Resize movie objects, posters, or frames – Adobe InDesign User Manual
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Choose Image
From Video
Description
Play Video In Floating Window
and MPEG.
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.
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.
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 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.
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