Adobe 65029940 - Captivate - PC, User Manual

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Adding audio and video
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Use the application as if you were demonstrating your actions to someone. If you have sound enabled on your
computer and the option is activated, you will hear a camera shutter sound when screenshots are captured.
Tip:When recording an onscreen action, it is best to perform the action more slowly than you would normally. For
example, if you are recording keyboard action, type text in slowly.
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When you finish recording, press the End key (or other designated key) to stop recording.
The slides are generated and your new project appears in Storyboard view. The audio files you recorded are
assigned to the correct slide and saved as individual MP3 files. You can view the files in the Library.
Note:
If you need to pause the recording process, press the Pause/Break key. To restart project recording, press the
Pause/Break key again.
Creating background audio
You can create background audio for your projects. The audio plays while the slides of your project are shown.
Background audio can be music, sound effects, or almost any kind of sound you can import or record.
You can use background audio together with individual slide audio for a truly professional effect. Adobe Captivate
provides an option to lower the volume of background audio when a slide with audio assigned plays. For example,
you can import a music file and set it to loop continuously as background audio. In that same project, you can
record voice-over narration for individual slides, and when the voice-over audio plays, the music volume is
lowered.
To create background audio:
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Open an Adobe Captivate project.
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Select Edit > Preferences.
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In the Category panel, expand Project, and select Background Audio.
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Import an existing audio file by clicking Import, navigating to the file, selecting the file, and clicking Open. (If
you want to use an audio file that is already in your project, click Select audio from library.)
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Click Record New and follow the instructions to record the background audio.
5 (Optional) Click Play to listen to the audio file.
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Select from the following options: