After clicking where I wanted the simulation to appear, I chose File > Import > File and opened a SWF I had published earlier using Adobe Captivate. by Kevin Siegel There's no trick to creating a PDF these days. MORE
Adobe® Captivate 5.5 : PPTX -> PPT -> SWF Adobe® Captivate 6 supports direct conversion from PPTX to SWF without converting PPTX to PPT. In Adobe Captivate 5.5, PPTX files were converted to PPT files during import and therefore some features of the PPTX files were not imported into Captivate projects. Therefore, PPTX features can [.]. Whats new MORE
When an Adobe Captivate SWF is distributed to clients to be launched locally on the client machine using the browser or standalone Flash player, there are chances of the SWF being launched from an untrusted location. When this happens Alternate Reporting will not be able perform the necessary task. This is because of Flash Player’s [.]. How do I MORE
Learn to publish SWF, HTML5, or both. Get a Jump-Start On Mastering This Awesome eLearning Development Tool! If you're looking to learn Adobe Captivate. and quickly. this beginner course is for you. During the 6 chapters that make up this course you'll learn how to create a soft-skills lesson from scratch. The lesson will include adding slides, applying themes, adding images and text, and adding interactive buttons. MORE
In this two part blog series we look at information that you can use in Adobe Captivate 5 to parallel decide the quality of an image and the SWF file size and bring forth the differences between the publishing of images in CP 4 and CP 5. Size of SWF output files is an important consideration for many content developers as it takes longer time for end users to download larger files. Selecting ‘high’ for all slides results in a large SWF output file. MORE
from your Captivate SWF. Further to Shameer’s post on “Publish to iPhone from Captivate and eLearning Suite“, here are the next steps to generate the iPhone app. These are manual steps and you need to use the terminal/shell to execute the command on a Mac machine where you have your Apple Developer Certificate and Provisioning MORE
When the project is published in CP4 with the JPEG option the SWF file size was 2314KB. This how the slide looked in the swf output file. When published as JPEG option, the size of the published SWF file is 1844 KB. Cp 4 SWF size. Cp 5 SWF size. MORE
Captivate Swf Events are used to achieve a tighter integration between Captivate SWFs and Flash or Flex.Captivate SWF events are fired with the Captivate SWF file as the event source so that external observers (like loader swfs in Flash/Flex or Java script) can take some action based upon these events. MORE
by Kevin Siegel If you attend our Adobe Captivate Beginner class , you will learn how to publish projects as SWF (for desktop users) and HTML5 (for mobile users). While HTML5 may one day completely replace SWF, today is not that day. MORE
Currently the most common way to publish a Captivate project is as a Flash SWF, an excellent solution because SWF files can be used by the vast majority of the world's personal computers, browsers and operating systems. MORE
First, create a SWF file of the logo you would like to use on the playbar in place of the Adobe logo. Give the new SWF the following name: logo.swf. MORE
Effects are not played fully in SWF, when the effect duration is less than the default effect duration. Adobe recently posted a fix for Captivate 9 that, according to Adobe, addresses the following issues in Adobe Captivate 9. Conditional actions get converted to standard actions in upgraded project. Operands in advanced actions appear blank in upgraded project. Autoshape buttons fill and stroke is not retained during upgrade. MORE
presentation rapid eLearning rapid eLearning software shell Slides suggestions Support SWFYou can add an attractive interaction of Raptivity to Lectora Snap! There is no gimmick in it but certainly simple guidelines to be followed. Read them and save the hue and cry. MORE
Irene ID: So, we need to create SWF and HTML5 output files for an [.]. Just this morning, I overheard our Instructional Designers (IDs)—Irene and Ike—talking in the break room (Irene is a senior ID and Ike is a new ID.): Free webinar Instructional Design training Videos workshop MORE
by Kevin Siegel I received an email from a Captivate developer asking if it was possible to remove the white space that appears between the browser toolbars and SWF when a lesson is opened within a browser. In the image below, notice that there is white space above the SWF (just below the browser's menu bar). Admittedly the space that appears above a SWF isn't huge and it's not something that I had spent time thinking about. MORE
While SWF videos will continue to auto-play, HTML5 and other responsive courses will not auto-play. Due to some recent browser updates, all modern web browsers have discontinued auto-playing media in web pages. Similarly, HTML5 and responsive courses created in Captivate will not auto-play. MORE
