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Annalise5E75
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October 13, 2020
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Interactive PDF not showing animations

  • October 13, 2020
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Hi,

I am making an interactive file in Indesign and adding animations/links/buttons etc to the file. When I export it to an interactive pdf and view it on Adobe Acrobat, the links work correctly but the animations no longer work. It becomes a static piece. However, when I select Publish Online in Indesign instead of exporting, the animations work. Unfortunately, that option won't work for what my job needs this file for so is there anyway for me to export the interactive pdf and have the animations function correctly?

Correct answer BobLevine
Maybe YOU can, but I’m guessing most people can’t. 😊

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JR Boulay
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JR BoulayCommunity Expert
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December 21, 2023

"Animation in PDF is not part of the PDF specification"

What animation format?

3D, video and JavaScript (ECMAScript) are part of the PDF 1.7 specifications, aka ISO 32000-1:2008.

See:

https://www.3dpdfmaker.com/example

https://abracadabrapdf.net/file/AnimatedPDF.pdf

https://abracadabrapdf.net/file/abcAnimaux.pdf

https://abracadabrapdf.net/file/LesGourmandine-BdC_demo.pdf

 

 

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    JR Boulay
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    JR BoulayCommunity Expert
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    December 21, 2023

    "Do you have links to tutorials on how to do this? "


    See this one:

    https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-discussions/adobe-pdf-with-embedded-gifs/m-p/11749733

    They are many other tips in this forum.


    This document is old but still relevant:

    https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:EU:2efca783-c525-4c50-b00c-f2d153de54cc

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      defaulthkelyzxqm8mg
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      December 21, 2023

      Thank you!!!

        JR Boulay
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        JR BoulayCommunity Expert
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        December 19, 2020

        "You can't have animations in a PDF - use InDesign's Publish Online, which is HTML5"

        More exactly: you cannot export animation made with InDesign to PDF since Flash Player has become obsolete.

        But with Acrobat Pro and JavaScript you can do whatever you want in a PDF file.

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          BobLevine
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          BobLevineCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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          December 19, 2020
          Maybe YOU can, but I’m guessing most people can’t. 😊
            Derek Cross
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            Derek CrossCommunity Expert
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            October 13, 2020

            You can't have animations in a PDF - use InDesign's Publish Online, which is HTML5.

              nealbridgens
              nealbridgens
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              December 18, 2020

              Do you ean they've removed that feature? Used to be able to have animations in PDF.

              The export to interactive pdf includes a page transitions option (if nothing else), not that it seems to do anything.

              Don't know why they would leave those options if they don't work.

                nealbridgens
                nealbridgens
                Inspiring
                December 18, 2020

                Been √'ed so I suppose that's the truth then. 

                So the whole transitions pallet in indesign does nothing.

                I have figured out that if you append a publish online address with ?transitions you get some default transitions but they are not related to the transtions pallet.

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