Change movie settings, Change sound settings, Poster options – Adobe InDesign CS5 User Manual
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Last updated 11/16/2011
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Change movie settings
Use the Media panel to change movie settings.
1 Select the movie object in the document.
2 In the Media panel, do any of the following:
Play On Page Load
Play the movie when someone turns to the page on which the movie is located. If other page
items are set to play on page load, use the Timing panel to determine the order.
Loop
Play the movie repeatedly. If the source file is a Flash Video format, looping works only in exported SWF files,
not PDF files.
Poster
Specify the type of image that you want to appear in the play area. See “
Controller
If the movie file is a Flash Video (FLV or F4V) file or an H.264-encoded file, you can specify
prefabricated controller skins that let users pause, start, and stop the movie using a variety of methods. If you select
Show Controller On Rollover, the controls appear when the mouse pointer hovers over the media object. Use the
Preview panel to preview the selected controller skin.
If the movie file is a legacy file (such as .AVI or .MPEG), you can choose None or Show Controller, which displays
a basic controller that lets users pause, start, and stop the movie.
SWF files you place may have their own controller skins. Use the Preview panel to test the controller options.
Navigation Points
To create a navigation point, advance the video to a specific frame, and then click the plus sign
icon. Navigation points are useful when you want to play a video at a different starting point. When you create a
button that plays a video, you can use the Play From Navigation Point option to play the video starting at any
navigation point you add.
Change sound settings
Use the Media panel to change sound settings.
1 Select the sound object in the document.
2 In the Media panel, do any of the following:
Play On Page Load
Play the sound file when someone turns to the page on which the sound object is located. If
other page items are set to play on page load, use the Timing panel to determine the order.
Stop On Page Turn
Stop playing the MP3 sound file when someone turns to a different page. If the audio file is a
non-MP3 file, this option is dimmed.
Loop
Play the MP3 sound repeatedly. If the source file is a non-MP3 file, this option is dimmed.
Poster
Specify the type of image that you want to appear in the play area. See “
Poster options
A poster is the image that represents a media clip. Each movie or sound can appear with or without a poster. If the
poster in InDesign is larger than the movie, the poster is clipped to the size of the movie in the exported PDF or SWF
file. Specify any of the following types of poster images in the Media panel:
None
Shows no poster for the movie or sound clip. This option is useful if you want the movie or sound clip to not be
visible on the page. For example, you may want the media to be played only when you turn the page, or you may want
a more complex design beneath the movie to show instead of the poster.