Most of us, sometime or the other, have had a need to manipulate the HTML page that contains the Captivate SWF file. The requirement may have been to display a custom message or change an image in the HTML page on click of a button inside the SWF. This can be achieved by sending data [.]. eLearning this week Extending Captivate How do I. Training and Tutorials Whats new "Elearning authoring tools" Adobe Captivate Adobe eLearning Suite 2.5 MORE
I tried to publish and preview my project in both swf and html5, but it shows a spinning gif on a white page. I have installed the latest version of Captivate. The html5 does not load at all on any browser. I restarted my computer and got the same result. Can you please help me to fix it? Discussion Captivate MORE
The common way to publish a completed Captivate eLearning video is as a SWF (small web file). But it is possible to publish your Captivate video so that the Skin, Widgets, FMR's and Animations are split apart from the SWF. Publish the lesson as a SWF. MORE
Project Rome offers output in formats such as PDF, SWF, JPG, PNG, SVG, or FXG or Web files for either an Adobe or third-party-hosted Website." Jackie Dove of Macworld.com introduces you to Project Rome , a new all-in-one content creation and publishing application targeted to consumers, small businesses, and educators. MORE
This has come just in time for mLearning implementers; there is a new tool out in Google Labs called Swiffy that let’s one convert flash animation (swf files) to a device independent HTML5. We’ve been experiementing with Swiffy for a few hours now and it seems to do quite a decent job of converting SWF files. Weekly Finds Convert SWF Files To HTML5 HTML5 SWF To HTML5 Swiffy MORE
Question About Adobe Captivate 5: What's Up With the "Enable SWF for conversion to iPhone application" Option? I know that Apple and Adobe are at war with regards to SWF output playing on the iPhone or iPad. But I just noticed in Adobe Captivate 5 that there is a check box when you publish that says: "Enable SWF for conversion to iPhone application." MORE
Flash is the most popular output type, so it’s likely that your courses are SWF Flash-based. SWF courses do not work on certain devices; Apple devices. Don’t create any more course content that is Flash SWF based. Support for Adobe Flash Player ends in 2020. MORE
Fortunately, adding interactivity to a lesson does not negatively impact the size of the published SWF. Rather, imported assets such as audio, video and images are the main culprits behind SWF bloat. However, nothing will bloat a published SWF quite like audio. by Kevin Siegel. MORE
We have an application ‘CaptivateFP10Fixer’ which when given an affected Adobe Captivate 5 SWF with Text Animation, will give an Adobe Captivate 5 SWF [.]. We now have a fix for Adobe Captivate 5 content with Text Animations not playing in the latest Flash Player issue, which does *NOT* require a republish of the entire project! How do I MORE
When it comes to output, both Captivate and Storyline can publish SWF and HTML5 content. A recent LinkedIn post asked eLearning developers: which tool is best: Adobe Captivate or Articulate Storyline? As As I read through the comments, I was struck by how many people insisted that Storyline was the better choice because it was easier to learn than Captivate because it was so much like Microsoft PowerPoint. MORE
I pointed out that HTML5 is an alternative publishing format to a SWF. For example, Rollover Captions, Rollover Images and SWF animations are not HTML5 compliant. MORE
While your published SWF will be smaller when compared to using the other modes listed here, this setting will lower the quality of the published images so much, you may not like it. This option will result in the hightest quality images, but the largest published SWF. MORE
Arguably, the most common way to publish a Camtasia project is as a Flash SWF. This is an excellent solution because SWF files can be used by the vast majority of the world's personal computers, browsers and operating systems. Although your learners will not need Camtasia installed on their computer to use a SWF, they will need a modern web browser and the free Adobe Flash Player (www.adobe.com). MORE
When you insert YouTube widget in your Adobe Captivate 2017 project using Interactions menu > Learning Interactions and view the SWF output, you may experience the following issues: Video content getting truncated/cut-off in IE 11. Publish the SWF output and YouTube widget will work fine on IE11, Chrome and Firefox. MORE
So much e-learning is made in Flash, or published as SWF files, and iPad users will not have access to it. [link] The devices shown have Adobe Flash, but the iPad does not. What a shame. flash MORE
This post will take you through the process of creating a simple TOC using SWF files. The TOC SWF files are the courses/topics of your choosing. Create captivate SWF files for each topic and place in the same folder. Publish the file into SWF format exported to HTML. MORE
I was curious what the option would do, so I enabled it and published a SWF. However, with Scalable HTML content enabled in my test project, the published SWF always resized to fit my browser window (proportionally), no matter how big or small I made my browser window. I was concerned that the quality of the SWF would suffer if I made my browser window too big (I have a pretty large display). Yes, Scalable HTML content works if you publish as a SWF or HTML5. MORE
