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December 30, 2020
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Adding .MOV File to a .PDF

  • December 30, 2020
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I'm looking for a clean way to present short animations in a .pdf such that the animation loops while reader is viewing the corresponding page.  Working with Adobe Acrobat DC (7-day trial verstion for now).  

Here is what I've tried so far:

Started by inserting an animated .GIF; however, this resulted in displaying only a static version of the first frame of the .GIF file.  Next, I converted the .GIF to a .MOV and inserted the .MOV using "Add Video" from within the "Rich Media" toolbox.  This partially works; however, I'm having three problems:  1) A large black square appears where the .MOV is inserted instead of a frame in the .MOV file (the black squre is replaced by the movie while the movie plays, but movie reverts to black square after last frame is played), 2) No "play" button appears automatically on the .MOV file (instead, reader has to right click and navigate a few menues to replay the .MOV file), and 3) The .MOV file plays one time instead of looping automatically, which is my goal.

 

Does anyone know a clean way to show short animations using Adobe Acrobat DC?

 

Thanks!

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Correct answer try67

When adding the video click the Show Advanced Options check-box and you'll find settings for pretty much everything you've mentioned.

Acrobat does not support animated GIFs, though.

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Dov Isaacs
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December 30, 2020

At this point, Acrobat only supports .MP4 video files using the h.254 encoding.

 

- Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)
try67
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try67Community ExpertCorrect answer
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December 30, 2020

When adding the video click the Show Advanced Options check-box and you'll find settings for pretty much everything you've mentioned.

Acrobat does not support animated GIFs, though.