Question: Captivate to AVI?
I am using Adobe Captivate to develop software demonstration video shorts and our Web developer is asking for AVI files rather than SWF. To your knowledge, is it possible to generate AVI files in Captivate? I have researched the Adobe Knowledge Base and have only found information on how to import AVI files to a project. Thanks for your help!
Answer
You cannot publish AVIs with Captivate. However, there are aftermarket converters that may do the trick. I have an article on my BLOG that may help.
In addition, a quick Google search yielded several SWF to AVI converters you might want to investigate.
Question: Books for Captivate version 1?
I have recently attended a Captivate 3 course and used one of your books, "Essentials of Captivate 3 skills and drills learning." I found the book very helpful and easy to use however at my place of work we currently use Macromedia Captivate (Captivate version 1). Can you tell me where I can purchase a similar book, but for Captivate 1 please?
Answer
You can still order that older book directly from IconLogic. Here's a link.
Question: Is there a Way to Reduce the Size of a Captivate Project?
Do you know what might cause a 6 min 41 sec Captivate file to bloat to over 200 MB? Is there something I can do to "de-bloat" it?
Answer
The culprit is likely unused assets in your project (such as backgrounds, animation or audio). Here's a link to an article on my BLOG that will help you reduce the size of your project--often times significantly.
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