How do you move or resize images in new Captivate 2023?

[Sarah E Kennedy]

How to I resize/reposition pictures on the screen. For example when using a character slide, what if I don't want the character floating in the center of the slide. What if I want it postioned at the bottom or slightly larger so that a character bust isn't strangely floating in midair. What if on a picture slide I want the picture to take up 25% of the left side of the screen vs. 50% so that I have more room for text. I feel like moving/resizing an image is a really basic functionality but I have been trying for about 3 hours now and can't figure it out.

[Lilybiri]

Remember that you are under control of the 'Responsive' feature of all projects in the new version (except Software sims which are not compatible with the other projects). In the Classic Captivate you have control over everything and can activate Rulers and guides, both in non-responsive and responsive projects. There are no rulers in the new Captivate version.

Within limits some of your requests are possible: either by using the Properties of the container, or of the objects stocked in those containers. However you will not be able to control the exact position or size (in %) which is a pity (is possible with Position Properties in the Classic Captivate for responsive projects). I recommend to check in the Timeline panel which item has been selected if you are not sure: container or item within the container. You'll see a hierarchy in the timelines.

[marcelleb47657539]

Hi Lilybiri,

I am currently trialling Captivate and I find it super confusing - Can your answer above also be why I can't resize a video on a blank slide? 

[Lilybiri]

Which widget did you use for the video? Slide Video or the other one? Your original question was about images, not about video.

Do you mean that I am confusing, or the application? If it is the first, my apologies. 

[marcelleb47657539]

Hi! Thanks for responding - You are not confusing at all. The program doesn't seem very intuitive. I can't seem to modify anything - image or video size.

There also isn't a lot of guidance on the new Captivate. I am an Articulate user and Captivate seems very restricitve. Will try and find a User Guide for the new Captivate.

Kind regards 

[Lilybiri]

You could see a lot of tutorials for the Classic Captivate, both basic and advanced. Here is a link to the first blog post of a basic course which I wrote about Quizzes in Classic Captivate.

https://blog.lilybiri.com/quiz-basics-1-terminology

However for this new version which was meant to be intuitive, not much is around yet. Personally I keep to Classic Captivate at the moment although I have a basic understanding of the new version. Sorry to agree with your statement about 'being intuitive'. I am just sad to see so many questions remain unanswered, I should have kept to my initial wish to support only the Captivate Classic users. None of my clients so far has requested a responsive project.

You didn't answer my question about which design you used for the video?

[CaliforniaSurfer]

You can't even add shapes! There are so many things lacking in this new version that my head is going to explode. I have been using this software since it was owned by Macromedia. This is unusable for what I've been using it for. I am so very depressed.

[Lilybiri]

Having used Captivate since version 1, which was Macromedia, I understand your frustration. This doesn't feel like Captivate anymore. It is a completely new application which at this moment only allows to create responsive projects but with more limitations than the Fluid Boxes in CP2019. For new people the availability of canned design blocks can be very attractive, but don't expect to continue in this version with any workflow you mastered in previous versions. Slowly it may acquire more of the features you expected. I suspect you never really dived into responsive projects in the past, due to the way your complaints are formulated. Exact positions don't exist anymore in responsive projects. You would be aware of that if you have used Fluid Boxes. Change in terminology (think shapes are now labeled as forms) doesn't help if you want to make the switch.

A good message now, you can keep on to version 11.8.2 (Classic Captivate) within the same license until the new Captivate will have all the features you used to see in previous versions. That may take years, I heard 2027 being mentioned. Maybe some have a crystal ball?

[CaliforniaSurfer]

I was in an Adobe seminar yesterday and I believe they did say 2027. Maybe I can retire by then. I do use both the responsive (Fluid Boxes) and non-responsive. Kinda depends on what I am trying to do. Lately, I mostly use Captivate to create interactive assets (not full-on eLearning) like Drag and Drops, Click to Reveal, Flash Cards, et al. I also use a lot of JavaScript to get it to do what I want. This new version makes it impossible to continue creating these assets. It's the end of an era. I kinda want to cry.

[CaliforniaSurfer]

I am simply trying to change the position of a button and can't even do that. Everything seems in a fixed location. Uggg.

[VideoPep]

Hi , to chnage position of button go to Content block PI and you will see button listed in component list, hover on button . You will see alignemnt options . Let me know if it helps

[DocRison]

Echoing that question, and your frustration with this software. Wasn't this supposed to be a BETTER version??? C'mon Adobe. You can do so much better than this. And 2027 for improvements??? That's poor project management.

[mark_mark_mark]

In the new Captivate, is there any way to make this image appear as an icon? The actual image is 1 inch, 80x80 pixels. However, in the new Captivate, I cannot get it to appear any smaller than the size shown in the image (see below). Captivate's "Edit image"
only allows you to crop (which makes me wonder why they don't call it "crop image"). The "Display" setting has fill, fit, and stretch. Fit is shown. Fill makes it bigger but the same proportions and stretch makes it bigger but does not maintain its proportions. Is there no way to display an icon in a Carousel widget? Man, this new Captivate is in no way easier, quicker, or more intuitive. Generally, I have to spend several hours a day, to confirm I can not do basic things I would expect to be able to do, such as displaying an 80 pixel square without it being enlarged unnecessarily. 

Oh, and I do realize I can add blue around the image so that it will show the orange icon smaller. However, then I end up with way more padding than I want. Cropping the image in Cp after adding padding, just makes the orange icon unnecessarily bigger. 

I know this is not the forum to ask, but have people started researching products that might be closer to the old Cp? I'm not sure if I want to keep working in the old Cp, since it has no future, and I'm starting to think that the new Cp is just not going to cut it. I'm flexible, but I know I won't be able to work without being able to add 80-pixel images and have them appear no bigger than 80 pixels. I'm just talking about displaying icons, but maybe I'm missing something here.

[VideoPep]

@mark_mark_mark , you can edit design option for Carousel. Open design option.json in an editor and do following steps:-

1) search for  '"tag": "container-content-image"'

2) Change imahge percentage to say 20% forexample "flex": "0 0 20%",

3) Search for aspect ratio and set it to 1 as your icon is 1:1

"tag": "image0",

"customStyles": {
"all": {"aspectRatio":"1/1","height":"initial","min-height":"initial"},
"tablet": {},
"mobile": {}

4) Save json

5) Relaunch application

6) Add Carousel widget and apply edited design option