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Anonymous
November 21, 2013
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Captivate 7 - How to add yellow circles to mouse clicks

  • November 21, 2013
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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.

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    ElGuitarMan0
    ElGuitarMan0
    Inspiring
    November 22, 2013

    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
    Captiv8r
    Legend
    November 22, 2013

    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

    ElGuitarMan0
    ElGuitarMan0
    Inspiring
    November 25, 2013

    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


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

    Captiv8r
    Captiv8r
    Legend
    November 21, 2013

    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

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    Sreekanth_S
    Legend
    November 22, 2013

    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

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