I had a client recently who requested that the playbar used in their Captivate eLearning lessons use only approved corporate colors. In fact, they wanted one of the colors on the playbar to match a color found on the corporate logo. The problem is, my contact did not know what the exact logo color was, only that it was "some kind of dark red."
Given the fact that there's a whole range of red available in the color spectrum, trying to guess which exact red was used in the logo would have been impossible. Thankfully, during the process of customizing their playbar, grabbing the exact red from their logo was really easy.
First, to change the colors on a playbar, open the Skin Editor (Project > Skin Editor). Pick any skin you like from the Skin drop-down menu. Then, from the Themes area, selectPlayback Colors.
There are four areas of the Playbar that can be modified: Background, Button Glow, Button Face and Button Icon. The client wanted the background of the Playbar to use the same color as their logo. I clicked the color square to the right of Background and selected the ever-handy Pick Color tool.
I used the Pick Color tool to point at the client's logo (which was visible on my display). One simple click on the client's "some kind of dark red" and the exact color was picked for me by the Pick Color tool.
For the record, "some kind of dark red" turned out to be "some kind of color that was closer to brown than red." Upon clicking the Background color square again, the logo color was displayed. As a bonus, I could even see the logo's hexadecimal color code for future reference (#763F2D).
I followed similar steps to grab the other colors that my client wanted. In the end, I quickly had a branded playbar that used specific colors. The final step was to simply click the Save tool at the top of the Skin Editor, and give the skin a unique name. From that point forward, the client's Skin was available in the Skin drop-down menu for use in any project.
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I can’t apply a skin to my project. I began the project and then for some reason decided an update was a good idea. I updated Captivate 6 and when I tried to open it, I received an error and the fix was to uninstall and reload. I downloaded it again and now I can’ apply a skin. When I select project > skin editor, it shows me all the different skin options but everything else is grayed out. When I play the project, no skin appears. I went to the project preferences and made sure “external skin” was not selected.
I can’t apply a skin to my project. I began the project and then for some reason decided an update was a good idea. I updated Captivate 6 and when I tried to open it, I received an error and the fix was to uninstall and reload. I downloaded it again and now I can’ apply a skin. When I select project > skin editor, it shows me all the different skin options but everything else is grayed out. When I play the project, no skin appears. I went to the project preferences and made sure “external skin” was not selected.
I can’t apply a skin to my project. I began the project and then for some reason decided an update was a good idea. I updated Captivate 6 and when I tried to open it, I received an error and the fix was to uninstall and reload. I downloaded it again and now I can’ apply a skin. When I select project > skin editor, it shows me all the different skin options but everything else is grayed out. When I play the project, no skin appears. I went to the project preferences and made sure “external skin” was not selected.
Couple of things to try. First, ensure you run Captivate as an Admin. Also, try resetting the program’s Prefs: http://iconlogic.blogs.com/weblog/2012/05/adobe-captivate-555-troubleshooting-cranky-software.html
Couple of things to try. First, ensure you run Captivate as an Admin. Also, try resetting the program’s Prefs: http://iconlogic.blogs.com/weblog/2012/05/adobe-captivate-555-troubleshooting-cranky-software.html
Couple of things to try. First, ensure you run Captivate as an Admin. Also, try resetting the program’s Prefs: http://iconlogic.blogs.com/weblog/2012/05/adobe-captivate-555-troubleshooting-cranky-software.html