Macromedia Captivate is a professional screen video production tool software, which can record any software operation process and then create a continuous simulation example in Flash format. With its help, you can quickly create various formats of online product display, e-learning software simulation, online teaching courses supported by users and so on [including Flash (SWF) and EXE]. Captivate supports recording in any application, creating simulations immediately, and adding customized text descriptions, sound effects (narration, background music and sound effects), videos, Flash animations, text animations, images, hyperlinks, etc. to movies. Captivate has the characteristics of small file and high resolution. Captivate simulation can be easily published and displayed on online web pages, and CDs can be burned for training courses, sales, commodity sales or other user support.

Macromedia Captivate is not a new software, but people don't know much about it and it is not widely used. In fact, its powerful functions are very useful in the production of employee training materials, online education courseware and daily business promotion videos. A simple understanding of it will help our work.

Main functions of Macromedia Captivate:

Macromedia Captivate's user interface is fresh and concise, and all operations are clear at a glance. Captivate can record any application and automatically get every step of the screen. It is simple and quick to use, and many operations can be completed automatically, such as: automatic graphic description (automatically inserting a text narrative for each recorded job), automatic addition of highlight boxes, and automatic increase of interactive display and teaching feedback for users. Fully improve work efficiency and save a lot of time. After recording, Captivate can immediately create simulation operations in Flash format on the screen, including mouse animation, text narration, interactive display and teaching feedback. All this will be easy to achieve, without professional Flash knowledge or programming skills. Every picture recorded by Captivate is a fully editable slide, which can be deleted, replaced or modified, and can be edited flexibly for each role. For unsatisfactory sound effects, it is very easy to use the new audio editor to change the editing. It makes the modification and update of the scheme easier and more humanized.

In order to improve the efficiency of simulation, Captivate uses easy-to-join interactions, including grading and branching tests, text input boxes and multiple correct answer selection and click boxes. Multiple interactions and objects can be inserted into a slide, allowing multiple choices or complex and realistic simulations. When recording in analog mode, Captivate will automatically add interactive display and teaching feedback without any programming operation. Captivate integrates simulation with other digital learning tools to support existing resources. Captivate technology supports applications such as SCORM 2004, SCORM 1.2 or AICC, and simulation can be easily deployed through any learning management system (LMS). In addition, the simulation operation of Captivate can be compatible and interoperable with tools such as Macromedia Breeze, Macromedia Authorware and Questionmark Perception. In Flash, software simulation and display need to be created manually, while Captivate does not need to capture screen shots and add mouse tweens manually like Flash, and its steps will be completed automatically. We only need to record the application in Captivate, and then export the recorded scheme to Flash MX 2004 for advanced editing or further development. Adding interactive simulation to Breeze briefing and Breeze Live meetings can improve training efficiency. Every viewer becomes an active participant and fully interacts with the content. Through a standard web browser, it can be published directly and displayed on the Breeze server.

Captivate can customize samples, graphic descriptions and playback controls to match the corporate image, event promotion or application graphical interface. By creating a clear and complete catalog page to display any Captivate scenario, users can access multiple simulations from a central location. Create a Captivate simulation, which can be easily assigned to the selected format to create a variety of file formats, including SWF, EXE and PDA. With the publishing function of Microsoft Word, you can easily create a Word document format or other required formats. In Captivate, you can keep the file size small and create high-quality content. These schemes can be transmitted conveniently and quickly by e-mail, and can also be easily posted on websites, intranets or company bulletin boards for users to watch and use. With Flash Player, more than 98% network users can view Flash files conveniently without downloading.

Macromedia captivate1.1.1290 new features and improvements:

Captivate can intuitively control the time control of each slide element by dragging and dropping on the timeline. Allow multiple objects to be displayed at the same time, and two or more graphic descriptions can be considered at the same time. Drag and drop the timeline layer to change the order of objects on the slide, and the slide will automatically update these changes. It can save a lot of production time and improve work efficiency. When you modify a slide show, you can immediately see the modification results without compiling or creating a preview. You can play it to view the specified part of the slide, or view the slide in slow motion. Captivate can easily get the required items to improve the acquisition process and create a more realistic display. It can automatically start the drag-and-drop operation or end the automatic recording. The relevant acquisition methods of web pages are optimized and enhanced, and screenshots are obtained after the web pages are loaded.

Recording sound effects when taking screenshots can save production time. You can edit errors and make changes in the easy-to-use sound editor. It is easy to control the volume, insert silent clips, and accurately synchronize slides with narration. Adding interactive simulation to Breeze briefing and Breeze Live meetings can improve training efficiency. Every viewer becomes a participant who fully interacts with the content. Publish the presentation directly to the Breeze server through a standard web browser. In order to further develop and use the improved and effective Flash function, Captivate has the function of directly exporting to Flash for integration into Flash. Captivate can also export playback controls and other objects, such as automatic slides and text animations.

Captivate can control the appearance and interface of the test to adapt to different kinds of applications or color designs. It can realize time-limited answering and new types of questions, including pairing questions, Likert questions and fill-in-the-blank questions, and increase training efficiency. Captivate technology supports SCORM 2004, SCORM 1.2 or AICC, so you can easily deploy simulations through any learning management system (LMS). Support the output and printing of high-quality contours or files, and export larger images through improved Microsoft Word output format. Many operations to enhance optimization can save time and improve efficiency, such as the new "start page", pasting the recording range with the application window, simplifying the recording dialog box and so on. Using the mode of recording simulation can save development time (this mode will automatically add the interaction and teaching feedback of grading users).

Captivate can use any font and encoding supported by the Windows operating system, including the double-byte character set. For applications in all countries in the world, in addition to the original English, German, French and Japanese Captivate versions, Korean and traditional Chinese versions have been added.

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