Sometimes Captivate fails to open a project file (.cptx). There could be multiple reasons for such an issue. One such reason could be attributed to some corrupt data structure owing to loss of data. To prevent loss of data, enable project backup in Captivate through Preferences (Edit (on Windows)/Adobe Captivate (on Mac) > Preferences > Global > General Settings > Generate Project Backup). This will create a .bak file for your project (from second save onwards), which will contain the previously saved […]
Before I tell you about the exciting eSeminar we had this week watch the video below. With nearly four million views on YouTube you may already have seen it. It’s a great introduction to the topic at hand. Which was essentially; why are students finding, using and innovating via products like Adobe Captivate 5. The video above was created by students from the Kansas State University as a project for Dr. Michael Wesch’s Basic Anthropology course. In this amazing effort […]
In Adobe Captivate 5 master slide is a feature which allows author to share their common content and reuse across slides. The limitations with master slides (m/s) are that you cannot edit the m/s objects on slides. They can be edited only on master slides and any editing done will be reflected on all linked slides. But we assume authors want to create a slide from master slide and want to edit them also on respective slides. What do you do […]
Project cache in Adobe Captivate 5 helps you save and open projects faster. When you create a project in Adobe Captivate 5, a corresponding project cache folder is automatically created. This folder is saved in the project cache root folder specified in the project Preferences. For more information on project cache in Adobe Captivate 5, see https://elearning.adobe.com/2010/07/cp5_project_cache_behind_the_s.html. Over time, these cache folders may use up your system resources and you may want to delete the folders to optimize the resources. […]
The requirements of eLearning projects are always changing. Consider this – You have a captivate project of say 100 slides and suddenly hears from your client that their background color needs to be changed, few slides should have a company logo. You could have changed project background color and added the logo on first slide and made it visible for “rest of the project” – but what if slides being changed are not continuous. What do you do now. Go on […]
Install this patch to fix the issues that occur while upgrading earlier versions of Adobe Captivate projects to Adobe Captivate 5. Installation Steps: Windows: Take a backup of the file VeelaUpgrader.dll. Download the Zip File. Unzip the contents, rename AdobePatchInstaller.abc to AdobePatchInstaller.exe Double click set-up file. The patch gets installed, replacing the old VeelaUpgrader.dll file with the new one. Mac: Take a backup of the VeelaUpgrader framework file. Download the attached file. Rename the Adobecaptivate-5.0-core-Update.zip to Adobecaptivate-5.0-core-Update.dmg Mount the dmg […]
Some captions and parts of images might have a dark background when published in CP5 with slide quality set as JPEG. The same project seems to work fine when published with CP4 with the same setting. This is because the mechanism to publish images has changed significantly from CP4 to CP5. 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 […]
It is very common to have many assets or resources, for example, audios, videos, SWFs, and images in Captivate projects. While such resources enhance your projects and make them effective, they also introduce more disk I/O. Because of this additional disk I/O, the performance of Captivate may get affected and even simple operations like opening and saving projects may take longer time. ‘Project Cache’ in Adobe Captivate 5 is an attempt to address this performance issue by reducing the disk […]
Got 4 minutes to spare. I’ve uploaded a short and to the point video overview of Text-To-Speech using Adobe Captivate 5. It includes a demo of the new French, German & British English voices as well as a step by step walk through of the simple process of adding TTS elements to your Captivate projects. One of the most exciting aspects of Captivate 5’s TTS handling is the support for non-included voices. We know that people are trying to localize […]
People often ask me about Captivate file sizes and how to optimize the learner experience accessing online content. The crux of the question of course is how can i make playback start right away and keep size small enough that it downloads smoothly on the learners’ computer. It’s actually a lot easier than you might think. I’ve posted a short video below (available along with many others on YouTube’s Adobe eLearning Channel as well) that demonstrates how I easily shrunk […]
An overview of the new features in Adobe eLearning Suite 2 and Adobe Captivate 5 for trainers, educators and eLearning professionals.
…even if you’ve used Captivate in previous versions – even dating back a long long way, you’ll know immediately where you are and what you are doing.
