Adobe InDesign CS3 - Manual (Page 509)

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Poster options
You cannot simply use a placed image as a poster. Instead, specify any of the following types of poster images in the
Movie Options or Sound Options dialog box:
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.
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. (Use the system search utility to locate the existing poster files.)
Default Poster Displays the poster image packaged with the movie file. If the selected movie doesn’t have a frame
designated as the poster, the first frame of the movie is used as the poster image.
Choose Image As Poster Lets you select an image to use as the poster. Click Browse, and then double-click the image
you want to use. You can select bitmap graphics, not vector graphics, for posters.
To use an image as a poster, you can also use the Direct Selection tool to select the poster frame, and then use the
Place command to place a graphic inside the frame.
Choose Movie Frame As Poster Lets you select any video frame to use as the poster image. Supported formats
include AVI, MPEG, MOV, and SWF. Drag the slider or use the arrow keys to advance through the movie clip to the
desired frame, and then 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.
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.
Resizing movie object
A. Poster B. Movie object C. Frame
❖ Do any of the following:
• To resize the movie object, poster, and frame, use the Scale tool and drag one of the corner handles (hold down
Shift to maintain proportions).
• To resize only the frame, use the Selection tool to drag a corner handle.
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B
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