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RyanNighel
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July 31, 2018
Question

Animation in PDF?

  • July 31, 2018
  • 7 replies
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Hello!

I was wondering if I can in any way add an animation to my Interactive PDF. I am trying to make my Curriculum Vitae, and I I want to add a small animation like a loading bar. So it's not a complex animation, something that's 1 second long and 500kbs large at most. I have searched online for different supported video formats but these are not supported by PDF. Is it in any way possible to add an animation to my PDF, through MP4, SWF, Animated GIF, Quicktime Animation, F4V or FLV or something because I am running out of idea's.

Sincerely,

Ryan

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    7 replies

    Legend
    August 1, 2018

    PS: it can be useful to create and keep separate "CV" and "portfolio".

    Legend
    August 1, 2018

    It could be worth a shot with that specific company in theory, but you are probably going to a recruitment specialist rather than a creative person. You really don't want to irritate recruiters, but read carefully what their CV requirements are. Also consider the effect on your CV when this does not display.

    Legend
    August 1, 2018

    Oh, one other thing: you may not welcome this advice but never mind. Consider who will read your CV. It's a busy person who has 50 CVs to read before their next cup of coffee. Even a second's delay will be a major irritant ! And an irritating CV might as well not exist. Focus on usability by a busy, bored, person. Make sure you follow industry standards for presenting your material, and be sure it copy/pastes neatly, because that's a fail too.

    Derek Cross
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    August 1, 2018

    Test Screen is absolutely right on this matter, you must present your CV in the normal printed copy way unless you've been asked specifically to produce it in a certain way, perhaps for a creative job situation, where they want to see what you can do with a particular digital way.

    BobLevine
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    August 1, 2018

    I’ll go even further. Most of these documents are read by a computer before a human even sees them and many companies want the document in Word format.

    Legend
    August 1, 2018

    On NO ACCOUNT do this. Only Adobe PDF viewers on Mac and Windows will show multimedia elements. People reading a CV will probably not use Adobe software, or may view it on a phone or tablet. Focus on general usability for everyone, a CV that doesn't work is a red flag.

    Derek Cross
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    August 1, 2018

    You could use InDesign‘s Publish Online, which allows documents with animations and more, and includes the facility for a (static) PDF version able to be downloaded. The advantage is that it can be accessed on virtually any device with a modern browser, the disadvantage is you have to be online to access it.

    Dov Isaacs
    Legend
    August 1, 2018

    Don't think that would work well for a résumé, the stated intent for the PDF file.

              - Dov

    - Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)
    BobLevine
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    August 1, 2018

    When all you have is a hammer…

    BobLevine
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    August 1, 2018

    Forget it!

    https://www.boblevine.us/its-okay-to-say-no-to-interactive-pdf/

    chanaart
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    August 1, 2018

    I agree with mr. Levine!

    Make it nice a classy!

    Scott Citron
    Legend
    July 31, 2018

    Both video (mp4) and SWF are supported in PDF. Not sure about other formats, though.

    Dov Isaacs
    Legend
    July 31, 2018

    And you don't want to use SWF since SWF is not supported in most PDF viewers (including Adobe's mobile viewers). And even with Adobe Reader and Acrobat on desktop / laptop computers, you must explicitly install Flash Player in addition to Reader or Acrobat in order to use the SWF content.

    You might be better off sticking with static content in PDF.

              - Dov

    - Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)
    RyanNighel
    Participant
    August 1, 2018

    Thanks for the usefull response Will take that into considiration