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USING ADOBE CAPTIVATE 5
Recording Projects
Last updated 4/22/2010
Set Full Motion Recording preferences
Adobe Captivate automatically captures some actions in the FMR mode during autorecording. You can choose to
disable this feature in the Preferences dialog box. You can also set options to optimize the size of the FMR SWF file
and set the color mode for the SWF file.
Select Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Adobe Captivate > Preferences (Mac OS). In the Preferences dialog box, select
FMR from the Recording menu.
Hide system tray icon Hides the system tray icon during recording. This icon is the small Adobe Captivate icon that is
displayed in the system tray in the lower-right corner of the computer screen. Use this option if
you do not want to record the icon when recording the project.
Move new windows inside recording
area
Adobe Captivate automatically moves any new window during recording into the recording
window. Use this option when recording an application in which many dialog boxes open as
you use the application.
Capture interim screenshot This option is enabled by default. When you disable this option, screenshots in the
demonstration mode might not get recorded as intended.
Select this option when you do not want the focus to be set till the user performs the specified
action. This option is especially useful in the assessment mode when you do not want the focus
to automatically shift to the next area of action.The change in focus provides the user with the
hint to perform the next action.
Automatically use full motion capture
for drag-and-drop actions
Adobe Captivate switches automatically to FMR mode when recording drag-and-drop actions.
Automatically use full motion capture
for mouse wheel actions
Adobe Captivate switches automatically to FMR mode when recording mouse movements.
Option Description
Show mouse in Full Motion Recording
Mode
Displays mouse movements when the FMR movie is run.
Disable hardware acceleration
Use this option when recording videos from media players like Windows Media Player
®,
RealPlayer
®, or QuickTime®. Otherwise, a blank screen is recorded. Turning hardware
acceleration off results in better FMR quality. If you select this option, your computer screen
briefly flickers when you begin and end full motion recording. The screen flicker does not harm
your computer and does not appear in the final project.
Working folder Location of the generated FMR SWF file on your computer.
Video color mode Select this option to set your video color to 16 bit or 32 bit. Selecting 16 bit results in a smaller
file size, but also a smaller range of colors. Selecting 32 bit creates a larger file with a wider range
of colors. The video color of most computers is set to 32 bit.
FMR mode Depending on your requirements for the quality and size of the final FMR file, use the slider to
choose the corresponding option.
• Video. The highest-quality FMR files are produced in the Video option. The resulting SWF file
is considerably larger than files produced with the other options.
• Application And Low SWF Size. More splitting of SWF files occurs, and the frame rate is
reduced during capture. The resulting SWF file is smaller than files produced with the Video
option.
• Safe. If you are not sure about which option to use, choose Safe. Adobe Captivate
automatically calculates the available system resources and captures the movie at an
optimum setting.
Option Description
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