And you will learn how to publish your lessons for the widest possible audience including how to output both Flash (SWF) and HTML5 (so that your lessons will play on such mobile devices as the Apple iPad). Due to popular demand from our friends in Europe, we're now offering our top rated Captivate training during Central European Time Zone hours! MORE
I’ve seen several posts related to the SWF output and the lack of browser support or simply having issues playing them. I also have a number of projects that were published as SWF from old versions of Captivate. In many cases, all I have any longer is the final SWF. I utilize a small little SWF player that has, for me, worked very well – and the price is right (FREE)! The post What about all those old SWF files? MORE
Till Adobe Captivate 4, Full Motion Recording (FMR) SWF editing feature existed as a separate application outside captivate. If an FMR SWF is readily available, then inserting a blank slide and changing the slide background to the SWF using the property inspector would create an FMR slide. MORE
captivate training HTML5 iPad publish to HTML5 rapid elearning authoring tools SWF to HTML5Photography is one of my hobbies and I’m sure it’s the same with some of you reading this post. When I thought of creating some content in HTML5 for my iPad, the first thing that crossed my mind was Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3. I not only appreciate it but have also seen a lot of my photographer [.]. MORE
If the learner is going to access the lesson over the internet (either from a web server or an LMS), publishing SWF and/or HTML5 is the way to go. If you decide to publish a SWF, the learner will use a web browser to access the lesson. MORE
Solution: Close Adobe Captivate 4 and Aggregator if already running. Download the AggGenerator.zip from here and extract the AggGenerator.dll. In the Captivate 4 installed folder search for the file “AggGenerator.dll ” Rename the file to “AggGenerator_old.dll”. Place the dll downloaded in step 2 into the installed folder of Captivate 4. Relaunch Captivate/ Aggregator and re-publish [.]. MORE
Starting with version 9, iSpring authoring tools won’t publish content to Flash format (.SWF). In this article, we’ll explain why… Read More. Updates MORE
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MARCH 21, 2018
I’ve seen several posts related to the SWF output and the lack of browser support or simply having issues playing them. I also have a number of projects that were published as SWF from old versions of Captivate. In many cases, all I have any longer is the final SWF. I utilize a small little SWF player that has, for me, worked very well – and the price is right (FREE)! The post What about all those old SWF files?
The Logical Blog by IconLogic
OCTOBER 8, 2015
by Kevin Siegel If you attend our Adobe Captivate Beginner class , you will learn how to publish projects as SWF (for desktop users) and HTML5 (for mobile users). While HTML5 may one day completely replace SWF, today is not that day.
Adobe Captivate
DECEMBER 23, 2010
Captivate Swf Events are used to achieve a tighter integration between Captivate SWFs and Flash or Flex.Captivate SWF events are fired with the Captivate SWF file as the event source so that external observers (like loader swfs in Flash/Flex or Java script) can take some action based upon these events.
Adobe Captivate
SEPTEMBER 8, 2010
Till Adobe Captivate 4, Full Motion Recording (FMR) SWF editing feature existed as a separate application outside captivate. If an FMR SWF is readily available, then inserting a blank slide and changing the slide background to the SWF using the property inspector would create an FMR slide.
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Raptivity
JANUARY 4, 2012
presentation rapid eLearning rapid eLearning software shell Slides suggestions Support SWFYou can add an attractive interaction of Raptivity to Lectora Snap! There is no gimmick in it but certainly simple guidelines to be followed. Read them and save the hue and cry.
Upside Learning
JUNE 29, 2011
This has come just in time for mLearning implementers; there is a new tool out in Google Labs called Swiffy that let’s one convert flash animation (swf files) to a device independent HTML5. We’ve been experiementing with Swiffy for a few hours now and it seems to do quite a decent job of converting SWF files. Weekly Finds Convert SWF Files To HTML5 HTML5 SWF To HTML5 Swiffy
Adobe Captivate
MARCH 4, 2011
from your Captivate SWF. Further to Shameer’s post on “Publish to iPhone from Captivate and eLearning Suite“, here are the next steps to generate the iPhone app. These are manual steps and you need to use the terminal/shell to execute the command on a Mac machine where you have your Apple Developer Certificate and Provisioning
Adobe Captivate
JULY 28, 2010
When the project is published in CP4 with the JPEG option the SWF file size was 2314KB. This how the slide looked in the swf output file. When published as JPEG option, the size of the published SWF file is 1844 KB. Cp 4 SWF size. Cp 5 SWF size.
