Resizing movies

You can resize Captivate movies, even after you have recorded them. This can be very useful and can save you from having to re-record an entire movie. For example, you may have recorded your movie at a width of 640 and height of 480, but then decided you needed a slightly smaller or larger size.

Notes:

Resizing a movie cannot be "undone" using a toolbar button or key combination such as Control+Z.

Resizing a movie numerous times can result in quality deterioration. If possible, try to only resize a movie once.   

To resize a movie:

  1. Open a Captivate movie.

  2. From the Movie menu, select Resize Movie.

  3. Under Size, enter an exact custom size in Width and Height (minimum size 100 x 100) or enter a percentage for Width and Height with the current size being 100% (e.g., to make the movie slightly bigger, enter 110% or to make the movie much smaller, enter 50%). Alternatively, you can select the Preset size option and choose a commonly used size, such as 640 x 480, from the pop-up menu.

If desired, select the Maintain aspect ratio option, which maintains the height and width proportions when the image is resized. This assures that the image displays accurately and is not distorted.

  1. You have different options depending on whether the new size you specified is larger or smaller than the original size.

If the new size is larger:

If the new size is smaller:

Note: Only slides based on images, not SWF files, are displayed in the Crop Area dialog box for manual resizing. Slides based on SWF files are automatically cropped to best fit the new defined size.

Slides based on images include:

Slides based on SWF files include:

  1. Click Finish.

Your movie is resized according to your choices.

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