In the timeline the visual representation of a hotspot is either a half circle (brownish) if the hotspot is on the first frame of the slide, or a full circle (when on a later frame). However hotspots have a timeline with zero duration. Referring to existing terminology, a hotspot is a new type of interactive object similar to click boxes, (shape) buttons. The functionality of a 360 image is mainly in the so-called ' HOTSPOTS' to be inserted from the big button with that name. In most cases the characters will be very big due to that lack of editing. It is not possible to resize the image, only the location. However inserting a character will create a hotspot where the character is used as custom image. You will see 'Characters' available' under the Media button as well. IT is not possible to apply an effect on the labels. Labels can be moved and will be 'distorted' to fit in the spherical image if necessary. It can be used for titles or for instructions that need to be available even if the playhead moves. Label (under Text button): can be added, formatted and timed.Slide audio can be paused on a 360 slide by a hotspot, just like by any interactive object: you find the feature 'Stop Slide Audio' on the Options tab of the hotspots (including Character which is also inserted as hotspot). Audio (under Media button) can be added as slide audio, which will have its timeline as expected under the slide timeline.There are only two assets that can have a timeline as you are used to: You will not have an Actions tab in the Properties panel, which means that you cannot use the On Enter/On Exit events for the slide. Static 360 imageĮditing a 360 slide is more limited than editing a normal slide. In the Library you will see the images in the Background folder, and you have to use 'Find Background'.
The 360 image is inserted as background, whereas a normal image inserted on a slide will have an individual timeline. It is not possible to drag a 360 item to the slide from the Library, you need to use that button. In a non-responsive project you can use the big button Slides to insert a slide which has a centered button to choose either a 360° static image or a 360° video. I published recently a short post with some tips for a VR project.
In a future post I will talk about the overlay Quiz slides and their timeline. Those slides are not able to have overlay Quiz slides as is possible in a full VR project. This blog has focus on the timeline in 360 slides inserted in a non-responsive project. Looks like it is time to explain those new features. With CP2019 some new features are added to that timeline, for the VR projects (360 slides) and for interactive video. A while ago I published several blogs and interactive movies (created with Captivate) about the ins and outs of the Timeline in Captivate, which is still the feature that causes most frustrations because of lack of understanding.
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