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Adobe Captivate 2019: New Update Removes Flash Output

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

Beyond some tweaks to the overall look and feel of the interface, this update finally removes references to SWF output in the Publish dialog box ( File > Publish ). Also, the Preview options no longer include SWF in Web Browser.

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Publishing Adobe Captivate Projects: SWF, HTML5, or Both?

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

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).  In addition, SWFs can be used by the vast majority of the world's desktop computers, laptops, and browsers. SWF and HTML5 versions.

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HTML5 and SWF

Adobe Captivate

drag and drop) rely on swf?? The post HTML5 and SWF appeared first on eLearning. Which if your current features (e.g., What’s the easiest way to determine if a Captivate 9 course contains things that require Flash? We used to import all videos for our modules in the .flv flv format. Will.flv files work in HTML5 courses?

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Swf compilation failed.

Adobe Captivate

The post Swf compilation failed. I received this error when I attempted to Preview my project. What did I do wrong? Alternatively, how do I correct it? appeared first on eLearning.

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Drag/drop recording in swf

Adobe Captivate

Hi, there are certain motions I’m recording in my software and it will convert the background to swf. Flash is done–why is it recording actions in swf?? The post Drag/drop recording in swf appeared first on eLearning. so when it gets online, you don’t see it at all. How do I get around this?

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Adobe Captivate 2019: New Text-to-Speech Voices

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

In that post, I told you how Adobe removed most of the outdated (Flash) SWF features. Last week I told you about an awesome (and free) update to Adobe Captivate 2019. But there's more to this update, and I'm loving it. Specifically, Adobe has enhanced the Text-to-Speech feature.

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Demise of SWF and implications to Captivate

Adobe Captivate

Publish to PDF – requires SWF Output. The post Demise of SWF and implications to Captivate appeared first on eLearning. Firstly, i don’t publish to flash, but there is one features that require flash player. Is this likely to be updated to allow HMTL5.

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Video files not embedding and loading properly on swf publish

Adobe Captivate

I am attempting to embed short (10 sec) video files to a captivate 2019 project and publish it as an swf file. When viewing the swf file, the videos appear to be attempting to load (i get loader icon indications) but the video never loads. I need this video saved into the swf file, if at all possible.

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Captivate Swf Events

Adobe Captivate

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.

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What's Up With the "Enable SWF for conversion to iPhone application" Option?

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

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. I'm confused. Answer: Don't get too excited.

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eLearning: Adobe Captivate and Microsoft PowerPoint

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

.   During a standard import process, PowerPoint pptx presentations are first converted to the ppt format and then converted to SWF. If you select  High Fidelity , the import process takes native pptx files directly to Captivate SWF (the ppt conversion is skipped).

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FMR SWF Edit

Adobe Captivate

Till Adobe Captivate 4, Full Motion Recording (FMR) SWF editing feature existed as a separate application outside captivate. This feature supports the following operations – trimming of frames from an FMR SWF, inserting FMR SWFs in to another FMR SWF, splitting of FMR SWFs and merging a set of FMR SWFs.

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Quiz less responsive to clicking since change from SWF to HTML5.

Adobe Captivate

I have a Captivate course that ran well, until I had to switch from SWF to HTML5. I didn’t have this issue in SWF. The post Quiz less responsive to clicking since change from SWF to HTML5. first time post from a very non techie person! Any ideas on what I can do to make the quiz more responsive to being clicked?

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MP4 videos won’t open when published to an SWF in Captivate 2017

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When I publish in Captivate 2017 in a SWF format, MP4 videos inserted into a frame does not open. The post MP4 videos won’t open when published to an SWF in Captivate 2017 appeared first on eLearning. I receive “connection error” or “error” I get this error on MacBook and Windows PC.

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Old project(published as SWF in CP6), not working when republished for HTML5 in CP2017

Adobe Captivate

At that time), I preferred all my O/P publication in SWF. Also checked for any transient effect and similar SWF component…. The post Old project(published as SWF in CP6), not working when republished for HTML5 in CP2017 appeared first on eLearning. I used captivate CS 5.5 and then CS6 a lot in 2014. (At Pool) in the project.

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SWF speaks to HTML page… through JavaScript!

Adobe Captivate

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 [.].

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Resolve issues in published output (SWF) when your Captivate 2017 project contains YouTube Widget

Adobe Captivate

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.

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Why is HTML5 migration considered to be a wiser perspective?

Dynamic Pixel

Hence, the scenario has made the switching over from flash plug-ins and SWF to html5 has been indispensable. SWF refers to a small web format that is generally not compatible with the rarely-used browsers. HTML5 is considered to be the latest technology available in the visual world over Flash SWF files. What is HTML5?

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Discovering Adobe InDesign for eLearning

Integrated Learnings

Flash Player (SWF). One problem that I did run into with InDesign was using Flash (SWF) files imbedded into the document. Your design of the document would be much simpler, so the end user could easily print it for future reference. Other Export options for InDesign include the following: EPS. Flash Professional (FLA).

