Adobe InDesign CS5 - Manual (Page 556)

550 USING INDESIGN
Interactive documents
Last updated 11/16/2011
Standard Displays a generic movie or sound poster that isn’t based on the contents of the file.
To use a different standard poster, save an image as StandardMoviePoster.jpg or StandardSoundPoster.jpg, and
replace the existing file of the same name. This file is located in the Presets/Multimedia folder in the application folder.
From Current Frame Select this option to use the current frame displayed in the preview area of the Media panel. To
select a different frame, advanced the preview slider and click the icon to the right of the Poster menu. This option is
not available with legacy movie formats such as AVI and MPEG.
Choose Image Lets you select an image to use as the poster. Double-click the image you want to use. You can select
bitmap graphics, not vector graphics, for posters.
[From Video] This option is selected for converted CS4 documents that have media clips set to a specific frame.
Change media settings for interactive PDF files
1 Choose PDF Options from the Media panel menu.
2 Specify the following options, and click OK.
Description Type a description that appears if the media file cannot be played in Acrobat. This description also acts
as alternative text for visually impaired users.
Play Video In Floating Window Play the movie in a separate window. If you select this option, specify the size ratio
and position on the screen. Increasing the size of the floating window may reduce image quality. The floating
window scale is based on the size of the original movie, not the size of the scaled movie in the document layout.
This option is not available for SWF files or audio files.
Place a video file from a URL
Place a video file from a valid URL to play the streaming video in the exported PDF or SWF file. The video must be a
valid Flash Video file (FLV or F4V) or H.264-encoded file (such as MP4).
1 Select an empty frame or a video object containing a video you want to replace.
2 Choose Video From URL from the Media panel menu.
3 Specify the URL and click OK.
Resize movie objects, posters, or frames
When you add a movie to the InDesign document, the movie object and poster appear in a frame. When you export
to PDF, the movie object’s boundary determines the size of the movie in the PDF document, not the frame size or
poster size.
For best results, keep the poster size and dimension the same as the movie. If you apply a clipping path or resize the
image, the exported PDF document may not include these changes.
Movies are displayed in the topmost layer of the PDF document. If you overlay a movie with another object in
InDesign, that object appears beneath the movie in the exported PDF.
If you want the PDF document to include a play area with feathering or other effects that may not export well when
applied to a poster, consider using a placed image for the play area, and then place a movie (without a poster) on top
of the placed image.