In the movie industry, panning refers to moving the camera while filming. In Captivate, it means that you can move the recording area while capturing the slides.
This approach is a way to try and meet both the requirements of the application to record, and the requirements of the movie to be produced.
The idea is to leave the application at its intended width of 1024 pixels, and at the same time define a capture area that is 800 pixels wide. During the recording, the smaller capture area can be overlaid on the bigger application, as shown in the following screenshot:
In the preceding screenshot, the capture area is the red rectangle. Captivate only captures what is inside the red rectangle. As you can see, the capture area does not always cover the same part of the application during the recording.
This approach is a good compromise, but it has two major disadvantages. Moving the recording area while filming increases the file size of your final...
