The Captivate capture engine is based on screenshots. Going back to the Adobe Media Encoder project, let's review what exactly happened when you clicked on your mouse during the capture using the following steps:
Return to the
Chapter02/encoderDemo_1_1024.cptx
file.Make sure that the first slide is selected in the Filmstrip panel.
The first slide shows the initial state of the application. When filming, you used your mouse to click on the Add Source icon of AME. When you clicked on this icon, Captivate launched a sequence of actions behind the scenes:
Captivate recorded the position of the mouse at the time of the click (using X, Y coordinates)
Adobe Media Encoder executed the action
When Adobe Media Encoder completed its action, Captivate took a static screenshot of the new state of the application (the second slide)
You then used your mouse a second time to double-click on the demo_en.mov
file. When this second click occurred, Captivate launched...