Adobe CAPTIVATE 2, Use Manual

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About planning projects 43
To set the capture area:
1.
Open Adobe Captivate.
2.
On the Start page, click Record or create a new project.
The New project options dialog box appears.
3.
In the left pane, click Software Simulation.
4.
From the right pane, select one of the following recording options and click OK:
Application
Resize the window by selecting one of the sizing handles on the red frame and
drag it to a larger or smaller size. To change the location of the window, move the mouse over
the red frame until a four-point arrow appears, and then drag the entire window to a new
position. You can also click Snap red recording area to fit selected window to quickly change
the size of the recording area to match the size of the application.
Custom size Change the size of the capture window by entering new numbers in the Width
and Height text boxes, or use the arrows to enter new numbers. You can also click the Preset
sizes pop-up menu and select a commonly used size.
Full screen Capture everything on the screen, and you don’t need to change the size of the
capture area.
5.
Click Record to begin recording a new project in the size you specified.
Note: If you are recording a new project through the Import from Microsoft PowerPoint option, in
the Convert PowerPoint Presentations dialog box, you can change the size of the project window
by typing new numbers in the Width and Height text boxes, or use the arrows to specify new
numbers. You can also select an option from the Preset size pop-up menu. Alternatively, if you
start a project by following the Project wizard, you’ll be prompted to select the window size as you
follow the steps.
Using full motion recording
Adobe Captivate contains a useful feature called “full motion recording.” When you auto-record a
new project or additional slides for an existing project, you can use full motion recording to
automatically capture frames at a higher frame rate, particularly when you record any drag-and-
drop or mouse wheel scrolling actions. By capturing at a higher rate, drag-and-drop and scrolling
actions are displayed more smoothly in the final Adobe Captivate SWF file. This results in a more
realistic experience for users.
If you enable the full motion feature, Adobe Captivate starts to capture frames at a higher rate
when you click an object or perform mouse wheel actions while auto-recording a new project or
slides. You know that full motion recording has begun when you see the Adobe Captivate icon in
the system tray (lower-right corner of your computer screen). When you are recording normally,
the icon appears as a regular icon. When full motion recording automatically begins, the icon
displays with red borders and flashes. To stop full motion recording, stop dragging or scrolling or
press an end recording key (defaults are F10 to stop full motion recording or END to stop
recording completely).