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Mastering Adobe Captivate 2019

You're reading from   Mastering Adobe Captivate 2019 Build cutting edge professional SCORM compliant and interactive eLearning content with Adobe Captivate

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789803051
Length 770 pages
Edition 5th Edition
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Preface 1. Getting Started with Adobe Captivate 2019 FREE CHAPTER 2. Working with Standard Objects 3. Working with Multimedia 4. Working with the Timeline and Other Useful Tools 5. Developing Interactivity 6. Crafting the Graphical Experience with Styles and Themes 7. Working with Quizzes 8. Capturing Onscreen Action 9. Producing a Video Demo 10. Creating a Responsive Project 11. Creating Virtual Reality Projects 12. Using Captivate with Other Applications 13. Creating Accessible eLearning 14. Variables and Advanced Actions 15. Finishing Touches and Publishing 16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Masking the Video and Webcam layers in the Timeline

In the Video Demo project, both the screen recording and the webcam recordings are visible all the time. If you wish to hide one of the feeds during the playback of the Video Demo, you can use the Mask feature to hide a video feed for a defined amount of time. 

For example, when you are introducing the topic, concluding it, or explaining a concept, you can hide the screen capture recording and just show the webcam feed. Similarly, if you want the students to concentrate on the step you are showing instead of looking at the webcam feed, you can mask the webcam feed. 

Let's take a look at the steps to do that:

  1. In the encoderVideo.cpvc file, open the Timeline. 
  2. Move the Playhead to the beginning of the video.
  3. Then, select the Video/Audio layer in the Timeline.
  4. Click the Mask Video button:

  1. You can see two black handles, used to make a selection on the Timeline to mask the video. Move the...
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