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USING ADOBE CAPTIVATE 5
Noninteractive Objects and Media
Last updated 4/22/2010
You can fix most of these problems by changing the video quality of the slide. Adobe Captivate provides four levels of
video quality, even though only the Low option is suggested for most uses.
1 In an open project, select the slide containing the colors you want to correct.
2 In the Properties Inspector (Window > Properties), choose one of the following video options:
Low Low is the most efficient choice for most screenshots because it uses 256 optimized colors. Standard slides
also compress well, which results in smaller file sizes.
Optimized This option gives you the highest JPEG quality possible.
JPEG This option is best used when the slide contains a photograph. You can change the quality and compression
ratio for JPEG images on the Project Preferences dialog box.
High The default format for slides. Compared to the Low format of 256 colors, this format uses 16 million colors
for the slides. Use this option only if the Standard and Optimized options do not offer the correct color depth. This
option increases file size substantially.
Note: Selecting the JPEG, High Quality, or Optimized format may increase the file size and the time it takes to download
your project. Use a format other than Standard only when necessary and appropriate.
Using slide video
You can insert video files of all popular formats to the slides in your project. After importing a pre-recorded video, you
can decide the part of the video that must be played on each slide in sync with the contents.
Note: You cannot add slide videos to locked slides, random slides, recording slide placeholder, quiz placeholder slides,
slides with slide video, or slide video placeholder.
Adobe Captivate provides two options to use video objects in your project:
• Import FLV or F4V files (a feature that was available in Adobe Captivate 4)
• Insert slide video
The following scenarios can help you decide the option you must choose:
Scenario: On-demand demonstration
You have to play a video (probably on user interaction) in a slide, for example an on-demand demonstration.
In this case, you may use the option Import FLV or F4V file.
Scenario: Talking Heads
A presenter describes the contents on the slide. In such talking heads scenarios, Insert Slide Video is the effective
option.
The following table shows the differences between the two so that you can decide which option to use:
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