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Steps to use Flash iPhone packager to create iPhone app. from Captivate SWF

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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.

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Balancing image quality and SWF output size in CP 5 – 1

Adobe Captivate

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. Selecting ‘high’ for all slides results in a large SWF output file.

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Adobe Captivate 6: HTML5 At Last!

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

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. As an alternative to publishing a SWF, you can publish as HTML5.

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Adobe Captivate 5.5: Lowering the Size of Published SWFs

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

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. There are some things that you can do while working in Captivate that may lower the size of the published SWF.

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Expectations From eLearning Authoring Tools

Upside Learning

Should be able to import external Flash SWF as well as audio and video in variety of popular formats. Localization processes using the tool should be easy and fast. Should be able to import/export content (like PPT, DOC, or simple HTML), and allow for edits after import. Standard and customizable compliance. 2004, AICC). web, LMS, CD-ROM).

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Adobe Captivate 6: Delivering Standalone eLearning Lessons

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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. Just remember that neither SWF nor HTML5 are good standalone options.

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Adobe Captivate 5/5.5: Removing The Web Page Margin

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

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). 

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The Open Screen Project – Will It Succeed?

Upside Learning

The most important one is Adobe removing restrictions on SWF and FLV/F4V specifications. So one can now develop software that can actually “play” SWF content. What’s Adobe’s contribution? Also porting Flash runtimes on handheld devices has been made royalty free (which wasn’t the case earlier). How’s it going?

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Balancing image quality and SWF output size in CP 5 – 2

Adobe Captivate

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. Fig 1 - Actual Slide Snapshot in edit area. Fig 2 - CP4 JPEG 82%.

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Adobe Captivate 6: Scalable HTML Content

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

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.   Looking to learn Captivate quickly?

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TEACHING ONLINE: True eLearning Integration via Adobe Connect

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

First, create the eLearning content in Adobe Captivate, and then publish as an SWF.     Click the Browse My Computer button and upload the SWF you published with Captivate. In the image below, I’ve already uploaded a SWF I created with Captivate called UsingNotepad. and Adobe Captivate as your eLearning tool.

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TEACHING ONLINE: True eLearning Integration via Adobe Connect

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

First, create the eLearning content in Adobe Captivate, and then publish as an SWF.     Click the Browse My Computer button and upload the SWF you published with Captivate. In the image below, I’ve already uploaded a SWF I created with Captivate called UsingNotepad. and Adobe Captivate as your eLearning tool.

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TechSmith Camtasia Studio 8: One Smart Player

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

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. When you produce a SWF in Camtasia, the output includes a  Smart Player.

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Articulate Storyline vs. Adobe Captivate

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

  When it comes to output, both Captivate and Storyline can publish SWF and HTML5 content. Storyline is far more expensive (I've seen it listed for upwards of $2,000 and there isn't a subscription plan).   Here's an analogy for comparing Captivate against Storyline.

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Adobe Presenter 9: Replacing the Default Playbar Logo with Your Own Logo

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

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. You can replace the Adobe logo with your own by doing a little bit of setup work. The size of the replacement logo must be 47 pixels wide x 27 pixels high.

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Case Study – Conversion of Flash Courses to HTML5 using Articulate Storyline

Swift eLearning Services

The courses that were developed in Adobe Flash or tools whose output is in SWF are now not compatible with the modern devices. In the recent times, the learning needs are changed and the technology has increased at its pace. This has transformed the traditional classroom training into e-learning. Thus there is a need of…

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Adobe Captivate: Internalize or Externalize?

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

The common way to publish a completed Captivate eLearning video is as a SWF (small web file). When the publish process is complete, you will end up with three files: an HTML file (which is what your learner will need to open the lesson in a web browser), a JavaScript file (called standard.js) and the SWF containing your lesson. 

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"TechSmith Camtasia 9: The Essentials" Workbook Nearly Finished

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

Create both videos and SWF/HTML5 output. Camtasia version 9 is an awesome upgrade to Camtasia and I give it two hearty thumbs up! During this step-by-step book you will learn how to: Create projects. Share projects to Vimeo, YouTube, Screencast, and locally. Record screen actions. Add images. Add videos. Work with the Library.

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Flash to HTML5 – Swiffy From Google

Upside Learning

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.

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Time to Migrate eLearning Courses from Flash to HTML5

Hurix Digital

Given that Flash will become obsolete by next year, it becomes imperative for publishers to migrate their existing eLearning content from Flash to HTML5 , which offers several benefits such as: Lower Development Costs: With HTML 5 you can use a single batch of code to convert your files from SWF to HTML5 files.

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5 Reasons Why You Should Convert Flash to HTML5

Hurix Digital

Steps to Convert SWF to HTML5 . Presently, the HTML5 vs SWF/ Flash debate has all but disappeared, with the former appearing as the clear winner. If you too intend to convert your SWF files into HTML5 and are looking for ways to do it, then look no further. Why Convert Flash/SWF to HTML5?