Create animated slideshow in InDesign?

[macuser2000]

I have an eight page InDesign file.

I have animated some of the elements using InDesign animate options.

Can I run this as a continous, looping slideshow using Publish Online?

If not, what are my options? I have Adobe Creative Suite. What is the best why to accomplish this? Especially considering I've already created what I want in InDesign. 

[BobLevine]

Since you've already created it, publish it and give us a link to look at.

[macuser2000]

Can’t do that. It’s for a client.

It’s text, solid colour backgrounds, logos and photos. They just fly in and then out and are replaced with others.

What do others use to do this? Premiere? After Affects? Animate?

[macuser2000]

I'm posting a sample version

[Lukas Engqvist]

In many cases the simplest is to do a screen recording so of it looping once and then loop the movie. Size it up to the scale you want to optimise before recording. If you need ti as a gif then you can process the recording with media encoder, but it may be a large file.

[Derek Cross · Accepted solution]

An eight page animation, as you describe, could easily be built in After Effects and exported as a short video for (say) social media.

[macuser2000]

I've created a two page sample. I want to run this in a loop, on a screen at a tradeshow. The animations will make it more like a continous video rather than seperate slides.

Which Creative Cloud product is best for this?

And which Creative Cloud product is the best option for using my InDesign file?

[macuser2000]

It won't let me post the link

[macuser2000]

https://indd.adobe.com/view/af31b1df-f7b7-4b7d-a9d3-d2cfc614f9ae 

[BobLevine]

What device will this run on? If it's on Windows device I would recomend looking into in5 to create a self contained HTML presentation. You can create a autorun slideshow with a multistate object on a single page if you'd like.

That will also work on a Mac but it won't work on an iPad.

[macuser2000]

Thanks for the suggestion I'll look into in5 - as I'm exploring all options.

But currently the final goal is running an .mp4 

What's my best option for creating this as an .mp4?

[Derek Cross]

in5 might be an expensive solution for a one-off display.

You state eight slides, as a matter of interest, what size is the display to be – if possible in pixels.

[macuser2000]

It's a 50" smart TV. 

[Derek Cross]

3840 x 2160 px – you could prbably get away with 1920 x1080px?

[macuser2000]

I was thinking I'd do it 1920 x 1080 but the tv is 3840 x 2160 I think.  Why do you ask?

[BobLevine]

Try the After Effects of Premier forums. InDesign is certainly NOT the tool for that.

[Derek Cross]

That's what I stated – easy to do in After Effects and he can have some nice text sliding in effects as well as images.

[macuser2000]

Okay thanks. After Effects seems like the way to go. I'm very efficient in InDesign - was hoping to take advantage of that.

Curious... were you able to see the link I posted? I thought it finally worked but I don't see it in the thread.

https://indd.adobe.com/view/af31b1df-f7b7-4b7d-a9d3-d2cfc614f9ae 

[Derek Cross]

Yeah, that kind of thing is made for After Effects (and output via Media Encoder to MP4).

[Bevi Chagnon - PubCom.com]

FYI, most presentation programs, like PowerPoint, can create your sample animation.

That's very simple and easy to do.

[macuser2000]

Yeah but PowerPoint is garbage lol 

[BobLevine]

That, despite your little LOL at the end is unhelpful at best and ignorant at worst.

Powerpoint is most certainly, not garbage and is the right tool for many jobs and may very well be the right one for this job.

[macuser2000]

Sorry if it sounded ignorant but PowerPoint is terrible with text, spacing, etc. 

The Adobe software is leaps and bounds superior.

And this is an Adobe forum so I didn't feel out of line critizing Microsoft. 

[Bevi Chagnon - PubCom.com]

This is a user-to-user forum on Adobe's products.

That doesn't entitle any of us to make derogatory comments about another company or its products.

RE: PowerPoint's control of text and spacing, I suggest you get some training in how to use it. Kerning, tracking, line spacing controls are all there, just as they are in InDesign.

And I also said "most presentation programs, like PowerPoint." So if PPT doesn't do it for you, then try any of the other brands such as Keynote, Sway, Canva...the list is extensive.

Your sample is such an elementary animation with timed entry of text blocks and arrows. That's what these programs were designed to create, especially for trade show booths.

But then again, if you'd like to over-engineer a solution, spend several hours learning a new, complex program like Premiere, and end up with a static MP4 file that can't be adjusted during the trade show, well, go ahead. We all make our life choices.

As a professionally-trained engineer, I strive to find the simplest, most straightforward solution possible. KISS — Keep It Simple, Sweetie.

[macuser2000]

You're over reacting. And I already apologized. 

I didn't think a little jab at PPT among professionals would offend anyone. 

Also, I clearly asked "Which Creative Cloud product is best for this?" and how I might be able to use InDesign.

It wasn't personal - however now you are attacking me.  Somebody delete this thread - this is ridiculous.