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Mastering Adobe Captivate 7

By : Damien Bruyndonckx
Book Image

Mastering Adobe Captivate 7

By: Damien Bruyndonckx

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Mastering Adobe Captivate 7
Credits
Foreword
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Chapter 2. Capturing the Slides

Now that you have a better understanding of the features offered by Captivate, it is time to discover the first step of the production process: capturing the slides.

This step can be compared to the filming of a movie. When filming a movie, the director wants to capture all the images, sequences, and shots he needs. In the movie industry, this raw material is called the rushes. When the filming is complete, the director goes back to the studio to start the post-production process. It is during the post-production step of the process that the final movie takes shape. Only the best rushes will make their way to the movie theatre while the others will be discarded along the way. That being said, the post-production phase can only be successful if the filming provides enough good-quality material to create a great movie.

The same basic idea applies to Captivate. When capturing the slide, one should always keep in mind the fact that the post-production phase will...