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Macromedia Captivate

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Objectives

  • Record a movie
  • Add text
  • Publish movie

 

Summary

Create movies that show how to perform a certain action on the computer. Captivate automatically makes a screen capture of everything you do. This lesson will show you how to record a Captivate movie, add text to it, and publish it for viewing.

 

Table of Contents

-> Recording a movie

-> Adding text

-> Publishing a movie

 

Recording a Movie

 

  • Click “Record new movie”

 

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  • Select “Full screen”
  • Click “OK”

 

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  • Click “Record” when you are ready to capture the action on the screen

 

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  • You will be asked if you wish to test the audio levels. We will skip that for this lesson. Click “No.”

 

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  • The program will countdown from 3 to 1. After 1, Captivate will start recording. Begin the actions that you want recorded in the final movie.

 

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  • When you are finished recording, click on the Macromedia Captivate icon at the bottom of the screen

 

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  • Click “No” in order to end the Capture session

 

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  • You will be taken to a screen of thumbnails. Each thumbnail indicates the beginning of a “scene” that you captured. It will look something like this:

 

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Adding Text to a Slide

Adding text to a slide helps the viewer of your movie to understand exactly what you are doing

  • Double click on any thumbnail to open a slide. The thumbnail will now be in full view.
  • Click on “Insert” in the toolbar.
  • Scroll down to “Text Caption” and click on it.

 

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  • This open a “Text caption” dialog box, where you can edit the message, Caption type (color and appearance of the text bubble), font type, size, and color
  • Click “Apply” and then “OK” when you are finished typing your message

 

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  • The new text box appears on the screen (usually a “chat bubble,” depending on the Caption type you selected. The box might not be in the exact place you want it at first.

 

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  • Click and drag the box in order to move it anywhere you want on the screen 

 

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  • Repeat this for any other slides to which you want to add text.

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Publishing a movie

  • Click “Publish” in the toolbar.
  • You can select the movie title, the folder in which to publish, and the format of the movie. Let us publish it in a Flash (SWF) format.
  • Click “Publish”

 

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  • Your file is now published. Click “View output” to see your movie playing in an Internet browser.

 

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