The Eureka moment for me came with my attempt with the coffee course sample shown below. Captivate is its own thing and bless its heart because that’s a good thing. By this time I had found some optimal sizes but was still using a spherical layer, so I went back to my lab and had at it with figuring out the optimal sizes without using a spherical layer.Īll I can say is size really does matter with these images and the 2:1 ratio listed in many places doesn’t work as nicely in Captivate as it does for paintings that will live on YouTube or Facebook. turned them into spheres or at least attempted to).
I had noticed that when importing regular images Captivate completely distorted them (i.e. Then, and quite by accident, I got curious about using a plain flat image.
#Image 360 vr trial#
One thing I kept in mind during my trial and error phase was that in Captivate we’re looking out at a spherical image through a fixed window (1024 x 627), so that became my first big clue. But that’s when I started my insane journey of figuring out the optimal size that would look best for Captivate. Then I got the idea of simply working with a single layer as a spherical image (yes, that is totally doable in Photoshop) and then working with images and other assets on layers on top of the spherical image layer. When I first started this 360 journey I followed the tutorials out there for creating 360 paintings (which are amazing, by the way), but I kept running into so many walls (both literally and metaphorically) when importing the images into Captivate.
I like to think of it as my little contribution to the Captivate community for so much that I’ve been taught over the years. If you know me, you know that in a former life I was a teacher and this type of sharing just helps me as well as others grow.
I won’t say more than that, since you can read my profile on LinkedIn about what I’ve done. Third, being an ID is so much more than just technical skills, so I’m happy to share these findings. Some things are outside our control and you don’t want to be the king who tries to build a wall to stop the tide from coming (I borrowed that line from Rod Ward) ☺. So keep that in mind when attempting this. So far it all works, but who knows what HTML5 changes browsers will make or if/when Captivate will no longer allow this. The version of Photoshop is 21.2.0 (CC2020) which is also the latest version. The version of Captivate I’m using is 11.5.1.499 (2019) which I believe is the latest update. Secondly, I can’t guarantee this will always work. I finally found a size that works great and I hope it helps you out. Let’s just say it was trial and error, math, about 50 different attempts, and a bit of my sanity (I got to the point where I pejoratively started labeling my images “attempt 852″…etc.).
#Image 360 vr how to#
While there are fantastic tutorials on how to create 360 paintings and some great tutorials on how to create spherical images and video from 360 cameras, they still don’t address Captivate nor do they approach things from the perspective of instructional design/eLearning development (or whatever you or your org happens to call our field).įirstly, I have a small disclaimer to make: I’ve done quite a bit of work on this so don’t ask me how I came to my findings. I figure I should probably post this here so others in the Captivate community are aware of the possibilities. I wrote this tutorial a while back and posted it to LinkedIn.
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