows 10.

The project file can be downloaded here:

http://content.wortech.ac.uk/CP-test/SafeRelationships-test.zip

Please could someone give some advice on this?

All I would like is to create a smooth sliding effect when each tab is clicked on. This is so easy in Storyline.

Hopefully I am missing a simple solution.

Report · Nov 17, 2015

Effects are applied AFTER the object gets added to the timeline. So you often need to start the object off stage so that you don't see the initial glitch where the object appears for a split second without the effect. Another option is to add a short Fade In transition to the object so that it is faded out at the initial moment it appears on the timeline.

These are not solutions I realize, but that's the best that we can currently do with the way Captivate works.

Report · Nov 17, 2015

thanks, I'll try that

Report · Nov 17, 2015

Hi,

I was unable to download your project from the given link. Could you share the cptx so it will help us investigate your issue?

You can email the link to the file at mdas@adobe.com

Thanks,

Mohana

Report · Nov 18, 2015

My zip link has been swapped out for the direct link. Ok will put it up another way.

https://www.sendspace.com/file/goi50z

Report · Nov 25, 2015

Thanks, I could access your link. We could see the issue at our end and will surely look into it. Meanwhile could you also try this:

You actions are in the sequence

<Show>

Can you try using this kind of sequence instead (and also adding a 0.1 second delay inbetween)

<Show>

Thanks,

Mohana