Adobe Captivate
JULY 27, 2010
In this two part blog series we look at information that you can use in Adobe Captivate 5 to parallel decide the quality of an image and the SWF file size and bring forth the differences between the publishing of images in CP 4 and CP 5. Size of SWF output files is an important consideration for many content developers as it takes longer time for end users to download larger files. Selecting ‘high’ for all slides results in a large SWF output file.
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Adobe Captivate
NOVEMBER 22, 2010
Solution: Close Adobe Captivate 4 and Aggregator if already running. Download the AggGenerator.zip from here and extract the AggGenerator.dll. In the Captivate 4 installed folder search for the file “AggGenerator.dll ” Rename the file to “AggGenerator_old.dll”. Place the dll downloaded in step 2 into the installed folder of Captivate 4. Relaunch Captivate/ Aggregator and re-publish [.].
iSpring Solutions
APRIL 13, 2018
Starting with version 9, iSpring authoring tools won’t publish content to Flash format (.SWF). In this article, we’ll explain why… Read More. Updates
Adobe Captivate
OCTOBER 18, 2011
captivate training HTML5 iPad publish to HTML5 rapid elearning authoring tools SWF to HTML5Photography is one of my hobbies and I’m sure it’s the same with some of you reading this post. When I thought of creating some content in HTML5 for my iPad, the first thing that crossed my mind was Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3. I not only appreciate it but have also seen a lot of my photographer [.].
Raptivity
APRIL 3, 2013
Irene ID: So, we need to create SWF and HTML5 output files for an [.]. Just this morning, I overheard our Instructional Designers (IDs)—Irene and Ike—talking in the break room (Irene is a senior ID and Ike is a new ID.): Free webinar Instructional Design training Videos workshop
The Logical Blog by IconLogic
NOVEMBER 1, 2011
Fortunately, adding interactivity to a lesson does not negatively impact the size of the published SWF. Rather, imported assets such as audio, video and images are the main culprits behind SWF bloat. However, nothing will bloat a published SWF quite like audio. by Kevin Siegel.
eLearning Cyclops
APRIL 5, 2010
So much e-learning is made in Flash, or published as SWF files, and iPad users will not have access to it. [link] The devices shown have Adobe Flash, but the iPad does not. What a shame. flash
The Logical Blog by IconLogic
JUNE 20, 2012
Currently the most common way to publish a Captivate project is as a Flash SWF, an excellent solution because SWF files can be used by the vast majority of the world's personal computers, browsers and operating systems.
Adobe Captivate
FEBRUARY 10, 2018
I tried to publish and preview my project in both swf and html5, but it shows a spinning gif on a white page. I have installed the latest version of Captivate. The html5 does not load at all on any browser. I restarted my computer and got the same result. Can you please help me to fix it? Discussion Captivate
The Logical Blog by IconLogic
FEBRUARY 7, 2014
First, create a SWF file of the logo you would like to use on the playbar in place of the Adobe logo. Give the new SWF the following name: logo.swf.
The Logical Blog by IconLogic
JUNE 12, 2012
by Kevin Siegel I received an email from a Captivate developer asking if it was possible to remove the white space that appears between the browser toolbars and SWF when a lesson is opened within a browser. In the image below, notice that there is white space above the SWF (just below the browser's menu bar). Admittedly the space that appears above a SWF isn't huge and it's not something that I had spent time thinking about.
The Logical Blog by IconLogic
APRIL 12, 2011
The common way to publish a completed Captivate eLearning video is as a SWF (small web file). But it is possible to publish your Captivate video so that the Skin, Widgets, FMR's and Animations are split apart from the SWF. Publish the lesson as a SWF.
Adobe Captivate
JUNE 25, 2012
Adobe® Captivate 5.5 : PPTX -> PPT -> SWF Adobe® Captivate 6 supports direct conversion from PPTX to SWF without converting PPTX to PPT. In Adobe Captivate 5.5, PPTX files were converted to PPT files during import and therefore some features of the PPTX files were not imported into Captivate projects. Therefore, PPTX features can [.]. Whats new
eLearning Brothers
OCTOBER 9, 2013
This post will take you through the process of creating a simple TOC using SWF files. The TOC SWF files are the courses/topics of your choosing. Create captivate SWF files for each topic and place in the same folder. Publish the file into SWF format exported to HTML.
The Logical Blog by IconLogic
DECEMBER 18, 2012
If the learner is going to access the lesson over the internet (either from a web server or an LMS), publishing SWF and/or HTML5 is the way to go. If you decide to publish a SWF, the learner will use a web browser to access the lesson.
