Captivate 7 - How to add yellow circles to mouse clicks

[Guest]

I like what I see in lynda.com for Captivate courses, there is a yellow circle each time the instructor does a mouse click. how can I do that?!

thank you.

[Captiv8r]

Hi there

I could be wrong here, but I always thought it is a function of the Mac recording software called ScreenFlow.

Hopefully someone that knows beyond a shadow of a doubt will chime in here.

Cheers... Rick

[Sreekanth_S]

I have not seen Lynda.com courses. But have you tried Custom Mouse Clicks options?

Select the mouse pointer. > Properties. Below the Show Mouse Click check box, you have a dropdown where you can select Custom and choose among the options that is displayed.

Sreekanth

[ElGuitarMan0]

I was wondering about something similar I saw in a Captivate tutorial on YouTube. The mouse pointer has a yellow highlighter circle. Makes me wonder if they built a new mouse pointer in Flash and loaded that as their mouse pointer.

[Captiv8r]

Hi there

I'd be willing to bet this video was recorded using Camtasia Studio. The yellow circle behind the mouse is a feature that is easily added to those videos.

Cheers... Rick

[Guest]

but we can't do the yellow circle in Captivate, right?

[ElGuitarMan0]

You can either use the built-in custom mouse clicks or create your own yellow circle using Flash. You  might be able to google one and download it for free. As long as it's a .swf file, it should work. You could place it in the following directory (Win 32) or browse to your save location:

C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Captivate 7 (32 Bit)\Gallery\Mouse\VisualClicks

[Captiv8r]

Hello again

No, it's not available as an option in Captivate. But it doesn't mean you can't have it if you want. But there is a trade off.

I created a CUR file using SnagIt that has a basic mouse pointer with a yellow circle. I did get it to work, but the trade off here is that the yellow circle bit cannot be made translucent. In effect, it's just a solid yellow dot that would contain the mouse pointer as shown below.

Cheers... Rick

[ElGuitarMan0]

I didn't know you could create a CUR file using Snagit. Thanks for that tip!

[Lilybiri]

If you don't need HTML6 output, InfoSemantics has a great 'Customcursor' component (widget). You can use any image and also limit the change of the cursor to certain regions on the stage.

http://www.infosemantics.com.au/catalog/21

Lilybiri

[Captiv8r]

LOL, I suppose if you are a flash gearhead as Rod and Tristan are, the possibilities are endless!

Thanks for sharing that! I'm wondering if that would allow for using a PNG image with alpha on the circle part?

Happy Monday all! Rick

[Lilybiri]

Rick, I should try it out, certainly already used PNG (my flute...) as cursor. I'm not a Flash gearhead BTW, still sticking with AA...

[RodWard]

PNG with Alpha is not a problem.

Try it out for yourself:

http://www.infosemantics.com.au/adobe-captivate-widgets/download-free-trial-widgets

[Lilybiri]

Thanks, Rod, I thought so but always want to check to be sure...