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da_texas
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June 30, 2023
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The NEW Adobe Captivate (Project Charm)

  • June 30, 2023
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I am extrememly surprised no one has posted that the new version of Captivate is available to download.

 

I just watched a webinar introducing all the new features and that's when I learned that the new version will NOT open Captivate 2019 files and there isn't a way to convert them. Adobe will stop supporting the 2019 version in 2028.

 

The new Captivate seems fine and cool and all that, but it's still missing a lot of features that people have been asking for and missing some features that Captivate 2019 has. They said they will slowly add new features over time.

 

I guess my team needs to decide whether we convert all our current lessons to the NEW Captivate, or look for another company's solution. 

 

Just wondering what everyone else's thoughts are....

 

Here's the webinar recording. You might neeed to create an account to view. https://www.trainingmagnetwork.com/lessons/140812/view?slide=1

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      brianh56937353
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      July 7, 2023

      Don't waste your time downloading it is horrible.  They need to fire the whole staff and start again. No tts, no import of old projects and issues go on and on. 

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        marksheppard68
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        July 7, 2023

        ...but, tell us how you really feel ;)--
        Mark L. Sheppard, 

         

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        marksheppard68
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        July 7, 2023

        Thanks...didn't consider that when I did the reply thru email.

        -MLS

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        marksheppard68
        Known Participant
        June 30, 2023

        I admit I'm a little confused.  I was all set to install the new Captivate (after the upgrade of 2019 to "Captivate Classic", but the only thing I am able to get for the Mac is 2019 (...which I learned after a lengthy download).  Is it Windows-only at this stage?

        Dave Creamer of IDEAS
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        Dave Creamer of IDEASCommunity Expert
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        June 30, 2023

        I haven't installed it yet, but I was able to download the installer for the new Captivate. 

        Here is the link to all four installers:
        https://www.adobe.com/products/captivate/vipdownload.html

        David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)
          Dave Creamer of IDEAS
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          Dave Creamer of IDEASCommunity Expert
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          June 30, 2023

          My two cents...

          I would still use the Classic version for now. Even if Adobe stops supporting it after 5 years, the software should still run (especially if one stops updating the OS at the same time). 

           

          The new version looks useful for some features and will definitely be worth checking out. 

           

          Some features I would need/like to see*:

          Conversion of old projects.

          Partial preview of slides (like selecting page range when printing)

          FULL conversion for PowerPoint project (aka Storyline); this was something I've asked for previously

               *I only installed it last night so I'm sure the list will grow.

           

          David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)
            RodWard
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            RodWardCommunity Expert
            Community Expert
            June 30, 2023

            I think you may misunderstand a few things.

            Project Charm is the name given to the new version of the new Captivate while it is in development, but it has not yet been released.  It is still undergoing BETA testing.  I am one of many people involved in the BETA.

             

            To be honest, it looks to me as if the website you showed may have taken one of the presentations given to the BETA group and posted it for view on the internet.  I would hope that they have Adobe's permission to do that, but I tend to doubt it because all members of the BETA team have signed NDAs promising NOT to reveal details about functionality of the software.

             

            Bottom line: You need to wait until the next version of Captivate is released before making any decisions about whether or not to use it for your own projects.  To my knowledge no date has yet been given for that release.

             

            But if you DID decide to go with another vendor's e-learning authoring software you are still going to need to rebuild all of your courses.

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            da_texasAuthor
            Inspiring
            June 30, 2023

            The webinar was Wednesday. It was not a Beta. They said it would be released very, very soon (today, I guess). 

             

            I receieved an email from Adobe today that the new version was out.  I just downloaded it from the Adobe website. https://www.adobe.com/products/captivate.html

             

            Video on the website with an overview of new version :https://www.adobe.com/products/captivate.html#all-new-adobe-captivate

             

            So I'm wondering if I have to rebuild all my courses, wouldn't I want a product that has most of the features I want already implemented instead of waiting years?

             

            I've mostly really enjoyed using Captivate over the years. I'm just feeling a bit shocked that I can no longer use 2019 cptx files going forward.

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            johnm757
            Participant
            June 30, 2023

            I have created a library of over 60 non-responsive modules (and growing) developed in CP2017/CP2019 that will need to be continually updated in the years ahead. I'll have a death grip on this version for quite some time. I would hope that, if Adobe decides to bench CP2019 in the future, they'd offer a perpetual license (or some other model) to users like myself who need to support legacy-developed courses. Otherwise, I am in a world of hurt.


            We have hundreds of courses authored in CP2017/2019. Not happy that the new Captivate is not backward capatible --we might have to rethink our authoring tool  I am hoping that we can somehow at least download/upload graphics and audio from one library to the other or be able to do some kind of  side by side copy and paste.  And I thought the death of FLASH, which affected only certain slides in some courses, was bad.  This is going to be very painful.

             

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