Placing .GIFs in InDesign and Exporting to PDFs

Question

Is there currently any way to place a .gif file into an indesign file, and export a PDF where it plays?

Currently my only option is to convert the .gif into a .mp4 file, and then embed the .gifs into the PDF file after the PDF is made. This is time consuming and also have to be redone for every .gif, every time there is an updated PDF.

Is there a way of exporting a PDF, by means of online sharing, interactive PDFs, or something else in the export settings?

It would be awesome in the future if, when .gifs are placed as a link in indesign, and a PDF is exported, the program would recognize a .gif file as a link and generate it into the PDF by nature of file type.

Dov Isaacs · Accepted Answer

To specifically answer your question, there is no means of directly placing a .GIF file into InDesign and exporting a PDF file where the .GIF file is played directly. PDF and Acrobat don't currently natively support .GIF. This may change in the future after Flash support goes away. Stay tuned …

- Dov

Justin Putney · Answer

Publish Online, Fixed Layout EPUB, and in5 (3rd-party add-on) are the only options for working, animated GIFs from InDesign.

in5 can also create animated GIFs from InDesign content:

https://ajarproductions.com/blog/2019/10/11/how-to-create-an-animated-gif-with-indesign-in5/

***Disclosure: I'm the creator of in5.***

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