adding a border

[Guest]

I'm interested to learn if their is a way to add a border around a still image in captivate. so when you look at the screen it has the border around. could i place the movie or image over the border or vice versa?? or could i use a transparent gift?

[Guest]

highlight box is an option.

or copy and paste the image into photoshop, add your stroke (border) to it, then import it back in as a bitmap. (i'd prefer this way if at all possible as it avoids more timeline clutter)

[Guest]

let me try and clarify. i don't mean the highlight box that you can do inside captivate. i understand that aspect. i mean can you add a border around the whole image that you capture for your simulation? does this make more sense?

[Captiv8r]

Hi smejus57

If you are asking if Captivate can dynamically add a border, the answer is no. However, you may want to investigate SnagIt by TechSmith. Fabulous little screen capture application.

http://www.techsmith.com

SnagIt allows the image processing you are referring to. (assuming, of course, I'm correctly understanding you.

Cheers... Rick

[Guest]

what about adding a highlight box on slide one and setting it to "rest of movie"

[rainbo]

Here's a real simple trick.. add a Highlight box, but set the "highlight filling" to 100% transparency, and then make your border rather thickish.. say 4 pts or 6 pts for a really thick border. Works like a charm.

[Guest]

let me try and clarify even more. for the simulation that i developed using captivate. i had developed a introduction slide, and on that slide, had a nice border around the slide developed, then dropped into the slide in captivate. my question is, if it hasn't already been answered, can I take that border and place it on the other slides in the simulation? the other slides are images that i captured for the simulation?

make better sense now?

[Guest]

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Originally posted by: smejus57
make better sense now?

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Nope. sorry.