Articulate Storyline: Animation Painting Anyone?

by Kal Hadi 

The Animation Painter in Articulate Storyline 2 lets you create perfect Storyline animation effects for one object and then quickly copy those animation effects to other objects. Here's how:

Create an animation effect

1. Select the object you want to animate.
2. Click the Animations tab.
3. Click the star icon for the type of animation you want to add (entrance, exit, or motion path).
    
    
     
4. Select an animation effect.
     
5. The default duration of entrance and exit animations is 0.75 seconds while motion paths default to 2 seconds. To change duration, enter the required time in the Duration field. (The duration ranges from 0.1 seconds to 59 seconds.)
6. Select Effect Options to choose options for entrance and exit animations.
7. Select Path Options to edit the path options for motion path animations.

Use the Animation Painter to Reuse the animation

1. Select the object animation that you want to use
2. On the Animations tab, click Animation Painter
     
3. Click any other object (or objects) in your project to apply the effects

Note: To apply the same animation to multiple objects, click the Animation Painter twice to lock it in the "on position." When you are finished painting, click the Animation Painter once to unlock it (or press the Esc key).

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