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October 18, 2016
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Animated GIFs in Indesign CC doc and export as Interactive PDF

  • October 18, 2016
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Hi everybody!

Quite new to this..I tried to find something on this thread but I had no success:) This is my question: is it possible to place animated gifs within an InDesign CC document and then keep thee animation while exporting it as an Interactive PDF?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Sarah

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Justin Putney
Known Participant
October 10, 2019

It won't work in Interactive PDF.

 

Other options list here:

https://indesignsecrets.com/animated-gifs-indesign.php

Participating Frequently
May 24, 2017

I don't know how to post a new topic so i placed my inquiry here. Hi team! May I ask if there is already a resolution about embedding animated GIFs onto PDFs or Interactive PDFs? I'm trying to create newsletters using InDesign but from what I've read online dated 2016, Adobe doesn't recognize GIFs. I would appreciate if someone answers back regarding my inquiry?

BobLevine
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 24, 2017

Animated GIFs are not part of the PDF specifications.

Participant
October 24, 2016

Thanks everybody for your replies! I'll try using Photoshop to convert GIFs in movies and see what happens:)

Willi Adelberger
Community Expert
Community Expert
October 18, 2016

No, it is not possible as PDF does not know or recognize GIF animations.

Steve Werner
Community Expert
Community Expert
October 18, 2016

You could use Photoshop to convert your animated GIFs into a movie file. The preferred format is MP4 with H264 encoding.

Participant
October 21, 2016

If we converted it to .mp4, would it play within an Interactive PDF? Also, I used to make Interactive PDF's using Acrobat Pro but the button and properties tools are not there in the latest version. Did I miss something? Must I use InDesign now to make an Interactive PDF? Any other easy tools to make a quick mock-up of a 'page' that can show an animgif or video?