From Pictures to Multi-State Object in Articulate Storyline 360

Back in August of 2019, the folks at Articulate released an update to their Storyline 360 application. This release did not see a lot of attention because it was primarily made up of minor bug fixes.

However, there was one “enhancement” that I think should have gotten a lot of attention. With this release, you can now quickly convert a stack of images into states of an object. Watch as I show you just how easy the process is and how much time it will save you.

William Everhart
As the E-Learning Authoring Tools Trainer for E-Learning Uncovered, William is focused on helping others to overcome their software challenges. He holds multiple Adobe ACE certifications as well as CompTia's CTT+ certification. William travels the creative and professional learning conference circuits inspiring others to create amazing and educational content.

6 Responses to “From Pictures to Multi-State Object in Articulate Storyline 360

  • Lu Post
    5 years ago

    This is so great! I didn’t hear about this but this will save so much time, especially with custom buttons! Thanks so much!

  • Diane Peters
    4 years ago

    Just an observation. The narrator states that the “gas gauge” goes from full to empty. In my experience, full is at the right and empty is at the left. So, in reality, as the needle moves left-to-right, it is going from empty to full.

    • William Everhart
      4 years ago

      I guess it depends on the make of your car. Of course to make things absolutely clear, one could add an E and an F to the gauge. Thanks for watching and for commenting. I hope that you enjoyed the lesson otherwise.

      • Laura P
        1 year ago

        Hello, I just want to say that I really enjoyed the video! I knew that I could use pictures as states but I didn’t realize that you could upload a set of images for a multi state item. I really wish I had found this video sooner, as it would have saved me a ton of time, lol.

        Quick question that may seem really stupid, but if the gas gauge is on the master slide, how did you get it to show above the images? Did you put the images as a multi state object as well? Or is there another way to adjust the arrangement to have something from the Master slide always be in front of anything on the slide?

        • William Everhart
          1 year ago

          Thank you, Laura for your kind words and your question. For the file in the video, I used the Format Background feature in the Design tab to add a photograph to the background of each slide. Slide backgrounds are below everything else on a slide, including Master Slide elements such as the meter.

          If you’re using graphics on your base slide layer then yes, those could potentially cover any Master Slide object. In such instances, put your meter on a layer in the Master Slide. Then add a trigger to the Base Layer of your Master Slide that shows the layer with your meter when the slide loads. Your meter will appear above your base layer graphics but will be covered if you open another layer. The logic begins to get tricky, but you can use a true/false variable to keep the Master Slide layer with your meter above all other layers. (Sounds like another video blog post.)

          It is the nature of Master Slide elements to be below slide elements because it is essentially a slide template. Think of Master Slides like stationary. There is existing content on the stationary like your logo, address, etc. but you cannot write or type anything below those printed elements on the stationary. This is why you must carefully plan how you are going to use graphics on Master Slides.

          I hope that this helps. Thank you again for your question and your kind words.

  • Thank you for your great post.

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