The Logical Blog by IconLogic
OCTOBER 2, 2012
I was curious what the option would do, so I enabled it and published a SWF. However, with Scalable HTML content enabled in my test project, the published SWF always resized to fit my browser window (proportionally), no matter how big or small I made my browser window. I was concerned that the quality of the SWF would suffer if I made my browser window too big (I have a pretty large display). Yes, Scalable HTML content works if you publish as a SWF or HTML5.
The Logical Blog by IconLogic
FEBRUARY 11, 2016
And you will learn how to publish your lessons for the widest possible audience including how to output both Flash (SWF) and HTML5 (so that your lessons will play on such mobile devices as the Apple iPad). Due to popular demand from our friends in Europe, we're now offering our top rated Captivate training during Central European Time Zone hours!
Adobe Captivate
MAY 3, 2018
While SWF videos will continue to auto-play, HTML5 and other responsive courses will not auto-play. Due to some recent browser updates, all modern web browsers have discontinued auto-playing media in web pages. Similarly, HTML5 and responsive courses created in Captivate will not auto-play.
The Logical Blog by IconLogic
FEBRUARY 1, 2013
Arguably, the most common way to publish a Camtasia project is as a Flash SWF. This is an excellent solution because SWF files can be used by the vast majority of the world's personal computers, browsers and operating systems. Although your learners will not need Camtasia installed on their computer to use a SWF, they will need a modern web browser and the free Adobe Flash Player (www.adobe.com).
The Logical Blog by IconLogic
MARCH 15, 2011
While your published SWF will be smaller when compared to using the other modes listed here, this setting will lower the quality of the published images so much, you may not like it. This option will result in the hightest quality images, but the largest published SWF.
The Logical Blog by IconLogic
OCTOBER 23, 2015
Effects are not played fully in SWF, when the effect duration is less than the default effect duration. Adobe recently posted a fix for Captivate 9 that, according to Adobe, addresses the following issues in Adobe Captivate 9. Conditional actions get converted to standard actions in upgraded project. Operands in advanced actions appear blank in upgraded project. Autoshape buttons fill and stroke is not retained during upgrade.
The Logical Blog by IconLogic
NOVEMBER 14, 2015
When it comes to output, both Captivate and Storyline can publish SWF and HTML5 content. A recent LinkedIn post asked eLearning developers: which tool is best: Adobe Captivate or Articulate Storyline? As As I read through the comments, I was struck by how many people insisted that Storyline was the better choice because it was easier to learn than Captivate because it was so much like Microsoft PowerPoint.
LearnUpon
JANUARY 23, 2018
Flash is the most popular output type, so it’s likely that your courses are SWF Flash-based. SWF courses do not work on certain devices; Apple devices. Don’t create any more course content that is Flash SWF based. Support for Adobe Flash Player ends in 2020.
The Logical Blog by IconLogic
MARCH 4, 2014
After clicking where I wanted the simulation to appear, I chose File > Import > File and opened a SWF I had published earlier using Adobe Captivate. by Kevin Siegel There's no trick to creating a PDF these days.
Adobe Captivate
JANUARY 10, 2011
We have an application ‘CaptivateFP10Fixer’ which when given an affected Adobe Captivate 5 SWF with Text Animation, will give an Adobe Captivate 5 SWF [.]. We now have a fix for Adobe Captivate 5 content with Text Animations not playing in the latest Flash Player issue, which does *NOT* require a republish of the entire project! How do I
Adobe Captivate
DECEMBER 8, 2010
When an Adobe Captivate SWF is distributed to clients to be launched locally on the client machine using the browser or standalone Flash player, there are chances of the SWF being launched from an untrusted location. When this happens Alternate Reporting will not be able perform the necessary task. This is because of Flash Player’s [.]. How do I
The Logical Blog by IconLogic
MAY 11, 2016
Learn to publish SWF, HTML5, or both. Get a Jump-Start On Mastering This Awesome eLearning Development Tool! If you're looking to learn Adobe Captivate. and quickly. this beginner course is for you. During the 6 chapters that make up this course you'll learn how to create a soft-skills lesson from scratch. The lesson will include adding slides, applying themes, adding images and text, and adding interactive buttons.
The Logical Blog by IconLogic
SEPTEMBER 12, 2012
I pointed out that HTML5 is an alternative publishing format to a SWF. For example, Rollover Captions, Rollover Images and SWF animations are not HTML5 compliant.
The Logical Blog by IconLogic
OCTOBER 27, 2010
Project Rome offers output in formats such as PDF, SWF, JPG, PNG, SVG, or FXG or Web files for either an Adobe or third-party-hosted Website." Jackie Dove of Macworld.com introduces you to Project Rome , a new all-in-one content creation and publishing application targeted to consumers, small businesses, and educators.
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