Frame around a video
April 11, 2013 12:00 AM
I've produced a number of videos using Camtasia to include in my Lectora titles. To make the videos stand out on a Lectora page, I would like to "frame them", i.e. place a border around them to make them look like they're framed (e.g. cutout bevel). I've found one way of fudging this effect by creating a text box with the type of frame I want and overlaying the video on it. While this works, I'm wondering if there's a simpler way to create a frame around the video itself. Any suggestions?
I'm working with Lectora Inspire 11, with the latest version of Camtasia.
Thansk!
J-M
Discussion (4)
A simpler way would be to just create a rectangle shape behind the video, change the fill/outline color of the rectangle to whatever you want, and adjust the size of the rectangle according to how big of a border you want. Does that meet what you're looking for? [ATTACH=CONFIG]414[/ATTACH]
Interesting! Hadn't thought about that but see how it could work. Will give it a try.
Thanks!
J-M
Yes, that could work. It still means, however, adding another object instead of modifying the video display window itself so that the frame is part of it. I assume that if this is possible, I would also be able to create a nicer looking frame, like a beveled one for example.
Thanks for the suggestion!
J-M
Ooohh I get what you're saying now! You could use an image callout in which you use a border you created. Strech the callout to run the length of the video, with a result like so:
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You could also just use a rectangle callout, but the camtasia rectangles only let you adjust a few aspects and might be too thick to avoid cutting off too much of the video.
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